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50 relations: A Current Affair (U.S. TV series), Afro, Allen Hoskins, American Broadcasting Company, Arizona, California State University, Northridge, Carl Switzer, Child actor, Dancing Romeo, Dorothy DeBorba, Eddie Murphy, Eugene Gordon Lee, Feed 'em and Weep, For Pete's Sake!, General Spanky, George McFarland, Good Conduct Medal (United States), Hal Roach, Inglewood Park Cemetery, Inglewood, California, Jim Crow laws, Joe Cobb, John F. Kennedy, Lee Harvey Oswald, Leonard Maltin, Los Angeles, Mama's Little Pirate, Matthew Beard (American actor), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Myocardial infarction, NAACP, National Defense Service Medal, News magazine, Our Gang, Our Gang Follies of 1938, Pay as You Exit, Pickaninny, Rat race, Robert Blake (actor), Saturday Night Live, Short film, Speech disorder, Technicolor, The First Round-Up, The Pinch Singer, The Sons of the Desert, Tommy Bond, United States Army, Washee Ironee, 20/20 (U.S. TV series).
A Current Affair (U.S. TV series)
A Current Affair was an American television newsmagazine that aired in syndication from July 28, 1986, to August 30, 1996, before reappearing briefly in March 2005.
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Afro
Afro, sometimes abbreviated to 'fro or described as a Jew fro under specific circumstances, is a hairstyle worn naturally outward by people with lengthy or even medium length kinky hair texture (wherein it is known as a natural), or specifically styled in such a fashion by individuals with naturally curly or straight hair.
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Allen Hoskins
Allen Clayton Hoskins (August 9, 1920 – July 26, 1980) was an American child actor, most famous for portraying the character of Farina in 105 Our Gang short films from 1922 to 1931.
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American Broadcasting Company
The American Broadcasting Company (ABC) is an American commercial broadcast television network that is a flagship property of Disney–ABC Television Group, a subsidiary of the Disney Media Networks division of The Walt Disney Company.
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Arizona
Arizona (Hoozdo Hahoodzo; Alĭ ṣonak) is a U.S. state in the southwestern region of the United States.
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California State University, Northridge
California State University, Northridge (also known as CSUN) is a public university in the Northridge neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, United States, in the San Fernando Valley.
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Carl Switzer
Carl Dean Switzer (August 7, 1927 – January 21, 1959) was an American singer, child actor, dog breeder and guide.
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Child actor
The term child actor or child actress is generally applied to a child acting on stage or in motion pictures or television, but also to an adult who began their acting career as a child; to avoid confusion, the latter is also called a former child actor.
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Dancing Romeo
Dancing Romeo is a 1944 Our Gang short comedy film directed by Cyril Endfield.
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Dorothy DeBorba
Dorothy "Echo" DeBorba (March 28, 1925 – June 2, 2010) was an American child actress who was a regular in the Our Gang series of short subjects as the leading lady from 1930 to 1933.
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Eddie Murphy
Edward Regan Murphy (born April 3, 1961) is an American comedian, actor, writer, singer, and producer.
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Eugene Gordon Lee
Eugene Gordon Lee (October 25, 1933 – October 16, 2005) was an American child actor, most notable for appearing in the Our Gang (Little Rascals) comedies as Porky from 1935 to 1939.
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Feed 'em and Weep
Feed 'em and Weep is a 1938 Our Gang short comedy film directed by Gordon Douglas.
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For Pete's Sake!
For Pete's Sake! is a 1934 Our Gang short comedy film directed by Gus Meins.
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General Spanky
General Spanky is a 1936 American comedy film produced by Hal Roach.
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George McFarland
George "Spanky" McFarland (October 2, 1928 – June 30, 1993) was an American actor most famous for his appearances as a child in the Our Gang series of short-subject comedies of the 1930s and 1940s.
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Good Conduct Medal (United States)
The Good Conduct Medal is one of the oldest military awards of the United States Armed Forces.
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Hal Roach
Harold Eugene Roach Sr. (January 14, 1892 – November 2, 1992) was an American film and television producer, director, and actor from the 1910s to the 1990s, best known today for producing the Laurel and Hardy and Our Gang film comedy series.
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Inglewood Park Cemetery
Inglewood Park Cemetery is a cemetery at 720 East Florence Avenue in Inglewood, California, United States.
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Inglewood, California
Inglewood is a city in southwestern Los Angeles County, California.
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Jim Crow laws
Jim Crow laws were state and local laws that enforced racial segregation in the Southern United States.
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Joe Cobb
Joe Frank Cobb (November 7, 1916 – May 21, 2002) was an American child actor, most notable for appearing as the original "fat boy" in the Our Gang comedies from 1922 to 1929.
