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whatever happened to the our gang/little rascals shows on tv?
I've heard everything from the bill cosby theory to the not enough viewers to watch it.
I would appreciate any feed back to determine exactly why it's not aired anymore.

Whats the Bill Cosby theory? I'm thinking it's probably because some people thinks it's not PC. I will be so glad to move on from anything considered pc. It's getting so old.

By the way welcome back, it's been awhile.

It dates from the 20's-40s....it isn't relevant that is why it isn't on. I can't imagine any kid today wanting to watch it. I can put on "Antenna TV" (we don't have cable but, this channel shows all old tv) and my 16 and 19 year old roll their eyes and groan at the 70's/80s shows like "Three's Company" let alone something as old as "Little Rascals".

That said, I used to love watching Three Stooges and Abbott & Costello when I was a kid. But, I didn't grow up with a computer, the internet, video games or a phone that is essentially a computer competing for my attention.

Whats the Bill Cosby theory? I'm thinking it's probably because some people thinks it's not PC
something like that. story has it that bill bought the rights to it and put it on the shelf so it would never be seen again.
and thanks for the welcome. I really appreciate it.

It dates from the 20's-40s....it isn't relevant that is why it isn't on

I can't buy that. the same crowd that would watch the rascals are watching the western movies of the 30's and 40's and the tv westerns of the 50's. besides the three stooges are still growing strong right now also.
there's a market for every age group.

It wont be the current younger generation (my kids gen) watching and clearly, it isn't popular enough to warrant them putting it on. I am pretty sure you can walk into a middle school or high school and ask a number of kids if they have even heard of The Little Rascals (or watched it) and there will be some who have but most will be clueless about it.

I don't buy that it is PC lib/agenda/attitude keeping it off. Fast forward to the 70's/early 80's and "Threes Company" and it is very non-PC with attitudes towards women and homosexuality yet, it is on constant repeat (as is Andy Griffith, Leave It To Beaver etc.).

lol that reminded me of my 1st band. god we were hot and had a BALL.

like I said there's a market for all age groups. i'm sure your kids generation wouldn't have a clue about the westerns I mentioned either. but the stations still air them

Did you know Alfalfa was murdered in 1959?

Shot by a buddy over $50.

Wow! Didn't know that.

A lot of the little rascals cast had it bad in their later years. It was either E! or The History Channel that did a one hour show on how bad it was.

I liked Darla....she was hot.


Don't take that wrong....she was hot when I was 7.

The Curse of the Little Rascals

http://www.neatorama.com/2010/07/05/the-curse-of-the-little-rascals/

A few years back, I bought the complete Little Rascals series on DVD from Amazon.

I hadn't seen it since the reruns in the 70's.

Some of it was still very funny.

The whole PC thing escapes me.

Status of ownership

Currently, the rights to the Our Gang/Little Rascals shorts are scattered.

Sonar Entertainment (formerly known as RHI Entertainment, Cabin Fever Entertainment and Hallmark Entertainment)[44] owns the copyrights of and holds the theatrical and home video rights to the Roach-produced Our Gang shorts. Sonar acquired these after absorbing Hal Roach Studios in 1988, and both Roach's estate and Cabin Fever Entertainment in the late 1990s.[45]

CBS Television Distribution, formed by the merger of King World Entertainment with CBS Paramount Domestic Television, owns the rights to the Little Rascals trademark and has all media rights to the 1929-1938 Roach shorts, which constitute The Little Rascals television package, with certain territory exclusions controlled by Cinematografische Commers Anatalt. CBS offers original black-and-white and colorized prints for syndication. The King World/CBS Little Rascals package was featured as exclusive programming (in the United States) for the American Movie Classics network from August 2001 to December 2003, with Frankie Muniz hosting. As part of a month-long tribute to Hal Roach Studios, Turner Classic Movies televised a 24-hour marathon of Roach Our Gang shorts - both sound films and silents – on January 4–5, 2011.[46] Some of the silent Our Gangs (such as Mary, Queen of Tots and Thundering Fleas) resurfaced on TCM at this time with new music scores in stereo sound; these silent Pathé Our Gangs are now being syndicated by Mackinaw Media.

The MGM-produced Our Gang shorts, General Spanky, and the rights to the Our Gang name are owned by Warner Bros. Entertainment as part of the Turner Entertainment library. Turner Entertainment acquired these assets in 1986 when its founder, Ted Turner, purchased the pre-May 1986 MGM library; Turner merged with Time Warner in 1996.[47] The television rights for the MGM Our Gang shorts belong to Warner Bros. Television Distribution, and the video rights to Warner Home Video. The MGM Our Gangs today appear periodically on the Turner Classic Movies cable network, and are available for streaming via the subscription-based Warner Archive Instant streaming video service.[48]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Our_Gang

Interesting read.

great info and very much appreciated.

The television rights for the MGM Our Gang shorts belong to Warner Bros. Television Distribution, and the video rights to Warner Home Video. The MGM Our Gangs today appear periodically on the Turner Classic Movies cable network, and are available for streaming via the subscription-based Warner Archive Instant streaming video service.

I guess that squashed the bill cosby rumors.
I wonder if they aren't making more $ from videos and products by not airing the shows as frequently.

thanks again for the info

In later years they were so chopped up and edited that you could barely follow the story. Half hour shorts didn't last fifteen minutes. The Stooges current episodes are similar in that way today.

I liked her when I was a little kid too.

I do remember reading about Alfalfa's stand-up hair beginning to droop as he aged.

They must not have been using as much Brylcreem as they did when he was younger.

Well there's absolutely no doubt in my mind that "a little dab'll do ya."

+ Brylcreem =

TMC (Turner Classic Movie channel ) Thursday the 9th 1:30 PM

............ " General Spanky " ..........

TMC (Turner Classic Movie channel ) Thursday the 9th 1:30 PM

thanks bud. appreciate it.