Hal Roach Receives an Honorary Award: 1984 Oscars

[@SymphonyBrahms]

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]

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]

Yes true

[@sallybrown4947]

@@ashleelmb try again!

[@nick56677]

​@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.

[@tonycanabal1659]

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

[@eeeecccc]

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

[@scotnick59]

YES

[@Dan-nt2yb]

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

[@doddsino]

Didn't sound too good though...

[@rivaridge7211]

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

[@atlasking6110]

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

[@Tboneator64]

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!

[@kevins.butler3402]

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

[@win4man]

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

[@Nick-ty9us]

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

[@michaelswincicki4042]

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

[@dorianphilotheates3769]

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

[@hardlines4]

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

[@JOECANDELA22]

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]

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

[@marjoriemargel1567]

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

[@ebonyepps2261]

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]

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

[@Philflash]

The audience should have rose upon his entrance!

[@edwardanthony7283]

Hal Roach was 92 years old here!

[@MinhNguyen-cn8kx]

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

[@garethbeare7319]

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]

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]

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]

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

[@kevins.butler3402]

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

[@meiyeelee7064]

So down to earth Speeches

[@tonycevallos7513]

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.

[@vcoaster]

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

[@waverider227]

Smith and Barney they make money the old fashion way........they EARN IT !

[@MilesBellas]

Only a plaque remains of the studio in Culver City.

[@christopherparrisjr.3146]

Interesting that he outlived most of his clients

[@Ferreal92]

And a few of his own children.

[@bthompson1767]

Because he had all the money

[@mrjagriff]

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

[@DisWldFrk90]

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

[@keithcarroll8235]

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

[@superfuzzymomma]

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

[@Nick-ty9us]

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

[@mattalbrecht7471]

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

[@66kprdwd]

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.

[@discoball9287]

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

[@Gerkinstock]

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

[@stuartperry1047]

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.

[@rickyparrilla2426]

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]

One word,True.

[@wendyjones6077]

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]

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]

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.

[@kellyjustus]

he left the award on the podium.

[@user-wr6db6nw8t]

Legend!!

[@orbison]

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.

[@jamesfeldman4234]

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.

[@josephcalderon906]

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]

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

[@nick56677]

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

[@DisWldFrk90]

There were many individuals that worked in the series who were alive during this time. They just didn't attend the event. Some of them their actual names weren't known and even the ones that were known, some of them contact wasn't known.

[@sclogse1]

A king.

[@abbdabs67]

stan and ollie.......

[@josephcalderon906]

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

[@georgemaster689]

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

[@cristobaldellacqua1095]

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

[@cathydrumobich9045]

Took them long enough to stand up.

[@mecruzn]

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

[@andreaskollmuss]

Nice to watch. 🎥

[@heathbarker3004]

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

[@scotnick59]

Been that way for quite a while now

[@davidwesley2525]

@@scotnick59 Ever since Hollywood First Began.

[@sergioarguilez3702]

Excelente dirección felicidades

[@deadpan80]

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

[@Ferreal92]

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.

[@Randa-tv9pm]

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

[@patriciakehaya2415]

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

[@angelodarden342]

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

[@tedperry6466]

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

[@debbutcher9087]

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

[@countgruner]

Spanky...!

[@keithbenson2627]

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

[@lastdays3148]

😂

[@marjoriemargel1567]

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]

@@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.

[@diannefaith7866]

I miss Alfalfa!!!! 😢

[@marjoriemargel1567]

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]

@@marjoriemargel1567 it was over a dog

[@kens9775]

A recent documentary of the life and death of child star Carl “Alfalfa” Switzer. Worth a watch. kzbin.info/www/bejne/iWfLgXeLgt-FjaM

[@kens9775]

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

[@UneedaJudge]

A more amusing interview can be found here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/jXS4noSFrbl7gZY

[@richardelizondo111]

Thank you!

[@jeffreysnow2640]

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

[@zeuschowie7473]

What a great man!!

[@bthompson1767]

It didn't pay nothing to these kids

[@MissRailfan]

Fellow Elmiran!!!!

[@old_rare_vinyl_collector5035]

🎖️🎖️🎖️🎖️🎖️

[@BillyAlabama]

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

[@Sshooter444]

What ? No political statements?

[@patcurrie9888]

There was no W or tRump yet, silly.

[@putinscat1208]

92 and still cheap!

[@kduideo]

all dead now ...dead dead dead

[@steelstreet3765]

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

[@JaredGriffiths2000]

@@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.