W.C. Fields - The Diner Sketch

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[From "Kovacs Corner" on KZfaq.com] - William Claude Dukenfield, known professionally as W.C. Fields, with his bizarre and iconoclastic sense of humor, certainly influenced Ernie Kovacs. It had been written that when Fields delivered the story outline of this 1941 film, "Never Give a Sucker an Even Break", the suits at Universal Studios thought the film was so surreal that they recut and reshot parts of it. After which they quietly released the film to movie theaters and Fields from his contract. This sketch, featuring character actress Jody Gilbert, gives a new meaning to the term "customer service".
[Updated October 16, 2010]
I found this in the Wikipedia dictionary...
"Gosha" is also the beloved name of "Chuminji", a cute and baby Indian god of good health. He is favourite of pink-rosy cheeked plump kids. Hithero popular with small kids, the god is supposed to be childlike. He is offered "pohe" (an indian dish consisting of flattened rice) and "gulaabjaamuns" (also known as "waffle balls", it a dough consisting mainly of milk solids and flour in a sugar syrup flavored with cardamom seeds and rosewater or saffron) in worship. He rides on a duck and keeps a rabbit as an advisor and a cat as bodyguard. He lives in "Goshdesh". When happy, he blesses anyone with pink skin and plenty of fats, making them look babylike.
I can only suppose that he was throwing a thinly vailed comment about the waitress' (Jody Gilbert) large stature?

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@windstorm1000 3 жыл бұрын

4 million views on 80 year old comedy sketch. Not bad. Timeless!!

@kidkong637 Жыл бұрын

And 2 years later 5.5 million!

@kyhber1 3 ай бұрын

And I,v watched 2 million of them ..😂 Great Comedy..

@2Hearts3 2 ай бұрын

Almost 6 million now... We all needed that laugh, thanks! 😄

@sallybrown4947 2 ай бұрын

Hell yeah!

@robertdoble7665 Ай бұрын

In all truth the opening scene of the Bank Dick is beyond funny.

@baxter6504 2 жыл бұрын

"You're as funny as a cry for help." One of the funnest lines of all time.

@blainenodes8182 Жыл бұрын

Bank dick:offer a hardy handclasp" 👋

@chrisbraswell8864 Жыл бұрын

No it had to be "water never drink the stuff, fish f*ck in it".

@surfwriter8461 Жыл бұрын

Yes, and she's as sweet as a puddle of battery acid.

@johntate5050 Жыл бұрын

It wasn't really that funny.

@jimbrown7196 Жыл бұрын

Quite accurate, I thought.

@MikeMaxwell1961 2 жыл бұрын

Also, that waitress plays the role opposite of WC perfectly. She's a gem!

@captainchaos4108 2 жыл бұрын

She's gorgeous ❤

@DocSeville 2 жыл бұрын

I agree! Her voice is perfect!

@carlrichards5250 Жыл бұрын

@@captainchaos4108 it’s Jody Gilbert.

@bobmalack481 Жыл бұрын

Blimpie pie...

@MJ-dq8ik Жыл бұрын

Jody Gilbert, terrific character actress - sadly she was blacklisted in the 50's but still amassed over 115 film & Tv credits. She is memorable in BUTCH CASSIDY & THE SUNDANCE KID as the argumentative lady during train robbery. She died in a car crash at the age of 62.

@marksasahara1115 Жыл бұрын

I love how she crosses everything off the menu, as he mentions them! Classic!

@lindasue4237 Жыл бұрын

All but the eggs!

@josephpaul4548 8 ай бұрын

Glad you appreciate real talent. You know, there's something really big about you.

@user-el1zb5ip4u 3 ай бұрын

When she corrects him for ordering Wheat Toast, I thought we were going into 'Five Easy Pieces' territory.

@dariowiter3078 5 жыл бұрын

W.C. Fields, one of the most original performers that American entertainment ever produced. 😁

@alexc8123 2 жыл бұрын

" Start the day off with a smile.....and get it over with" - W.C. Fields

@edgregory1 2 жыл бұрын

The ancient Stoics would appreciate that line.

@Vejur9000 Жыл бұрын

This entire sketch, is shade… served to perfection. Kudos to both of them. Jodie broke all the rules of how women talked in movies in those days. No affectation, no pretentious Hollywood accents. Just Jodie serving it cold, funny, and modern. “You’re as funny as a cry for help…” Classic movie scene. Classic comedy gold.

@blainenodes8182 Жыл бұрын

Yes...your right❗shade,

@billboyle1588 7 ай бұрын

What you said...innn spaaades.

@MichaelEnniswardjr 2 ай бұрын

Jodie was hot potatoes lol

@dantean 2 жыл бұрын

Jody Gilbert as the waitress is brilliant, nearly making Fields the foil to HER in this scene.

@bjohnston3659 Жыл бұрын

You can watch her doing a wrestling match and love scene with Shemp Howard in "Hellzapoppin"...it's perfect watching Shemp try to negotiate his way around her ample figure...

