This is early in the talkie era of Our Gang, cos Stymie is still young, and Spanky isn’t much more than a toddler.
I should recognise the two boys on either side of Spanky but I can’t think of their names right now, and a quick search only found this image labeled Our Gang, with no names.
I think it’s before Alfalfa and Darla… only a few years, but after they came along, Stymie was pretty much replaced by Buckwheat… Spanky started school, and it became the cast I’d say is most remembered from the “Little Rascals” era on TV.
They were originally short films, shown in theaters alongside the main feature,.or as part of a program of short features, like a cartoon, a newsreel, an Our Gang and another short.
They were world famous, and probably shown in the UK… especially as Hal Roach, their producer, also produced Laurel and Hardy, and other famous stars…. but that was back in the 1930s and 40s.
What we had here, and you may not have had there, was that those old shorts were sold to television in the 1950s, renamed The Little Rascals, and.shown in the afternoon, for children. Originally, though children loved them too, they were created for adults
One thing may be that you are younger than me. I’m not sure how long they lasted on American television, but I watched them in the late 50s and early 60s. Maybe they stopped too soon for you to see… though I know that British TV was much more limited, as well.
I said the same thing about Rocky and Bullwinkle, when I answered you the other day about that show, which you said you didn’t recognize… But I’m not sure you ever saw that.
Thanks, I did see your reply to the R&B. They were probably shown in cinemas, but I doubt they made it onto TV in the ’60s, and if they did, I wouldn’t have seen them.
British TV has always been a bit of a funny thing, mainly because of the BBC. They even decided to rename ‘Top Cat’ cartoons as ‘Boss Cat’ for some reason.
They say this is the Rainbow Mountain, or Vinincunca, near Cusco, Peru…
And that the colors come from layers of various minerals.
But we can see with our own eyes that they come from layers of bread and sandwich fillings… I think they’re trying to keep it a secret, so hordes of hungry tourists don’t swarm the place.
BTW, it’s very cold up there, so don’t worry about it spoiling.
According to several sites, it shows a poacher and his faithful dog, in custody, awaiting trial.
I know that in those days, rich landowners controlled the forests near most towns, and strictly prosecuted anyone who hunted on their property, leaving the poor with few options.
Many turned to poaching to feed their families, but the consequences could be heavy.
In my youth we had a neighbor who claimed when the Lions Gate Bridge (same design but smaller) was being built, he would walk across the cables to North Vancouver and back.
I’m sure North Vancouver is nice…. but I think I’ll wait for the bridge, thanks.
I walked with a friend across a big bridge in Vancouver one night in the 1980s… I’m not sure what bridge… and it was completely built, with cars, and a pedestrian walkway, and everything, and I was still terrified.
I don’t know whether that was the bridge I walked…
I think I remember there were two bridges, starting near the same place, but going different directions. Lots of street lights around, lots of traffic.
It was younger person walking distance (probably not for me now) from the area near the train station. Pretty sure it had to be either 1980 or 1985.
When I say a friend… um… it was a fellow I met in Vancouver, and he wanted to show me the city, but he had no car.
He convinced me to do it cos there was a safe walkway, and a fair number of people on it… but by the middle I was clinging to his hand and trying not to look at anything but my feet. So much for scenic.
The bridge, IIRC (but I’m not sure I do) was very long, never mind the terror, and there was no way I wanted to do it again, so I believe we took the bus back.
Since I posted above, I searched this image… It’s described as an 80 year old giant tortoise and her babies.
She had suddenly produced eggs at that estimated age, in captivity. Of course, that’s not as old as they get… some live to over twice that.
One thing I was trying to find out if why she’s with her babies… But I didn’t see anything about that. It might just be that they’re all in captivity together. Tortoises lay eggs… it’s not like they nurture their young.
Anyway… I hope it’s okay to say I sent this photo to Nighthawks in the first place, and I think I got it from a baby animals page. I never noticed the TMNT masks.
I opened it a little while ago on at least 10 other sites that turned up tonight in my search….. nature sites, Facebook groups, and the like.. Image search had ignored the masks as well.
I’d say that about a third of the copies I found had the masks, and the rest didn’t. You can really tell they’re added, cos there are so many without them.
But not one page ever mentioned them! They were presented as straight nature pictures.
