As a result, everyone knew Switzer, but he never profited from his fame. No one even considered the concept of royalties and syndication. At the time Our Gang was filmed, television was still in its infancy, and many considered it to be a temporary novelty. Although he appeared in nearly 75 of the comedy shorts over the next five years, he didn't receive a single dime from the show. In 1935 Switzer was added to the already successful Our Gang comedy series when he was only seven years old. He died on January 21, 1959, the victim of a killer's bullet as he and another man argued over a lost hunting dog. He would later become known as "Alfalfa", a character he played on the Hal Roach produced series of film shorts called Our Gang, known later in syndication as The Little Rascals. Our Gang's Carl "Alfalfa" Switzer Killed over $50 and a Hunting DogĬarl Switzer was born in Paris, Illinois in 1927.
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