- Canned Fishing
Infobox Film
name = Canned Fishing
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director = Gordon Douglas
producer =Hal Roach
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cinematography = Art Lloyd
editing = William H. Ziegler
distributor = MGM
released =12 February ,1938
runtime = 10 minutes
country = USA
language = English
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preceded_by = "Our Gang Follies of 1938 "
followed_by = "Bear Facts"
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imdb_id = 0213540"Canned Fishing" is a 1938 "
Our Gang " shortcomedy film directed by Gordon Douglas. It was the 162nd "Our Gang " short (163rd episode, 74th talking short, and 75th talking episode) that was released.Plot
Again concocting an elaborate hooky-playing scheme, Spanky places a block of ice on the chest of his pal Alfalfa, who spent the night with him at his house. The strategy this time is to convince their mothers that Alfalfa has a bad cold or the flu, and that Spanky must remain by his side to nurse him back to health. In fact, the boys plan to go fishing the moment their mothers' backs are turned -- and the scheme might have worked, had not little Billy "Buckwheat" Thomas and Eugene "Porky" Lee spilled the beans to Spanky's mom. Vowing to teach the boys a lesson, she orders Spanky and Alfalfa to remain in the house all day and look after Spanky's kid brother Junior. This turns out to be a major mistake when, while trying to clean Junior's clothes, the boys end up locked in a steam cabinet, while poor Buckwheat finds himself stuck in the washing machine's rinse cycle. When Spanky's mother returns, the two boys run to school. cite web |url=http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/225695/Canned-Fishing/overview |title=New York Times: Canned Fishing |accessdate=2008-09-21|work=NY Times] This was considered one of the weaker Hal Roach Our gang episodes. Its one of the fisrt designed to teach a lesson to children. It was considered a preview of what was to come later that year at MGM after Hal Roach sells the Our Gang unit to them.
Cast
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George McFarland - Spanky
*Carl Switzer - Alfalfa
*Gary Jasgur - Junior
* Eugene Lee - Porky
*Billie Thomas - Buckwheat
*Wilma Cox - Spanky's motheree also
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Our Gang filmography References
External links
*imdb title|id=0213540|title=Canned Fishing
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