Fishy Tales (1937)

Hal Roach Studios
Starring:
 Carl ‘Alfalfa’ Switzer, Tommy “Butch” Bond
Directed by: Gordon Douglas

Synopsis: Alfalfa accidentally gets on the bad side of Butch and has to pretend to have a broken leg to avoid a fight.

Cat Cattle Call: The short begins with Buckwheat walking along after catching a big fish. A large group of cats are following him.

Our Gang - Fishy Tales - Buckwheat with big fish being followed by cats

Our Gang - Fishy Tales - numerous cats following Buckwheat with fish on pole animated gif

After Butch gets angry at Alfalfa the Gang comes up with the idea of saying Alfalfa’s leg is broken to avoid fighting. But Butch insists on seeing the broken leg, so they decide to use the fish Buckwheat caught to substitute as the broken leg. Alfalfa sticks his leg in a hole in the bed and they lay the fish beside it, covered with a sock, so it looks like a deformed leg. At one point Buckwheat and Porky open to the door of the clubhouse to Junior and two cats enter with him.

Our Gang - Fishy Tales - Junior enters the clubhouse followed by cats

The cats make a beeline for beneath the bed and Spanky and Alfalfa have to get them out before Butch comes.

Our Gang - Fishy Tales - black and white cats look at Alfalfa's leg from under bed

Our Gang - Fishy Tales - Alfalfa and Spanky carry cats out of clubhouse

Our Gang - Fishy Tales - Alfalfa and Spanky carry cats out of clubhouse

When Butch and Woim arrive, the black and white cats are hanging around outside the window above Alfalfa’s bed. Spanky explains they are Alfalfa’s cats and are worried about him.

Our Gang - Fishy Tales - white and black cat outside window of clubhouse

They manage to fool Butch until a bucket of crabs start pinching Alfalfa’s toes and he screams in pain. Butch offers to get a doctor and opens the door, allowing several cats to run inside and go under the bed.

Our Gang - Fishy Tales - Butch and Woim open door of clubhouse and cats come in

Our Gang - Fishy Tales - Butch and Woim open door to clubhouse and numerous cats run inside animated gif

Our Gang - Fishy Tales - cats run underneath Alfafa's bed

Our Gang - Fishy Tales - cats run underneath Alfafa's bed

The white cat crawls up through the hole in the bed and Alfalfa pulls it out from beneath the sheets, giving away their ruse. Needless to say Butch is not amused.

Our Gang - Fishy Tales - cats under bed with Junior and white cat climbs up through hole

Our Gang - Fishy Tales - cats under bed and one crawls up into bed with Alfalfa animated gif

Our Gang - Fishy Tales - Alfalfa pulls white cat from underneath covers on bed

Final Mewsings: Cats know when something fishy is going on!


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