The Little Rascals: Volume 1

I like the selections going back to the silent days. The one from 1924 is superb. All materials are of good quality considering age.

NEWS FLASH for frustrated collectors of this series: While the discs of the 2008 set, which follows the same contents list as these separate discs, did not live up to the 'complete', 'uncut', 'from original masters' claims on the box at that time, it seems that once remastered c.2011 to better fulfill the promise, each disc was issued separately (as here). Collectors assumed that the boxed set continued to supply the inferior 2008 discs, and that one had to purchase the 2011 discs separately to get the upgrade.What is less well known, and which I discovered the 'expensive' way, is that these 2011-remastered discs are identical to those being used in current printings of the box set as well. I bought the set (with inferior transfers, many not from masters) in 2008, years later buying these much improved separates, then in the last few months, I bought the box set again. The discs of the set (whose box markings still carry the c.2008 date - but whose box has dropped the 'from the original masters', 'remastered', 'restored' and 'uncut' claims form the front), all say c.2011, have the MGM intros where the 2008 set had Blackhawk films intros, etc., and are identical to the 2011 separate disc issues. Though the newer boxes have dropped some of the claim blurbs which were on the original boxes, it remains unclear if they were dropped prior to 2011 during the controversy generated by disappointed fans, or if they were dropped at the same time the upgraded discs were being used. As this remains a mystery, it is still going to be uncertain whether a particular sealed box set will have the 2008 discs or the upgraded 2011 discs, so I would go with purchasing an open set after inquiring with the dealer first.Good luck!

Just received Vivendi's "The Little Rascals" volumes 1-7 and I am very pleased with the quality. Every film has the original title and the picture quality is quite good. I can highly recommend this set regardless of what titles you have owned from the past. Packaging is what you would expect as well with no flaws or skimping. Has the correct order of release for each volume. Easy title selection makes it a breeze to find the film you want to view. I do not know all the problems involved in acquiring and adding the sound to each film but it seems that a better job could have been done. A bit of a roller coaster sound wise with most films having a silent title beginning, including the MGM Lions roar, and a few spots of silence or quite loud or very low volume. Just a few words missing from the "Cabin Fever" tapes. Generally very good though. Just a few words about one of Amazon's distributors, Importcds. I ordered all 7 volumes from importcds and they were very good. Great packaging, prompt shipping, etc.If they would only combine shipping for each volume it would have been perfect. Shipping cost more than the DVDs themselves. All in all, the best experience I have had since ordering Vivendi's "Laurel and Hardy-The Essential Collection"

This first release is NOT merely a reissue of the first disc of the 2008 box set which presented all 80 of the Hal Roach produced sound shorts. This is a complete course correction of that set, which purported to be remastered, restored and uncut and it was none of those things. This disc fixes the errors on that set by presenting the first 10 Roach shorts with their original titles returned (many on the original set had Blackhawk reissue titles!) and they are now truly uncut (Genius carelessly used cut masters on several shorts, these are uncut transfers that Cabin Fever used, which is what Genius should have used originally). So, my advice if you have the 2008 box set, buy these INEXPENSIVE individual DVD releases as they come out and replace them in the box set packaging (which is very nice). The second disc is already scheduled and is also under ten bucks. Pre order it! It is the same cover art as this one but in blue. I was assured by the producer of these DVD's that they'll exactly what Our Gang DVD collectors are wanting - uncut shorts with original titles!!

Of course, the content is amazing. No one since has gotten performances out of kids like you'll find on these shorts. Word of warning, they're racist as hell... well as racist as people were in the 20s and 30s, which is... very. Also, until later years, these didn't have much of a plot or story. Mostly some cute kids getting forced into weird situations and filmed with a few slapstick moments.The quality on the other hand... not so good. Audio is sometimes very hard to understand, and I'm not just talking about Buckwheat. Someone said these were taken from the Cabin Fever restorations... that is a lie. I have a few of those on VHS and they're another world of quality. Sadly, they're gone and hard to find. So if you're looking to get the Our Gang comedies for a decent price, I guess this series is pretty good, but it's no "Cabin Fever" for cheap.