@nonenoneonenonenone Жыл бұрын

It's a great star who allows others to shine, who knows they help him shine all the greater.

@calanon534 Жыл бұрын

Not gonna lie, she's sassy and tough - just how I like 'em.

@NormAppleton Жыл бұрын

Nearly?

@tolfan4438 Жыл бұрын

I remember seeing this as a young kid and thinking they found a match for W.C.

@peterwilson2080 4 жыл бұрын

"I forgot to take the cellophane off. Very fortunate that it didn't burn my hat." Even these little throwaway lines are hilarious.

@101Volts 9 ай бұрын

Supposedly, Cellophane in those days was *very* flammable. I guess that's actually what we're seeing in this clip, though?

@lastrada52 Жыл бұрын

Jody Gilbert worked right up to 1976 & appeared in "Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid," with Newman & Redford. She also appeared in the successful horror film "Willard," & her last film was the Sam Elliott "Lifeguard" picture. In 1939 she was also in "Ninotchka" a Greta Garbo film. On TV she appeared in "Love American Style," "Sanford & Son," & countless commercials. She was only 62 when she died from injuries in a car crash in 1979. In this episode in 1941 -- with W.C. Fields, she's only 25 & has a sexy voice for a big woman. She also managed to slip by a double entendre past the censors at 2:53: "There's something awfully big about you..." she says to Fields. He's flattered and thanks her as he butters his toast. And she adds quickly -- "Your nose." She turns her back and starts to wipe down the counter with her butt quite prominent. Fields adds -- "there's something awfully big about you too." What an ideal team they made. They should've done more films together.

@ashleighs6546 2 ай бұрын

Thank you for this! She's the only reason I stayed and watched tbh. I didn't find anything comical about the man, I love classic film and comedies but this guy was not it.

@lastrada52 2 ай бұрын

@@ashleighs6546 - Dry humor -- yeah, it's not for everyone.

@johnlyons-qw2nf Ай бұрын

Excellent reply. Adds to the enjoyment of the Master at woork

@johnurban7333 7 күн бұрын

He helped her slip it by with the way he responded

@jenniesmith1106 2 ай бұрын

IMO, Mr. Fields still holds the title of funniest human being. ⭐️

@georger2748 10 ай бұрын

Great bit. Had an eerily similar experience at a diner driving through Carrizozzo, NM... hostile waitress, crossed everything off the menu, then warmed right up to a biker that strolled in... charming as a sidewinder, but the memory definitely stayed with me... 1981

@ownpetard8379 2 ай бұрын

She thought you were a big kabloona, I suppose.

@gooddognigel9992 Жыл бұрын

“I don’t know why I come in here. The flies get the best of everything.” Brilliant!

@eddybrown5725 2 ай бұрын

W.C was the real world deal in the Day....

@rodneycaupp5962 2 ай бұрын

" Ah Ha..., I forgot to take the cellophane off ".

@frangeewong6215 Ай бұрын

My dad loved w.c.and I consider my dad great, so I am going to see what he saw and I probably will 😅

@donitaforrest9064 Жыл бұрын

Back When Comedy Was Totally Hilarious .... I ❤ WC Fields 😊🇨🇦

@briankocheraabcdt4628 Жыл бұрын

Monty Python is pure British comic genius. see: The Lumberjack song, Ministry of Silly Walks, The Dead Polly Sketch, How To Be Not Seen, Gangs of Biker Grannies, and of course the epic cinema piece... Monty Python And The Holy Grael. 5:43

@donitaforrest9064 Жыл бұрын

@@briankocheraabcdt4628 True, I'm a Monty Python fan from waaaaaaaaay back. 😁👍🇨🇦

@daltonx6177 Жыл бұрын

Oh no, not another Boomer whiner, how original... 😱 As if ALL the comedy in the whole wide world had suddenly stopped after the '40s ! Really ? You must be such fun at parties, always reminiscing of the "good 'ole days", whinin' and bitchin' about how the kids dont know anything and can only create crap and all, right ? Take note: since the '40s, at least EIGHT generations of writers and comedians and creators of all types were born by the thousands. And just like previous generations, have attracted millions of spectators and fans, what do you have to say about that ? That they're are bad ? Useless ? Worthless ? Who do you think you are ? Open up your mind, you really need to. Really ! 🙄

@fast03vette4me 3 жыл бұрын

Even when I was a little boy in the sixties living in California, if I looked in the TV Guide and it showed a WC Fields movie playing even on The Late Late Show at 2:30 a.m, I would stay up to enjoy it. W.C. is the best ever!

@edgregory1 2 жыл бұрын

"David Copperfield"

@emansnas 2 жыл бұрын

Precocious whippersnapper eh

@edmundf.kuelliiispiritualn2963 2 жыл бұрын

Me too!!

@davideaken5239 Жыл бұрын

In my world TV went 'off the air' at midnight.