Took a trip West a few (?) years back. Made a stop at Reptile Gardens in Rapid City, SD. Very worthwhile, I recommend it, should you happen to venture toward Rushmore (or Sturgis). This picture could have been taken there. (sans masks, of course)
One of the attractions is a pen with a number of tortoises like the picture, about half the size of a Volkswagen. One of the residents is, like, the oldest (or biggest) ever.
So, while we were passing by, this old fella gets a wild hair, and mounts one of the ladies. He tends to announce his conquest with a howl that sounds like a foghorn.
We were a little embarrassed for the parents.
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You better run!
“I told you not to tick him off!”
The elephant in the room.
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Alfalfa must be doing something “interesting” again. The first thing that comes to mind is soap bubble hiccups.
This is early in the talkie era of Our Gang, cos Stymie is still young, and Spanky isn’t much more than a toddler.
I should recognise the two boys on either side of Spanky but I can’t think of their names right now, and a quick search only found this image labeled Our Gang, with no names.
I think it’s before Alfalfa and Darla… only a few years, but after they came along, Stymie was pretty much replaced by Buckwheat… Spanky started school, and it became the cast I’d say is most remembered from the “Little Rascals” era on TV.
Another one I have no knowledge of as we didn’t get it over here.
They were originally short films, shown in theaters alongside the main feature,.or as part of a program of short features, like a cartoon, a newsreel, an Our Gang and another short.
They were world famous, and probably shown in the UK… especially as Hal Roach, their producer, also produced Laurel and Hardy, and other famous stars…. but that was back in the 1930s and 40s.
What we had here, and you may not have had there, was that those old shorts were sold to television in the 1950s, renamed The Little Rascals, and.shown in the afternoon, for children. Originally, though children loved them too, they were created for adults
One thing may be that you are younger than me. I’m not sure how long they lasted on American television, but I watched them in the late 50s and early 60s. Maybe they stopped too soon for you to see… though I know that British TV was much more limited, as well.
I said the same thing about Rocky and Bullwinkle, when I answered you the other day about that show, which you said you didn’t recognize… But I’m not sure you ever saw that.
“The Little Rascals” ran on German TV in the 60s.
Thanks, I did see your reply to the R&B. They were probably shown in cinemas, but I doubt they made it onto TV in the ’60s, and if they did, I wouldn’t have seen them.
British TV has always been a bit of a funny thing, mainly because of the BBC. They even decided to rename ‘Top Cat’ cartoons as ‘Boss Cat’ for some reason.
I am a little younger, I’ll be 61 next month.
61… wow … I remember 61 🙂
I think you’re right about both! They look so young here. Tommy turned into the “villain.”
I recognized Butch and knew it was Dickie Moore but couldn’t recall his name. Good job.
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Why did that make me hungry?
That looks like a real Dagwood sandwich!
They say this is the Rainbow Mountain, or Vinincunca, near Cusco, Peru…
And that the colors come from layers of various minerals.
But we can see with our own eyes that they come from layers of bread and sandwich fillings… I think they’re trying to keep it a secret, so hordes of hungry tourists don’t swarm the place.
BTW, it’s very cold up there, so don’t worry about it spoiling.
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We don’t deserve dogs.
Something bad just happened here…
“Fidelity” by Briton Rivière in 1869.
According to several sites, it shows a poacher and his faithful dog, in custody, awaiting trial.
I know that in those days, rich landowners controlled the forests near most towns, and strictly prosecuted anyone who hunted on their property, leaving the poor with few options.
Many turned to poaching to feed their families, but the consequences could be heavy.
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Now throw an axe at him…
But then there might not be any Bruce Lee movies.
Or Johnny Carson…https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0L5QC9ZJkM8
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“What? It was like this when I came in.”
“There! That’s comfortable.”
,..
Cool!
Does she have toe beans?
SQUI!!!!!!!!!!!
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In my youth we had a neighbor who claimed when the Lions Gate Bridge (same design but smaller) was being built, he would walk across the cables to North Vancouver and back.
Hey, somebody’s gotta do it…but not me….
I’m sure North Vancouver is nice…. but I think I’ll wait for the bridge, thanks.
I walked with a friend across a big bridge in Vancouver one night in the 1980s… I’m not sure what bridge… and it was completely built, with cars, and a pedestrian walkway, and everything, and I was still terrified.
