The Kid from Borneo

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The gang goes to a circus sideshow to visit Dickie and Spanky's uncle, mistakenly believing he is "The Wild Man from Borneo."The gang goes to a circus sideshow to visit Dickie and Spanky's uncle, mistakenly believing he is "The Wild Man from Borneo."The gang goes to a circus sideshow to visit Dickie and Spanky's uncle, mistakenly believing he is "The Wild Man from Borneo."

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- Robert F. McGowan
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7.7/10

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Director
- Robert F. McGowan
Stars

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Matthew 'Stymie' Beard

Stymie
(as Our Gang)

Tommy Bond

Tommy
(as Our Gang)

Dorothy DeBorba

Dorothy
(as Our Gang)

Bobby 'Wheezer' Hutchins

Wheezer
(as Our Gang)

George 'Spanky' McFarland

Spanky
(as Our Gang)

Dickie Moore

Dickie
(as Our Gang)

Pete the Dog

Pete the Pup
(as Our Gang)

Henry Hanna

Our Gang Member
(as Our Gang)

Dickie Jackson

Our Gang Member
(as Our Gang)

Harry Bernard

Sideshow Manager

Otto Fries

The Kids' Dad

Dick Gilbert

Worker

John Lester Johnson

Bumbo - 'The Wild Man From Borneo'

May Wallace

The Kids' Mother

Chester A. Bachman

Man from License Bureau
(uncredited)

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9/10

Very delightful entertainment

Thoroughly enjoyed it. Especially the kitchen-refrigerator scene where the "Wildman" eats the eggs & everything else. Spanky is in high form. Hal Roach was a real genius. The ending could have been a little better, though. Would have liked to seen it run a little longer, as well. Although a little short thats what these were designed at. Personally do not see anything "Politically incorrect" about it. Folks are just too sensitive now days. See something wrong where nothing is. Movie is an accurate depiction of those times. Totally innocent & very entertaining fare. Especially interesting is the historical perspective - carnival sideshows & living conditions during that time.

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Jul 30, 2005
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Trivia
When Spanky is escaping from the scary man he thinks is 'Uncle George', he runs across an empty field where, in the distance, there is a hill with the number "57" visible on its face. This was an enormous advertisement, made of cement, for the Heinz 57 brand of pickles and other products. The colossal advertisement can be seen in historic photographs as early as 1916 (Huntington Library, San Marino, California, collection) and is also visible in other Hal Roach productions, such as Laurel & Hardy's Les ramoneurs (1933).

Goofs
When Spanky feeds Bumbo just about everything in the icebox, one of the items he pulls out is a portion of a roll of bologna, cut in the middle so that the last two large letters of the brand name "Luer", are seen at the sliced end. He hands it to Bumbo and when he takes a bite, the bologna is longer, and the letters UER are now visible. (Luer's was a popular brand of hot dogs and luncheon meats beginning in 1885 in Los Angeles, and continuing at least into the 1950s when the company's "Quality Meat" rocket ship vehicle - similar to the Oscar Mayer 'Weinermobile" - travelled the United States promoting its products.)