This is the man who produced the films of Harold Lloyd, Laurel and Hardy, and the Our Gang/Little Rascals. He deserves not only the honorary Oscar, but the respect and gratitude of every current film maker in Hollywood.

@ashleelmb

2 жыл бұрын

He was a bastard. He didn't give his stars a fair cut of his profits and he left some of them penniless! (Eg. Laurel and Hardy)

@seanohare5488

Жыл бұрын

Yes true

@sallybrown4947

Жыл бұрын

@@ashleelmb try again!

@nick56677

8 ай бұрын

​@ashleelmb Yep exactly. He fought against former Our Gang kids to give them their rightful residuals and likeness rights when TV was introduced. All the former kids wanted was 15-20% residuals for likeness, and he fought against it. To hell with Hal Roach.

It was great to have Jackie and Spanky honor their former boss on the same stage.

Come on crowd, 92 years and walking alone should be a standing o, geez get up for this guy!

@scotnick59

4 жыл бұрын

YES

Looked pretty good for 92. Hal was a gift from God. RIP.

@doddsino

8 ай бұрын

Didn't sound too good though...

Hal Roach was 92 here - he would pass on in 1992 at age 100.

The audience should have rose upon his entrance!

The fact that he still remembers how it was in 1912 it’s just amazing

Hal Roach was 92 years old here!

How incredibly cool that Sunshine Sammy was there in the audience! The very first Rascal!

"Sunshine Sammy"(Ernie Morrison)is in the audience of that 1984 Oscars.

@win4man

Жыл бұрын

6:40-6:44 and 7:21 in the dark framed glasses Sunshine Sammy of the original Our Gang

About time this lame crowd gave this genius a standing ovation he deserved!!!!

@JOECANDELA22

5 жыл бұрын

If that award was being given today they would probably boo him over some stupid ass magnified issue. The fact they even got up (eventually) was a miracle.

@lastdays3148

5 жыл бұрын

@@JOECANDELA22,or texting and taking a Selfie on their Cell Phones.

@marjoriemargel1567

4 жыл бұрын

Hal did get a standing ovation! Didn’t you see the clip?

@ebonyepps2261

3 жыл бұрын

Exactly he was in his late 80s or early 90s or close to it. They should have been standing when he walked out there without assistance. Mind was still sharp too.

@bobbyfrancis8957

3 жыл бұрын

@@ebonyepps2261 Hal Roach and Hardy are the same age (1892) and born in the same month (January).

I never would have recognized “Spanky” without his beanie. Hal Roach, a true legend - and how...

Hal roach such a genius if Hollywood can make movies like that Hollywood would be rich they could never make stuff like this again

Most people today won't understand his last line was a take-off on a well known TV commercial.

This brings back some marvelous memories! I remember that my brother and I were a bit incredulous (In an amused way!) over Spanky asking Mr. Roach to reach back over 7 decades to recall what Hollywood was like in 1912! Back then, 72 years seemed like forever to this then 19 year old. Oh, how times have changed! Thank you very much for sharing this! CHEERS!

He gave Stan Laurel a hard time, but that's all forgotten about. You know what, it really is.true that Roach is in oblivion, whereas Laurel and Hardy are still remembered. So much for living to be 100.

@HarveyLMiller21

3 жыл бұрын

Gareth Beare: Oblivion? I don't think so. No matter how much I've tried otherwise I'd turn on my lights and still find Roaches everywhere.

@jackmorrison7379

3 жыл бұрын

Oh aren't you little Mary Sunshine. Hal Roach ran his own studio and produced everyone from early Harold Lloyd to the Our Gang comedies to drama to comedy. I dare say LB Mayer is unknown to the You Tube generation (unless in Film school) so what's your point. go soak your head.

@ashleelmb

2 жыл бұрын

@@jackmorrison7379 He didn't pay his stars a fair cut of his profits and he left Laurel and Hardy penniless! He was a bastard.

Only a plaque remains of the studio in Culver City.

fantastico Mr. Roach, Our gang Rascal.... with love and respect from Vietnam.

Poor Mr Roach. A he started rambling on you could feel the discomfort in the place. It seemed he was gonna keep going till he forgot what he was there for.

So down to earth Speeches

(CryingJC! I still miss Spanky,Ernie and Jackie.

Interesting that he outlived most of his clients

@Ferreal92

5 жыл бұрын

And a few of his own children.

@bthompson1767

4 жыл бұрын

Because he had all the money

@mrjagriff

3 жыл бұрын

Yeh well he needed a lot of time to spend the cash he leeched

@DisWldFrk90

3 жыл бұрын

He outlived most people who grew up watching his series! That's what happens when you live to be 100, literally.

Boy, I forgot Hollywood used to have class! Check out the standing ovation!!!

Hal roach also receive the very first Oscar for best short subject

A king.

Legend!!

stan and ollie.......

it is sad to say that most of the kids that played in the little rascals didn't live long lives. Most of them died young. For a group of kids that made so many people laugh including myself, I wish they would have been able to enjoy life longer than they did. May God Bless there Souls. Little Rascals will always be treasured.

@lastdays3148

5 жыл бұрын

One word,True.

@wendyjones6077

4 жыл бұрын

I don't agree. I am only aware of a few of them dying young. One became a doctor, many created successful businesses. Jackie Cooper did fine and so did Robert Blake until he did too many drugs and started killing people. The statistics on that particular group of children does not lean toward tragedy and is fairly the same for any group of children.

@user-xu4ow3bu6f

4 жыл бұрын

And Farina for example had a distinguished career in the army and then later caring for the disabled and people with special needs. He lived a long fruitful meaningful life of service and universal respect.

