Question: names of the characters in the little rascals

title: Our Gang
text: The franchise began in 1922 as a series of silent short subjects produced by the Roach studio and released by Pathé Exchange . Roach changed distributors from Pathé to Metro - Goldwyn - Mayer ( MGM ) in 1927 , and the series entered its most popular period after converting to sound in 1929 . Production continued at the Roach studio until 1938 , when the series was sold to MGM , which produced the comedies until 1944 . In total , the Our Gang series includes 220 shorts and one feature film , General Spanky , and featured over 41 child actors . As MGM retained the rights to the Our Gang trademark following their purchase of the production rights , the 80 Roach - produced `` talkies '' were syndicated for television under the title The Little Rascals beginning in 1955 . Roach 's The Little Rascals package ( now owned by CBS Television Distribution ) and MGM 's Our Gang package ( now owned by Turner Entertainment and distributed by Warner Bros. Television ) have since remained in syndication . New productions based on the shorts have been made over the years , including a 1994 feature film , Little Rascals , released by Universal Pictures .