Wheezer pretends to be sick in order to get his parents to stop fighting.Wheezer pretends to be sick in order to get his parents to stop fighting.Wheezer pretends to be sick in order to get his parents to stop fighting.
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Sherwood Bailey
- Spud
- (as Hal Roach's Rascals)
Matthew 'Stymie' Beard
- Stymie
- (as Hal Roach's Rascals)
Dorothy DeBorba
- Dorothy
- (as Hal Roach's Rascals)
Bobby 'Wheezer' Hutchins
- Wheezer
- (as Hal Roach's Rascals)
Donald Haines
- Donald
- (as Hal Roach's Rascals)
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- TriviaWhen Stymie's mama realises Wheezer may have taken poison in his attempt to get sick (so that his parents would stop arguing), she opens what is apparently a real telephone book, running her finger across a page that says: "For Los Angeles, in an emergency, Call or Dial the Number Listed Below - Fire Department - FItzroy-3131 - Police Department - FAber-6111 - Ambulance, Receiving Hospital - FAber-3111. FItzroy and FAber were actual exchanges in the Los Angeles telephone system before 1958.
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Touchy subjects handled in "Our Gang" film
"Big Ears" is one of the few "Our Gang" films not to be shown on television, and the reasons are obvious from the storyline. Wheezer's parents are planning on getting a divorce. With the Gang's help, he hatches a plot to get so sick that the parents will reconcile. But will it work?
The divorce angle is obviously a difficult subject to handle in a "Little Rascals" film. With divorce rates ever on the rise over the decades, this film was shelved from television, and with good reason. As uncomfortable as the divorce storyline is, what makes the film doubly difficult to watch is how Wheezer matter-of-factly swallows things out of the medicine chest (ouch).
Some laughs, but too painful overall to recommend for younger children and sensitive adults. 3 out of 10.
The divorce angle is obviously a difficult subject to handle in a "Little Rascals" film. With divorce rates ever on the rise over the decades, this film was shelved from television, and with good reason. As uncomfortable as the divorce storyline is, what makes the film doubly difficult to watch is how Wheezer matter-of-factly swallows things out of the medicine chest (ouch).
Some laughs, but too painful overall to recommend for younger children and sensitive adults. 3 out of 10.
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- jimtinder
- Feb 13, 2001
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- Runtime20 minutes
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