The Little Rascals (animated TV series)

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The Little Rascals
Format Animation
Starring Peter Cullen
Patty Maloney
Julie McWhirter Dees
Scott Menville
Shavar Ross
B.J. Ward
Country of origin Flag of the United States United States
Production
Executive
producer(s)
William Hanna
Joseph Barbera
Camera setup Single-camera
Running time 11 minutes of The Pac-Man/Little Rascals/Richie Rich Show or The Little Rascals/Richie Rich Show
Broadcast
Original channel ABC
Picture format NTSC
Original run September 25, 19821984
External links
IMDb profile
TV.com summary

The Little Rascals was a 1982-1984 Saturday morning cartoon series produced jointly by Hanna-Barbera Productions and King World, and broadcast on ABC. Based upon the classic Our Gang comedy short films, it was part of a 90-minute package program, The Pac-Man/Little Rascals/Richie Rich Show, with Pac-Man and Richie Rich in 1982 - 1983, and part of the 30-minute The Little Rascals/Richie Rich Show in 1983 - 1984.

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[edit] Overview

[edit] Previous Little Rascals/Our Gang animated television programs

The Little Rascals had been animated for television twice before. In the 1960s a series of clay-animated Little Rascals Color Specials were produced for syndication, presumably by Art Clokey, using soundtracks from the original Our Gang films. In 1979, Fred Wolf produced an animated The Little Rascals Christmas Special for NBC. That company's version was further used in animated public service announcements.

[edit] Voice actors

Hanna-Barbera's Little Rascals animated series had six voice actors:

[edit] Differences between the animated series and the live-action Our Gang films

The animated series and the original live-action Our Gang films differ in a number of ways. The gang now lives in a contemporary 1980s setting, with computers and television. Buckwheat is now a clever inventor, always creating new devices for the gang, and Darla's eyes were changed from hazel to blue. Also in the animated series, the Rascals met in a treehouse and drove around the town of Greenpoint in a dog-drawn vehicle.

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