Two Too Young

Two Too Young
Directed by Gordon Douglas
Produced by Hal Roach
Written by Hal Law
Louis McManus
Tom Bell
Starring George McFarland
Carl Switzer
Eugene Lee
Billie Thomas
Earl Colby
Rosina Lawrence
Music by Leroy Shield
Cinematography Art Lloyd
Edited by William H. Ziegler
Distributed by MGM
Release dates
  • September 26, 1936 (1936-09-26)
Running time
9' 55"
Country United States
Language English
Budget $18,196.78 [1]

Two Too Young is a 1936 Our Gang short comedy film directed by Gordon Douglas.[2] Produced by Hal Roach and released to theaters by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, it was the 147th Our Gang short to be released.

Plot

During a slow day at school, Alfalfa spends penmanship class writing a note to Spanky, informing his pal that the two "little kids", Buckwheat and Porky, have firecrackers and that Spanky should think of a way to relieve them of their possessions. Alfalfa delivers his note to Spanky via paper airplane, and as soon as recess begins, the two boys stop Buckwheat and Porky at the door and offer to trade a magnifying glass and a water pistol for the firecrackers.

When Buckwheat and Porky refuse their offer, Spanky and Alfalfa sneak into the janitor's office and borrow his clothing to disguise themselves as an adult. Spanky sits on Alfalfa's shoulders, and also cuts Alfalfa's cowlick off to use as a mustache (Alfalfa, upon learning Spanky has shorn him of his trademark: "I'm ruined!").

Telling the little kids that he's a G-man, the ersatz Spanky-Alfalfa "adult" succeeds in extracting the firecrackers from Buckwheat. Spanky and Alfafa fail to make an escape, however, without giving away their disguise. Undaunted, Spanky discards the disguise and begins attempting to light the firecrackers with his magnifying glass. Buckwheat gets even with him by sneaking into the classroom and ringing the teacher's bell, bringing recess to an early end. As everyone heads inside, Spanky has Alfalfa stuff the firecrackers in his back pocket, and Porky picks up Spanky's magnifying glass, which he'd left discarded on the ground as he headed back inside.

Back in class, Miss Lawrence calls on the children to recite their recitations, but it turns out that Alfalfa is the only one willing to recite. He stands to recite "The Charge of the Light Brigade," revealing the firecrackers in his back pocket. Using the magnifying glass, Porky trains the light on Alfalfa's pocket, setting off the firecrackers so that by the time Alfalfa reaches the "Cannons to the left of me/Cannons to the right of me/Volleyed and thundered" verses of the poem, the poor boy's backside is on fire. Alfalfa runs around the classroom and then outside where he puts his rear out in a washtub full of cold water. With his mouth hanging open and his eyes closed, he dunks his rear end into the cold water over and over again. He does this as the rest of the class looks on and begins to laugh at the situation. At first he does not notice them, but then he looks over as he continues to dunk. When Alfalfa sees the whole class staring at him, he turns red and is VERY embarrassed, but can't stop dunking because it feels so good. Hilarious!

Cast

The Gang

Additional cast

Classroom extras

John Collum, Rex Downing, Barbara Goodrich, Paul Hilton, Sidney Kibrick, Dickie De Nuet, Donald Proffitt, Joe Straunch, Jr., Jerry Tucker

See also

References

  1. Demoss, Robert (2008-12-28). "The Lucky Corner: Two Too Young". Retrieved 2008-12-28.
  2. "New York Times: Two Too Young". NY Times. Retrieved 2008-09-21.
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