However, this was far from the end of Our Gang. The shorts would limp along at MGM until 1944, when studio execs pulled the plug on the long-in-the-tooth tykes. Released by MGM, the Civil War farce General Spanky was a flop. In 1936, the gang got its own feature film. Beginning in the silent era, Our Gang, originally called Hal Roach's Rascals, peaked with the advent of the talkies, making Spanky, Alfalfa, Buckwheat, and Darla household names. The brainchild of legendary comedy producer Hal Roach, the man behind Laurel and Hardy and Charley Chase, Our Gang featured a diverse cast of regular kids, with much of the comedy coming from their natural performances. From 1922 to 1944, the Our Gang shorts delighted audiences with an idyllic and hilarious vision of childhood life.
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