Remember Spanky from "The Little Rascals"? Well maybe not...that was a long time ago. However, if you are my age you will remember watching "The Little Rascals" and enjoying the antics of one of my favorite characters, Spanky.
If you are too young to remember Spanky, how about Baretta? This show aired in the 70s, starring Robert Blake as a street-wise detective with a pet cockatoo. Notice a resemblance between the two actors? Very few people realize that they are one in the same. That's right, cute little Spanky grew up to be Baretta! The trouble that Spanky got into on "The Little Rascals" is nothing compared to the real life troubles that Robert Blake has now!
He was accused of murdering his wife, Bonnie Blakely who was shot to death in 2001. Blake was aquitted of the murder charges but now he has lost a wrongful death suit filed by Blakely's children and was ordered to pay $30 million. Robert Blake filed for bankruptcy just before the wrongful death suit and is now fighting the verdict.What a difference a few years make.
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Spanky McFarland is not Robert Blake. I think Blake was just one of the lesser characters.
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