The Awful Tooth | Little Rascals Shorts | FULL EPISODE | Our Gang | 1938

Hoping to earn enough money to buy baseball equipment, the Our Gang kids elect to have all their teeth pulled out. Eugene 'Porky' Lee, Carl 'Alfafa' Switzer, Billy 'Buckwheat' Thomas Alfalfa, Buckwheat, Porky, and Spike in need of money to purchase baseball equipment, devise a scheme: they will have all their teeth pulled out, which they calculate will earn them one dime per tooth from the tooth fairy. Their dentist hears of their plan, and takes steps to dissuade the kids—beginning with a terrified Alfalfa. In the end, Alfalfa decides to keep his teeth, but the dentist does give them some baseball equipment as a reward for learning a valuable lesson about dental health. The Awful Tooth is a 1938 Our Gang short comedy film directed by Nate Watt. It was the 167th Our Gang short (168th episode, 79th talking short, and the 80th talking episode) that was released. Cast The Gang Eugene Lee as Porky Carl Switzer as Alfalfa Billie Thomas as Buckwheat Henry Lee as Spike George the Monkey as himself Pete the Pup as himself Additional cast Jack Norton as Dr. Schwartz Marjorie Townsend as Miss Rogers Directed by Nate Watt Produced by Hal Roach Starring Carl Switzer Billie Thomas Eugene Lee Henry Lee Pete the Pup Cinematography Norbert Brodine Edited by William H. Ziegler Music by Leroy Shield Marvin Hatley Distributed by MGM Release date