Bobtuse Commentary: The Tao of The Little Rascals

Jul-30-2011 Posted under Uncategorized

Tao is a Chinese word meaning way or path.

Hal Roach’s Our Gang, or The Little Rascals, was a serial of short films made during America’s 1930s depression era.

The films are almost a diverse group of poor neighborhood children and their misadventures.

Most television-rapt children of the 60s like me, grew up watching The Little Rascals on morning television.
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Tammie Thursday: The Little Rascals in Washington

Jul-28-2011 Posted under Uncategorized

The little rascals in Washington_.

Have you seen the Subway commercials where all the adults talk like little kids? And act like them too? Yeah, tell me that isn`t our government.
I am not a political person and I don`t keep the Republicans or the Democrats. I vote for the single person, regardless of the party.I do my own homework when researching the whole “who should I vote for” process.

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Me and the Little Rascals: Kaisercraft Chanteuse Layout for SUYS

May-2-2011 Posted under Uncategorized

Good morning! It’s a public holiday here today, so even though it’s Monday, it still feels like the weekend. Love it! I truly look like scrapping too, but I’ve promised the kids a day at the beach, so we’ll see.maybe tonight if I get a chance. I do get a layout to share though, this one is for the May Challenge at Show Us Your Stuff…


The dispute was to use ribbon, lace, trims etc, and we were also sponsored by Bibby’s One of a Kind. Read the rest of this entry »

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Playwriting & Film Studies: Laurel & Hardy, The Little Rascals .

Apr-12-2011 Posted under Uncategorized

Hooky
Let Me Call You Sweetheart
Golf
We Want Cake

Whatever Happened to the Little Rascals (information, although a bit grim)

Film Noir
The Maltese Falcon (1941)
Casablanca (1942)
And another from Casablanca (1942)
Gaslight (1944) starring Angela Lansbery, Ingrid Bergman, Joseph Cotten
Double Indemnity (1944) Barbara Stanwyck, Fred McMurray, Edward G. Robinson
Mildred Pierce (1945)starring Joan Crawford
The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946) Lana Turner
The Big Sleep (1946) Humphrey Bogart
The Third Man (1949) Orson Welles, Joseph Cotten

Alfred Hitchcock:
Foreign Correspondent (1940)
Rebecca (1940) Laurence Olivier
Shadow of a Doubt (1943) Joseph Cotten
Life Boat (1944) Talula Bankhead
Notorious (1946) Cary Grant & Ingrid Bergman

Walt Disney:
Fantasia (1940)
Pinocchio (1940)
Dumbo (1941)

The Thief of Bagdad (1940) with Sabu and Conrad Veidt
The Magnificent Ambersons (1942) Orson Welles
For Whom the Bell Tolls (1943) Gary Cooper & Ingrid Bergman

Abbot & Costello:
Buck Privates (1941)
Abbot & Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948)

Elizabeth Taylor (child star) and animal star films:
Lassie Come Home (1943)
National Velvet (1944)

Frank Capra:
Arsenic & Old Lace (1944) Cary Grant
It’s a Wonderful Life (1946) James Stewart
Miracle on 34th street (1947) Natalie Wood & Maureen O’Hara

Horror:
Cat People (1942)
I Walked With a Zombie (1943)
Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man (1942) Boris Karloff & Lon Chaney Jr.
House of Dracula (1945)
House of Frankenstein (1944) Boris Karloff & Lon Chaney Jr.
The Mummy’s Tomb (1942) Lon Chaney Jr.
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Perfect for my Little Rascals

Mar-24-2010 Posted under Uncategorized

Perfect for my Little Rascals
Spring is here it’s time to put those heavy winter clothes out and star shopping for clothing that is complete for the season.I truly do want to wait for Toddler Clothing for my Jake because he already out grown most of his shirt and little now.A kids growth spurt is quite fast from bear to childhood that is why I want to raise their wardrobe. Read the rest of this entry »
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Thai Panda: Meerkat mayhem! Raise two cuddly little orphans .

Mar-20-2010 Posted under Uncategorized

By Charlotte Kemp Little rascals: Jayne Collier reared two orphan meerkats in her house in DevonAndrew and Jayne Collier opened Axe Valley Bird and Animal Park on their Devon farm to boost the household income. Their enclosures now house more than 24 animal species – from wallabies to kunekune pigs. But the couple, who consume two children, got more than they bargained for when they took on two orphan meerkats in their 19th-century farmhouse last winter. Read the rest of this entry »
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DOD : -Mar- The Little Rascals: The Pure Collection .

Mar-20-2010 Posted under Uncategorized

DOD 20 Mar 2010 The Little Rascals The Pure Collection Save 57 96 31 99 89 95 shared by DragonDeal on March 19 2010 amazon deals tags top deal best seller amazon deal Tell Friends Tell Friends Your name Your email address The Little Rascals The Pure Collection spans the age of 1929 1938 This collections contains all 80 of the original Little Rascals theatrical talkies in their entirety fully Remastered Restored and Uncut This amazing 8 disc set contains a collectible booklet loads of nostalgic bonus footage photos and often more This preeminent collection is a must have for fans both old and new Amazon Deals Amazon Coup Read the rest of this entry »

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Bardfilm: The Shakespeare and Film Microblog: Shakespeare and The .

Mar-14-2010 Posted under Uncategorized

Shivering Shakespeare.Dir. Robert A. McGowan.Perf. Norman “Chubby” Chaney, Bobby “Wheezer” Hutchins, and Mary Ann Jackson.1930.The Little Rascals:The Pure Collection.DVD.Genius Entertainment, 2008.Despite the opening scene of a playbill reading, in part, “With mention of excerpts from | Shakespeare, Confucius, Aristophanes, | Bacon, Cervantes, and Irwin S. Read the rest of this entry »
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Bardfilm: The Shakespeare and Film Microblog: Shakespeare and The .

Mar-14-2010 Posted under Uncategorized

Shivering Shakespeare.Dir. Robert A. McGowan.Perf. Norman “Chubby” Chaney, Bobby “Wheezer” Hutchins, and Mary Ann Jackson.1930.The Little Rascals:The Pure Collection.DVD.Genius Entertainment, 2008.Despite the opening scene of a playbill reading, in part, “With mention of excerpts from | Shakespeare, Confucius, Aristophanes, | Bacon, Cervantes, and Irwin S. Read the rest of this entry »
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Me and the Little Rascals: Peachy Keen.

Mar-5-2010 Posted under Uncategorized

skip to main skip to sidebar Me and the Little Rascals Thursday March 4 2010 Peachy Keen I ve got another layout to show you today using the yummy Peachy Keen range from Kaisercraft I love these papers there are so many good bits just waiting to be cut out And here s a close up of the gorgeous flowers that come in the embellishment pack The title and the cut out flowers are the freebies that come in the back of the magazine I totally forgot to use the free stuff in the last mag so I was determined to make the most of it this time Well I can actually see some blue sky and a bit of sunshine outside today Fingers crossed i Read the rest of this entry »

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