Fire Fighters: Our Gang’s Wild Animal Riot (1922)

Dive into "Fire Fighters," a silent 1922 black-and-white comedy igniting the second spark in Hal Roach’s Our Gang series, where mischief meets mayhem. Domestic ducks and barnyard critters don tiny human costumes—fire hats and coats—stumbling through a slapstick blaze, their "drunken" waddles captured in hilarious slow-motion shots ripe for logging. The Little Rascals orchestrate the chaos, while African American actors, cast in degrading stereotypical roles, play bumbling foils, reflecting the era’s troubling norms. Packed with absurd gags and great animal antics, this relic hooks silent film buffs, comedy historians, and Our Gang fans, delivering a bittersweet burst of Jazz Age hijinks through a 20-minute romp of feathers and folly.