In Regards to Alfalfa (and for the record): Setting things straight!

Hi Guys and Gals!

(What I'm saying here below is quite long and lengthy, but EXTREMELY well worth the read, so please take a few minutes to read this ..... I call this "FYI / and Also for the Record")

This is coming to you from myself, of course, for I am a very devout fan of Alfalfa's (a.k.a. Carl Dean Switzer):

If (let's just say) there was a "curse," In my opion, Alfie is the only one who can be truly considered "cursed" because of the events of his personal life on and off screen. Much of what he did in his entire film career (110 films -- he deserves an honorary star on the Walk of fame), is what he actually did in real life. In full light of his career, you will see two sides of Alfalfa. You will see the side of him that was good, clean cut and innocent %85 of the time, and then there's the other side of him that wasn't necessarily bad, but a bit understandably ignorant.

Eventhough he was only saying his lines in the film and doing his part, Alfalfa's childhood character in his portion of the Rascals series continues to strongly offend people who are Afro-American today. Much of what he did and said in his lines got many episodes banned from television and or severly edited. Actually and more honestly, out of his 60 appearances in this series, you can only count his racial offenses on one hand. But he really wasn't at fault for that. The writers and the producers of the day wrote screenplays the way that was popular during that time of Vaudeville. Vaudeville was dedicated to joinking about and stereotyping minorities of all sorts, of which, the most common were Indians (in later Vaudeville), Japanese (in early Vaudeville), and African Americans / Blacks (24/7 because have always been a society that people from other races desire to either be like or desire to humiliate in some deadly unhumorous way.)

Alfalfa never called Buckwheat out of his name. The kids enjoyed working with eachother and they respected one another, and you can see it translate well on the screen. The offenses caused by the writers and producers(like Alfalfa & spakny wearing black face and saying racially degrading comments only a few times -- Alfie did this a bit more than Spanky) inadvertantly caused the finger of shame to be pointed at Alfie personally (who being a kid only knew he was just doing his job). Being black myself, I too get offended from time to time by seeing Alfalfa do what he did, back then. But I'm able to handle and cope with it now. When I watch these old films, I always remind myself that what Alfie said and how Buckwheat, Stymie, Farina, and etc. acted amd appeared were a reflection of the times they lived in. However, knowing black history myself rather personally, I do believe in curses, voodoo, and black magic, because that's what the slaves used to get revenge on their masters.

So I believe that Alfie had a target on his back which was placed by the writers, and as he went on to persue other endeavors (post Rascals) the target grew larger. As he grew up, people mocked him for his character, because no one saw him outsideof the Little Rascals persona he developed for himself. He was never ashamed to be who he was. Alfie never knew that he had a growing target on his back. His degradation in life came in stages. The first stage of happened in 1938 around the time he filmed Our Gang Follies of 1938. Alfie became a member of "Demolay" at the age of 12, which lead to full membership as a "Freemason," a society of millions of men only (pro-life and devoutly for children) which many people in the Christian churches claim is a cult that practices forms of Wicca. Our Gang Follies of 1938 was the first of all the films after that which Mirror or foretells Alfalfa's life.

For example, in the rascals episode "Bear Facts," Alfalfa pretends to Darla Hood and her father that he was an impressive Bear Hunter in Africa. In real life, Alfie grew up doing that for a living, travellng to Africa, acting whenever possible, and acting as a professional hunting guide on the side to such celebrities as Roy Rogers (his bestfriend), Henry Fonda, and Walt Disney (who named a waterfall after him Disneyland's Jungle Cruise attraction which was inspired by Alfie). But aside from his Masonic involvement, along with Disney, Roy Rogers (Roy and Disney were also Masons))and Dale Evans (Roy's Wife), Alfie was a professing Christian.

By the way, Another Rascals film that reflects Alfalfa's life is the episode "Men In Fright." In the opening scene, Alfie teaches the gang a new hi-sign and tells them it means "brotherhood", as in the brotherhood of man (all for one; one for all), just as the Masons teach. At Masonic meetings, you can't get in unless you know the secret handshake. And Masons never turn away other Masons! -If a brother needs help, a brother Mason will help him.

And with each film you'll find about Alfie's later life, you see a window into his actual personal life.

Eventhough I don't know too much about the Masons, from what I've gathered on studying Alfalfa's life devoutly and thoroughly for research for the past two years (not to intentionally say anything bad about Masons or Freemasonry), but I think that's what helped Alfie's acting career as an adult and yet it hurt him as well at the same time.

When you become a Mason, let's just say you pledge your life to the fraternity eternally, via making a vow to Lucifer and the teachings of the illuminati. It's a vow that keeps you silent and in the fraternity. Leaving the Masonic fraternity, according to the illuminati, means death by beheading if a brother Mason found out. And as the Nicholas Cage film "National Treasure" shows us, Masons can help other Masons get out of compromising tough legal situations. So I don't believe he was guilty of homicide. If anything, he was drunk the night he died and not in his right mind to even think straight, but however I have reason and proof to believe he was set up, and that he was marked for death (in my opinion -- it was by the Masons). All of his closest friends as an adult were Masons. The bit parts he got as an adult were many and they were with the help of his Masonic friends.

In 1955 Alfalfa got married and somewhat quickly divorced and his life got bad from that point. His maarriage problems led to drinking and smoking, and two attempts at committing suicide. As a person and through the eyes of his closest friends and relatives, Alfie was a great guy who loved people immensely (incredibly) regardless of who you are. He was a man with class and character; he was an outstanding member of society and a true pal. If he promised you something, he'd bend over backwards for you and go completely out of his way to help you! But little did people know was that he was having a hard time dealing with his divorce and his love for his baby son. Alfalfa and his brother Harold came from a very close nit family who covered them with love. Fred Switzer, Alfalfa and Harold's father, died almost one year after his son. Fred grieved everyday over losing Alfie.

The day before Alfalfa's funeral, Fred had to go testify as a neutral party knowledgeable of what happened in surrounding events the led up to Alfie's murder. Bud and Alfie were never enemies! One month before Alfie's death he and Bud (the guy who killed) were good friends who just came back from a hunting expedition with Roy Rogers. It was during this trip that the dog ran after a bear and Alfie and his friends got arrested for cutting down 15 trees for Christmas trees. They didn't know tree cutting without a license is illegal. So they paid the fine and spent the night in jail and were out in no time.

By the way, Alfie only had maybe one or two legal problems as an adult. It wasn't an on going problem. One year before he died, while he was leaving the bar he worked at, Alfie was shot in his right arm by an unknown driveby assailant. And as for the night he died, no one involved in his murder at the scene of the crime said anything that made sense. Bud's testimony is the worst, because it in conclusive and confusing. I believe that Bud worked out a deal with other Masons (the cop at the crime scene & the judge at the coroner's hearing) to help him get away with murder, and that what happened to Alfie on the night he died is far different than what was said, and I have reason to believe this cover-up was partly at Alfie's own request (to protect someone else).

One more thing to note about Alfie personally, is that Masons take pride in themselves and they strive to be pillars of society. Masons are in high ranking positions in corporate offices, because they are raised within the fraternity and DeMolay to be at their best. I believe that when Alfalfa and his wife got divorced, it was the straw that broke the camel's back, and therefore Alfie didn't care about too much after that. He believe that he may have walked away from the Masonic meetings for quite an extended amount of time and that's how they marked him. But that's just my speculation. By putting two and two together this is how I feel, and this is what I come up with as a result in my research.

Thank you for reading and allowing me to share my thoughts and what I know about Alfie!

His most devout fan,
-Quincy