tavm Review of Commencement Day

Commencement Day (1924)

Commencement Day was another funny Our Gang short

[8/10 · 24 September 2014]

This Hal Roach comedy short, Commencement Day, is the twenty-sixth in the "Our Gang/Little Rascals" series. As the title implies, this is the last day of school which turns out to be pretty busy for the gang. Mickey is bringing his fiddle and attempts to encounter Mary on the way but she's distracted by the neighborhood goat. Bully Snoozer, on the other hand, is someone Mickey definitely wants to avoid, to no avail. Jackie and Joe have their own fight to deal with as Jackie puts pepper in his lollipop. Jackie later puts some in his saxophone which gets Joe and the rest of the class sneezing. Oh, and Snoozer has brought a beehive in the classroom...This was a pretty humorous slice-of-life tale for Our Gang with a little thrill near the end when Farina falls in a well outside during the graduation ceremonies. Since I revealed quite a lot of what happened, I don't want to reveal how it all ends. So on that note, I highly recommend Commencement Day.