Spanky McFarland 5-29-89 Little Rascals/Our Gang

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  • čas přidán 29. 08. 2021
  • Talk show host Pat Sajak interviews onetime child actor Spanky McFarland from the Little Rascals/Our Gang comedy shorts, broadcast 5-29-89.
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Komentáře • 88

  • @cookiepartyyy
    @cookiepartyyy Před 4 měsíci +9

    He was such a talented kid…especially as a toddler! What a special guy.

  • @paullatimer1639
    @paullatimer1639 Před 5 dny +1

    The applause showed how much he was still loved.

  • @Sticky017
    @Sticky017 Před 5 měsíci +8

    Yum yum eat ‘em up will always be my favorite

  • @timp1051
    @timp1051 Před 11 měsíci +32

    I just wish Pat would have stopped interrupting him.

    • @doddsino
      @doddsino Před 7 měsíci

      I wish Pat would have spoken more.

    • @feistee55
      @feistee55 Před 3 měsíci

      I agree. That was annoying

  • @Theaddora
    @Theaddora Před 3 měsíci +6

    I love Spanky. So intelligent and funny.

  • @georgemaster4225
    @georgemaster4225 Před 2 lety +31

    What a treat to have Spanky McFarland on Pat's talk show.The hi sign is classic!

  • @barbj9785
    @barbj9785 Před rokem +32

    Love this man. What a great child actor.

  • @seabreeze9296
    @seabreeze9296 Před 10 měsíci +11

    rest in peace, Spanky

  • @jlo7972
    @jlo7972 Před rokem +25

    I had the pleasure of serving him as a flight attendant in 1990.

    • @seabreeze9296
      @seabreeze9296 Před 10 měsíci +8

      i can imagine what an honor that was

    • @jlo7972
      @jlo7972 Před 10 měsíci +8

      @@seabreeze9296 indeed it was. I was flying from Dallas to Los Angeles working first class . I told him I've seen every episode of the little rascals from when he was a baby. Then he passed 3 yrs later.

    • @runequester6834
      @runequester6834 Před 7 měsíci

      Interestingly, he was born in Dallas. @@jlo7972

    • @warrenbfeagins
      @warrenbfeagins Před 3 měsíci +1

      I would have went out of my mind.

  • @devinneitzert3326
    @devinneitzert3326 Před 2 měsíci +1

    Little Rascals were wonderful! Wish they were playing now

  • @PatrickRyan150
    @PatrickRyan150 Před 27 dny +1

    The Spanky character still makes me laugh to this day.

  • @kimr5479
    @kimr5479 Před 9 měsíci +4

    WOW, I'M watching the little Rascals marathon as I'm typing this on catchy tv, channel 15 spectru m. RIP Spanky & all of them!😥

  • @everready19373
    @everready19373 Před 9 měsíci +7

    I used to watch these reruns everyday after school back in the 70's. They were awesome. My favorites are the giant in the cave and the haunted house ride and the gold course one.

  • @Lava1964
    @Lava1964 Před rokem +11

    This clip made my day.

  • @jond1965
    @jond1965 Před rokem +14

    The best was in Milk and Mush when he answers the phone and talks to the banker. Still hilarious!!

  • @stripervince1
    @stripervince1 Před 7 měsíci +3

    Legend . Grew up with these guys on wpix in NYC In the 1960s. Officer Joe bolton

  • @kevinlucas8437
    @kevinlucas8437 Před 9 měsíci +4

    It's was an amazing show !!!

  • @reginamay2767
    @reginamay2767 Před rokem +10

    2 of the best little actors ever.

  • @kimgo4518
    @kimgo4518 Před 5 měsíci +4

    Who can forget the bug hunt, or lil Spanky babysitting all those infants when he was so small himself? Adorable lil kid. He was Our Gang legend. Too bad on this interview he said the Woim was Porky’s sidekick. The Woim was actually Butch’s sidekick. Tommy Butch Bond was still alive as well at the time of this interview. RIP to them. 2024 the Woim, Kibrick, last one left!! Absolute classic show.

    • @essessessesq
      @essessessesq Před 22 dny

      yes, the WOIM still lives! The Last Man Standing....

  • @audreydaleski1067
    @audreydaleski1067 Před 4 měsíci +2

    The winks, nops, tattling!

