- Spooky Hooky
Infobox Film
name = Spooky Hooky
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director = Gordon Douglas
producer =Hal Roach
writer =Hal Roach
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cinematography = Art Lloyd
editing = William H. Ziegler
distributor = MGM
released =5 December ,1936
runtime = 10 minutes
country = USA
language = English
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preceded_by = "Pay As You Exit "
followed_by = "General Spanky "
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imdb_id = 0028296"Spooky Hooky" is a 1936 "
Our Gang " shortcomedy film directed by Gordon Douglas. It was the 149th "Our Gang " (61th talking episode) short that was released.Plot
Finding out that the circus will be coming to town for one day only, Spanky McFarland, Alfalfa, Buckwheat, and Porky conspire to stage an "epidemic" in order to skip out of school. The boys go so far as to write a phony excuse note, to which they affix the name of a local doctor. But then it is revealed out that the schoolteacher Miss Jones (played by Rosina Lawrence but named Miss Jones instead of Miss Lawrence on this episode) had made plans to close school and take all the kids to the circus for free. Now, the four clever boys are on the horns of a dilemma: How can they retrieve that excuse note from Miss Lawrence's desk, with the schoolhouse securely locked up for the night? They sneak back to the school, break in, and retrieve the note. But its a cold, dark, and rainy night. The boys all get a cold and cannot come to school or the circus the next day. cite web |url=http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/225687/Spooky-Hooky/overview |title=New York Times: Spooky Hooky |accessdate=2008-09-21|work=NY Times]
Cast
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George McFarland - Spanky
*Carl Switzer - Alfalfa
* Eugene Lee - Porky
*Billie Thomas - Buckwheat
*John Collum
*Von The Dog
*Dudley Dickerson - Sam, the janitor
*Rosina Lawrence - Miss Jonesee also
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Our Gang filmography References
External links
*imdb title|id=0028296|title=Spooky Hooky
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