To describe this short is like walking in on your neighbors and find them WITH THEIR CLOTHES OFF.The breakfast scene accomplishes what it set out to do.It makes you want to walk away or change the channel. Not that the acting is poor but the uncomfortable feeling you get from viewing confrontation not at all the safe escapism and slapstick which are the main ingredients in an Our Gang feature. Wheezer goes to extremes pulling every bottle and pill out of the medicine cabinet to get his Parents notice. One scene grabbed my attention as Stymie's Mother comes to the rescue and calls for help as Wheezer gives a convincing performance as he suffers with the usual moans and groans. Another thing that grabs your eye is the depleted cast from earlier Our Gang Shorts. Most Our Gang aficionados voted this episode as one of the worst episodes Hal Roach Studios put together. Risqué story line(DIVORCE) plus a child playing with medicine dangerous stuff for a child to digest. Again Wheezer fails as a leading character replacing Jackie Cooper. Enter Kendall McComas to take over the reins as the new Gang Leader of the Rascals.
Review of Big Ears