  • @dme1016
    @dme1016 Před 7 měsíci +4

    Respect, even though he stopped bring cute & precocious at age 8.

  • @vlogsnstufflikethat
    @vlogsnstufflikethat Před rokem +8

    one of the best! great actor and amazing guy

  • @Scottwilkie18
    @Scottwilkie18 Před 2 lety +5

    How fortunate for Pat Sajak to interview

  • @daleandrews3552
    @daleandrews3552 Před rokem +7

    What a great interview with a young looking Pat Sajak. I watched these shorts as a kid in the 60's and I just turned 70! Wow, now time flies. 😊

  • @chelimartinez9999
    @chelimartinez9999 Před 6 měsíci +4

    Loved Spanky McFarland !!🙏🏻❤️🙏🏻

  • @cathyalatorre965
    @cathyalatorre965 Před rokem +4

    Awww💗 cutest little boy ever.

  • @frankielymon757
    @frankielymon757 Před 6 měsíci +3

    Spanky the goat !

  • @stallion66
    @stallion66 Před rokem +4

    The best Spanky short during the Robert McGowan era was Forgotten Babies.

  • @assignmentearth2899
    @assignmentearth2899 Před 9 měsíci +4

    My dad gerw up in the DFW area. He was in vaudeville as a kid with his parents. Was actually an extra in some of those shorts. He had minor workings with Spanky. Spoke well of him.

  • @mikemcguffin6528
    @mikemcguffin6528 Před 2 měsíci +2

    Spanky was the best

  • @robincochran9623
    @robincochran9623 Před 2 lety +19

    We love the rascals and we wish they would put them back on the air again

  • @michaelpanagiotis7109
    @michaelpanagiotis7109 Před rokem +3

    Spanky !

  • @Guy-lo3ld
    @Guy-lo3ld Před rokem +3

    I still find the series really funny!
    There were so many wacky characters. Good acting too!

  • @atlasking6110
    @atlasking6110 Před 2 lety +8

    Sure I'll put these pants on - proceeds to put them on his arm! I love how he was still funny as an adult.

  • @UrielEcheverria26
    @UrielEcheverria26 Před rokem +5

    Rest In Peace carl alfalfa switzer

  • @deaddropsd1972
    @deaddropsd1972 Před rokem +2

    2023- dang. I watched these in the 70s. Re-used for different generations… will see if my kids like it…

  • @Landaux
    @Landaux Před rokem +3

    It’s cool having the ‘added’ live studio audience laugh track affect from the clip 😅

  • @annedwyer797
    @annedwyer797 Před 2 lety +6

    Spanky was so damn cute (especially as a toddler/pre-schooler) and really quite talented as a comedic actor. I wish there was a vid of the best of his scenes, esp. from his first few years. "The Pooch" is a tour de force of Spanky (who wasn't even 4 yet) and Stymie!

  • @applerod3194
    @applerod3194 Před rokem +3

    Spanky🌹☘️

  • @bryanortiz3627
    @bryanortiz3627 Před rokem +4

    Omg he looked just like my son Aaron when a Baby

    • @IrishChola7
      @IrishChola7 Před 9 měsíci

      Awwwww! I bet your son was absolutely adorable when he was a baby! 💜🥰

  • @Laura-tp8wz
    @Laura-tp8wz Před 8 měsíci +1

    RIP George. ❤️🙏

  • @voiceguy3635
    @voiceguy3635 Před 9 měsíci

    Pat should have had a talk show for the last many years.

  • @rmadara
    @rmadara Před 8 měsíci +1

    He had a cameo in an opening sequence on Cheers

  • @UnlicensedOkie
    @UnlicensedOkie Před 5 měsíci +2

    We lost another member of the gang this last year
    Before long there won’t be any of them left

    • @kimgo4518
      @kimgo4518 Před 5 měsíci +1

      Yeah, that was Robert Blake.

  • @privateprivate1865
    @privateprivate1865 Před rokem +1

    So cool

  • @paullatimer1639
    @paullatimer1639 Před 8 měsíci +4

    Say, how much do you charge to haunt a house? LOL.

