[1] The tune was originally written as score for a prison schoolroom scene in Pardon Us, Laurel & Hardy's first feature film as a team.
[2] As Pardon Us was delayed and not released in theaters until August 1931,[2] "Goold Old Days" was first heard as the opening and recurring theme for the Our Gang short Teacher's Pet in October 1930.
The tune caught on immediately, and NBC Radio Network show Kaltenmeyer's Kindergarten also set lyrics to the melody.
[3] In 1938, Roach sold the Our Gang unit to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, who would produce the comedy shorts until 1944.
[5] It was also used in Universal Pictures and Amblin Entertainment's 1994 feature film adaptation of The Little Rascals.