founder, Ted Turner, purchased the pre-May 1986 MGM library; Turner merged with the former Time Warner in 1996. The television rights for the MGM Our Gang shorts belong to Warner Bros. Television Distribution, and the video rights to Warner Home Video. The MGM Our Gangs today appear periodically on the Turner Classic Movies cable network. Until its closure in 2018, the MGM Our Gangs were available for streaming via the subscription-based Warner Archive Instant streaming video service. Our Gang cast and personnel The following is a listing of the primary child actors in the Our Gang comedies. They are grouped by the era during which they joined the series. Roach silent period Ernie Morrison as Sunshine Sammy (1922–1924) Peggy Cartwright (1922) Mickey Daniels (1922–1926) Jackie Condon (1922–1929) Allen Hoskins as Farina (1922–1931) Jack Davis (1922–1923) Lassie Lou Ahern (1923–1924) Mary Kornman (1923–1926) Peggy Ahern (1923–1927) Joe Cobb (1923–1929) Andy Samuel (1923–1924) Eugene Jackson as Pineapple (1924–1925) Johnny Downs (1925–1927) Jay R. Smith (1925–1929) Bobby Young as Bonedust (1925–1931) Elmer "Scooter" Lowry (1926–1927) Jean Darling (1927–1929) Bobby Hutchins as Wheezer (1927–1933) Harry Spear (1927–1929) Mary Ann Jackson (1928–1931) Pete the Pup (1929–1938) Roach sound period Norman Chaney as Chubby (1929–1931) Jackie Cooper (1929–1931) Donald Haines (1929–1933) Dorothy DeBorba (1930–1933) Matthew Beard as Stymie (1930–1935) Jerry Tucker (1931–1938) Kendall McComas as Breezy Brisbane (1932) Dickie Moore (1932–1933) George McFarland as Spanky (1932–1942) Tommy Bond (1932–1934 as Tommy, 1937–1940 as Butch) Jackie Lynn Taylor as Jane (1934) Scotty Beckett (1934–1935) Billie Thomas as Buckwheat (1934–1944) Carl Switzer as Alfalfa (1935–1940) Darla Hood (1935–1941) Eugene Gordon Lee as Porky (1935–1939) Darwood Kaye as Waldo (1937–1940) MGM period Mickey Gubitosi (Robert Blake) (1939–1944) Janet Burston (1940–1944) Billy Laughlin as Froggy (1940–1944) Notable Our Gang comedies The following is a listing of selected Our Gang comedies, considered by Leonard Maltin and Richard W. Bann (in their book The Little Rascals: The Life and Times of Our Gang) to be among the best and most important in the series. 1923: The Champeen, Derby Day 1924: High Society 1925: Your Own Back Yard, One Wild Ride 1929: Small Talk, Cat, Dog & Co. 1930: The First Seven Years, Pups Is Pups, Teacher's Pet, School's Out 1931: Love Business, Little Daddy, Fly My Kite, Dogs Is Dogs 1932: Readin' and Writin', The Pooch, Free Wheeling, Birthday Blues 1933: Fish Hooky, Forgotten Babies, The Kid From Borneo, Mush and Milk,