Beauty Queen for a Day

Beauty Queen for a Day
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Premiere date	October 9, 1982
Run time	11:05
Starring	Peter Cullen Scott Menville Julie McWhirter Dees Patty Maloney Shavar Ross
Music composed by	Hoyt Curtin
Writer(s)	Patsy Cameron
Director(s)	Gordon Hunt (voices)
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"Beauty Queen for a Day" is the second part of the second episode of The Little Rascals season one, and the fifth episode overall. Although its initial Saturday morning airing was on October 2, 1982 on ABC, it was first aired in primetime on Sunday, September 19, 1982 as part of ABC's Pac Preview Party Saturday morning preview special (minus the title card). This episode was written by Patsy Cameron and voice directed by Gordon Hunt.

After the boys form the "He-Man Woman Haters Club" and banish Darla from the treehouse, the boys develop a crush on Dolly Van Dumpling, a blonde girl who moved in down the street. They try to win her affections, and hurt Darla's feelings. Darla decides to enter a beauty pageant to impress the boys and get back into the treehouse.

Characters

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
Pete the Pup	Peter Cullen
Darla Hood	Patty Maloney
Alfalfa	Julie McWhirter Dees
Porky	Julie McWhirter Dees
Spanky	Scott Menville
Buckwheat	Shavar Ross
Dolly Van Dumpling	Russi Taylor
Waldo	B.J. Ward
Butch	B.J. Ward
Woim	Julie McWhirter Dees
Beauty pageant host	Unknown

Organizations

• Little Rascals
• He-Man Woman Haters Club

Locations

• Earth
  • United States
    • California
      • Greenpoint
        • Little Rascals' treehouse
        • Dolly's house
        • Darla's garage
        • Auditorium

Objects

• Bouquet of flowers
• Makeshift wand
• Toilet plunger

Vehicles

• Little Miss Big City Pageant promotion van

Music

The music was composed by Hoyt Curtin.

Release

Dates are in order of release:

• United States: October 2, 1982 on ABC

Behind the scenes

• This was the only episode in the series to not first air on a Saturday.
• The He-Man Woman Haters Club, a club promoting discrimination against females in Little Rascals media, was featured in several Our Gang theatrical shorts in the 1930s, including Hearts Are Thumps and Mail and Female. It was also featured in the 1994 live-action film adaptation The Little Rascals.

In other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
German	Die Schönheit des Tages	The Beauty of the Day

Home availability

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