One difference I have noticed between the early silent Our Gang comedies and the later sound ones is that the earlier ones are much more likely to show the kids doing VERY inappropriate things! A few episodes before "Tire Trouble", tiny Farina whips out a straight razor and threatens Ernie with it!! Here in "Tire Trouble", the Gang built a taxi and drove it around town. Now it's NOT a fake fire engine which requires the kids to push it...this is a REAL car with a real engine and driving on REAL roads with other cars!!! Surely this is a case where folks today would be shocked to see these antics!
The Gang's taxi business takes them to a nice neighborhood and they eventually end up meeting the richest man in town and biggest hypochondriac, Mr. McAllister...and they give him a ride!! To find out what's next, watch the film yourself.
Whenever I see the Our Gang films, I am amazed at the various things the prop folks make for the films....clubhouses, cars, fire engines, racetracks and more. Often it's worth seeing the films just for these crazy inventions! I also enjoyed this one because unlike some of the Our Gang films, the kids are pretty nice despite being precocious..so you can see why McAllister ends up liking the kids and spends the day with them. I also REALLY enjoyed seeing all the amusement park clips of rides of yesterday. In fact, it makes for a rather sweet and fun film...though it does also make you wonder where these kids' parents are!!