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unusual facts about Rascals



Andrew Goffman

In 1997, following a year-long stint with Grandma Sylvia's Funeral, he began concentrating primarily on stand-up comedy, appearing at such venues as Caroline's, Catch A Rising Star, The Comic Strip, Rascals and at Canada's Yuk Yuks.

Buster Brown

Pal the Wonder Dog (who played Tige) and director Gus Meins were both later associated with the popular Our Gang (Little Rascals) comedies, where Pal at some point came to be known as Pete the Pup, a name inherited by one of his pups who carried on the role after Pal died of poisoning in 1930.

Cambell Kenneford

Kenneford first begun modelling at the age of 14 after joining Rascals Modelling Agency, which led to jobs for Disney, McDonald's, Joe Bloggs and others.

Concept of One

Concept of One was a dance-pop and freestyle music project formed in 1989 by music producer Tony Moran, soon after the end of The Latin Rascals.

Fotomaker

The band Fotomaker was formed in 1978 by bassist Gene Cornish and drummer Dino Danelli, former members of the 1960s group The Rascals (a/k/a "The Young Rascals").

In 1997, Gene Cornish and Dino Danelli, along with former Rascals bandmates Felix Cavaliere and Eddie Brigati, were inducted into the Rock-n-Roll Hall of Fame.

Gene Cornish

It presented his pre-Rascals recordings, including "I Wanna Be a Beatle," "Rockin' Robin," "Peanuts," "What'd I Say," "You're Gonna Cry Someday," and even Cole Porter's "I Love Paris."

The tour was cancelled after a few appearances and Cornish then joined Danelli to form the 'New Rascals' featuring Gene Cornish and Dino Danelli and in 2005 with Bill Pascali of the Vanilla Fudge and Charlie Souza formerly with Tom Petty's Mudcrutch.

Greg Mighall

The Rascals have a small role in the upcoming film Awaydays playing an Echo & the Bunnymen cover, Miles has several lines such as "Sorry, I have to help the guys with the gear..."

Jamie Redfern

Redfern was a founding member of the Australian show Young Talent Time and currently presents Jamie Redfern's Rascals, which can be viewed on Aurora TV.

La Grande Station

Other movies that used Santa Fe's La Grande Station included Choo Choo 1931 (Our Gang - Little Rascals), Lady Killer, 1933 with James Cagney, Swing Time 1936 (Fred Astaire) and Something to Sing About 1937 (James Cagney).

Pete the Pup

Pete the Pup (January 22, 1929 – January 28, 1946) was an American Staffordshire Terrier character in Hal Roach's Our Gang comedies (later known as The Little Rascals) during the 1930s.

Reef triggerfish

A reef triggerfish appeared (in animated form) in the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode "Rascals".

Shannon Barnett

Since completing studies at the Victorian College of the Arts, Barnett has become an important contributor to the Australian music scene, performing in ensembles including Vada, The Bamboos, The Black Arm Band, The Vampires, the Bennetts Lane Big Band and as a guest with the Andrea Keller Quartet, on the 2004 ABC Jazz release Angels and Rascals.

The Daring Young Man on the Flying Trapeze

A version preceding the Fields film was performed by the Our Gang (Little Rascals) kids as the International Silver String Submarine Band in the 1934 short film Mike Fright.

The New Rascals

In 2008, the group performed on a live video recording, New Rascals Reloaded with Eddie Brigati, and on a digital audio recording titled New Rascals LEGENDS, covering songs of the Young Rascals (also known simply as the Rascals), such as Groovin' and Good Lovin'.

The Pac-Man/Little Rascals/Richie Rich Show

The Pac-Man/Little Rascals/Richie Rich Show was a package show produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions in 1982 for ABC Saturday mornings.

Tommy Bond

Bond published his autobiography, Darn Right It's Butch: Memories of Our Gang/The Little Rascals, with the help of Fresno teacher, film historian and co-author Ron Genini, in 1994.

Wong Yuk-long

Oriental Heroes (龍虎門; "Dragon-Tiger-Gate"), originally titled Little Rascals (小流氓).

Wong Jan-lung (born 1950), better known by his pseudonym Wong Yuk-long or Tony Wong, is a Hong Kong manhua artist, publisher and actor, who wrote and created Little Rascals (later re-titled Oriental Heroes) and Weapons of the Gods.


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