Hugh Chapman: A New Rascal
Sunday, July 29th, 2007
It’s always a distinct pleasure to meet a newly-discovered indentifiable performer from the Our Gang series. Although admittedly only playing a minor role in the Little Rascals, Hugh Chapman is my latest example this. He appeared in three of the Hal Roach one-reelers in 1937: The Pigskin Palooka, Glove Taps, and Mail and Female. He subsequently made a return to the Our Gang in 1939 after the series had been sold to M-G-M, appearing in Time Out for Lessons and Clown Princes. Read the rest of this entry »
This is a continuation of the memoir I wrote shortly after my October 2005 Hollywood trip, which began 
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I had really enjoyed Daniel Stern’s performance in Barbra’s Wedding, a story about an out-of-work actor and his wife living next door to Barbra Streisand on the day that a wedding was taking place at her home…and they weren’t invited. He was also the author of the play and I found it very funny and extremely entertaining. The fact that we were in the front row and that the actors were practically performing in our laps didn’t hurt either. I also really liked Stern’s work in City Slickers, Home Alone, and as the narrator on the TV show The Wonder Years.