Not my friend. I got this for a friend.

Grew up watching these clips. Racial undertones, but these are children. Let's love more.

This DVD brought back so many memories of watching the Little Rascals when I was growing up. We watched them on UHF channel 52 in LA, I think! Wow, seems like just yesterday. I plan to purchase more volumes so I can reminisce some more. My fave is when Spanky was a toddler on the train and he kept punching the very patient caregiver in the nose. I cried laughing. My kids thought I had lost my mind.

Wonderful Little Rascal DVDS. Scary Spootackular is so FUNNY. No matter how many times you watch it you will be in STICHES. The Kids are GREAT. Alfalfa,Buckwheat,Spanky and Porky are FANTASTIC.They really need to show these on TV again. They are FANTASTIC.Innocent FUN for ALL the family.

kids love these

Foreword: When I first saw the original 8 DVD set on Amazon a few years back, my first thought was "Great, now the Little Rascals finally have all of their restored sound films on DVD!" Unfortunately, this lasted for about five seconds, as by reading the reviews, I quickly discovered that RHI/Genius severely botched up the set by including unrestored Blackhawk prints on over a dozen titles. This occurred even though they had ALL of the restored 35mm prints that were originally used on the mid 1990s Cabin Fever releases. I reluctantly decided that I would stick with my 6 DVD Cabin Fever set, though it only has 48 of the Little Rascals shorts in total.Fast forward to 2011, I was happy to discover that the first seven volumes containing the 80 Roach sound films were reissued by RHI/Vivendi (Genius Entertainment went bankrupt earlier that year). Having previously ordered the Laurel & Hardy Essential Collection released by the same company tandem late last year, I felt very good about this latest development. I now own, and have watched ALL of the Rascals films on the seven volumes. Overall, they are definitely well worth purchasing, especially for those fans of the Little Rascals, such as myself, who held off on purchasing the earlier set! There's just a few minor caveats: First off, disc 8 is NOT available for individual purchase, that is still only obtainable on the original set. Also, two of the films that had minor edits on the 2008 RHI/Genius release were NOT replaced with unedited prints, those titles being BEAR SHOOTERS and WASHEE IRONEE (From disc 1 and 5, respectively.). In addition, LAZY DAYS from volume 1, STILL has the very noticeable cropping issue. While minor cropping is quite common with older film transfers, this one is a bit much! Another thing, while I do greatly appreciate RHI's role in correctly the most dreaded problem regarding the earlier set, I think we could've done without their logo placement before & after EVERY short in this otherwise great collection!My overall rating for the 7 DVDs would be 4 1/2 stars out of 5. Volume 1 gets 4 stars instead of 5 due to the severe cropping of LAZY DAYS, and for the slightly edited BEAR SHOOTERS.As a reference for those who purchased the original RHI/Genius Entertainment set and are looking to replace individual volumes, I'll be listing the corrected Blackhawk Titles from each relevant volume.The following 16mm Blackhawk Titles on volume 1 were replaced with 35mm prints, complete with Original Title Cards: Boxing Gloves; Moan & Groan Inc; Shivering Shakespeare.

They dont make tv shows like this anymore.My kids dont like them.They only like the new remake rascal moviesMe and my buddy pull out these dvds every new years day and sit back and have a little rascals marathon

Ich kann leider nicht sagen, ob der Film gut oder schlecht ist - ich konnte ihn nämlich nicht sehen. Es wäre schön gewesen, wenn hier (also im Verkaufsangebot) irgendwo ausdrücklich gestanden hätte, dass diese DVD auf europäischen DVD/Blue-ray-playern nicht abgespielt werden kann. Auf dem PC kam auch nur: "Kann nicht gelesen werden". Da wir ja angeblich mittlwerweile in einer globalisierten Welt leben, war ich darüber schon sehr erstaunt.