  • @jrnumex9286
    @jrnumex9286 Před 6 měsíci +1

    cute kid, dork adult for life

  • @tylerlozano9849
    @tylerlozano9849 Před rokem +3

    Pat Sajack was a perfect Talk Show Host I wish he could have stayed to be a Talk Show but who knows Merv Griffin would probably have to find a new host for Wheel of Fortune which is my Favorite Game Show and Pat Sajack is great with Vanna White and and Daughter Maggie.

    • @mobus1603
      @mobus1603 Před 9 měsíci +1

      Yakety yak. Yakety yak. Arsenio and Pat--back to back.

  • @jamespercival3111
    @jamespercival3111 Před 8 měsíci +1

    If you adressed the Our Gang/Little Rascals question, it was cut out of this video🙃

  • @gregnixon1296
    @gregnixon1296 Před rokem +2

    Wow, Spanky did not want to do that interview at all.

  • @miker.9138
    @miker.9138 Před 2 lety +1

    I have a VHS tape of Wilford Brimley singing It Had To Be You on the Pat Sajak show. People have told me that I should put it online, but I have no idea how to do that. I tried just recording it off the TV with my phone, but both the audio and video were crap, and then my VCR started acting funny and I stopped trying because I was worried the tape might get damaged.

  • @Scottwilkie18
    @Scottwilkie18 Před 2 lety +4

    R I p

  • @billcarrell8622
    @billcarrell8622 Před měsícem +2

    Never explained "Our Gang" vs The Little Rascals".

    • @1Rdby
      @1Rdby Před 4 dny

      I believe our gang was the original title of the shorts.
      Alter the series ended in the mid 40s they used the title little rascals in syndication.

  • @janetmaury
    @janetmaury Před 3 měsíci +1

    Reminds me kinda Raymond Burr,Ernest Borgnine and Lou Costello mixed

  • @pjoe1950
    @pjoe1950 Před 8 měsíci

    The our gang shows were the best. Funny how Spanky sounds like Rush Limbaugh now.

  • @Katrinawitch
    @Katrinawitch Před rokem +2

    Pat Sajak had a talk show?!

  • @catfish24
    @catfish24 Před 9 měsíci +1

    Pat say Jack had a talk show

  • @cesarjom
    @cesarjom Před 20 dny +1

    No royalties/residuals back then = 100s of millions of lost $$$ for these kids.

  • @leighburton832
    @leighburton832 Před 9 měsíci +1

    What is Pat Sajak doing on something other than Wheel of Fortune?

  • @ML-ft4od
    @ML-ft4od Před 8 měsíci +1

    That looks Rich Little 2 over from him & who were Pat's other guests that night?

    • @Theaddora
      @Theaddora Před 3 měsíci +1

      One looks like the guy who hosted Family Feud right after Richard Dawson.

    • @gaynorpatterson2915
      @gaynorpatterson2915 Před 3 měsíci +2

      It’s Ray Coombs the second host from Familh Feud. He sadly took his life in 1996. RIP 😢

  • @scottwebb1978
    @scottwebb1978 Před 2 měsíci +1

    Shame couple years later spznky fied heart attack i thjnk it was age 63

  • @win4man
    @win4man Před 2 lety +3

    5:45 and four years later Spanky himself is deceased

    • @alexvaliansky7707
      @alexvaliansky7707 Před rokem +2

      That should have been no surprise, since he was way overweight. I believe he died of a heart attack, and went very quickly.

    • @lendrury2771
      @lendrury2771 Před rokem +2

      @@alexvaliansky7707 I also read where spanky was a heavy drinker
      Fifth of scotch per day and 3 packs of camel cigarettes too

  • @AngryCanadian1971
    @AngryCanadian1971 Před 2 lety +12

    Pat interrupted Spanky more than Cliff Claven did in Cheers. God that's annoying. Let the man talk, man.

    • @nathandodge665
      @nathandodge665 Před rokem

      Lighten up it's an interview

    • @gaynorpatterson2915
      @gaynorpatterson2915 Před 3 měsíci

      @@nathandodge665No man it’s annoying AF. They ask questions but constantly interrupt. They all do it. And they should STFU

  • @user-db6pt7vr3l
    @user-db6pt7vr3l Před 9 měsíci +2

    Pat's shows was cancelled for political reasons. Sad.

    • @Theaddora
      @Theaddora Před 3 měsíci

      He must have been a Republican.