Dog Daze

Dog Daze is regarded by most hardcore Our Gang fans as the first unmitigated disaster in what would soon become a long running train wreck of MGM series entries. The plot here centers around the gang's money making scheme of rounding up stray dogs that springs from a need to repay Butch a whopping 37-cents. Director George Sidney seems to be experimenting with exaggerated facial reactions as a substitute for a funny script. The best actor in this entry is a dollar bill eating goat. The Our Gangs that work the best have no moral lessons to force down the audiences' throats--- something that Hal Roach kept to a minimum... something that MGM would never learn. This dismal entry marks Scotty Beckett's second and last Our Gang appearance as Cousin Wilbur. Although he'd soon become a first-rate child actor, here you just want to see him get beat up. Awful!!!!! A 1 out of 10, unfortunately there would be many future MGM entries to equal this stinker.