The awkward, gangly, lovable, crooning boy who won our tiny 10-year-old hearts with his bow ties and suspenders will be remembered by fans of the early 1990s Little Rascals remake. The actor who portrayed Alfalfa, Bug Hall, has matured much in the intervening two decades.
That’s actually an understatement. Alfalfa developed into a full-fledged lumbersexual when he grew older, got married, became an uncle, appeared as a villain on Criminal Minds, had a child of his own, and a long list of other things. Let’s see what he’s been up to since joining the co-ed “He-Man Woman Haters Club.”
Lindsay Lohan co-starred with Bug Hall in the enduring 2002 Disney Channel Original Film Get a Clue while she was still a young Disney star. Lohan played the stereotypical rich, popular high school student in New York City who develops feelings for Hall’s charming geek character, whom she first hated. The two keep working to unravel the mystery surrounding the loss of their cherished teacher.
Hall had yet to fully adopt his new “lumbersexual” appearance—a man who wears a beard and flannels but doesn’t actually work as a lumberjack, according to Buzzfeed—but he had already lost much of his Little Rascal appearance.
When Hall got the lead part in American Pie Presents: The Book of Love, a straight-to-video sequel to the 1999 film that forever changed the teen comedy—and pastry—industry, he really lost the child star persona. In The Book of Love, Hall’s character and his two closest friends spend the entire movie hitting the American Pie beats, which include a virginity-loss pact, gross-out humor, and awkward teenage sexual moments like an imitation of Jason Biggs’ famous pie love scene but with a peanut butter sandwich instead.
Hall discussed his experiences filming the movie in an interview with Crave Online, calling it one of his “all-time favorites.” In the sixth episode, original cast member Eugene Levy made a cameo appearance; according to Hall, he served as somewhat of a mentor. However, Hall, who was in his early twenties at the time of the shoot, received another benefit.
Hall remarked, “We had more fun than we knew what to do with. “Everyone in the cast got along well, and there were some naked women, right? It’s work, after all, and I’ve had boobs in my face. I doubt that you have much cause for complaint.” confirmed the status of the man.
Without a beard, what good is a biker? Before Justin Timberlake changed his image to become “Man of the Woods,” Hall and a group of other cosplayers for the character created the “lumbersexual” aesthetic by donning plaid shirts, slathering on beard oil, and dressing as woodsmen.
It was a particularly huge deal when the child who portrayed Alfalfa emerged after years of relative obscurity and appeared to resemble a cross between Paul Bunyan and a Brooklyn barber, given that the internet largely runs on ’90s nostalgia and cat memes.
Hall took advantage of his furry comeback by sharing photos like the one above on his Twitter and this sentimental Instagram photo looking back fondly on his “beard days,” taking advantage of the viral upsurge.
Yes, Hall has returned to his clean-shaven appearance, but fear not—he still exudes the same level of manliness as when he had a beautiful face fro.
Marriage with a capital M is arguably one of the most obvious indications of adulthood. Us Weekly reports that Hall married Jill Marie DeGroff on February 11, 2017.
He celebrated the event on Instagram with a collection of pictures from their nuptials and luxurious honeymoon in the countryside of France.
From Hall’s online wedding album, one particularly endearing caption read, “The only genuine change in the world is the light from within and around. The greatest thrill of my life so far has been traveling the world with a new candle by my side.” Aww!
The young actor who portrayed Alfalfa didn’t get Darla, but he is now a tough biker who can grow a wicked beard and also happens to be a hopeless romantic. That is how you go from being a child star to a man! Macaulay Culkin, are you taking notes?
In a sense, Hall is the king of the selfie. Seriously, check out his Instagram; he loves to share vintage images with his followers as well as live the selfie life. On Twitter, he has established himself as a “Garbage Philosopher,” dispensing wise sayings like, “When bad things happen to good people, we aren’t reminded that bad things happen, but rather that goodness is special.” He has mastered the art of Instagram in addition to becoming a master of the social media platform.
