The Little Rascals

The Little Rascals is a 1994 American Children's Comedy Film produced by Amblin Entertainment and Metro Goldwin Meyer and released by Universal Studios on August 5, 1994. The film is a Feature Motion Picture of Hal Roach's Our Gang, a series of Short Films of the 1920s, 1930s, 1940s and lots more which centered around the adventures of a group of Neighborhood Children. In the Movie version, the "New York City Keystone Kops" need lots of money as they try to save the Broadway Theater District from getting demolished by the De Vil Demolition Company.

The Long Film, with a Screenplay by Ludwig Bemelmans, Mel Brooks, Tim Conway and Don Knotts, based on the Story Idea by Paul Guay, Stephen Mazur, Carl Reiner, Michael Jeter, John Hughes, Joe McEveety, Tim Conway, Don Knotts, Penelope Spheeris, Sid Caesar, Preston Sturges, Thomas Meehan and Mel Brooks and directed by Penelope Spheeris, Mel Brooks, Stanley Kramer, John Hughes and Stephen Herek, presents all of the Our Gang Characters in a 1930s setting in New York City and features Slapstick Humor from the original Shorts, Laurel and Hardy, Keystone Kops, The Three Stooges and It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World, an All Star Cast, Homages to the Broadway Theatre, Songs by various Songwriters, Composers and Lyricists and a Climatic Slapstick Chase Ending.

In 1995, The Little Rascals was remade successfully by Bemelmans, Brooks, Conway and Knotts as a widely acclaimed Broadway Stage Musical Comedy.

Kids

 * Travis Tedford as Spanky
 * Bug Hall as Alfafa
 * Brittany Ashton Holmes as Darla
 * Kevin Jamal Woods as Stymie
 * Juliette Brewer as Marry Ann
 * Jordan Warkol as Froggy
 * Zachary Mabry as Porky
 * Ross Bagley as Buckwhat
 * Courland Mead as Uh Huh
 * Vincent Berry as Rickles
 * Joseph Ashton as Cohan
 * David Iden as Franky
 * Kris Krause as Cagney
 * Sam Saletta as Butch
 * Blake Jeremy Collins as Woim
 * Justin Chapman as Slim
 * Jonathan Taylor Thomas as Bolger
 * Erik Von Detten as Cantor
 * Kevin Zegers as Jerry
 * Jimmy Karz as Chubby
 * Sean Wargo as Besser
 * Michael Oliver as
 * Mary-Kate Olsen as
 * Ashley Olsen as
 * Andy Reassynder as
 * Jack Richardson as

