That´s a very wise saying. Wish I had the memory to be able to recall wise sayings on demand, but I don´t.

Point: No whining.

@@jaelge don't sell yourself short: If you have the fortitude to acknowledge and address your faults, you are ahead of most people.

So, so fitting for our day.

Ain't that the truth!?!?!??!!

He was, quite legitimately, a top-notch juggler in his day - a vaudeville headliner all over the world

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He was also a talented cartoonist and graphic artist who created his own vaudeville posters.

@@pookah53 I didn't know how talented W.C. Fields was. My father would watch old movies of W.C. Feilds on T.V. when I was a little girl. I can remember my dad laughing until he'd cry.

@David Henderson for those who haven't seen WC juggling, you tube it.. he was terrific

He was not underrated at all......anyone that even partially thinks that.....is an idiot......

Agree

Underrated?

@@CowRecordsSanDiego It's a word that's overrated.

yes@@CowRecordsSanDiego

You beat me to it. What husband/father hasn't said something similar?!?!

That....and "What is THAT noise?"......oh, those are some "Gipsies" my dear (instead of Gypsies). "It's a Gift" is really one of his greatest. Damn...the scene with the blindman destroying everything in his shop.....masterpiece. There was another great line in one of his films where he is sitting down to play cards and the other player asks , "Is this a game of "chance"?......and Fields goes, "Not the way I play it...."

I fall back on lines like that when having difficulties at work. Short and sweet.

@@johnlozauskas778 lol 😂 😂 or will say it now that he heard it. I have done the pool stick joke with my kid had him rolling. Of course I took complet credit. Nothing like the love that comes from watching your kid bust out laughing because you make him laugh. Wife would always make pretend jokes were knew and mine. I can still feel her looking out window rolling eyes on road trips. RIP miss you OB , ocean blue eyes.

Great comment.

I sure hope so.

Yes

Charles Hall Yes. He often talked about it

@@rickrick5041 Huh? Seems like he'd have little reason to hope for such a thing since they didn't have home video or TV and once a film finished its theater run it was stuck away or just trashed. In the '70s when I first started seeking Fields films, around half of them were believed to be lost - we're damn lucky that beautiful prints of nearly all have surfaced since then...

I do too!

Mae West will put you any place you want to be.

One of Fields most laconic quips was, "Children are best when well cooked."

Political correctness ended that seems so different now I remember cigarette vending machines 🤣

I believe he actually said re water: “I never touch the stuff, fish f..k in it”.

@@jessewolf7649 he likely said both. I don't think my teacher would have gotten away with hanging a poster in his classroom that even indicated the word "fxck" on it.

@@eddiemunster4094 it's a funny thing that in my freshman yearbook there is a picture taken of (I believe) the teacher's lounge which says something along the lines of, "This year, even teachers were no longer allowed to smoke on campus." That was the '89-'90 school year.

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One of my favorite WCF lines....

@@jfan4reva Mine too.

W.C. Fields died on Dec 25th 1946.

" Any one who hates dogs and kids can't be all bad",

" Get away from me kid, you bother me."

My thoughts as well, the part seems written for him.

He was considered for the part but there are three reasons given why he didn’t take it One is he wasn’t going to be the star of the film, two is he wanted way more money than he knew they would be willing to pay him The third is probably the true reason, he just signed with Universal and was gearing up for his own film, You Can’t Cheat an Honest Man.

@@skelelator Ah, but he would have been the greatest Wizard of them all. A truly benign, lovable, affable Humbug.

@@sinisterthoughts2896 It was - much of the language was designed for Fields - particularly the Professor Marvel bits

On the other hand, Frank Morgan did an excellent job with the part

My father wrote, " W.C. Fields- An Annotated Guide". In the 80s, he had the worlds largest original Fields collection. I have some of it now.

Desert or dessert?

@@vashon100 dessert! :)

Source? Never heard that one before

I'm with you on that

Wcfields

Apocryphal. just just a joke and sounded as though field would have said it and so was attributed to him.

profnasty The accurate quote is “fish function in it”

Damn I forgot that great line. Thanks for reminding me.

Glad your a fan of William Claude the 'Greatest Juggler in the World' He said' A woman drove me to drink and I've been indebted to her ever since!

All right, ladies and gentlemen, here is the actual line. It comes from" never give a sucker an even break": Gloria Jean: Uncle Bill, why didn't you ever get married? Fields: I was in love with a beautiful blond once. She drove me to drink. That's the one thing I'm indebted to her for.

So sorry to hear about your father. He sounds like a great guy.

Are you sure your father's injury wasn't something genetic he passed on to you?

I could believe that .

John Cleese as well - Cleese has said as much

Robin loved Jonathan Winters. fact.

That actually sounds about right.

it might not be a fact but i also know this is true Well said JMD. stay safe and stay healthy

Hello there. Now that’s funny.

Amber Lopez who as a child lived in Wheatland, WY?

