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Auto Antics (1939)

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Final Our Gang appearance by Eugene 'Porky' Lee, whose role as the "tag-along kid" was taken over by Mickey Gubitosi (aka Robert Blake), who had just taken over for Gary Jasgur as the "toddler" of the group. "Porky" was let go because he had grown too tall for the role - even taller than Spanky. This was also his final film, period. He had been with the gang since 1935.
There were 32 takes made of the filming where the gang hangs on the back of the dogcatcher's truck as it rides down the street, because Carl 'Alfalfa' Switzer, well-known for causing mischief on the Our Gang set (especially after the series moved over to MGM in 1938, from Hal Roach's selling the group of youngsters) would ruin every take. On take number 32, Darla Hood passed out from the heavy exhaust fumes and was quickly rushed to a hospital, so the take that made the final release print is an edited version of one of the takes that Switzer spoiled.
The 182nd of 220 Our Gang shorts (and the 14th produced at MGM) released from 1922 to 1944.

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