Adults

 * Mel Brooks as Dingy Welling
 * Carl Reiner as Benjy Welling
 * Lea Thompson as Miss Roberts
 * Tim Conway as
 * Don Knotts as
 * Daryl Hannah as Mrs. Crabtree
 * Charles Grodin as Mr. Crabtree
 * Robin Williams as Michael Draffer
 * Michael Jeter as Fire Chief
 * Jim Carrey as Larry Dearly
 * Jeff Daniels as Roger Dearly
 * Reba McEntire as Alexandra Ferguson
 * Harvey Fierstein as Alexander Ferguson
 * Buddy Hackett as Dingy Benjamin
 * Phil Silvers as Larry Sondheim
 * Jonathan Winters as Lennie Pike
 * William Hickey as
 * Kenneth Mars as
 * Judy Garland as Audrey Abderbelt
 * Mickey Rooney as Seymour Abderbelt
 * Adolph Green as Frank Freed
 * Betty Comden as Betty Freed
 * Nathan Lane as Max Bialystok
 * Matthew Broderick as Leo Bloom
 * Ernie Sabella as Stanley Bloom
 * Will Ferrell as Franz Liebkind
 * Whoopi Goldberg as
 * The Three Stooges as
 * Eric Edwards as Arthur Gilbert
 * Dan Carton as Wallace Sullivan
 * George Wendt as Roller Coaster Costumer 1
 * Kelsey Grammer as Roller Coaster Costumer 2
 * John Ratzenberger as Roller Coaster Costumer 3
 * Danny DeVito as Roller Coaster Costumer 4
 * Rhea Perlman as Roller Coaster Costumer 5
 * Jodie Foster as Roller Coaster Costumer 6
 * John Ritter as Roller Coaster Costumer 7
 * Dennis Franz as Roller Coaster Costumer 8
 * Dom DeLuise as Roller Coaster Costumer 9
 * Burt Reynolds as Roller Coaster Costumer 10
 * Mel Gibson as Roller Coaster Costumer 11
 * Alec Baldwin as Roller Coaster Costumer 12
 * Gary Beach as Roller Coaster Costumer 13
 * Roger Bart as Roller Coaster Costumer 14
 * Glenn Close as Cruella De Vil
 * Jack Lemmon as Greedy De Vil
 * Walter Matthau as Slothy De Vil
 * Daniel Stern as Marv
 * Joe Pesci as Harry
 * Gilbert Gottfried as Archie
 * Hugh Laurie as Jasper
 * Mark Williams as Horace
 * Rowan Atkinson as Marty
 * Julie Andrews as
 * Christopher Reeve as Christopher Elliot
 * Michael Caine as
 * Carol Burnett as
 * Ted Danson as Booker
 * Howie Mandel as Hoofer
 * Bronson Pinchot as Stan Laurel
 * Gailard Sartain as Oliver Hardy
 * John C. Reilly as Matt Skelton
 * Ludwig Bemelmans as Artist 1
 * Al Hirschfeld as Artist 2
 * Andrew Lloyd Webber as Judge 1
 * Stephen Sondheim as Judge 2
 * Tim Rice as Judge 3
 * Alan Menken as Judge 4
 * Howard Ashman as Judge 5
 * Richard Rodgers as Judge 6
 * Oscar Hammerstein II as Judge 7
 * Lorenz Hart as Judge 8
 * George Gershwin as Judge 9
 * Ira Gershwin as Judge 10
 * Richard M. Sherman as Judge 11
 * Robert B. Sherman as Judge 12
 * Jerry Herman as Judge 13
 * Stephen Schwartz as Judge 14
 * John Kantor as Judge 15
 * Fred Ebb as Judge 16
 * Elton John as Judge 17
 * Marvin Hamlisch as Judge 18
 * Irving Berlin as Judge 19
 * Ernest Gold as Judge 20
 * Neil Simon as Spectator 1
 * Terrence McNally as Spectator 2
 * Tennesse Williams as Spectator 3
 * David Mamet as Spectator 4
 * Thomas Meehan as Spectator 5
 * Larry Gelbart as Spectator 6
 * Burt Shevelove as Spectator 7
 * Michael Stewart as Spectator 8
 * Jerome Robbins as Spectator 9
 * Bob Fosse as Spectator 10
 * Hugh Wheeler as Spectator 11
 * Peter Stone as Spectator 12
 * James Lapine as Spectator 13
 * Harold Prince as Spectator 14
 * Mark O'Donnell as Spectator 15
 * Joshua Logan as Spectator 16
 * George Abbott as Spectator 17
 * John Hughes as Spectator 18
 * Nicholas Georgiade as Spectator 19
 * Buddy Ebsen as Spectator 20
 * Larry Shue as Spectator 21
 * Stanley Kramer as Spectator 22
 * Jerry Juhl as Spectator 23
 * David Merrick as Spectator 24
 * Zero Mostel as Rhino
 * Carol Channing as Hippo
 * Ethel Merman as Mrs. Marcus
 * Groucho Marx as Mr. Marcus
 * Sid Caesar as Melville Crump
 * Edie Adams as Monica Crump
 * Buster Keaton as Turbo
 * Stan Freberg as W.C. West
 * Milton Berle as Bing Hope
 * Herschel Bernardi as Carmen Ghia
 * Charlie Martin Smith as Roger De Bris
 * Gene Wilder as Barney Griffer
 * Dick Shawn as Lorenzo Marcus
 * Ed Wynn as the Perfect Fool
 * Arnold Stang as Ray
 * Marvin Kaplin as Irwin
 * Jerry Orbach as Billy Flynn
 * Joe E. Brown as
 * Dick Van Dyke as
 * Mary Martin as
 * Dean Jones as
 * Tim Allen as Stanley Hogger
 * Robert Preston as
 * Joel Grey as
 * Tom Hanks as Announcer

Production
The Animated Opening Credits Sequence was created by Al Hirschfeld. All of the original Our Gang cast members are pleased to be consultants and make cameos for the Feature Film.

Release
The Little Rascals premiered at the Slapstick Comedy Theatre.

Critical Reception
The Film recieved extremly positive upon its original release; it currently holds a 100% "Fresh" rating at Rotten Tomatoes. The Film also scored more than 99% of Audence rating and Siskel and Ebert gave the film "Two Thumbs Up".

Box Office
The Little Rascals earned $500 Billion Dollars at the North American Box Office during its opening weekend. The Film grossed a worldwide total of $587,3540,5752, making it the one of the Highest Grossing Comedy Movies of 1994.