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Rating: - "Hey, don't you kiss me!"
The kids have a new teacher in "Teacher's Pet" and she couldn't possibly be a nice as Miss McGullicudy. After all, her name is Miss Crabtree! The gang gets together to devise a plan to get this Miss Crabtree by bringing in ants, itching powder, and even a mouse. On the way to school, Jackie hitches a ride with a beautiful blonde woman and tells her all of his plans for the day. What a bad move that was; the beautiful blonde is Miss Crabtree. She is hurt by the news that her students already hate her, especially since she planned to give them all ice cream.
"School's Out" is a bit of a sequel to "Teacher's Pet," and begins with Miss Crabtree's brother coming to town. She just can't wait to see him, but the gang mistakes him for her boyfriend and fears losing her to marriage. Jackie is especially vehement about getting rid of this guy because he has developed a schoolboy crush on his teacher. The gang does all they can to discourage this man on top of discouraging Miss Crabtree's teaching by giving foolish answers to her daily quiz.
"Love Business" again features Miss Crabtree, this time outside of the schoolroom. Jackie still loves her, and this time so does Chubby. When she takes a vacant room in Jackie's house, his dreams come true and he plans ways to make her fall for him. He digs out his mother's old love letters and memorizes them, in spite of Wheezer's constant teasing. Chubby does the same, with Dorothy mocking his every phrase. Finally comes the night to win her over, and both boys are present while Miss Crabtree humors them in the sitting room.
"Spooky Hooky" is the final short on the tape and it features a much later group of kids. The gang wants to go to the circus instead of going to school, so they put a sick note on the teacher's desk. Then they find out that the teacher was going to take them all to the circus the next day. Spanky decides that they will all return at night to steal the note back, and what a night! It is stormy and dark, and Buckwheat is afraid of the dark. The night watchman hears the kids making noise and comes out to investigate, but he suspects ghosts more than he suspects mischievious children.
This tape features commentary by film historian Leonard Maltin and crisp, clear photography.
Rating: - Jackie has a big crush on the new teacher, Miss Crabtree
Volume 3 in the "Little Rascals" collection is quite different from the first two because the first three episodes focus on Jackie Cooper's infatuation with his new teacher, Miss Crabtree. "Teachers's Pet" (1930) finds the gang upset on the first day of school that their beloved Miss McGillicuddy has been replaced by a new teacher which the horrible name of Miss Crabtree. Of course she is a beautiful young blonde (June Marlowe) who happens to pick up Jack and Wheezer on the way to school. They proudly reveal some of the stunts they have for their new teacher: sneezing powder, red ants and a mouse. Fortunately, Miss Crabtree is not only good looking, she is pretty smart too. "Teachers' Pet" is a different type of "Our Gang" comedy, in that there it relies on the story rather than gadgets and action. This one has Jackie, Farina, Chubby, Wheezer, Echo, and Hercules. A fitting companion piece, "School's Out" (1930) is the next "Our Gang" comedy made but now it is the end of the school year and Jackie is passing around a "partition" for school to stay open all summer. Seems he likes Miss Crabtree a lot, which is why Jackie's crush makes him chase off the stranger who is asking after her. Jackie is not going to let this team get married and run away (but it is only her brother). There is a nice bit here involving a Miss Crabtree trying to give the kids a quiz. jackie, Farina, Chubby and Mary Ann have most of the action in this one.
Jackie's love for Miss Crabtree continues to get the better of him in "Love Business" (1931). But now he has some serious competition. Miss Crabtree is now a border at Jackie's house and when Chubby shows up to propose marriage the insanely jealous Jackie sabotages his friends every romantic effort (Chubby had been practicing on a cutout of Greta Garbo). What is interesting here is that Miss Crabtree plays along, actually kissing him when he tells she is pretty; I sure do not remember my teachers being like this. But the fun here is between the romantic rivals, Jackie and Chubby.
The final episode, "Spooky Hooky" (1936) offers up an entirely different set of Little Rascals: Buckwheat, Porky, Spanky, Alfalfa, and Von the Dog. However, school is still the common denominator, because the circus is coming to town and Spanky has a plan to get them out of class. Irony abounds, not only in that the plan almost backfires big time, but in that fiction comes true in the end. This is only a one-reeler from Roach Studios and the gang's teacher, Miss Jones (Rosina Lawrence) is not as cute as Miss Crabtree, ... Read More
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