{"id":3801,"date":"2012-08-08T01:22:07","date_gmt":"2012-08-08T09:22:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/legendsrevealed.com\/entertainment\/?p=3801"},"modified":"2015-07-15T01:13:52","modified_gmt":"2015-07-15T09:13:52","slug":"is-the-actor-who-played-alfalfa-buried-with-a-drawing-of-his-dog-from-the-little-rascals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/legendsrevealed.com\/entertainment\/2012\/08\/08\/is-the-actor-who-played-alfalfa-buried-with-a-drawing-of-his-dog-from-the-little-rascals\/","title":{"rendered":"Is the Actor Who Played Alfalfa Buried With a Drawing of His Dog From the Little Rascals?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here is the latest in a series of examinations into urban legends about movies and whether they are true or false. Click <a href=\"http:\/\/legendsrevealed.com\/entertainment\/2009\/04\/19\/movie-legends-revealed-history\/\">here<\/a> to view an archive of the movie urban legends featured so far.<\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s begin!<\/p>\n<p><u><span style=\"font-weight: bold\">MOVIE URBAN LEGEND<\/span><\/u>: The actor who played Alfalfa in the Little Rascals films is buried with a drawing of his dog from the films.<\/p>\n<p>Carl Switzer is best known for his role as Alfalfa in the various Little Rascals films. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/legendsrevealed.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/alfalfa-print-c10113037.jpg\" alt=\"alfalfa-print-c10113037\" title=\"alfalfa-print-c10113037\" width=\"354\" height=\"450\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-147\" srcset=\"https:\/\/legendsrevealed.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/alfalfa-print-c10113037.jpg 354w, https:\/\/legendsrevealed.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/alfalfa-print-c10113037-236x300.jpg 236w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/><iframe src=\"http:\/\/rcm-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/cm?t=legenrevea-20&#038;o=1&#038;p=8&#038;l=as1&#038;asins=B001CDFY5U&#038;ref=qf_sp_asin_til&#038;fc1=000000&#038;IS2=1&#038;lt1=_blank&#038;m=amazon&#038;lc1=0000FF&#038;bc1=000000&#038;bg1=FFFFFF&#038;f=ifr\" style=\"width:120px;height:240px;\" scrolling=\"no\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>In the movies, Switzer has a pet dog named Petey. <\/p>\n<p><center><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/legendsrevealed.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/petelemonade.jpg\" alt=\"petelemonade\" title=\"petelemonade\" width=\"414\" height=\"295\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/legendsrevealed.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/petelemonade.jpg 414w, https:\/\/legendsrevealed.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/petelemonade-300x213.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 414px) 100vw, 414px\" \/><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Switzer died young, at the age of 31, and on his grave, there is a drawing of a dog&#8230;<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/legendsrevealed.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/1011_109170788665.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/legendsrevealed.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/1011_109170788665.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"1011_109170788665\" width=\"600\" height=\"449\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-146\" srcset=\"https:\/\/legendsrevealed.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/1011_109170788665.jpg 600w, https:\/\/legendsrevealed.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/1011_109170788665-300x224.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This had led many fans over the years to naturally presume that the dog is a tribute to Petey, but that&#8217;s not the case.<\/p>\n<p>Switzer had a difficult life after the Little Rascals films ended. He was 13 when the last film came out in 1940, and besides some Bowery Boy knock-off films in the late 40s, he did not have much more success as an actor, a fact certainly not helped by his rumored poor disposition.<\/p>\n<p>Later on, Switzer would move to Kansas where he married, had a kid and got divorced. While there, he hunted a lot and bred dogs for a living. He bred dogs for Roy Rogers and Jimmy Stewart. <\/p>\n<p>It is for THIS reason that the dog appears on Switzer&#8217;s grave, because he was a dog breeder.<\/p>\n<p>In 1959, the 31-year-old Switzer was killed by an acquaintance over a debt from an unpaid loan. At the time, it was ruled that the homicide was justifiable, as Switzer allegedly came at the man with a knife. In the time since, though, that story seems to be a bit suspicious (especially seeing as how Switzer knife that he had on him was a penknife and it was not even open), but I suppose we&#8217;ll never know for sure what happened that day.<\/p>\n<p>Switzer suffered one last indignity &#8211; he died the same day as Cecil B. DeMille, so Switzer&#8217;s passing was barely noticed by the media. <\/p>\n<p>The legend is&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><u><span style=\"font-weight: bold\">STATUS<\/span><\/u>: False<\/p>\n<p>Feel free (heck, I implore you!) to write in with your suggestions for future urban legends columns! My e-mail address is &#x62;c&#x72;&#111;&#x6e;&#x69;n&#x40;&#108;&#x65;&#x67;e&#x6e;&#100;&#x73;&#x72;e&#x76;&#101;&#x61;&#x6c;e&#x64;&#46;&#x63;&#x6f;m<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here is the latest in a series of examinations into urban legends about movies and whether they are true or false. Click here to view an archive of the movie urban legends featured so far. Let&#8217;s begin! MOVIE URBAN LEGEND: The actor who played Alfalfa in the Little Rascals films is buried with a drawing [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_options":[]},"categories":[11],"tags":[1130,1132,1135,233,1133,1134,1131],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7MjBq-Zj","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":7629,"url":"https:\/\/legendsrevealed.com\/entertainment\/2016\/02\/11\/was-a-films-ending-re-shot-because-test-audiences-couldnt-believe-bill-murray-could-beat-up-robert-deniro\/","url_meta":{"origin":3801,"position":0},"title":"Was a Film&#8217;s Ending Re-Shot Because Test Audiences Couldn&#8217;t Believe Bill Murray Could Beat Up Robert DeNiro?","date":"February 11, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Here is the latest in a series of examinations into urban legends about movies and whether they are true or false. 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