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I don't know who these characters are but Mama remembers them. She says this is a cute pic. She tried to tell me about the Little Rascals and how Petey was a famous Pit Bull actor. Oh, wait, now I remember, I just had to look at the right-column at the bottom of my blog to see a picture of Petey!

Petey: The Little Rascals Dog

Petey, seen as a nanny dog, is the kids loyal and affectionate companion who protects and entertains them. The first dog to play Petey in The Little Rascals was an American pit bull terrier named Pal, owned by Harry Lucenay. Many sources say Pal was hired in 1927 and his career ended in 1930 when he died of suspected poisoning by someone with a grudge against Harry. 

Pal's puppy Pete replaced him in the show after his death. According to Ted Lucenay, Harry's son who grew up with Pete, "There were other Petes, but this is the original Pete."

Pete retired from the show in 1932 after Harry was fired from the Hal Roach Studios, but the lovable dog continued to please his fans. The family would spend summers in Atlantic City, NJ and Harry would take Pet to the Steel Pier where children and adults could meet him and pose for photographs. 

The child actors loved working with Pete. Jackie Cooper, who was allowed to take Pete home with him for the weekend, wrote in his autobiography "I loved that dog. To stay a whole weekend with Pete was my idea of glory and paradise combined."

After Pete's retirement, other unrelated dogs were used to play Petey in The Little Rascals, and rings were applied to their eyes, some around the right eye and some around the left eye.

Source: Famous Dogs in History

Woof, woof till later, 
Zoey