Among the stranger threads running through the Epstein files is a minor obsession with The Little Rascals . The connection first drew attention this week, when a federal judge unsealed a handwritten note purportedly written by Epstein in July 2019, roughly three weeks before his death, following a suspected suicide attempt at the Metropolitan Correctional Center in Manhattan. The note ends with the phrase, “Whatcha want me to do — Bust out cryin!!” The line has been traced to a 1931 Our Gang short titled Little Daddy , in which the character Stymie delivers it upon learning he and a friend are about to be separated. Watch the exchange here . Epstein had used the same expression in at least three previous emails, according to documents released earlier this year under the Epstein Files Transparency Act, including once to his brother in 2016 and once to a childhood friend in 2017. A 2016 exchange with his brother features a previous citation from Jeffrey Epstein of the 1931 Our Gang dialogue.…