Have to remind myself of this constantly.

Thought that was George Best...

Huba de huba de huba de . How dooo you do ? Pretty lady.

Thanks for watching!

Hats Off Entertainment The story about how he drained the fountain at his home permanently out of guilt and sadness when the neighbors kid drowned in it says how he really felt about children

Yeah! I’m 58 and I’ve been practicing some of his easier moves for 40 years and still haven’t mastered them.

You really hit the nail on the head.

@@mrnobodyz -All of his physical bits are priceless but one of my favorites is from the beginning of "You're Telling Me" where he gets 5 minutes of "business" out of getting tangled in the decorative doorway cords leading to the living room. He does a brief encore a few minutes later when he leaves the room. I was laughing myself stupid the whole time, and not a word was spoken.

Daffy Duck could too~

@@macswanton9622 LOL Good point, although Daffy was better known for "You're despicable".

@@johnstevenson9956 The "Wabbit Season - Duck Season - Wabbit Season...." BOOM! "You're despicable!!!" cartoon is 1 of the very best! 🤣🤣🤣

"It's A Gift" is my personal favorite.

Good point I could picture him saying don't pay any attention to the man behind the curtain .

BRILLIANT REPLY ... THERE IS AN 'ART' IN GRUMPY.

The guy they got even looked a bit like Fields.

Bill Fields was not the first choice to play "The Wizard Of Oz"..Clown Ed Wynn was the first choice for the role..but..he turned it down..other performers..who were slated to try for the part were:Victor Moore,Charles Winnenger,Robert Benchley,and Wallace Beery. Wally Beery..could have played the part? but? he was doing other movies at MGM..at the time..and the studio execs wouldn't allow him to take time out to play"The Wizard". Bill Fields wanted to play the role..but? He haggled over his salary..and then? he was signed to write and play the role of circus con man"Larson E.Whipsnade" in"You Can't Cheat An Honest Man"at Universal. So the roles of "The Wizard","Prof.Marvel","The Doorman","The Cabbie" and "The Guard"in "The Emerald City"went to Frank Morgan.

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I don't believe fields ever said this and I've been watching his films ever since I was a kid.

I used to say this in a Fields voice when one of my five children got too clingy lol.

That's a line that was always attributed to a Carnival Barker. Fields never said it although he played Carnival barkers.

@@rufust.firefly2474 It was in a radio show, never saw a film version. I had a cassette recording about 20yrs ago.

That was reprised by Jim Carrey in The Mask.

Fields, watching the waitress walk away: there's something very big about you too...

She reminds me of Mimi from the Drew Carey show. Or maybe it's Mimi who reminds us of the waitress.

Lights a match off the guys rear end !

The actress who played the waitress was Jody Gilbert.

“The flies get the best of everything ........go away, go away.”

I regard that scene as the funniest scene of physical comedy in movie history. After seeing it many times over 50 years, I still laugh till tears come. It’s a difficult film to find. Burns & Allen have top billing, but he steals the show.

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"QUATS! QUATS!!!"

ME TOO!!! hahahaha

Uhh, 2 quats?

"What about my Kumquats!" If ever I have to race off to attend to something I'll shout "Kumquats".

Foxiest Boxes not underrated, but forgotten.

WC Fields forgotten?? Not as long as I'm around!

W.C. Fields was a superstar in his day, he was never underrated. Please, please, boy and girls, just because someone is no longer relevant in today's society, doesn't make them underrated.

no longer relevant? Have you read any of these comments? Field and his comedy are as relevant today as they ever were. I can't think of a reason why you would make such an idiotic statement.

@@rufust.firefly2474 You missed my point. I'm saying he was never underrated! He is no longer relevant in today's movies, but that doesn't mean he is underrated. He will never be forgotten, I am an absolute diehard fan.

this is my ,,life. fukit.

@Richard Wagner your tooth-less mother,,said a different tale,,,badda boom.

@Richard Wagner My wife is so lonely,an sad. She hired 3 pool guy's. We have no swimming pool.

@Richard Wagner my dog ,,gave Himself to a shelter. My kids followed the dog.

@Richard Wagner asked my wife for a. christmas gift. She said,,"how about i don't Shoot you?."

@Agent J you don't know WC Fields very well do you?

@Agent J I can tell you're a trump voter

@@dj33036 so u admit u voted for creepy Joe?

@@bigbird2170 I'm proud that I voted for Joe Biden me and 82 million other people

@Stacy Gorham Trump is on his way to jail! Lock him up!

I wholeheartedly agree. What a talent. ❤

Ah yessss

That was Oscar Wilde.

@@georgestreng OMG you are right! I always confuse Oscar Wilde with WC fields statement “I'm looking for a loophole.” As he flipped through the Bible

When asked what he wanted on his tombstone he replied " On the whole, I rather be here than in Philadelphia."

