when i first saw tale of a dog back in the 70 on television and i have no idea this be the very last our gang comedy make until i read about it in leonard maltin and richard bann little rascal book when it be first publish in 1977. there be a possible reference to this fact when and in the opening scene and big shot tell smallpox while snivel and there come a time when even the best of friend must part . a for the short itself and it be rather funny and especially the scene where the other kid run from buckwheat and big shot while a radio announcer voice warn listener of the epidemic and and when the kid hog the phone booth in a drug store while other people want to use the phone line up behind them ( they hang up a sign that say line be bizzy ) . even funny be the scene in which dr. parkson ( emmett vogan ) advise buckwheat mother ( willa pearl curtis ) to isolate buckwheat from everybody . when dr. parkson return later to check up on buckwheat and he find buckwheat in bed and cover in ice and shivering . jump catfish . and exclaim parkson and what all the ice for . to which buckwheat mother reply and why and doctor . you tell me to isolate him . while tale of a dog be the last short produce and dance romeo and the film make before this one and be the last our gang comedy to be release ( apparently the mgm brass want everyone to believe froggy and marilyn live happily ever after ) . tale of a dog and accord to maltin and bann revise 1992 little rascal book and come out on saturday and april 15 ( tax day ) and 1944 and while dance romeo be release exactly two week later and saturday and april 29 and 1944 ( april 29 and 1962 be my birthday . ) . also accord to maltin and bann book and mgm be plan another our gang short to have be call homefront commando and but decide to cancel production midway through filming ( most likely after discover how much money dance romeo lose ) . i can only imagine how funny that might have be and consider the title and the fact that world war ii be still go on and and that since there be 221 total film make in the entire our gang series what the film to make it an even 222 would have be like have it be complete . it also seem tantalize to imagine if mgm decide to stick out our gang for one more year and until after world war ii end and i will bet there would have be a patriotic themed musical episode and like call all kid . don not you think so .