Leofwine_draca FISHY TALES is an amusing short from the OUR GANG crowd. Alfalfa is in this one and takes part in the film's funniest scene in which he pretends to have damaged legs much to the amazement over the other kids. Otherwise the story is about a competition in which the kids shoot arrows with rubber suction caps on the end, only to fall foul of a bully when a shot goes awry.At just eleven minutes this is a very short comedy in which the gags barely have time to register. I think perhaps too much was crammed into the running time so the pacing appears to be a little too fast for the humour to really register. It would have been better for the team to just focus on a single set-piece rather than trying to do too much. Still, it's worth it just to see the kids in action once more.

MartinHafer The show begins with something every kid does--shoots apples off their friend's head with a rubber dart gun. However, the Alfalfinator accidentally hits Butch and Butch isn't about to let it slide. Alfalfa pretends to faint and before Butch can pound him, his mother calls him home. Butch promises to beat up Alfalfa later. In the meantime, Spanky gets some ideas to try to save Alfalfa's life. They pretend that Alfalfa dislocated his leg and cannot fight! Butch has a hard time believing that. What will happen next? Well, it involves cats...other than that, you'll just have to see it for yourself.This is a decent episode simply because it has no singing nor dancing--severe problems with many of these later shorts. Instead, the focus is on comedy--and I must admit that I laughed a lot at this one! Cute and well done--and one of the better late Our Gang films.

Ron Oliver An OUR GANG Comedy Short.Bully Butch has threatened great bodily harm to Alfalfa. Now it's up to Spanky's FISHY TALES to convince Butch that Alfalfa is in bed with a dislocated leg & is unable to fight...A humorous little film. Highlights include the `William Tell' episode -with Buckwheat as the target - and the cats ‘n' crabs.

Squonk During an exhibition of his shooting abilities, Alfalfa accidentally shoots Butch with a suction cup dart. Butch, of course, wants to fight, so to get out of it Alfalfa fakes a leg injury. A newly caught fish, courtesy of Buckwheat, is used to simulate the bum leg. 'Fishy Tales' has some good situations for comedy, but they are delivered too quickly. The humor never has much of a chance to develop. Alfalfa still provides a few good laughs during the scene in which Butch examines the bum leg, though.