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Private Notes
Alfalfa's waiting outside the local movie house for Darla, who shows up arm in arm with Butch. Dejectedly, Alfalfa agrees to accompany Muggsy into the theater. He dozes off during the western, and dreams that he's the singing cowboy chasing off to rescue Darla from her kidnapper, Butch.
Alfalfa and Butch are fighting over Darla again, and Waldo suggests that they enter into a junior mayor election that is about to happen. They campaign against each other doggedly, culminating in a hot air balloon Alfalfa uses to skywrite.
The gang is putting on a performance of Aladdin and his lamp, which is repeatedly interrupted by Buckwheat and Porky's off-key rendition of "Strolling Through The Park One Day." Darla is so humiliated by them that she walks out on the show. Spanky assumes her role, while Alfalfa sings to him on a magic carpet.
Darla has had her tonsils taken out, so the gang decides to visit her in the hospital, bringing along a bunch of goodies that they know she won't be able to eat. Alfalfa meets up with a boy who offers him a dime if he'll switch clothes with him and take his place in the hospital room. Of course, Alfalfa does, and soon finds out he's about to be operated on. Some laughing gas saves the day, as the orderlies fall under its spell, as does Alfalfa, who the gang soon finds out is not quite himself.
Alfalfa decides to give up football just before the big game against Butch's Assassins. Darla tries to get him to change his mind by appearing with Butch. This only convinces Alfalfa to go off and live as a hermit, which he does after writing Darla a particularly corny farewell letter. Word from his mother reveals that Darla is going to read the letter to the kids assembled in the stands at the game. Alfalfa rushes off to retrieve the note, but Darla tells him its inserted in the lacing of the football, which forces Alfalfa to get into the game.
Butch has been playing practical jokes on the gang, so when his birthday party comes up, they decide to plant a firecracker in his cake. Unfortunately, Butch's mom prevails upon them to carry the cake into the room, and gets Alfalfa to sing a song for him.
Alfalfa's aunt comes for a visit. Her latest career pursuit is mystery writing, and she reads a work in progress for Alfalfa's dad. The parents go out for the evening, leaving Alfalfa in the care of Aunt Penelope. Alfalfa finds a loose page from her story, in which she uses the family's real names and describes doing away with her nephew. Alfalfa summons the gang to help him avoid getting murdered, which involves Penelope thinking that the house is being burglarized.
Alfalfa decides to trade in his unceasingly cranky baby brother for another baby found in the park. They take the baby home and soon find the baby doing rather grown-up things, like drinking beer. The police show up and it's revealed that the baby is Light Fingered Lester, a pickpocketing midget. The gang gets arrested, since the cops think that they're all midgets, too.
Alfalfa volunteers to be hypnotized by a sidewalk hypnotist. He's made to believe he's D'Artagnan, and challenges Butch to a duel in order to keep Darla as his own. When Darla realizes that somebody might get hurt, she runs to the clubhouse to put a stop to it. She overhears Butch talking to Alfalfa inside while the two are agreeing that girls aren't worth fighting over. They plan to duel with guns instead and pretend to both get shot. The boy that Darla rushes to will get to keep her.
Porky's in danger of being evicted by the evil landlord, so the gang puts on a circus inside his barn. Among the features are Spanky and Leonard as acrobatics, Darla as a lion-tamer (resulting in the obligatory "I've never been so humiliated" storm-out), and Alfalfa singing "The Man On The Flying Trapeze." This last spot involves sitting upon the trapeze which is held up by a mule. An inconvenient bee gets the mule agitated, which gives Alfalfa the ride of his life.
Alfalfa introduces the gang to his prissy cousin, Wilbur, who suggests that the gang offer up an insurance program to attract more club members. The gang soon finds its money running out as Butch and Woim decide to beat up as many club members as possible.
The gang is too young to join the Boy Scouts, so they go off on their own camping trip. They suffer one misadventure after another, eventually getting into some poison ivy.
The gang owes Butch some money, which they borrowed to care for a stray dog with two broken legs. As it turns out, the dog is a police mascot, and the officers give the gang a dollar for caring for him. Unfortunately, a goat eats the dollar, so Alfalfa works up a scheme to round up all the neighborhood dogs so they can cash in when they return them.
Spanky and Alfalfa have added rocket propulsion to their soapbox racer which they'll be racing in the Kidmobile Race Classic later in the day. Butch sabotages their plans by alerting the dogcatcher to Whiskers, the gang's dog, who is soon taken to the pound. Butch and Woim also reverse the supercharger on the vehicle. Needing three dollars to rescue Whiskers, the gang must win this race.
