Dorothy DeBorba like Mary Ann Jackson was seen more as one of the boys. Whenever there was a fight she would usually be around to put a boot in. Later the girls, like my favourite Marianne Edwards, and later Darla Hood were cast more as the "love interest"
Love Stymie, that Boler he wears was a gift from Laurel & Hardy when he went he came in for an audition, which he never did, Hal Roach loved him on the spot. In fact, he was one of a few rascals who signed a multi-year contract, with a generous salary.
I don't know if Stymie is the same without the bowler (or derby) hat, it is really his crowning glory and a big part of his character. He's not quite the same without it
Especially the fact that he had them as equals, and in this case, even outsmarting the white kid! It's sad that we even have to think about that as adults, because watching this as a child, it never even occurred to us. It was just kids doing kid things, and we loved them all! Still do!
I believe Roach said that Allen "Farina" Hoskins was likely the best actor of all the Rascals (and I would agree) but concerning the black actors he didn't have the endearing quality of Stymie and Buckwheat.
@@jethro1963 , it's possible. But what mattered was the characters and not the acting ability of the actors portraying them. The characters are memorable for their impact on audiences, and everyone remembers , Buckwheat and Stymie, but not so much, Farina. He was great though!
omg...you said 100 years ago...lol...now I feel old....grew up watching these guys in the 70s...wow...in 2026 it will literally be 100 years since the show started...yikes!
Ernest "Sammy Sunshine" Morrison was the first black child star signed to a long term contract and was the first "Little Rascal". He went on to became one of the "East Side Kids".
@@stallion66 Why must you assume racism? it's common in most households not to let your friends come in whenever they want. If you watch the little rascals, there's plenty of times when they have perfect social interaction.
@@bowieupland6112 Why didn’t their mothers say that about their white friends? Hal Roach may have implied there was a hint of racism through the mother characters’ reactions about having a colored kid in their house. Spud’s mother was abusive and Dickie’s mother was an uppity-up. What Hal Roach did was unheard of during the times of Jim Crow and segregation.
That was part of Stymie's character, he was a lovable rogue. It may have been that he was somewhat of a conman moreso than colour as the motivation why the mother didn't want him around.
Wow what a cute episode. It's like a parable about the difference between the haves and the have nots.. poor Stymie just wish they had some ham and eggs in his house he probably didn't. But he found a way to get this well to do kid to get Stymie to prove his point.. find me with that cute adorable smile became a little manipulatived to get those ham and eggs on his plate and into his growling stomach. Their smiles are so adorable aren't they?. It's strange they were cooking real eggs and Ham and I think one of the oils hit the grill in the face I think that's how she reacted when they were too close to the stove top. It took us back when the rich kids said my mom don't want you in here. It's like saying you're not welcome because you're black. Prejudice just like that still goes on today not just for black people but anyone who's out of the mainstream loop... Thank you for posting this it's like food for thought for us thank you
@@christopherclarke3654 Sweet Enola Gay child, what kind of messed up, is your brain? You almost got every single word wrong. What he said, exactly, is ~ "I aint commin in, I'm just gonna stand around here and smell"; and if you looked at what he did next, you might change your words. He did exactly that, he stood around and made a few inhalations, and said, "boy them ham and eggs shore smell good"!
@@DavidLS1it’s because he’s Black and the mother is racist, full stop (I mean, she’s also mean, evil, and abusive in general in this short). Stymie ends up sneaking into the white kids’ houses to visit them in at least a handful of these shorts (“Free Wheeling” being another example), as the white moms in particular tend not to like him.
I’m so glad I came across this gem 😊This was one of my favorite and most memorable episodes of the little rascals along side of the one where Styme makes the cake I was sent back to my childhood watching this👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿
Not necessarily, it's easy to conclude that in our race obsessed culture of today but that wasn't today nor was it the world of California in the 1930s, it was the Our Gang world. It may have been that he was somewhat of a conman moreso than colour as the motivation why the mother didn't want him around. That was part of Stymie's character, he was a lovable rogue.
@@jethro1963 The last thing you should do is, ''explain'', or in this case, ''explain & teach''. From back to front, Stymie was hardly a rogue, or a conman. He was orphaned, and lived in a dilapidated hovel, with his brother Farina, who did his best for the two. In previous episodes, it was mentioned by Stymie that his father spent more time in prison, than out. It was a black stereotypical prejudice, and was alive back then. If you studied more history, instead of teaching, and applied learning to your curriculum, you might know enough to teach, in 20-30 years. In all honesty, as ugly as it is, Mother was more than 'a tad', racist. It was epidemic in the dirty 30's...as it was pre & post, and which it still is to this day. If people live on Earth in 100 years time, it might not exist then. Prejudice & racism is a hard beast to kill.
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Stymie and Weezer had unbelievable chemistry together.
Buckwheat and Porky in Two Too Young.
