“Our Gang” – 1922 - 1937

One day while Hal Roach was peering out of his office window, he saw a group of young boys fighting over a pile of sticks. He found himself laughing and thinking that if he could capture that youthful energy on film – he just might have a hit. From the time Roach debuted his short film series in 1922, “Our Gang” (later named “The Rascals”) was an instant success to kids young and old. A success at the box office, it lived on to enjoy television syndication re-runs, film adaptations, and paraphernalia some 80 years later.