The Little Rascals

The Little Rascals
Network	ABC
Production company	Hanna-Barbera King World Productions
Original release	September 25, 1982—December 2, 1983
Starring	Scott Menville Julie McWhirter Patty Maloney Shavar Ross B.J. Ward Peter Cullen
Executive producer(s)	William Hanna Joseph Barbera
Music composed by	Hoyt Curtin
Director(s)	George Gordon Bob Hathcock Carl Urbano Rudy Zamora Gordon Hunt (voices)

The Little Rascals is an American animated comedy television series produced Hanna-Barbera, in association with King World Productions, for ABC's Saturday morning children's programming, and ran from 1982 to 1983, airing 22 episodes in total that spanned two seasons. Before being its own independent series, its first and second seasons were shown as part of The Pac-Man/Little Rascals/Richie Rich Show and The Monchhichis/Little Rascals/Richie Rich Show, respectively. It was based on the Our Gang live-action theatrical short films of the 1920s and 1940s.

In March of 1984, original Our Gang actor, Eugene Lee, who played the character Porky, sued Hanna-Barbera, in which he claimed that the animated character was in violation of his likeness rights, he was also joined by other original actors, George McFarland, Tommy Bond and Sidney Kibrick, who had played Spanky, Butch, and the Woim respectively. Upon further inspection, it was found that King World's license to Hanna-Barbera did not include the likeness rights of the former actors, and the case was settled out of court.

On April 23, 2016, Warner Archive announced on Facebook in a now deleted post that the series will not receive a DVD release due to reasons beyond their control. The series will likely never see a home media release due to the previously mentioned lawsuit, and rights issues.

Production

Development

Concept art for The Little Rascals is believed to have been created as early as 1970. Children resembling Darla and Buckwheat appear in Harlem Globetrotters episode "The Great Ouch Doors."

Casting

Julie McWhirter was cast as Alfalfa due to her similar voice characterization as Casper the Friendly Ghost on Casper and the Angels.

Music

The music was composed by Hoyt Curtin.

Episodes

Title	Original air date
1x01 "Rascals' Revenge" "Yachtsa' Luck" "Fish Fright"	September 25, 1982
1x02 "Grin and Bear It" "Beauty Queen for a Day" "The Serenade"	October 2, 1982
1x03 "Big City Rascals" "Alfalfakazam!" "Scoop Dupes"	October 9, 1982
1x04 "Showdown at the Rascal Corral" "Poached Pooch" "Ice Escapades"	October 16, 1982
1x05 "Porky-O and Julie-Et" "Just Desserts" "No Hit Wit"	October 23, 1982
1x06 "Alfalfa for President" "Rock & Roll Rascals" "A Swimming We Will Go"	October 30, 1982
1x07 "The Irate Pirates" "All the Loot That's Fit to Print" "The Spare"	November 6, 1982
1x08 "Alfalfa's Athlete's Feat" "Darla's Dream Dance" "Fiscal Fitness"	November 13, 1982
1x09 "Cap'n Spanky's Showboat" "Case of the Puzzled Pals" "Go Cart Go"	November 20, 1982
1x10 "Falling Heir" "Flim Flam Film Fans" "Do or Diet"	November 27, 1982
1x11 "Trash Can Treasures" "King of the Hobos" "Out on a Limb"	December 4, 1982
1x12 "Tiny Terror" "Science Fair and Foul" "Sea Song"	December 11, 1982
1x13 "Big Top Rascals" "Class Act" "He Who Runs Away"	December 18, 1982
2x01 "Wash and Werewolf"	September 10, 1983
2x02 "Save Our Treehouse!"	September 17, 1983
2x03 "Horse Sense"	September 24, 1983
2x04 "After Hours"	October 1, 1983
2x05 "A Not So Buenos Días"	October 15, 1983
2x06 "Fright Night"	October 29, 1983
2x07 "The Big Sneeze"	November 12, 1983
2x08 "Pete's Big Break"	November 19, 1983
2x09 "The Zero Hero"	December 3, 1983

Cast

• Scott Menville as Spanky
• Julie McWhirter as Alfalfa, Porky, and The Woim
• Patty Maloney as Darla Hood
• Shavar Ross as Buckwheat
• B.J. Ward as Butch and Waldo
• Peter Cullen as Pete the Pup and Officer Ed