Also Stymie and Dickie. And they remained good friends through adulthood.
They're saying hello to my stomach riiiight now! 😂
Bubble gum
😂
Ya gotta turn em' over, turn em' over. Shuffle em" round a lil bit. 🤣🤣🤣
He was a regular Gordon Ramsay.
Love it
I can smell the ham & eggs from here!
@@eeddieedwards3890 I always put this on when I eat ham & eggs😄
@@MrBROTHERFELDER Ha! Me too!😊
Precious 🥰 these children were gifts then and they are gifts now. May they RIP 🙏🏻❤️✝️
It looks like Dorothy got spattered by the hot grease a couple of times. But she didn't flinch. A real little pro.
I saw that. Never knew it, until now. I watched this episode so many times, in reruns as a kid.
Dorothy DeBorba like Mary Ann Jackson was seen more as one of the boys. Whenever there was a fight she would usually be around to put a boot in. Later the girls, like my favourite Marianne Edwards, and later Darla Hood were cast more as the "love interest"
Say what you will, these children did a lot for race relations back then
Heck yeah!
“Yeah! You one of dem wise guys, aintcha?”
😂😂😂😂
Love Stymie, that Boler he wears was a gift from Laurel & Hardy when he went he came in for an audition, which he never did, Hal Roach loved him on the spot. In fact, he was one of a few rascals who signed a multi-year contract, with a generous salary.
I don't know if Stymie is the same without the bowler (or derby) hat, it is really his crowning glory and a big part of his character. He's not quite the same without it
@@jethro1963 Stymie's bowler hat is as famous as Stan Laurel's hat.
wonderful - i loved these guys! :) “Remarkable”
2:01 You can see the grease pop poor Dorothy.
Stymie was my favorite!
The fact that Hal Roach had prominent black young actors in his series, a hundred years ago, shows he was light years ahead of his time.
Especially the fact that he had them as equals, and in this case, even outsmarting the white kid! It's sad that we even have to think about that as adults, because watching this as a child, it never even occurred to us. It was just kids doing kid things, and we loved them all! Still do!
I believe Roach said that Allen "Farina" Hoskins was likely the best actor of all the Rascals (and I would agree) but concerning the black actors he didn't have the endearing quality of Stymie and Buckwheat.
@@jethro1963 , it's possible. But what mattered was the characters and not the acting ability of the actors portraying them. The characters are memorable for their impact on audiences, and everyone remembers , Buckwheat and Stymie, but not so much, Farina. He was great though!
omg...you said 100 years ago...lol...now I feel old....grew up watching these guys in the 70s...wow...in 2026 it will literally be 100 years since the show started...yikes!
Ernest "Sammy Sunshine" Morrison was the first black child star signed to a long term contract and was the first "Little Rascal". He went on to became one of the "East Side Kids".
Stymie was my favorite rascal, one of the best skits also imho
So sweet! They were wonderful little actors! So smart little kids back then!
They're so adorable.
Matt was so smart as Stymie...he was also a good friend to Bobby and Dorothy's characters.
My hair stood on end when I saw Stymie take that hot pan off that has stove.
Sad when Stymie was told he can’t come in. Sweet little guy.
Maybe it was implied racism on the part of the character of Spud’s mom. A similar circumstance occurred in Free Wheeling with Dickie’s mom.
@@stallion66
Why must you assume racism? it's common in most households not to let your friends come in whenever they want. If you watch the little rascals, there's plenty of times when they have perfect social interaction.
@@bowieupland6112 Why didn’t their mothers say that about their white friends? Hal Roach may have implied there was a hint of racism through the mother characters’ reactions about having a colored kid in their house. Spud’s mother was abusive and Dickie’s mother was an uppity-up. What Hal Roach did was unheard of during the times of Jim Crow and segregation.
Stymie was right! I heard them eggs and ham say, "Sizzle, snap, pop, pop"!🤣😂🤣
Did the grease catch Dorothy like twice, these kids were the best actors, very realistic and genuine. Classic
It sure did catch her
@@jafll141 That was "Grease 2"... oops!
Stymie is a little genius.
I did not know that, but I do know this:
If we had ham, we’d have ham and eggs, if we had eggs.
Man if you don't know this you ain't Old School.
Kids on the stove...okay...lol...Loved the Little Rascals though!
Im here because of The Odd Couple sports show - Chris and Rob lol
Stymie is so manipulative.
That was part of Stymie's character, he was a lovable rogue. It may have been that he was somewhat of a conman moreso than colour as the motivation why the mother didn't want him around.
Yes, but in an entertaining way!
CLASSIC!!!
1936 1938 gave the best laughs
@1:50 - 1:55 Poor little Dorothy got hit with the oil 😢
Stymie ...what an Actor!
stymie ws one of the best
Stymie, Spanky, Buckwheat and "Petey" are my four favorite "Little Rascals".
