the awful tooth the awful tooth the awful tooth is a 1938 our gang short comedy film directed by nate watt. it was the 167th our gang short (168th episode, 79th talking short, and the 80th talking episode) that was released. the awful toothdirected bynate wattproduced byhal roachstarringcarl switzerbillie thomaseugene leehenry leepete the pupcinematographynorbert brodineedited bywilliam h. zieglermusic byleroy shieldmarvin hatleydistributed bymgmrelease date may 28, 1938 (1938-05-28) running time9' 55"countryunited stateslanguageenglish plot alfalfa, buckwheat, porky, and spike in need of money to purchase baseball equipment, devise a scheme: they will have all their teeth pulled out, which they calculate will earn them one dime per tooth from the tooth fairy. their dentist hears of their plan, and takes steps to dissuade the kids—beginning with a terrified alfalfa. in the end, alfalfa decides to keep his teeth, but the dentist does give them some baseball equipment as a reward for learning a valuable lesson about dental health. cast the gang eugene lee as porky carl switzer as alfalfa billie thomas as buckwheat henry lee as spike george the monkey as himself pete the pup as himself additional cast jack norton as dr. schwartz marjorie townsend as miss rogers