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Goin' Fishin'

Goin' Fishin'

1940 10mComedy

The gang is going fishing and wants to get an early start, but they end up causing all sorts of problems for the passengers of a city bus.

3.2/5

TMDB score· 3 votes

Synopsis

The gang is going fishing and wants to get an early start, but they end up causing all sorts of problems for the passengers of a city bus.

Behind it

Edward L. CahnEdward L. CahnDirector

Cast

George McFarlandGeorge McFarland
Billie ThomasBillie Thomas
Carl SwitzerCarl SwitzerAlfalfa
Robert BlakeRobert Blake
Leonard 'Percy' LandyLeonard 'Percy' Landy
Paul HurstPaul Hurst

Director

Edward L. Cahn

Release date

26 Oct 1940

Runtime

10m

Language

English

Our Gang: The MGM talkies (1929-1938)

These one-reel sound Our Gang shorts were produced and distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer between 1929 and 1938.

Fly My Kite

A greedy man tries to get rid of his mother by putting her in an old folks home until he discovers she has a fortune in stock certificates.

3.4

Fly My Kite

1931

Choo-Choo!

The gang trades places with a group of orphans about to take a train ride.

3.5

Choo-Choo!

1932

Washee Ironee

Rich boy Waldo gets his clothes dirty playing football with the gang just before he has to go to his mother's society party. The gang tries to help him clean up.

3.4

Washee Ironee

1934

Shrimps for a Day

A magic lamp lets a young couple become kids again and exposes a mean old man who runs his orphanage like a prison.

3.4

Shrimps for a Day

1934

Our Gang Follies of 1936

The gang puts on a show, everything goes well, except they're missing an act.

3.5

Our Gang Follies of 1936

1935

Night 'n' Gales

Because of a storm, the Gang has to stay overnight at Darla's house, and they drive her father crazy.

3.5

Night 'n' Gales

1937

Alfalfa imagines himself as a western movie hero battling with Butch for Darla's heart.

3.8

The Little Ranger

1938

Party Fever

Alfalfa, Butch and Waldo compete for Mayor For A Day. Whoever becomes Mayor gets to take Darla to the Strawberry Festival.

3.4

Party Fever

1938

Spanky and Alfalfa want to do a show based on the "Aladdin's Lamp" story with Darla in the cast, but Darla doesn't want to participate.

3.1

Aladdin's Lantern

1938

The kids go to the hospital to visit Darla, who's recovering from a tonsillectomy. Chaos soon ensues.

3.3

Men in Fright

1938

Darla pretends to like Butch, hoping to motivate Alfalfa into a better performance in the football game against Butch's team.

3.3

Football Romeo

1938

Butch has been playing practical jokes on the gang, but now they get their turn.

3.3

Practical Jokers

1938

Alfalfa's Aunt

Alfalfa's weird aunt Penelope pays a visit. She's working on a murder mystery novel, but Alfalfa thinks she's trying to murder him. It's up to the Spanky and the gang to save him.

3.3

Alfalfa's Aunt

1939

Tiny Troubles

Alfalfa "trades in" his whining baby brother for another baby--who turns out to be a midget criminal.

3.4

Tiny Troubles

1939

While under a hypnotic spell, Alfalfa thinks he's one of the Three Musketeers and challenges Butch to a duel.

3.8

Duel Personalities

1939

Clown Princes

The Our Gang kids put on a circus in the barn to raise money to help Porky's family pay the rent and avoid getting evicted.

3.0

Clown Princes

1939

Cousin Wilbur

Alfalfa introduces his prissy, snooty cousin Wilbur to the gang. He instantly gets on everyone's bad side. Especially Alfalfa.

3.4

Cousin Wilbur

1939

Joy Scouts

The Boys Scouts give a demonstration of their camping skills, but Our Gang are excluded from participating because they are not yet old enough. Undeterred, the kids head off on their own unsupervised camping adventure, with comically disastrous results.

3.4

Joy Scouts

1939

Dog Daze

The Gang owes 37 cents to Butch, so they try to raise money by rounding up stray dogs for the reward, but nearly get busted for dognapping.

2.7

Dog Daze

1939

The "Our Gang" kids enter the Kidmobile Race Classic and must rescue their dog from the pound.

3.6

Auto Antics

1939

Captain Spanky's Show Boat

An abandoned old show boat is moored in a lazy creek. The Our Gang put the old vessel back to use when they stage a show featuring "Darla's Dancin' Dandies" and a "meller dramer" entitled "Out in the Snow You Go." All is not smooth sailing however, as Butch seeks revenge for having been excluded from the cast.

