What American actor was the inspiration for the 113th episode of "Our Gang"?
George McFarland George "Spanky" McFarland (October 2, 1928 – June 30, 1993) was an American actor most famous for his appearances as a child in the "Our Gang" series of short-subject comedies of the 1930s and 1940s. The "Our Gang" shorts were later syndicated to television as "The Little Rascals".
Our Gang (novel) Our Gang (1971) is Philip Roth's fifth novel. A marked departure from his previous book, the popular "Portnoy's Complaint", "Our Gang" is a political satire written in the form of a closet drama. Centered on the character of "Trick E. Dixon", a caricature of then-President Richard Nixon, the book takes its cue from an actual quote from Nixon: