The Little Rascals in Color trailer - Legend Films

[blakegriplingph]

Now make a TF2 dub out of it.

[LMMediaGroup]

They say kids won't watch B&W...so what? If today's kids are too narrow, apathetic and just plain stupid then why bend over backwards to accommodate them? It's all about money, I wish these companies would just admit it. When I was a kid (not all that long ago) I had no problem with B&W. If parents aren't exposing their kids to the classics and fostering their appreciation of them, so be it. Those kids aren't going to amount to anything anyway. Go to hell Legend Films.

[LMMediaGroup]

@LMMediaGroup And if I remember right, the B&W versions were NOT included on the "Shirley Temple: The Early Years vol. 1" DVD that I have, but I'd have to recheck to be sure.

[Matlike1]

they are green now, I could do a better job than this.

[RadioUgly]

The color is not bad, there's usually a button to turn it off. So don't have a heart attack purists. I found it interesting to see them in color and so clear. Coming to you soon in 3-D. lol

[texasghost]

It's a good thing we became technologically advanced to be able to preserve these films...a lot of them were turning into dust in vaults in hollywood...and we are now able to preserve them forever.

[Anders898Avey]

Hahahahahah! I laughed so hard at 1:12. It came out of nooo where

[memphistenn77]

Leave them alone!!!!!! AND MORE COWBELL!!!!

[evvv1010]

I love them!!

[thebeesarescary]

i don't understand how they changed it from black and white. how does that work?

[volvonisse140]

Give us mooooooore of this!!!

[The1truesushiboy]

They have defaced it with their crayons.

[CCrocksitout]

I like the newer version better

[locdasmoke]

wow

[locdasmoke]

omg



[locdasmoke]

omg



[locdasmoke]

wow



[brandonzac1]

well yeah i dressed up like him for halloween today and i look funny :P

[robphilll22]

I guess they'll show Spanky's Butt in color...

[teramike11]

Colorizing looks GREAT! This is the best thing that could happen. Black and white sucks -- I am a leading film critic and assure you this is the best way to enjoy these great clips -- bu seeing them as they looked when they were being filmed - black and white is so fake, artificial and passe.

[MisterBlue24]

@teramike11 Leading film critic my ass! You sound like a deluded 17 year old that's trying to sound important. Furthermore, how does black and white film look fake and artificial? For a so called film critic you can't like too many films then, since many were made in black and white. Colourization looks fake on a black and white film. The colours are mostly wrong, not to mention no depth or variation of colour. If you think this looks great you're a moron.

[LMMediaGroup]

@teramike11 I'm assuming you're being sarcastic. No "leading film critic" would tell people how the "best" way to experience anything is. Also, a "leading film critic" wouldn't be trumpeting the colorization process. What's next? Colorizing "Citizen Kane?" If the people at Legend Films all got dysentery, the world would be a better place.

[LittleRascalsFan]

Grrrrr. Some old B&W films can safely be colorized without being ruined , but The Little Rascals/ 'Our Gang" comedies is not one of them. Thumbs down.

[TroyOi]

The young man saying "Girls are silly" at 1:26 looks a lot like actor Robert Young (of Marcus Welby, Father Knows Best fame), who would have been just about the same age at that time. However, I haven't seen anything on the web that indicates Young was involved in any Little Rascals shorts.

Anyone know who that is, or at least which particular short that scene came from?

[MrSluggo666]

@TroyOi Uh who cares?

[TroyOi]

@MrSluggo666 It's just that kind of apathy that's destroying this country, young man!

[yogertlvr]

It started with Ted Turner's company, it was ridiculous then, and its ridiculous now. Leave the classics just that, classic. I am one for enhancing the picture and the sound, but if it was made in B&W, leave it. It dose nothing to enhance the experience of the comedy, it dose nothing to make it all that much better, to me, it takes away from the artistry and the way movies were made back in those days. Next they will colorize Dracula or Frankenstein. Leave it alone.... LOL

[voceval1]

Had a group of folks over and decide to play this just to see their reactions. I have to say besides the great comedy element of the Little Rascals, they were all really surprised at how new and fresh the episodes looked in the colorized process. Also, because it appears very realistic with color they were able to have a real feel for the life/era (1930's). But best of all everybody stayed to see all the episodes.

[1060893]

I have the The Three Stooges in Color by Legend Films and it includes the original black and white films as a special feature. I'm sure The Little Rascals in Color is the same way. BTW, I think the colorization isn't too bad. I still prefer black and white.

[LouisLeeKH]

Not true color. The colors are tinned by computer.

[YoungSHolmesfan]

I prefer black and white. I don't like when they make the black and white colors. Just leave it the way it is. If you don't like it black and white that's your problem. These are classics keep it that way and in black and white.