3.5

Captain Spanky's Show Boat

1939

Dad for a Day

The "Our Gang" kids encourage a shy man to take a widow and her son to a picnic.

3.3

Dad for a Day

1939

Alfalfa imagines himself being the star football player on a college team. After a big pep rally he ends up letting the team down when his poor grades cause him to be suspended from play.

3.5

Time Out for Lessons

1939

Alfalfa's Double

Our Gang member Alfalfa comes face to face with his wealthy lookalike Cornelius.

3.3

Alfalfa's Double

1940

The Big Premiere

It is a premiere night at the Fox Carthay Circle theater, and the Our Gang show up to observe the festivities. But after the Gang causes a disruption, the police send them scurrying home. Not to worry--the Our Gang stage their own premiere night in the clubhouse barn.

3.3

The Big Premiere

1940

All About Hash

Mickey's parents are constantly quarreling because his mother serves hash every Monday night. The kids decide to put on a radio skit to try to get them to stop fighting.

3.0

All About Hash

1940

Spanky and Alfalfa both try to impress the new girl at school, much to Darla's dismay.

3.1

The New Pupil

1940

To impress Darla, Alfalfa drinks a concoction of Butch's "dynamite" brew.

3.5

Bubbling Troubles

1940

Good Bad Boys

Alfalfa and the gang decide to turn to a life of crime, but Spanky tries to trick them with a fake burglary.

3.5

Good Bad Boys

1940

Waldo's Last Stand

The gang offers to help their pal Waldo attract customers to his lemonade stand. Redecorating their clubhouse as a lavish nightclub, the kids stage an elaborate floor show, with Darla Hood as the star vocalist.

3.5

Waldo's Last Stand

1940

Goin' Fishin'

The gang is going fishing and wants to get an early start, but they end up causing all sorts of problems for the passengers of a city bus.

3.2

Goin' Fishin'

1940

While playing baseball near the home of wealthy hypochondriac, Mr. Morton, the gang inadvertently breaks one of his windows. This mishap coincides with a plan hatched by Morton's wife to get her husband's mind off his imaginary illnesses by adopting some children.

4.0

Kiddie Kure

1940

Baby Blues

Mickey's mom is about to give birth, but he gets worried when he reads that every fourth child born is Chinese. Spanky and the gang then visit a Chinese friend and learn that kids are kids, no matter where they are from.

4.0

Baby Blues

1941

Spanky and the Our Gang kids go to battle over pranks with a rival gang.

3.3

Fightin' Fools

1941

Ye Olde Minstrels

The gang puts on a show to raise money for the Red Cross.

3.7

Ye Olde Minstrels

1941

1-2-3-Go!

While playing baseball, Mickey runs into the street to catch a fly ball and is struck by a car. When the gang visit him in the hospital they are appalled to find the ward populated by many other children injured in automobile accidents. The Our Gang kids resolve to do something about the problem, and thus the "1-2-3-Go Safety Society" is born.

3.3

1-2-3-Go!

1941

Robot Wrecks

Spanky and the gang discover a demonstration of a "human-like" robot named Volto and are inspired to create a robot themselves to do their chores for them. Slicker Walburn convinces them they will need "invisible rays" to bring it to life which he just happens to have to sell to them. As they rush off to get their money, Slicker gets Boxcar Smith to wear the robot's outer body so when he "brings" the robot to life, it will be Boxcar bringing it to life. The gang unsuspectedly gets their robot to mow the lawn at Froggy's house, but with a signal from Slicker, Boxcar runs amok and mows down everything in his path. Froggy gets to explain what happened to his parents who bust up the fraud and get the miscreants to work with the gang to clean up the mess.

2.9

Robot Wrecks

1941

Inspired by his soldier brother, Spanky decides to organize a military unit among his friends, collecting odds and ends for the war effort.

3.3

Helping Hands

1941

Come Back, Miss Pipps

On Mickey's birthday, Miss Pipps, the school teacher, serves cake and ice cream during school hours. Sour old Mr. Pratt, head of the school board, stumbles on the festivities and has Miss Pipps fired. The Our Gang conspire to save her job by inviting all the parents to a special meeting. There the gang stage a melodrama, with Mr. Pratt portrayed as Simon Legree. The parents react by demoting Mr. Pratt to janitor. They appoint kindly Mr. Swanson, the current janitor, to head the school board. And of course they reinstate Miss Pipps as school teacher. Sometime later, in an act of forgiveness, Miss Pipps and the gang hold a birthday party for Pratt who is then humbled by the experience.

