Of course, there is no way on Earth that a modern homage, however faithful, could hold a candle to the original. Hal Roach was a genius, Carl Switzer will always be the one and only Alfalfa, and Mickey Daniels (in the silent movies of the 20s) was a quite brilliant comedic actor, a master of the well timed look or gesture (for example, see Uncle Tom's Uncle, 1926). Mickey Daniels had a full frontal nude scene in the Our Gang short High Society (1924). |