[xgunslingerukx]

hi these kids was funny as hell and i can remember these when i was real young back then and there still very funny now when played. this clip really gets me laughing so hard with tears in my eyes lol when he try to hit the moth with the shoe.

thanks for posting this masterpiece of humor ... fantastic

[justabill61]

BASTARDIZING the classic Little Rascals shorts. Why don't you just add talking to the silent Our Gang shorts while you're at it???

[BigDickMcGirk]

Ted Turner did this garbage in the 80's was mocked like crazy...its ugly; the reds pink and the other colors are a sickly orange.

[davidls11]

@BigDickMcGirk He said it was the only way to get the TV networks to air the classics.

[diamondlady1126]

I miss watching the orignal Little Rascals on TV. Who owns the rights? I heard it was Bill Cosby.

[Kitsuneranger]

Colorization can be either a good thing or a bad thing, the Colorization of the classic christmas film "Miracle on 34th Street" proves that Colorization can bastardize a classic.

[ThePickledTheif]

It looks more like a 50s show now.

Hm..I think I prefer it in color. Some of it seems too dark however I like it this way as well as the original.

[jacknoe]

@hutchins96 Bobby Hutchins played "Wheezer". He was prominent in the Gang at the beginning of the talkie era 1929-31.

[ideagirlconsulting]

i saw these ones too

[Hutchins96]

Im related to Bobby hutchins who plays spanky

[ideagirlconsulting]

@Hutchins96 cool to know :)

[bubblinbrownsuga66]

@Hutchins96 Bobby Hutchins did not play Spanky. The young man who played Spanky was named either Robert or George McFarland.

[bree800]

@Hutchins96 ur on crack, his name was George McFarland...

[pigwigpa]

@bree800 Later in life George McFarland went by Spanky McFarland

[Benton46]

@pigwigpa George was his name, his ENTIRE life. Spanky, was his stage name. I know, because I knew him. I grew up few houses down, and went to school with his daughter, Betsy. In the 60-70's (when I was there) he came every year, and put on a show for the elementary kids. He talked about his days with the Rascals, and showed Little Rascals reels. He was a very nice man, who introduced himself as "George" This was in Keller, Texas, by the way. Between Keller, and North Richland Hills, actually.

[pigwigpa]

@Benton46 There was a radio guy in N.J 101.5. back in the late 60'''s he won a dinner with Spanky. He stated that George told him to call him spanky

[Benton46]

@pigwigpa Well, I know he did. He did it for the fans. It made them feel happy to call him Spanky. But, he went by George, like I said, because that was his name. You would think he had money from doing those shows, but, like the rest of the kids, their parents spent all their money. George made his living, as a sales rep. for "Magic Chef" He had a small brick home, with a small pool, on a rural lane. Not a rich guy, at all. Cut his own yard, even. HA! Just a chubby, old version, of "Spanky".

[pigwigpa]

@Benton46 Hey I think it's cool you know him! George/ Spanky is one of those rare people that became an American icon.

[nealadams70]

if the story and characters are well conceived, WHO NEEDS COLOR????

[Saxonmarko]

hahahahah what a fuck hahahah i love this movies when i was a kid hahahah!!!

[startug]

The colorization never fitted Little Rascals, its original black and white filming was good enough. Hal Roach though did have a colorization company and ran it to make some of his Laurel and Hardy films in color, and they were very good, but little rascals never could get the color right. Black and white is what I grew up with, and I am sticking to that.

[50SecondVisual]

nice

[SPAMINGxU]

how they do this??

[john91722]

I'st like the colorized version of Casablanca with the new and improved ending.

[michaeljayklein]

I've seen the colorized 3 Stooges shorts that came out several years ago and they are much more realistic looking (very much like Technicolor, which makes it more authentic, as that is what they used at the time). This must have come out when colorization was in it's infancy. Still, it's the comedy that counts and the shorts are just as funny no matter how many times you've seen them.

[motherbrain86]

the 1994 movies a good family fiml but its missing potrayls from everyone

Farina

jackie cooper

Wheezer

Joe cobb and or chubby

dickie moore

Scotty

Wally albright(not waldo)

mickey daniels

[GoblinXXX]

Yeah, it;s MUCH funnier in color. Feh, screw that, just clean them up and enhance the sound and rerelease them as close as possible to their original forms!

[barlowetube]

anyone remember alfalfa as a private eye in a haunted house?

[Lehnerd57]

That part u see of spanky in the mower bag was funny but odd part is was censored remove after i saw it.....I explain spanky got grass down his pants n while no one notice kids.

[WizardGlik]

These would have better color if I simply urinated on a print!

[aminmatamin]

i love classic film, very comedic and cutest rascals with clear n color..great,fresh memory & enjoy!  is there any full version?

