Heartbreaking Details About Froggy From The Little Rascals
Starting in 1922, the Our Gang shorts (also known as The Little Rascals) were an iconic part of the early days of film. One of the many child stars of the series was Billy Laughlin, who played the raspy-voiced Froggy. Laughlin made his first appearance in 1940, and while the series only lasted a few more years after that, he still managed to make a name for himself.
Sadly, Laughlin wasn’t able to make a career out of acting once the shorts ended, though, which was just one sad fact of his life. From the horrible bullying he faced in school to his tragic death at a young age, let’s take a look at some heartbreaking details about Billy Laughlin, who played Froggy on The Little Rascals.
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Our Gang | 0:00
The Little Rascal | 1:10
The New Pupil | 1:52
End of an era | 3:01
Tragedy strikes the Gang | 4:12
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Who was your favorite Little Rascals character?
@JaredGriffiths2000
3 жыл бұрын
Stymie.
@arturoacosta6583
3 жыл бұрын
Alfafa was my favorite character!!
@arturoacosta6583
3 жыл бұрын
Alfafa was my favorite character!!
@jamesaustin1988
3 жыл бұрын
Spanky and Wheezer.
@Damone7653
3 жыл бұрын
Mary... loved her haircut
Their stories were tragic, this didn't mention Darla dying after surgery or even Pete the dog being poisoned
@joebittman5039
3 жыл бұрын
What happened to Darla? And when and how and what if?
@micholakinola1053
3 жыл бұрын
What happened
@joebittman5039
3 жыл бұрын
Michol Akinola she died after surgery
@HJ-tg1ux
3 жыл бұрын
I think baby the parrot was farted on by jimmy the ghost. very tragic.
@joebittman5039
3 жыл бұрын
Josh H ...you you you cad!.....may the curse of The Little Rascals be upon your very soul!
I never knew that was a real voice from the child.
@johnbockelie3899
3 жыл бұрын
"Well , I ain't gettin no royalties outta dis!!" Popeye.
@tench6557
3 жыл бұрын
@@misham2563 1:30 it wasn't a medical condition, it was intentional.
@MICHAEL_MAY_8
3 жыл бұрын
@Ellen Feldon Uhh...yes, it was.
@goldenhat6065
3 жыл бұрын
big dreams die young
@tench6557
3 жыл бұрын
@@misham2563 huh, yea ur right
They made a remake of the Little Rascals, but the original ones were better. The kids in the old ones were like mini adults. RIP Froggy! Blessings and prayers to your family.
@underated8139
3 жыл бұрын
Lol pray for them? They probably dead by now
@wherearemymittens
3 жыл бұрын
you guys sure are positive as hell
@underated8139
3 жыл бұрын
@Jello Mello lmao and how does that affect them just curious?
@InvasionAnimation
3 жыл бұрын
They made 2 remakes, do you think that way about both of them?
@itsvortexx8298
3 жыл бұрын
@Plusgeo 72 lmao
Holy crap they died so tragically like I never expected that
@cahmon3y338
3 жыл бұрын
Sad but kids are dying tragically somewhere in this cold world as we speak
@BopaBola
3 жыл бұрын
@@cahmon3y338 oh shut the f*ck up...
@Nut612
3 жыл бұрын
@@cahmon3y338 epic 😎
@joedurantgaming9554
3 жыл бұрын
@@cahmon3y338 welcome to Earth. Survive if you can, no matter the cost
@cahmon3y338
3 жыл бұрын
@@BopaBola lol
When l was a kid I was running around and had a pencil in my hand. My dad told me, "Don't run around with a pencil in your hand! The boy that played Froggy did that, tripped, fell, and jabbed himself with the pencil. That's why he sounds the way he does." That story freaked me out for years. Today I found out that it wasn't true.
@Spiderman-xb9eu
3 жыл бұрын
😳
@ThatsabigfatNo
3 жыл бұрын
Holy hell. Well, guess growing up you didn’t run with a pencil which was good. But damn. ✏️ 🏃🏼♀️
@billriddle9215
2 жыл бұрын
What else did he tell you that you later on found out to be not to be true...story like that ,there has to be others.
This is incorrect. Both Froggy and his friend were killed in this accident. The driver of the truck which hit them survived.
@nightarcher55
3 жыл бұрын
Yea how would a person survive a crash with a speeding TRUCK? Feel bad for them tho :(
@user-ct6rk9zq6h
3 жыл бұрын
@@nightarcher55 exactly
@cheahweiren7638
3 жыл бұрын
No his friend survived
@DrLewisRBrown
3 жыл бұрын
@@cheahweiren7638 No both Froggy and his Cousin George were killed in this accident.