Best Skit Lil Rascals skit ever
What's the name of this episode
@@mongoloid1369 Did you know ham and eggs could talk
@@skippa732 absolutely now what's the name of this episode
@@mongoloid1369 It was called "Dogs is Dogs." From 1931.
Did he just dunk the bread in milk
I'm a dunkin' fool
Probably day-old bread-- very common in those days. Also: no preservatives
Wow what a cute episode. It's like a parable about the difference between the haves and the have nots.. poor Stymie just wish they had some ham and eggs in his house he probably didn't. But he found a way to get this well to do kid to get Stymie to prove his point.. find me with that cute adorable smile became a little manipulatived to get those ham and eggs on his plate and into his growling stomach. Their smiles are so adorable aren't they?. It's strange they were cooking real eggs and Ham and I think one of the oils hit the grill in the face I think that's how she reacted when they were too close to the stove top. It took us back when the rich kids said my mom don't want you in here. It's like saying you're not welcome because you're black. Prejudice just like that still goes on today not just for black people but anyone who's out of the mainstream loop... Thank you for posting this it's like food for thought for us thank you
"I'm not coming in, I'm just sitting at the door, smiling"
@@christopherclarke3654
Sweet Enola Gay child, what kind of messed up, is your brain?
You almost got every single word wrong. What he said, exactly, is ~
"I aint commin in, I'm just gonna stand around here and smell"; and if you looked at what he did next, you might change your words. He did exactly that, he stood around and made a few inhalations, and said, "boy them ham and eggs shore smell good"!
You can't come in here, mother said so!! OMG!!
To be fair, we can't be sure why she said that. Maybe she knew he was an egg thief.
@@DavidLS1 C'mon! You know it was because he was black. Why are you whitewashing racism?😡
@@DavidLS1 Stymie was no "egg thief." He took the ham and eggs from that half-wit fair and square.
@@DavidLS1 That was likely the motivation in the Our Gang world, that Stymie was a lovable conman.
@@DavidLS1it’s because he’s Black and the mother is racist, full stop (I mean, she’s also mean, evil, and abusive in general in this short).
Stymie ends up sneaking into the white kids’ houses to visit them in at least a handful of these shorts (“Free Wheeling” being another example), as the white moms in particular tend not to like him.
I’m so glad I came across this gem 😊This was one of my favorite and most memorable episodes of the little rascals along side of the one where Styme makes the cake I was sent back to my childhood watching this👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿
Yum yum, eat em up
Fish heads?
@@DavidLS1 It's from anther Little Rascals short called the Wild Man of Borneo.
@@Ceremony74 I remember being scared by that episode when I was little.
@@Ceremony74uncle George lol
Classic memories are one of my favorite shows growing up.
I wonder if Richard Pryor got his children's bit style from this scene.
Why couldn't stymie come in I wonder
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
He’s a real Ham n’ Egger.
😂😂😂😂😂
This show is what led to Craig of the Creek and Ed Edd and Eddy.
No kdding?
Would anyone know the name of this episode 🤔
Dogs is Dogs from 1931. ❤
Jitt slick
Which episode is this titled
Dogs is dogs.
It's like watching a 7-year-old Damon Wayans and Jim Carrey
Well well Spud fell in the well,
Spud fell in the well! Well, well, well😮
The have eggs and the ham nots.
Mother was a tad racist wasnt she? 0:06
Not necessarily, it's easy to conclude that in our race obsessed culture of today but that wasn't today nor was it the world of California in the 1930s, it was the Our Gang world. It may have been that he was somewhat of a conman moreso than colour as the motivation why the mother didn't want him around. That was part of Stymie's character, he was a lovable rogue.
@@jethro1963
The last thing you should do is, ''explain'', or in this case, ''explain & teach''.
From back to front, Stymie was hardly a rogue, or a conman. He was orphaned, and lived in a dilapidated hovel, with his brother Farina, who did his best for the two.
In previous episodes, it was mentioned by Stymie that his father spent more time in prison, than out. It was a black stereotypical prejudice, and was alive back then.
If you studied more history, instead of teaching, and applied learning to your curriculum, you might know enough to teach, in 20-30 years.
In all honesty, as ugly as it is, Mother was more than 'a tad', racist. It was epidemic in the dirty 30's...as it was pre & post, and which it still is to this day. If people live on Earth in 100 years time, it might not exist then. Prejudice & racism is a hard beast to kill.
@@justplainbrad7713 Sorry, it's not 2021, people aren't buying woke/BLM/Marxist/Gender indoctrination bullshit anymore. Teach truth not word salad.
He's a child but your reasoning is he was a conman excuses her for being racist.
And yet today the ten most dangerous and violent cities in America are majority black and black run. We've come a long way baby!
One of my fav episodes. I love when Neral (whatever the dogs name is) pushed him in the well 😅😉
Nero.