The first episodes were shot in 一九二二 and found an end in 一九四四 Totally there are 二二一 single episodes A complete catalog of all episodes you will find at quot All movies of Our Gang The Little Rascals at a glance quot A small picture gallery you can find under quot Gallery quot br 　　The little Rascals were called into live through the legendary producer Hal Roach Roach also spotted the comedians Laurel amp Hardy The trigger for the combination of a child troupe was the exceptional big success of rascal Ernie quot Sunshine Sammy quot Morrison in comedies of Harold Lloyd and Snub Pollard br 　　The composition of the troupe was checkered and represented typical children in the neighborhood The original cast were Mary Kornman the beautiful girl , Allen quot Farina quot Hoskins quot the naive negro , Mickey Daniels the freckled whipper-snapper , Joe Cobb the pleasant fat person , Jackie Condon the rich fellow , Ernie Morrison the rascal and last but not least Pete the pet with a painted circle around his right eye br 　　The success of the rascals was based on the imitation of the world of the adult but at the same time they played a trick or shew a behavior which the adults wouldn t dare to do themselves It is also astonishing that the children acted extremely natural in contrast to the child stars in the 三0 s with their pseudo adultness br 　　The stories were made from simple pattern but affectionate At this time didn t exist real scripts but rather there was a short outline of the main theme, gags and other ideas were developed only during the shot The success of the serial wasn t due to a single person but was the result of a exemplary teamwork br 　　Each episode offered new adventures for the children There is a trip to New York where happened the coincidence that the children are able to nabbing a bus, to play deadhead or to hover over the city with a piece of fabric as parachute replacement br 　　In spite of their unusual behavior, the rascals never had to expect serious consequences because they tricked the adults with wit and phantasie Perhaps the children took a sound thrashing after a successful adventure, but after that they show to the audience with a roguish expression that the preceded adventure was worth for this and that nothing could take away their go by experiences br 　　When Hal Roach sold the serial to M-G-M in 一九三八, it rang in the decline of the serial M-G-M wasn t able to maintaining the magic which the serial radiated before and was shut down in 一九四四 br 　　Since then the serial experienced a resurrection time and again through broadcastings on TV With this they erected a lasting monument to the little rascals