[aminmatamin]

very good legendary comedic film and hope to get in full version.

[imalejandro117]

hayl hitler!!

[emoleader70]

man i miss this.... good thing they remake little rascals in 1994

[kendall4891]

It's strange seeing this in color... it's kind of cool though. I love 00:26 when Spanky is looking at the hula girls and he's doing a little dance! And 00:36 is cute; I love little Scotty!

[undertkr2001]

My nephew looked just like Spanky. But he's a piece of shit and I wish he was die. I'm drunk and probably won't remember this. Nite all my YouTube friends.

[dolphinfan919]

1994 version looks way better then this!

[flamencogirl1]

The little rascals are the cutest rascals ever!!

I <3 them! :D

[frankebe2]

Colorization can be just fine, but first get a good print with plenty of saturation. These pictures look washed out, they have no contrast, and the highlights are bleached. It's not the colorization that's the problem, it's how bad these prints are.

[pilgrimomega]

What a terrible idea, colorizing these! I'm grateful for digital clean up and audio fixes but they should be restored to b&w...sorry, I just can't get with this.

[YoungSHolmesfan]

@pilgrimomega I agree! :)

[TroyOi]

@pilgrimomega I have mixed feelings about it. You and I love the old b&w films, but I'd love to see kids today appreciate the Little Rascals, considering the mindless junk food for the mind that they get served up these days. Considering the resistance many of these kids have to anything that's not in color, colorization may be a necessary evil to make these comedies "palatable" to today's youth.

[Spsuperstar]

@pilgrimomega i disagree but they got bad coloring.

[jefzig]

RIP rascals

[brutecm830]

lol at the tubby at

1:13

[1more4theroad]

Sorry...hit the Post Comment button too quickly. A History of Hal Roach Studios by Richard Lewis goes into great deal from the beginning to the end of what became known as The Lot of Fun and Laugh Factory to the World. God puts people here for reasons and I thank Him for all of Mr. Roach's contributions....Laurel and Hardy, Our Gang, Charley Chase and his director/brother James Parrott, the squint and slow burn of James Finlayson, whose original 'Doohhh' would inspire Homer Simpson's reaction.

[1more4theroad]

Few people realize that Hal Roach Studios had much to do with the colorization process. Ever wonder why it was tried on his Our Gang series and It's a Wonderful Life? a web excerpt: In the early 1980s, Hal Roach Studios was one of the first studios to venture into the controversial business of film colorization, creating digitaly colored versions of several Laurel & Hardy features, the Frank Capra film It's a Wonderful Life, and other popular films. History of Hal Roach Studios

[TroyOi]

> How do they colorized old films?

It would be just about impossible (cost-prohibitive, that is) without computers. The B&W films are digitized, and artists choose which colors to assign to objects (as per jerryaltman's description). Tho I'm no expert on this, I'm sure that the artists "define" objects (hat, shirt, house, etc.) in various frames, and computer algorithms are able to "track" those objects in subsequent frames as they move about, & apply the same color transformations to them.

[fierospeeder]

They were able to do this without computers back in the day. I think it was something with watercolors. I remember a few tv shows and movies were converted into color. its a wonderful life, three stooges are just two I remember.

[davethecaveman]

da rascals....

[ZAPDUNGAA]

we live in color not in black and white people!!!!

[Dragonair72]

It looks wierder in color

[cheergirlamberxoxo]

how does putting them in color ruin them? tht makes no sense.....btw spanky is so adorable!

[MetalHeart8787]

They look more "1930'2" in Black & white

I grew up watchin them in B&W,

you see the 1994 Movie?

it just wasnt the same.

[culturecritique]

This is just a stupid ad

[castletriglav]

Duh...............

[bds1167]

I used to watch all of the Little Rascals when they were shown in the afternoons in the early '70's. I nicknamed my son Spanky, much to his chagrin.

[Lehnerd57]

On the one after spanky was in bag with the Grass got in his pants...and one time before was remove after were beatin a rug Move it n low n behold was a bare butt spanky with his Butt up at camera to see the whole tush...which was edited out...what ashame was

[shorty5003]

actually its not that bad in color i bought this. It gives ur eyes a break.

[ben150195]

first parts so funny !!!

[jerryaltman]

Each object is sellected and a color spectrun to the shadows, middle tones and hightlights are placed. The gray tones it's not altered, bu only values of saturation and hue are added.

[1060892]

What's nice about Legend Films is they always include the original B&W for the purests. So you can have two versions of the same movie.

[rebelhorses]

Some things are better left in their original form! These were much better in Black and White.

[mezzatopia1]

color??????? its ruined

[LivengoodTodd]

They put in color and ruined it all.What a load of spam shit.

[vmedia69]

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