tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6381342123888645002.post4679291399315090573..comments2024-03-24T18:11:00.136-07:00Comments on Inside Jeff Overturf's Head: Hal Roach and His GangUnca Jeffyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02292248615715408243noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6381342123888645002.post-21368950972723064272011-07-28T21:42:10.195-07:002011-07-28T21:42:10.195-07:00Joe Cobb...again you have your counterpart Our Gan...Joe Cobb...again you have your counterpart Our Gang lineage...Joe Cobb, Chubby, Spanky and Porky.Unca Jeffyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02292248615715408243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6381342123888645002.post-71920629930603703742011-07-28T13:08:06.027-07:002011-07-28T13:08:06.027-07:00BTW what was the other fat kid's name on Our G...BTW what was the other fat kid's name on Our Gang? There was Chubby and then there was the fat kid who looked like he was like 45 years old.Jimbohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06727628684761174393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6381342123888645002.post-326180998909081672011-07-28T13:04:39.353-07:002011-07-28T13:04:39.353-07:00hehe I'm STYMIED by your answers...
Even as a...hehe I'm STYMIED by your answers...<br /><br />Even as a very lil kid, I was wondering how she (HE) got a name like "Farina." And of course I knew Buckwheat too... ah memories.<br /><br />BTW, love Laurel and Hardy and the Stooges as well. (I am sure that's not a surprise.)Jimbohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06727628684761174393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6381342123888645002.post-3706649873655293472011-07-28T11:36:04.961-07:002011-07-28T11:36:04.961-07:00I'm sure that if the series would have continu...I'm sure that if the series would have continued there would have been a "Wheatina" and that one probably WOULD have been a girl.Unca Jeffyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02292248615715408243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6381342123888645002.post-54419528349736671482011-07-28T03:04:32.876-07:002011-07-28T03:04:32.876-07:00I know my brother and cousin (who was practically ...I know my brother and cousin (who was practically a brother) sure thought Farina was a girl... <br /><br />And what was with the naming the kids after cereals?Jimbohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06727628684761174393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6381342123888645002.post-9643972168339712382011-07-27T16:42:01.448-07:002011-07-27T16:42:01.448-07:00Spanky was extra cute. And unlike a lot of kids, ...Spanky was extra cute. And unlike a lot of kids, never went through that awkward-dorky stage...he stayed cute clean up till he was an old man.<br /><br />As for Farina, remember a the shorts he starred in were filmed between the 1920's and very early 1930's...fashions change and are often lost on we of future generations. I imagine most people who first see Farina assume he's a girl.Unca Jeffyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02292248615715408243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6381342123888645002.post-71304709976254313452011-07-27T11:09:20.940-07:002011-07-27T11:09:20.940-07:00BTW, Spanky was really cute as a lil kid, wasn'...BTW, Spanky was really cute as a lil kid, wasn't he?Jimbohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06727628684761174393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6381342123888645002.post-72650715124225304352011-07-27T11:07:24.644-07:002011-07-27T11:07:24.644-07:00WHAAAAAAAAAT. I was just a kid. I sho member Far...WHAAAAAAAAAT. I was just a kid. I sho member Farina bein' a girl. D'oh.Jimbohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06727628684761174393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6381342123888645002.post-59524908888645204912011-07-24T07:49:33.920-07:002011-07-24T07:49:33.920-07:00I won't argue the Stymie point, he certainly D...I won't argue the Stymie point, he certainly DID have the coolest hat (given to him by Stan Laurel, no less). <br /><br />You make a common mistake with Farina, though...Farina was a boy...his "Pickaninee" hair fooled a lot of people. As each generation of kids came up, they usually DID portray siblings with their older counterpart though. For the Afro-American contingent(presumably all brothers in certain stories) "Sunshine" Sammy, Farina, Stymie and Buckheat.Unca Jeffyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02292248615715408243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6381342123888645002.post-3741860072284418582011-07-24T06:33:42.803-07:002011-07-24T06:33:42.803-07:00Ah a further look - I see Farina in another pictur...Ah a further look - I see Farina in another picture. Pretty sure they played bro-sis on the show; not sure if they really were in real life though..Jimbohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06727628684761174393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6381342123888645002.post-39832602365389945122011-07-24T06:31:06.578-07:002011-07-24T06:31:06.578-07:00Stymie was the most awesome Rascal and I'll fi...Stymie was the most awesome Rascal and I'll fight anyone who says otherwise. ;)<br /><br />It was was good seeing a picture of him. Remember his sister (I think) Farina?Jimbohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06727628684761174393noreply@blogger.com