These are not the wise musings of a child star, but rather the thoughts of an intelligent, well-educated adult. On Hall’s social media accounts, however, it’s not all Existentialism 101. In addition, he is adept at promoting himself, engaging in political discourse, and sharing videos of his taco lunch. He’s obviously a very intelligent young man.
Hall and his wife received their first child, a stunning baby girl, in November 2017, and we know this because of Hall’s generous tendency to open out about his personal life on social media. With the message “Our little rascal is only 6 centimeters, but I love this small living human being already,” Hall revealed the pregnancy on Instagram in March 2017.
The adoring father continues to pose for pictures. Even better, he captioned a photo of baby Josephina Joy side by side with a still image of Alfalfa with the words “Yup, she’s my -(:) #Alfalfette.”
Hall is a native Texan who unmistakably still calls the Lone Star State home, despite moving to Hollywood when he was just 9 years old. From Los Angeles to North Texas, where his boyhood home is located, he has traveled halfway across the nation “20 or so” times on a crotch rocket.
Even though he no longer resides there, Hall told the Star-Telegram that he will always be a Longhorn in his heart. “In actuality, I’ve spent around two of the last four years in Texas. I enjoy spending as much time as I can at home with my family in Weatherford “said he.
“Naturally, I board an aircraft as soon as they summon me back to work. But there is nothing I enjoy more than watching the sun set over the hills while relaxing outside on my granddad’s home. I feel at home there.”
You could argue that Hall traded his beloved childhood two-wheeler for a motorized killer machine. Hall posted the image (above) from his 2003 first motorbike accident on Twitter in August 2013.
Hall shattered 17 bones, but he continued to ride his hog. According to People, Hall is a lifetime fan who says he has “totaled” 12 of the 16 bikes he has owned.
Although it might seem like Hall is essentially a walking advertising against motorcycles, his love for them hasn’t diminished since he acquired his first motorcycle, a Honda Shadow, when he was 14 years old.
“I have traveled across the country more than ten times, but I have never driven a car until a few years ago, he said in a 2016 interview with People. then around 40 times halfway across the country.”
In addition, Hall previously declared that he “would rather ride than work,” thus it is perhaps not unexpected that in early 2016, when he was cast as Arthur Davidson in the Discovery Channel miniseries Harley and the Davidsons, his personal and professional loves finally came together.
For Hall, playing a pioneer of Harley-Davidson was not only a dream job, but also one for which he seemed destined.
Hall has always had a fondness for Harleys because he’s been a rider his entire life (full disclosure: Hall prefers BMWs). Along with his obvious ability to actually ride the early model hogs, Hall also contributed some mechanical knowledge to the task.
However, the shoot wasn’t quite trouble-free. The miniseries, which is set in the early 1900s, includes a lot of early models of bikes, many of which lacked brakes and other current standards of safety.
In an interview with Hemmings Daily, Hall said that his pompous misunderstanding of the bikes’ inherent danger caused him to take a curve too quickly, “fall down hard,” and sustain a broken collarbone, bringing his lifetime total of broken bones to 26.
Hall told Collider it was a “once in a lifetime moment” that altered his perspective of Harleys permanently, despite the fact that he wound up in a sling.
It’s the kind of thing that will change the way you view that object forever, according to Hall. “I will always associate these things with motorcycles, but especially with Harley-Davidsons,” the author said.
Hall revealed that he takes “massive, two-year sabbaticals” to “write” and “concentrate on his firm” in a 2016 interview on the WCIU morning show, You & Me.
In an interview with Hemmings Daily, he also made two references to his production company, saying, “Several of my friends and I decided to take time off to start a company, and we all agreed to not accept any acting roles in order to spend more of our time writing and developing our own story ideas.”
Hall added that he and “a few other guys” are “still writing and creating stuff” while he looks for other television chances. As of this writing, Hall does not have any writing or producing credits on his IMDb. I believe that if you are passionate about something, you should just do it, stated Hall.
As a starring man and a producer of his passion projects, Hall has a lot in store for us.