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John F. Kennedy
John Fitzgerald "Jack" Kennedy (May 29, 1917 – November 22, 1963), commonly referred to by his initials JFK, was an American politician who served as the 35th President of the United States from January 1961 until his assassination in November 1963.
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Lee Harvey Oswald
Lee Harvey Oswald (October 18, 1939 – November 24, 1963) was a Marxist and ex-Marine who assassinated United States President John F. Kennedy on November 22, 1963.
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Leonard Maltin
Leonard Michael Maltin (born December 18, 1950) is an American film critic and historian, as well as an author of several mainstream books on cinema, focusing on nostalgic, celebratory narratives.
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Los Angeles
Los Angeles (Spanish for "The Angels";; officially: the City of Los Angeles; colloquially: by its initials L.A.) is the second-most populous city in the United States, after New York City.
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Mama's Little Pirate
Mama's Little Pirate is a 1934 Our Gang short comedy film directed by Gus Meins.
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Matthew Beard (American actor)
Matthew Beard Jr. (January 1, 1925 – January 8, 1981) was an American child actor, most famous for portraying the character of Stymie in the Our Gang short films from 1930-35.
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Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc. (initialized as MGM or hyphenated as M-G-M, also known as Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer or simply Metro, and for a former interval known as Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists, or MGM/UA) is an American media company, involved primarily in the production and distribution of feature films and television programs.
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Myocardial infarction
Myocardial infarction (MI), commonly known as a heart attack, occurs when blood flow decreases or stops to a part of the heart, causing damage to the heart muscle.
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NAACP
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) is a civil rights organization in the United States, formed in 1909 as a bi-racial organization to advance justice for African Americans by a group, including, W. E. B. Du Bois, Mary White Ovington and Moorfield Storey.
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National Defense Service Medal
The National Defense Service Medal (NDSM) is a service medal of the United States Armed Forces established by President Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1953. The medal was first intended to be a "blanket campaign medal" awarded to service members who served honorably during a designated time period of which a "national emergency" had been declared during a time of war or conflict. It may also be issued to active military members for any other period that the Secretary of Defense designates. Currently, the National Defense Service Medal is the oldest service medal in use by the United States Armed Forces. The oldest continuously issued combat medal is the Medal of Honor.
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News magazine
A news magazine is a typed, printed, and published piece of paper, magazine or a radio or television program, usually weekly, consisting of articles about current events.
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Our Gang
Our Gang (later known as The Little Rascals or Hal Roach's Rascals) are a series of American comedy short films about a group of poor neighborhood children and their adventures.
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Our Gang Follies of 1938
Our Gang Follies of 1938 (later reissued as simply Follies of 1938) is a 1937 American musical short subject, the 161st short subject entry in Hal Roach's Our Gang (Little Rascals) series.
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Pay as You Exit
Pay as You Exit is a 1936 Our Gang short comedy film directed by Gordon Douglas.
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Pickaninny
Pickaninny (also picaninny, piccaninny or pickinniny) is, in North American usage, a racial slur which refers to a depiction of dark-skinned children of African descent.
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Rat race
A rat race is an endless, self-defeating, or pointless pursuit.
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Robert Blake (actor)
Robert Blake (born Michael James Gubitosi; September 18, 1933) is an American former actor, having starring roles in the film In Cold Blood and the U.S. television series Baretta.
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Saturday Night Live
Saturday Night Live (SNL) is an American late-night live television variety show created by Lorne Michaels and developed by Dick Ebersol.
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Short film
A short film is any motion picture not long enough to be considered a feature film.
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Speech disorder
Speech disorders or speech impediments are a type of communication disorder where 'normal' speech is disrupted.
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Technicolor
Technicolor is a series of color motion picture processes, the first version dating from 1916, and followed by improved versions over several decades.
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The First Round-Up
The First Round-Up is a 1934 Our Gang short comedy film directed by Gus Meins.
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The Pinch Singer
The Pinch Singer is a 1936 Our Gang short comedy film directed by Fred C. Newmeyer.
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The Sons of the Desert
The Sons of the Desert is an international fraternal organization devoted to the lives and films of comedians Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy.
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Tommy Bond
Thomas Ross "Tommy" Bond (September 16, 1926 – September 24, 2005) was an American actor.
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United States Army
The United States Army (USA) is the land warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces.
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Washee Ironee
Washee Ironee is a 1934 Our Gang short comedy film directed by James Parrott.
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20/20 (U.S. TV series)
20/20 is an American television newsmagazine that has been broadcast on ABC since June 6, 1978.
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