I got about a tenth of the way across Lions Gate (on the sidewalk!) before I had to turn back!
I don’t know whether that was the bridge I walked…
I think I remember there were two bridges, starting near the same place, but going different directions. Lots of street lights around, lots of traffic.
It was younger person walking distance (probably not for me now) from the area near the train station. Pretty sure it had to be either 1980 or 1985.
When I say a friend… um… it was a fellow I met in Vancouver, and he wanted to show me the city, but he had no car.
He convinced me to do it cos there was a safe walkway, and a fair number of people on it… but by the middle I was clinging to his hand and trying not to look at anything but my feet. So much for scenic.
The bridge, IIRC (but I’m not sure I do) was very long, never mind the terror, and there was no way I wanted to do it again, so I believe we took the bus back.
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Not only did that stuff stunt his growth, it looks like it turned him into a rabbit!
All the (then) young (now old) people starting to smoke dope in the 1960s and 70s can blame it on Bugs teaching them how to roll a doobie.
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So much for being carnivorous.
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That must be a teacher, ’cause he tortoise… (Yeah, Dr. Dodgson did it first…)
Torture to what?
Make Tourtière?
Oh… that’s what i torte.
OMG… I only just noticed something…
Maybe it’s my imagination.
Did somebody alter this picture, just a teeny weeny bit… they must have…
Cos right across the middle of the group… herd… whatever you call a bunch of baby turtles….
I swear I see Donatello, Raphael, Michelangelo, and Leonardo.
Those colors couldn’t be accidental!
(And yes, I had to look up their names. Not like I could remember which is which. But I recognized the colors!)
It’s this a school for baby ninjas?
Only the land-lovers because these aren’t turtles…
Right… I know they’re tortoises, but I was talking about seeing Donatello, Raphael, Michelangelo, and Leonardo.
I wasn’t the one who named them turtles… but that’s how they’re known.
Since I posted above, I searched this image… It’s described as an 80 year old giant tortoise and her babies.
She had suddenly produced eggs at that estimated age, in captivity. Of course, that’s not as old as they get… some live to over twice that.
One thing I was trying to find out if why she’s with her babies… But I didn’t see anything about that. It might just be that they’re all in captivity together. Tortoises lay eggs… it’s not like they nurture their young.
Anyway… I hope it’s okay to say I sent this photo to Nighthawks in the first place, and I think I got it from a baby animals page. I never noticed the TMNT masks.
I opened it a little while ago on at least 10 other sites that turned up tonight in my search….. nature sites, Facebook groups, and the like.. Image search had ignored the masks as well.
I’d say that about a third of the copies I found had the masks, and the rest didn’t. You can really tell they’re added, cos there are so many without them.
But not one page ever mentioned them! They were presented as straight nature pictures.
Somebody’s little prank, I imagine… 🙂
I noticed it right away!
I’ve posted this picture elsewhere and got this in return from a British ex-pat:
https://whitepostfarm.co.uk/sulcata-tortoise/
Took a trip West a few (?) years back. Made a stop at Reptile Gardens in Rapid City, SD. Very worthwhile, I recommend it, should you happen to venture toward Rushmore (or Sturgis). This picture could have been taken there. (sans masks, of course)
One of the attractions is a pen with a number of tortoises like the picture, about half the size of a Volkswagen. One of the residents is, like, the oldest (or biggest) ever.
So, while we were passing by, this old fella gets a wild hair, and mounts one of the ladies. He tends to announce his conquest with a howl that sounds like a foghorn.
We were a little embarrassed for the parents.
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I think i found one.
I’m not sure that’s possible.
Yeah, that’s what I see too.
Rats… I almost forgot to post
This is just the lower right corner… It’s the only place I saw any arrows, so I cropped it so they’d be large enough to see.
I can’t guarantee that no one found any others, but it seems Liverlips and I both found only these.
Same.
So you found three!
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That’s a committed swinger.
Or he should be.
Let it slide.
Photographed in Tittenhurst Park, Sunningdale, Berkshire, England in 1969.
Racoon or Bunny?
BUNNY!
TRASH PANDA!
Northern Flicker.
Loe those guys. I don’t see them often but i hear them often.