@cheahweiren7638
3 жыл бұрын
@@DrLewisRBrown he wasn't with his cousin he was with a friend
I like how he managed to get himself a new voice just by getting a popeye puppet
@bigbob114
3 жыл бұрын
@Rik Mehta nice
@Frankylinnn
3 жыл бұрын
@Rik Mehta wait so y’all are gonna make out?- sorry for your innocent minds
I didn’t know that a movie could have a cruel backstory
@NarutoUzumaki-kp5dv
3 жыл бұрын
this is the old show but the movie has had its moments with actors dealing with sexual abuse and such
@solarrrrrrrr
3 жыл бұрын
@@NarutoUzumaki-kp5dv oh my....
@tanniesketchez9099
3 жыл бұрын
Ya almost every actor not really every but most have to deal with drama or such.
@flednanders7436
3 жыл бұрын
The original wizard of oz is worse
@NarutoUzumaki-kp5dv
3 жыл бұрын
@@solarrrrrrrr yeah it’s quiet sad.
4:06 I thought that was weird hearing his natural voice!
@uindy
3 жыл бұрын
Is that the only time in this video we get to hear it?
@bleedinghearts9570
3 жыл бұрын
@@uindy I think so
@NarutoUzumaki-kp5dv
3 жыл бұрын
@@bleedinghearts9570 no, at around 1:47 or so he says “this is the happiest day of my life”
@ilooklikeagorilla5106
3 жыл бұрын
@@NarutoUzumaki-kp5dv bruh that’s not his natural voice wtf
@doflaingodonquiete5045
3 жыл бұрын
@@NarutoUzumaki-kp5dv you nimrod that's not his natural voice
Froggy sounds like the gummy bear guy who made music 10 years ago
@mymonsterhighlittlepony-2632
3 жыл бұрын
10 years ago? try like 12 years ago
@yeriina4198
3 жыл бұрын
@@mymonsterhighlittlepony-2632
@mymonsterhighlittlepony-2632
3 жыл бұрын
@@yeriina4198 yes? can i help you?
@mariocheezwhiz4023
3 жыл бұрын
12 years ago? Wow this is the first time I’ve felt old :/
@pyrodemic813
3 жыл бұрын
That was 12 years ago? Felt like 1 year ago.
They all died pretty tragically. We have this DVD collection that came with a book that had a page about them after the little rascals
@moisess_0811
3 жыл бұрын
I love ur pfo
@jamiesalexander
3 жыл бұрын
Mathias
@xavien_818
3 жыл бұрын
@@moisess_0811 bruh your pfp is the same lmao
@user-ct6rk9zq6h
3 жыл бұрын
@@xavien_818 no shit bruva
@xavien_818
3 жыл бұрын
@@user-ct6rk9zq6h did i ask? no argument fuel here 😃
Not to mention the sexual abuse they suffered over the years of filming...but that's a different story.
@mjsummer177
3 жыл бұрын
Wait what
@gfnnation8166
3 жыл бұрын
Huh
@itspierre8228
3 жыл бұрын
Look it up, it's really sad tbh. Alfalfa (Bug hall) recently came out with a youtube video explaining the years of abuse he suffered being a child star in Hollywood. I wouldn't doubt for a second that these kids went through the same thing.
@seanlux2214
3 жыл бұрын
@@itspierre8228 This video is about an actor from the original Our Gang films of the 1920s-40s, not the 1994 remake.
@sleepy_mushr00m
3 жыл бұрын
@@itspierre8228 Can you tell me some more
I watched the reruns on TV. Wish they still had the reruns on TV.
@whatsshakinbaconnothinjust2986
3 жыл бұрын
You can find them on KZread
@jaybrown1828
3 жыл бұрын
They are on You Tube
@megg.6651
3 жыл бұрын
Didn't Bill Cosby buy the rights?
@philwright2480
3 жыл бұрын
You can get them on DVD
@jasmineangie4652
3 жыл бұрын
@@whatsshakinbaconnothinjust2986 That’s great! I really loved to their shows when I was a kid. Thanks for the info 😃
Froggy used his real voice in the one where the gang, unbeknownst to him is planning a surprise party, and he dresses as a girl to get in. He also briefly used his actually voice in Radio Bugs, a 1943 Our Gang comedy when his "Froggy" voice kept causing the radio to short out.
@mjacobsable
3 жыл бұрын
And in the film: 1, 2, 3 go.
Born in 1970. I was a big fan of these old shows
@nikobellic5655
3 жыл бұрын
Nice.