3.8

Come Back, Miss Pipps

1941

Wedding Worries

The Our Gang kids worry that Darla's new stepmother will be an evil stepmother like of fairy tale fame.

3.2

Wedding Worries

1941

Melodies Old and New

The gang prevails upon old-time minstrel impresario Walter Wills to help them stage a fund-raising musical show.

3.7

Melodies Old and New

1942

Going to Press

The Our Gang kids are running their own newspaper and are determined to get the big scoop by learning the identity of the leader of a gang of bullies.

3.8

Going to Press

1942

Don't Lie

After Buckwheat tells the gang he's seen a big monkey, Spanky, Froggy and Mickey decide to teach him once and for all not to lie. What the gang doesn't know is that the monkey is real, and hilarity will ensue.

3.3

Don't Lie

1942

Surprised Parties

Since Froggy was born on Leap Year Day, he's upset that he only gets a birthday party once every four years. So, the gang decide to have a surprise party for him.

3.1

Surprised Parties

1942

Doin' Their Bit

Our Gang puts on a show for the troops.

3.3

Doin' Their Bit

1942

Rover's Big Chance

Our Gang's dog, Rover, gets to audition for a movie studio.

3.5

Rover's Big Chance

1942

Mighty Lak a Goat

The Our Gang gets splashed by mud from a passing car and so using some cleaning fluid to get rid of the mud; they unknowingly created a bad odour among themselves.

3.3

Mighty Lak a Goat

1942

Weighing themselves on a penny machine, the Our Gang kids receive a fortune card predicting that they will receive "unexpected riches." Acting upon this, the kids decide to dig for buried treasure, using a fraudulent map provided by one of their wise-guy acquaintances.

3.4

Unexpected Riches

1942

Benjamin Franklin, Jr.

The kids are frustrated about the hardships they must face because of the war. So, the Our Gang kids put on a show to help them learn from Benjamin Franklin about being responsible citizens.

3.5

Benjamin Franklin, Jr.

1943

Family Troubles

Our Gang member Janet Burston believes that her family is neglecting her, so she decides to run away from home. The other gang members try to help Janet get adopted (or "adapted") by a more agreeable family, choosing a kindly elderly couple (Sarah Padden and Harry C. Bradley) for the honor.

3.4

Family Troubles

1943

An Our Gang salute to the armed forces finds the gang performing a revue honoring the U.S. military. Amidst such highlights as a "recruiting office" sketch featuring the duo of Mickey and Froggy, and a closing ensemble piece with lyrics that rhyme "Taxes" with "Axis," the film features an extended celebrity-impression routine, with Buckwheat imitating Eddie "Rochester" Anderson and other kids posing as Judy Garland, Eleanor Powell, Fred Astaire, Carmen Miranda, and Virginia O'Brien.

3.5

Calling All Kids

1943

Farm Hands

Our Gang kids Mickey, Buckwheat, Froggy and Happy spend a day working on the farm.

3.3

Farm Hands

1943

Election Daze

Mickey and Froggy are candidates running to be president of the Gang's club. When the vote continues to end in a tie, the club winds up split. Buckwheat then reminds everyone of the lessons learned from Abraham Lincoln when America was once divided.

3.3

Election Daze

1943

The Gang tries to solve a murder mystery contest in a department store window. However they soon get caught up in a real caper when they stumble upon two crooks robbing the store. Mickey, Froggy and Buckwheat are all kidnapped so it's up to Janet to convince the cops of what's going on.

3.4

Little Miss Pinkerton

1943

Three Smart Guys

Froggy hatches a plan to get Mickey, Buckwheat, and himself sent home from school early so they can go fishing. When the plan backfires, the boys decide to play hooky the next day. At the fishing hole, there are plenty of lunkers just waiting for the bait, but the boys have some comic trouble. After Buckwheat finds a new way to catch fish, an old man gives them a life lesson. Will they keep fishing or change their ways?

4.0

Three Smart Guys

1943

Radio Bugs

When Froggy discovers the fabulous salaries paid to radio stars, he gets the idea that the gang should be in on the action. But success in radio requires a sponsor. They audition comedy skits at the dentist's office, and Shakespeare at the mortuary. Their efforts to snag a sponsor are without success until . . .

3.1

Radio Bugs

1944

Tale of a Dog

When Bigshot Jones gives his unnamed dog to the All-For-One Club, Buckwheat quickly names the canine "Smallpox", inadvertently causing a city-wide panic.

3.3

Tale of a Dog

1944

Dancing Romeo

Froggy plans a dance recital to win over Marilyn.

4.0

Dancing Romeo

1944

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