Practical Jokers

{{Other uses|Practical jokers (disambiguation){{!}}Practical jokers}} {{Use mdy dates|date=February 2026}} {{Infobox film | name = Practical Jokers | image = Our Gang Practical Jokers 1938.jpg

| caption = | director = George Sidney | producer = Jack Chertok for MGM | writer = Hal Law Robert A. McGowan | narrator = | starring = Darla Hood Eugene Lee George McFarland Carl Switzer Billie Thomas Tommy Bond Gary Jasgur Sidney Kibrick Leonard Landy Marie Blake | music = | cinematography = | editing = | distributor = Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer | released = {{film date|1938|12|17}} | runtime = {{duration|m=8|s=24}} | country = United States | language = English | budget = }}

'''''Practical Jokers''''' is a 1938 ''Our Gang'' short comedy film directed by George Sidney. It was the 174th ''Our Gang'' short to be released.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Maltin |first1=Leonard |last2=Bann |first2=Richard W. |title=Our Gang: The Life and Times of the Little Rascals |date=1977 |publisher=Crown Publishers |page=225 |isbn=978-0-517-52675-0 |url=https://archive.org/details/ourganglifetimes0000malt/page/224/mode/2up |access-date=3 March 2024}}</ref>

==Plot== Hoping to get even for all the practical jokes perpetrated by neighborhood troublemaker Butch, the Gang plans to sabotage Butch's birthday party. The weapon of choice is a firecracker, which is substituted for one of the birthday candles. Unfortunately, the kids in general and Alfalfa in particular are unable to escape from the party before the big (and tasty) explosion.<ref name="NY Times">{{cite news |url=https://movies.nytimes.com/movie/226189/Practical-Jokers/overview |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110520195323/http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/226189/Practical-Jokers/overview |url-status=dead |archive-date=2011-05-20 |title=New York Times: Practical-Jokers|accessdate=2008-10-08| first=Jesse |department=Movies & TV Dept. |work=The New York Times |date=2011 | last=Green}}</ref>

==Cast==

===The Gang=== * Darla Hood as Darla * Eugene Lee as Porky * George McFarland as Spanky * Carl Switzer as Alfalfa * Billie Thomas as Buckwheat

===Additional cast=== * Tommy Bond as Butch * Gary Jasgur as Gary * Sidney Kibrick as Woim * Leonard Landy as Leonard * Marie Blake as Butch's mother * June Preston Party attendee * Joe Levine as Party extra

==See also== * ''Our Gang'' filmography

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== * {{IMDb title|0030618}} * {{TCMDb title|401681|Practical Jokers}}

Category:1938 films Category:1938 comedy films Category:American black-and-white films Category:Films directed by George Sidney Category:Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer short films Category:Our Gang films Category:1938 short films Category:1938 American films Category:1938 English-language films