@holographic2176
3 жыл бұрын
@@nikobellic5655 fix my gramar Anyway live is very interesting amd you're is to
@nikobellic5655
3 жыл бұрын
Anyway, life is very interesting. And you’re too.
@holographic2176
3 жыл бұрын
Ah thank you , 6th grade will be much easier now.
@megansstallion818
3 жыл бұрын
you did not-
7 year old got a deeper voice than me (15)
@capital_beaz4725
3 жыл бұрын
7 year old had a deeper voice than me a 23 yr old
@GRWCarsyn77
3 жыл бұрын
7 year old had a deeper voice than me (87)
@ricktheweeb5382
3 жыл бұрын
7 year old has lighter voice than me a 17 year old
@taylortaylor4985
3 жыл бұрын
23
@MR115.
3 жыл бұрын
True (13)
Anybody else wanna give Billy and the actors that passed a hug? THEY DESERVED HUGS 😭
I had no clue that The Little Rascals started as as anything before the movie that came out (relativity) recently. Lol I was so confused. I’m only 26, so you can’t really blame me too much.
@jenniferpimentel9116
3 жыл бұрын
I'm 26 and I watched The Little Rascals as a child before the movie ever came out.
@markos5034
3 жыл бұрын
Same
@rainbowgirl678
3 жыл бұрын
For me it was the opposite. I'm 25 and I saw the series first, but I have old parents so that's probably why. I have some VHS tapes of the show somewhere. I somehow didn't know about the movie until I was like 10 when my brother saw at it a blockbuster and begged my mom to rent it for us.
@jake-fw8th
3 жыл бұрын
Only 26 lol your almost 30 you can only use youth as excuse for so long
@StarlingKnight
3 жыл бұрын
@@jenniferpimentel9116 The movie came out in 1994 and you were -if I calculated right- were born in 1995. Did you watch b&w Our Gang flicks from your mama's ovaries with tiny X-ray binoculars or what?
My dad was born in 69 and grew up watching these. He used to tell some of the stories to my sister and I before bed. Alfalfa will forever be my favourite
@katsu2014
3 жыл бұрын
He has a KZread channel if u wanna watch him. He exposes holloweird
@deeganclaflin977
3 жыл бұрын
@@katsu2014 what is it
@septbaaby
3 жыл бұрын
@@katsu2014 👀
@awokendragloon9614
3 жыл бұрын
@@katsu2014 Damn he's still alive?
The fact that the majority of comments are reminiscing over the 90s version and movie and not the og makes me super sad. My grandma had me hooked on Little Rascals as a kid. Still have all the original VHS compendium tapes that they made in like the late 80s early 90s.
Omg. I didn't know these 3 passed away so young 😢
@Danny883YT
3 жыл бұрын
Even more passed away young too....
Great show! Rascals and The Twilight Zone are the greatest black and white shows ever.
@joelbizzell1386
3 жыл бұрын
They're up there. But I gotta go with The Honeymooners.
@BaltimoreAndOhioRR
3 жыл бұрын
And three stooges!
@ThatsabigfatNo
3 жыл бұрын
Don’t forget The Munsters!!! lol I love them too
@roberto3151991
3 жыл бұрын
Mr. Ed or Lassie...
@oliviaarlene-nh5wc
3 жыл бұрын
twilight zone has a little girl who was killed by her father
This was the not the 1994 lil rascals this is the 1940's one what
@chanyeolsass5201
3 жыл бұрын
I think that it wasn't set in the title because these Little Rascals could be considered as the originals. Most of the time only the remakes get the dates set to showcase the difference.
I gotta say that’s a damn good popeye impression for a kid
@itsnottae6644
3 жыл бұрын
True
Was way ahead of its time. The fact we know about this show nearly a century after it went dark goes to ahow how timeless it is. It is a shame that the actors in faced such terrible real life issues. Unfortunately, such were the times they were living.
My grandma had old disks of theses and we would watch them in the tv on her old dodge caravan
I hope these kids are in heaven now. :( r.i.p
This is how I got my nickname from my uncle 🐸🤓😁
@gangching8057
3 жыл бұрын
🐸🐸🐸🐸🐸🐸🐸
@pee1699
3 жыл бұрын
H
@glokk40spoz
3 жыл бұрын
Legend
@Divine-sy3og
3 жыл бұрын
@Money Zard stfu
I heard paper route and in my mind I went “And he was hit by a truck”
This was probably what Corpse sounded like as a kid
@johnstoner666
3 жыл бұрын
Lol
@skeletonentertainment4201
3 жыл бұрын
Lol
@basically197
3 жыл бұрын
Lol
@1tzm3hh11
3 жыл бұрын
💀💀💀
@nicky2929
3 жыл бұрын
Lmao
They didn't mention when froggy did the little rascals movie?
