It's no definitive masterpiece but it's damn close.

Absolutely brilliant

There is just so much movie here. For some it may be too much. But in the same secretly sarcastic way most telemarketers say the phrase, the title of this one is particularly apt.

Mostly, the movie is committed to the value of a good time.

. . . budding mansion mogul "Wallace" invites the Unscrubbed Our Gang and their dirty mule into the innermost recesses of his palatial palace toward the beginning of HONKEY-DONKEY. The title animal, a vociferous Jackass named "Algebra," gets to take its first snooze between satin sheets, after tiring itself out running up and down grand staircases, kicking out walls, and engaging in other donkey hijinks. The socialist moles who had recently wrested control of Our Gang production during the depths of America's Great Depression take great pains to outline the sort of Reckoning Day on the horizon for U.S. fat cat One Per Centers with HONKEY-DONKEY. This impending Judgement Hour will see the unwashed masses surging like THE BLOB across the arrogant aristocrats' neatly manicured lawns, around their spacious verandahs, through their gaping picture windows, over their haughty carpets, and right into the treasure troves not-so-well concealed in their walk-in closets.

HONKY DONKEY is possibly the funniest Our Gang short that I've yet seen. Sometimes the simple ones are the best, and HONKY DONKEY is just that: a short film with a simple premise and absolutely hilarious execution. The tale involves the usual Our Gang members (with the addition of the naturally fitting Don Barlcay as Barclay the chauffeur) get hold of a donkey and letting it run loose in a rich kid's house.Sure, the humour is simplistic and often repetitive, especially with all of the noises on the soundtrack. But the donkey itself is trained to perfection and the subsequent antics never less than very, very funny. The kid actors seem to be having a ball, too, although Barclay gives the stand-out performance for me.

Poor little rich boy Wally has his overprotective Mother who bundles him up in the back of the fashionable Pierce Arrow limousine with stuffy nosed Barclay the chauffeur at the wheel. The minute Mommy leaves for more shopping Wally takes off his camisole and commands Barclay to drive down the back roads and alleyways. Ironically Barclay complies to young Wallace as they come upon the Rascals playing in a vacant lot having a Mule pull them around on a makeshift ironing board. Tommy is selected to sneeze as Algebra the Mule chases him till he's out of breathe to the sound of Spanky's alarm clock which causes the four legged star to stop. The Realtor, bespectacled William Wagner, crashes their playtime and tells them to leave the lot at once. As our Realtor dusts off the sign but he unfortunately sneezes and Algebra chases him through a wall. Stymie goes after the Mule and says "Algebra this is no place for you!" Wally offer the gang his place for them to play Mule and all. They all pile into the limo with Algebra in tow until they head to a busy intersection when the bell signals stop and Algebra won't budge, which ties up the busy street as a traffic cop starts with poor befuddled Barclay calling him a fresh guy. Spanky solves the problem as the gang puts the Mule in the Limo and off they go to Wally estate. Barclay's nose got itchy a few times and almost sneezed but Scotty saved the day by putting his finger on his nose. Finally the gang reaches Wally's home and Barkley and Algebra take over the rest of this comedy masterpiece with plenty of physical slapstick, sneezing, bell ringing and that unmistakable laugh the mule lets out compliments of Ex-Our gang alumnus Mickey Daniels. One of Our Gangs Funniest. episodes!

"Cute" might be the best word to describe this old Our Gang short. Much of this is the same gag over and over and over.....but it's still funny.The star of this show is the chauffeur, "Barclay," played by Don Barclay. Man, that poor guy takes a lot of abuse in here. "Algebra," the donkey, is also a lot of fun to watch.Basically, the story is about a rich kid named "Wallace" who wants to be a regular kid and orders his chauffeur who go to alleyways and other low-rent districts so he can find some kids to play with. Yeah, you know who he discovers - the Little Rascals, who have rigged up a machine that gives them a merry-go-round type ride. It's powered by a donkey, who only moves when someone sneezes. He then chases that person. When he hears a bell, he stops and sits down. That stop-start routine is used at least a dozen times in this 16-minute short, and the donkey winds up at the rich kid's mansion with wild results.