Contrary to his image of hating children Jackie Cooper told how he entertained youngsters on the studio lot with his juggling an sleight of hand magic. Yet he did hate being upstaged by supporting actors including cute children. ☺

Do you know what he said about martinis? "One's not enough and two is too many!" On stage sets, Fields' code words for his ever-present martini flask was "pineapple juice"; late in his career, stage hands on the set swapped out his martini mixture with real pineapple juice -- it was reported that Fields was later heard bellowing "WHO PUT PINEAPPLE JUICE IN MY 'PINEAPPLE JUICE'??!!" 🍍🍸🌠

Not the same but... i was jogging behind some Pacer girls ( local strip classy joint ) who were exercising . "Somehow I ended up swaying my hip back and forth just like them as I followed them. Not so terrible price to pay to admire human nature.

I would also watch W. C. Fields on KTLA-5, often on it's "Movies Til Dawn" showing Fields, Burns &Allen, Bob Hope, Preston Sturges films, Mae West, and the Marx Bros.

Jamie Spinks 🙂😂🤣

If at first you don't succeed, suck, suck again!

a person dislikes kids or animals cant be that bad of a person

...you can't tear that out of me! No segregation, separation just me and my world of enemies!

Decades have gone by...until now, I never knew who this quote was from...thanks!

The Unknown Gamer .

My favorite is I could never be a member of a club that would have me as a member!

you do know "W . C is also meant for bathroom. lol

@@trevormiles5852 you do know every abbreviation has the potential to mean hundreds of different things. lol

@@SoylentThulhu In this particular case , I am pretty sure it was not random. Especially with his art of turning a phrase and his particular type of humor. WC ws way more common used for water closet back then.

@@trevormiles5852 in this case it's for his actual name, but sure I'm a toilet if that makes you feel better

​@@trevormiles5852 It's Water Closet.

Indeed. _Better late, than never._

Youngsters need to understand who the imitated voice they hear in cartoons, etc is from! Cultural history...and of a "rebellious" character, to boot!

I glad you had a good relationship with your dad...my dad hated me

And I would add Buster Keaton

I'm 73 years young and am so glad they showed his films on the tv in the 50's. I was so lucky to grow up with not only him but the likes of the Marx Brothers, Laurel and Hardy, and the Three Stooges.

@@PC-kd7dj Thanks I forgot.

@@lawrence8374 My favorite were the Marx Brothers. Everyone knows there's no sanity clause. Funny every time. Plus the music.

I would add Harold Lloyd to that exclusive list.

The radio work is fairly obscure these days, but much of it is hilarious - worth seeking out

Didn't even know he did that much radio. I'll have to check it out.

@@pashadyne Yes, it most certainly is! For real surrealism, I especially like his comments on The Jabberwock - it's such a crazy multi-level gag where his character thinks he's covering for another character who is too drunk to read the poem....a masterpiece of comedy

More proof that he was funnier than Groucho.

It's A Gift is his gift to us. "Whattaya mean I don't love ya!"

Not for about 140 years now

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And maybe Curly Howard

And Keaton

@@nicholasskroumbelos6842 Let's not forget Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle.

I just hate kids

Shemp Howard, brother of Moe and Curley, had quite a comedic career outside of the Stooges, but it's largely forgotten now

thats good!!!!

In 1993 his Toluca Lake (North Hollywood, Ca) home was cut up and moved to Sylmar, Ca (14 miles North of Toluca Lake) to be used as a Child Care Center named "My Little Chickadee".

good read

Yes I’ll look it up. Thanks

I'm on it. Thanks.

You're so right. A book that makes one laugh, and cry.

My great grandmother who was also a Broadway actress supposedly gave W.C. Fields his big break by recommending him in the part in the Movie Poppy. Also they had a an affair and he got her pregnant.

Keep digging further: you'll love yourself for it!

You forgot Gracie Allen.

Funny, I always knew it as, “I’d rather have a free bottle in front of me than a pre-frontal lobotomy”.

@@toddklempan105 Me too!

Not a Fields quote, though

@@TheloniousCube Groucho---I think.

@@antilogism No, I don't think so - Groucho wasn't much of a drinker. Some have attributed it to Dorothy Parker, but there doesn't seem to be good evidence for any particular story at this point

I've got "The Temperance Lecture" on an LP released in the late 1960's. It was funny then to a 15 year old, and even funnier now that I drink.

Aren’t you still watching them🤔

Clowns, jugglers, ventriloquists, and magicians compete for work at birthday parties. They're all natural enemies.

The radio show hd a live audience; enjoying the witty, sharp comedic banter would also inspire folks to want to get to a performance!

We had a radio show featuring a ventriloquist in the UK called "Educating Archie" en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Educating_Archie

Edgar Bergen, Candice's father, was a truly artless ventriloquist. The characters were popular, but his technique was lousy. You can catch him moving his lips in "You Can't Cheat an Honest Man."

so agree with you. Made my night more pleasant.