@brandonaraujo2974

3 жыл бұрын

I guess you mean most of the notable ones died young. Jerry Tucker, Dickie Moore, Joe Cobb, Dorothy DeBorba, Jack Davis, Jay R Smith, Jean Darling, Waldo, and many more lived long.

Our Gang is timeless! Can't thank or respect Hal Roach emough.

Hal Roach looks like Grandpa from Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 (1986).

Nice to watch. 🎥

I'm sure that Stan and Ollie are smiling down!

he left the award on the podium.

hollyweird could not even give a legend a standing-o as he first came out. sad.

Took them long enough to stand up.

They better have stand up - you show respect to a legend!

It's a pity that the names with the exception of mr. george spanky mcfarland couldn't be there to honor their terrific boss ironically, he outlived just about all these wonderful people noted by his former employee ,jackie cooper.

@Itbmurr1

5 жыл бұрын

Joseph Calderon sunshine Sammy and Stymie were there in the audience.

@nick56677

4 жыл бұрын

Sunshine Sammy Morrison, one of the first Our Gang kids is there at 2:51 giving Roach a standing ovation

2:52 -- Ernie Morrison (scroono) starts standing ovation

@Gerkinstock

7 жыл бұрын

The very first Our Gang/Little Rascal actor cast by Roach. For that reason alone he's probably my favorite Gang-er.

@stuartperry1047

7 жыл бұрын

Ernie "Sunshine Sammy" Morrison- the first black actor given a long term movie contract by Mr. Roach in 1919. Unlike most of his Our Gang peers- he lived into a comfortable and prosperous old age.

Spanky...!

Correction: the names jackie cooper mentioned couldn't been there to celebrate their terrific boss long lasting durability as a film producer.

Funny to think Hal lived to age 100...and after that came his REAL memorable Oscar moment, which also gave Billy Crystal the moment he considers his proudest moment as a comedian.

Excelente dirección felicidades

Shame on the academy for not preserving Hal Roach studios as the birthplace of comedic cinema. All that's left at the site is a plaque that's easy to miss even if you're looking for it.

When Hollywood was still special. Now it's full of TRASH.

@scotnick59

3 жыл бұрын

Been that way for quite a while now

@davidwesley2525

11 ай бұрын

@@scotnick59 Ever since Hollywood First Began.

A lot of people were mouthing, " Who is he ? "

What a great man!!

3:39 Spanky comes out ; But wheres his beanie? Lol

Fellow Elmiran!!!!

I’m not a fan of sugarcoating Hal Roach. He was a control freak and never gave people he employed like Stan Laurel the credit for writing and directing that he deserved.

love Jackie in love business with chubsy busy he looks the same

@angelodarden342

6 жыл бұрын

Patricia Kehaya Don’t forget his turn as “Perry White” in Superman The Movie

@tedperry6466

3 жыл бұрын

oh Chubsy Ubsy. There's gonna be something heavy on your nose!!! LOL. I love that short too

@debbutcher9087

3 жыл бұрын

Chubby Chaney was the first Our gang kids to die. Very sad because he was one of the funniest.

I miss Alfalfa!!!! 😢

@marjoriemargel1567

4 жыл бұрын

Dianne Faith You shouldn’t! He grew into a creep. He went to kill a man over a small debt, and got shot for his trouble.

@bthompson1767

4 жыл бұрын

@@marjoriemargel1567 it was over a dog

@kens9775

4 жыл бұрын

A recent documentary of the life and death of child star Carl “Alfalfa” Switzer. Worth a watch. kzread.info/dash/bejne/hWqcsqaOfd24h6Q.html

@kens9775

4 жыл бұрын

@@marjoriemargel1567 He was murdered, and the son of the man who shot him said his father lied. You are repeating a lie.

Great respect for Jackie Cooper, but many of Harold Lloyd's best films weren't produced by Hal Roach, but by Lloyd himself. Among the great and timeless films that Lloyd himself produced were Girl Shy, The Freshman (his highest-grossing silent feature), The Kid Brother, and Speedy, his final silent film. It's a shame that Buster Keaton didn't produce his own films in his prime, as Lloyd and Chaplin did.

All those Rascals weren’t paid any royalties ! Spangly should have mentioned to Hal Roach !

@lastdays3148

5 жыл бұрын

😂

@marjoriemargel1567

4 жыл бұрын

Wendy Jones Maybe not , but Hal Roach cheated Laurel and Hardy out of money in their contracts. While he was a genius, Hal was a money guy first.

@wendyjones6077

4 жыл бұрын

@@marjoriemargel1567 Jack Warner, Carl Leammle, Louis B Mayer, Sam Goldwyn, etc., all have Roach beat as far as screwing people out of money. It's a cut throat business, for sure.

2:51 hard to tell do to age and the poor visuals, but is that Sunshine Sammy?

🎖️🎖️🎖️🎖️🎖️

It didn't pay nothing to these kids

This crowd was so disrespectful to Mr. Roach. They didn’t deserve to be there.

What ? No political statements?

@patcurrie9888

3 жыл бұрын

There was no W or tRump yet, silly.

A more amusing interview can be found here: kzread.info/dash/bejne/iXeJz7OIqLeue5c.html

@richardelizondo111

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

92 and still cheap!

all dead now ...dead dead dead

@steelstreet3765

3 жыл бұрын

There should be new little Rascals every 5 years for life. Replace the kids.

@JaredGriffiths2000

3 жыл бұрын

@@steelstreet3765 There was The Little Rascals movie from 1994 which I really enjoy and they did also make another Little Rascals movie back in 2014 called The Little Rascals Save the Day but it wasn't very good.