@Bus_Driver117
3 жыл бұрын
I thought it was a character for the 90s movie
Bobby "Wheezer" Hutchins was 20 when he died not 19 and Norman "Chubby" Chaney was 21 when he died not 22.
I didnt even know that theres a show before The Little Rascal
@Enjoythesilence21
3 жыл бұрын
@Rik Mehta 3 months later, did it work?
I miss them. Always got home back from school in the 70’s and turned on The Little Rascals. 😢 Childhood memories
It’s so sad that that happened to him. RIP Froggy aka Billy He’ll forever be missed
Do I know what the little rascals is? No Do I know who Froggy is? No Did I click on this video? Yes
@bomberdawesome
3 жыл бұрын
I was born in the early 2000s and even I know what the little rascals are 😂
@iamcaydence4100
3 жыл бұрын
I was born 2006 and I loved watching little rascals
@raymondlang8753
3 жыл бұрын
I’m just really stupid
@jaeminsamericano313
3 жыл бұрын
I was born on 2009 lol
@NoahDaBoii
3 жыл бұрын
you haven't even heard of the 1994 little rascals movie? your missing out
In one "Our Gang"episode, "One, Two, Three Go!" Froggy had to change his voice and used his actual one because the microphones he spoke into exploded when he used his "real" voice.
Froggie’s sister played the court officer in the tv show about night court in the 70’s
The kid was a genius he made a voice that made him have something unique to offer...it made him different
🐾Thank you Haul Roach, thank you Our Gang. We love all of you. The whole cast, wriers, artists, directors and so on. Tasteful intertainment. Take a bow.🌹
R.I.p billy
Amazing the see this story here. I live next door to his parents in La Puente when I was 5. They were the nicest people and told us how Froggy died. They treated my older sister, younger brother, and me very well.
His popeye impression is genius I had to do a double take when I heard him speak.
0:47 activated my Siri 😂
That show was cursed.....how everyone die so young? Jesus.....
1922, wow that is early! And the 1923 episode 🤦🏽♀️
Poor guy. R.I.P Milky bar kid.....
I live a block away from where he died. Rip Froggy
Is it me or does Billy sound like hes having a stroke and an asthma attack as the same time..? .______.
The best Froggy ep is "Surprised Parties" where Froggy booby-traps the Gang's party not realizing it's a suprise party for *him* and then attends the party in drag to watch the mayhem, then has to set all the traps on himself once he realizes his error. "Puddin' Tane - ask me again and I'll tell you the same!"
Thank you for this. 🙏❤️
I can still hear the calming chearfull little rascals theme song in my head
I was obsessed with this show when I was younger!!! so sad that they’re all dead
@greysonplayz8604
Жыл бұрын
They’re not all dead, there’s one living rascal left, and he’s in prison bc im pretty sure he killed someone
Froggy was my favorite! I looked like him as a kid minus the glasses and cross eye RIP
Never knew there was an old series. Only knew the 90s movie
To all of the “Gang”, thanks for the laughs. I watched these guys and gals in the 70’s and they were hilarious.
I have sterbismus it sucks thank fully I haven’t been bullied so bad for it
@nicholasmclaine4398
3 жыл бұрын
Hello friend
@Wardwoodd
3 жыл бұрын
Punch them in the face if they ever do lol
@nicholasmclaine4398
3 жыл бұрын
Hi how are you and hope all is okay with you🙂
May these souls sleep in peace😢 so sad & so young to leave. i didn’t know any of them passed away till now
@keithdeleon3325
3 жыл бұрын
Hi Pamela.
Much love and respect to your froggy
R.I.P Billy
Rip froggy😭
I STILL WATCH THE LITTLE RASCALS
Literally watched Little Rascals with my 2yo daughter last night and Im 22 and I remember it as a kid
I haven't heard about them in a long time. The last survivors from Little Rascals are Robert Blake, Sidney Kibrick and Mildred Korman.
So very sad!
I grew up watching the little rascals and to now just learn that alot of them passed away due to tragic circumstances is shocking
They all had tragic stories, the world of Hollywood has always been tragic but back then it was absolutely horrific
But then he grew up to become Bubbles from Trailer Park Boys. A happy ending.
