# Telling Whoppers

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***Telling Whoppers*** is a 1926 [short](/source/Short_subject) [silent](/source/Silent_film) comedy film, the 55th in the *[Our Gang](/source/Our_Gang)* series, directed by [Robert F. McGowan](/source/Robert_F._McGowan) and nephew [Anthony Mack](/source/Robert_A._McGowan).[1][2] It was the 55th *[Our Gang](/source/Our_Gang)* short subject to be released.[3]

## Plot

Neighborhood bully Tuffy is determined to pummel every boy in the neighborhood. Joe and Farina wear bandages, pretending to be too injured to fight, but Tuffy beats them anyway. Joe and Farina encourage the boys to band together and they chase Tuffy away. The gang retires to their hideout and draw lots to decide who should fight Tuffy. Joe and Farina draw the unlucky task of hunting for Tully, but Peggy tells them that Tuffy has moved to Chicago. Joe and Farina return and lie that they attacked Tuffy and threw him in the lake.

## Cast

### The Gang

- [Joe Cobb](/source/Joe_Cobb_(actor)) as Joe
- [Jackie Condon](/source/Jackie_Condon) as Jackie
- [Allen Hoskins](/source/Allen_Hoskins) as Farina
- [Scooter Lowry](/source/Scooter_Lowry) as Skooter
- [Jay R. Smith](/source/Jay_R._Smith) as Jay R.
- [Bobby Young](/source/Clifton_Young) as Bonedust
- [Billy Naylor](/source/Billy_Naylor) as Billy

### Additional cast

- [Johnny Downs](/source/Johnny_Downs) as Tuffy Thompson
- Peggy Eames as Peggy
- [Charles McAvoy](/source/Charles_McAvoy_(actor)) as Officer
- [Gene Morgan](/source/Gene_Morgan) as Officer
- [Dorothy Vernon](/source/Dorothy_Vernon_(actress)) as Tuffy's mother
- S. D. Wilcox as Officer
- Charley Young as man near swimming hole
- Diamond the Dog as himself
- Pal the Dog as himself

## See also

- [*Our Gang* filmography](/source/Our_Gang_filmography)

## References

1. ["Silent Era: Telling Whoppers"](http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/T/TellingWhoppers1927.html). *silentera*. Retrieved September 14, 2008.

1. Nugent, Frank S. (2011). ["New York Times: Telling Whoppers"](https://web.archive.org/web/20110520155634/http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/226173/Telling-Whoppers/overview). *[The New York Times](/source/The_New_York_Times)*. Archived from [the original](https://movies.nytimes.com/movie/226173/Telling-Whoppers/overview) on May 20, 2011. Retrieved September 14, 2008.

1. Maltin, Leonard & Bann, Richard W. (1977). [*Our Gang: The Life and Times of the Little Rascals*](https://archive.org/details/ourganglifetimes0000malt/page/70/mode/2up). Crown Publishers. pp. 70–71. Retrieved 3 March 2024.

## External links

- [Telling Whoppers](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0234858/) at IMDb

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