Of all the minor memories that kids carry into adulthood, some of the dearest and most vivid are the faces of other kids, the little characters met on movie or TV screens. For James Tehrani, one of ...

Author James Tehrani joins Rick Kogan to talk about his book ‘Alfalfa: The Rascal You Knew, the Character You Never Knew’. James discusses the life of Carl Switzer, who played Alfalfa, and whether it ...

James Tehrani wrote the first biography of the famous child star Carl “Alfalfa” Switzer, who is best known for his role in “The Little Rascals.” *Like his contemporaries, Spanky, Buckwheat, Porky, ...

Carl 'Alfalfa' Switzer was born on August 7, 1927 in Paris, Illinois, USA as Carl Dean Switzer. He was an actor, known for The Defiant Ones (1958), Our Gang Follies of 1938(1937) and I Love You Again ...

Carl Switzer’s spontaneous discovery by a Hollywood producer reads like entertainment folklore. His exit, however, sounds more like a cautionary tale. Poor Switzer went from being one of the most ...

On this day, Jan. 21, in 1959, Carl Dean Switzer, the actor who played Alfalfa in the “Our Gang” series, was killed during a fight over $50 and a hunting dog. The show, featuring Alfalfa, Spanky, ...

One of the first questions New York author Adrienne Troise encountered in Illinois when telling people about her book was, “You’re writing a whole book just about hay?” But the “Alfalfa” that Troise ...