Iove it. There were this best especially wen they build that fire. Engine in LMFAO .they were gr8. It made . It made e vvrrrr body laugh
@Hannah-fc4it
3 жыл бұрын
Did you have a stroke typing this?
That was my favorite show. We watched it every Sunday.
awwww.. RIP FROGGY!
Damn he got killed by a Foo in La Puente of all places ..
How funny that he got that voice from using a Pop-eye puppet.
🤦🏾♂️👀when you thought it was ONLY 1 Littles rascals movie.... now I MUST do a deep dive into OLD Cinema🔥🔥💯
i love him on the little rascals froggy
Well, that was quite depressing....
*Kills/Dies over $50: It's about the {PRINCIPAL} no, but $50 was a lot of money back then... I wonder if the killer got to keep and spend it.
i LOVE seeing black and white children playing together in the olden days. I love that Hal Roach was a total rebel that way.
I used to an impression of froggy growing up. I wasn’t born until the 70’s. I never knew he was killed so young. So sad
THAT'S SAD THAT THRUT ABOUT OH FROGGY YOU REMEMBER GOD HANDS ✝️✝️✝️🌹🌹🌹 HE VOICE SOUND LIKE THAT FROGGY 🐸🐸🐸 REST IN PEACE
Well. that's just sad all around.
The Little Rascals was a Grate tv show ! Big fun it was ....
Rest in peace, rascals. Thank you for laughs. 😁
I was creeped out by him as a child...
@Bigbadwhitecracker
3 жыл бұрын
I liked him as a child. I'm creeped out by him now and that MGM series isn't any close to watchable today. In fact the last couple of years with Roach was barely tolerable.
@katybrennan8222
3 жыл бұрын
A lot of people get creeped out by people with that eye issue. I have it and I have been shunned by both kids and adults.
@Roy-G-Biv
3 жыл бұрын
@@katybrennan8222 his voice was creepy
@unaestrella1876
3 жыл бұрын
@@katybrennan8222 no, nothing to do with his eyes, just his voice.
@katsu2014
3 жыл бұрын
@@katybrennan8222 creeped out with the eye issue? Nothing scary about it. I have it.
If you guys remember this you are old very old
@highkit
3 жыл бұрын
If you guys remember this you're most likely dead :)
We’re quickly approaching 100 years on these films.
This is so sad to learn. I knew of the losses of some of the others, but Froggy died so tragically trying to live a normal life away from acting. Only 16! That’s just too young!
Three stooges is tops for me
@BaltimoreAndOhioRR
3 жыл бұрын
I used to watch both on tv in the mornings before going to school!
How tf did he develop a deep raspy froggy voice bye playing with a popeye toy
@emmahollow8898
3 жыл бұрын
It was probably a talking toy so he probably mimicked how it sounded
my little brother loves this movie and watched it like a hundred times 😭 that’s why i clicked on this
Omg i remember this movie i loved it so much watching at my grandmother's house
My great grandmother was extra on this show.... Sadly she was molested by a producer
@LoonZoomBoo
3 жыл бұрын
Omg that's terrible.
@ceezvelasquez932
3 жыл бұрын
@@LoonZoomBoo child molestion in Hollywood was very common back sadly.
Chubby was 18
@cheesemccheesy3850
3 жыл бұрын
21
@knowledgeberakah1728
3 жыл бұрын
@@cheesemccheesy3850 nope 18
@cheesemccheesy3850
3 жыл бұрын
@@knowledgeberakah1728 October 18th 1914 To May 29th 1936 Still think it’s 18 didn’t think so
@knowledgeberakah1728
3 жыл бұрын
@@cheesemccheesy3850 i just looked it up! Youre right! I heard 18 from another youtube source
@cheesemccheesy3850
3 жыл бұрын
@@knowledgeberakah1728 it’s ok
GOD WILL TAKE AMAZING CARE OF THEM IN HEAVEN AMEN 🙏🏽❤️
I read the man driving the truck that hit the boys was not charged, as Billy's friend made a U turn on the scooter, the driver unable to stop in time.
Isn’t that Robert Blake... and we know the sad ending to his career/life.
@newyorklove4u
3 жыл бұрын
yes.Blake was mickey the wife murderer LOL(Bonnie)
@timmcinnes2594
3 жыл бұрын
It was Micky Gubliosi then. He's the last surviving Rascal.
Frogs!
@nikobellic5655
3 жыл бұрын
I have nothing to respond with.
@joannedolling845
3 жыл бұрын
Yes
@emmahollow8898
3 жыл бұрын
Sgorf
16?! Jesus Christ. I had no idea. Loved that dude.
I only knew the little rascals from 1994 and beyond