Who is spanky from our gang

He, Laurel and Hardy were working together, but in different shorts, that were produced and directed by Hal Roach. Had one daughter: Betsy McFarland. Set against the backdrop of a makeshift kids' clubhouse, Spanky entertained and informed his studio audiences and the viewers at home with games, stories, craftmaking, hobbies, comedy skits, informational segments, and interviews with guest performers, personalities, and the children in the studio audience in between the reruns of "The Little Rascals" film comedies.

Was an executive with Philco later Philco Ford for many years. Was an ardent golfer who, in his later years, could be frequently seen on the pro-am circuit. Was the only Our Ganger to ever receive on-screen and poster billing. He received on-screen billing in Choo-Choo! So far he is one of the only two members of "Our Gang" and or "The Little Rascals" to be honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, co-star Jackie Cooper being the other one among the two.

His star is located in front of the Labrea Plaza strip mall, at Hollywood Blvd. Although his name has sometimes been misspelled in older credits as "McFarlane", George is not related to the creator of the television series Family Guy , who uses that particular spelling of his last name.

Received his big break through a one minute Wonder Bread commercial, after which his aunt sent him for a screen test with Hal Roach. After leaving the acting profession, he worked for a wine company, an appliance manufacturer and a boot company.

As they looked over George's photo albums, a picture of Spanky sitting on the front steps of his home caught Michael's eye. Unbeknownst to any of them before that day, both the McFarlands and the Jacksons had resided in that home, several decades apart.

Horne with the first to be 'Their Night Out'. Final onscreen appearance was as himself in the cold open of the "Cheers" episode "Woody Gets an Election" , season 11, episode Among his jobs as an adult was working for the Philco-Ford company. He worked in the department that provided television sets to hotels and motels.

As a kid I had everything I wanted, we had a good life but when it was over View agent, publicist, legal and company contact details on IMDbPro. By the end of , with the group now making appearances on national television as well as the national charts, Mercury Records couldn't wait for the album to be finished.

There were some surprising songs there, including "Five Definitions of Love," a jazzy piece of pop music that was literally the dictionary definition of "love" set to music. The group was less than happy, however, that their unfinished rendition of "Brother Can You Spare a Dime" was on the album.

In early , Oz Bach exited the lineup and was replaced by Kenny Hodges on bass who joined along with his friend Lefty Baker real name Eustace Britchforth , a guitarist and singer. Despite their record of success working with Jerry Ross , the group felt that the sound they got with him was too polished and elegant and not truly representative of the group.

During the recording of their second album, another hit, "Like to Get to Know You," which ultimately gave its name to the LP, was created. In contrast to their debut album, the Like to Get to Know You LP also contained blues; '40s-style vocal jazz-pop; a radiant harmony number, "Stardust," which provided the inspiration for the Manhattan Transfer ; and even one defiantly topical number, "Give a Damn," that managed to reach number 43 as a single despite a widespread ban because of its title.

There was actually very little playing by the band members who were supplemented by studio musicians on much of the album, but that was less of a problem than the fact that there was no obvious, upbeat hit on the record in the manner of their two prior LPs.

The material was too sophisticated and too serious, and nothing off of the album apart from the earlier released "Give a Damn" got even as high as number 90 on the charts. They were in excellent voice and Scharf and Dorough were writing material and arrangements that were stretching the members' abilities to new levels of sophistication.

In October , however, the group received a devastating blow when Malcolm Hale died suddenly of pneumonia. The year-old multi-instrumentalist also sang and arranged and pretty well kept the band together. In the wake of Hale 's death, the group played out its concert commitments and then reassessed its future. McFarlane was pregnant and not planning on performing with them too much longer, and Seiter had been offered a gig playing drums with the Turtles.

Rather than reorganize around such key membership changes, the group decided to call it quits; McFarlane and her husband Charly Galvin who had been the group's road manager prepared Spanky's Greatest Hits, a somewhat controversial release for its inclusion of remixed versions of several of the key songs. Prepared from an amateur albeit good quality recording of one of the group's earliest shows after being signed in , it showed off their early sound before they'd ever recorded.

The group members were less than pleased by this release, although real fans loved the glimpse it gave of their formative years. Although their sound had altered considerably, they attracted many old fans to their concerts they played in and , which also included original member Oz Bach who rejoined after the new album was released. Oz Bach died of cancer in September of AllMusic relies heavily on JavaScript. Please enable JavaScript in your browser to use the site fully. Blues Classical Country.

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