@Robert-ty3qi Жыл бұрын

@@davideaken5239all 3 channels

@Suddenlyits1960 Жыл бұрын

W.C. Is hilarious. “Don’t know why I bother to come in here,the flys get the best if everything”

@Angel_Sent_From_Heaven 15 күн бұрын

😂😂😂😂😂

@SuperRedhead1988 5 жыл бұрын

No one better at comedy than W.C. Fields. Never get tired of watching his films.

@SymphonyBrahms 12 жыл бұрын

"I didn't squawk about the steak, dear. I merely said I didn't see that old horse that used to be tethered outside here!"

@robertdoble7665 3 жыл бұрын

Classic!

@donaldbrough207 3 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂

@tacey01 2 жыл бұрын

Oh deer!

@lanc3man Ай бұрын

Sheer Genius !!!

@jasonstegallco.960 Ай бұрын

My favorite W. C. Fields line ever...among many funny ones he said.

@cynthiahawkins2389 Жыл бұрын

His command and timing - with physical comedy business was superb. And when he had a scene partner like this it's a masterpiece...LOL

@user-ko4tb3ex4k Жыл бұрын

He was a very sincere person at home. He had a pond in his front yard, and one day the little son of the next door neighbor ( I believe to be Anthony Quinn and the daughter one of the studio heads) drowned in the pond trying to get to the miniature sailboat that Fields kept. he never got over it and had the pond drained and filled in.

@shawnchristopherwhite3271 4 жыл бұрын

Jody Gilbert should have won an Oscar for this performance!

@matthewronson5218 4 жыл бұрын

Jody Gilbert, Born: Mar 18, 1916, Fort Worth, Texas, U.S. Died: Feb 3, 1979, Los Angeles, California, U.S.

@cartermcafee1142 Жыл бұрын

She certainly sat on w.c. Face with her cutting remarks. Remarkable !!

@robertwilkin4089 2 жыл бұрын

True genius never grows old.

@kenshiloh 3 жыл бұрын

"I recall being lost in the deepest wiles of Africa. Lost my corkscrew. Had to survive on food and water."

@old65rocker 4 жыл бұрын

"No extra charge for the cold shower I hope"

@imafgt4916 5 жыл бұрын

I always watched these skits on DVD with my grandfather and now I watch them in happiness remembering him.

@MrZiggy-pm9rz 5 жыл бұрын

WC was the greatest comedian of ALL TIME. His humor was very sophisticated, though seemingly simple. One of my favorites (being a golfer) is 'The Dentist.' 'The Bank Dick' is also great - especially the family scenes.

@hotmarriedgays 4 жыл бұрын

when she threw that menu at him i just about choked to death laughing. I love his movies so much...all the mean supporting characters getting on his nerves.

@Jleed989 3 жыл бұрын

We’ve all been in dives like that with a rude waitress

@Lampshade51 7 жыл бұрын

"I don't know why I come in here....the flies get the best of everything". Oh God, he was so funny. One of the really great performers of the 20th century.

@ZenFox0 12 жыл бұрын

W.C. Fields is always classic, but Jody Gilbert more than holds her own with him in this sketch. Wish I could have lived in the 30s and 40s (except for that whole Depression and World War II thing).

@bryantlane8646 Жыл бұрын

SADLY THEY ALL WENT TOGETHER….DR.BRYANT LANE.

@mynameisgladiator1933 Жыл бұрын

He's an old Hollywood pervert.

@jakethomas1829 Жыл бұрын

Well, the Soaring 20's are upon us. WW 3 & Greatest Depression next. Hope we make it thru to the 40s...

@bamboo59.52 Жыл бұрын

But then you'd be dead now 😅

@bamboo59.52 Жыл бұрын

@Chowda Must've had a hard like 😳

@stephenwilliams1269 3 жыл бұрын

I never tire of this sketch. It still holds up to this day. I doubt very much if the junk that is turned out today will be watched 80 years from now.

@edithbannerman4 9 ай бұрын

@Hello there, how are you doing this blessed day?

@randyschneider6086 2 ай бұрын

You got that right!

@stevefaure415 4 жыл бұрын

This is poetry, every utterance, gesture, and grunt. Comedy at the highest level.

@markganter4955 2 жыл бұрын

Awfully good.

@commenter6722 2 жыл бұрын

I'm not getting it. I want to but I'm not. I'll keep trying.

@aaronvanduyneiv9262 2 жыл бұрын

@@commenter6722 ok no

@bradsnyder5452 2 жыл бұрын

@@commenter6722 subtlety; all about subtlety

@horseman4now 2 жыл бұрын

@@commenter6722 I've decided I can go on living without admiring WC Fields.

@oraclewjr1 7 жыл бұрын

I am several generations from his performances but his comedy is timeless. What a genius. The greatest of them all.

@jamessirman6622 3 ай бұрын

When I was growing up in the 50s and early 60s I would watch all the comedy greats. Fields, Laurel & Hardy, Edgar Bergen, Jack Benny..... My mother didn't like Fields which assured me he was a comic genius.

@robertgerber2533 6 жыл бұрын

W. C. Fields one of the best comic actors. Very underrated. One of the very few comic geniuses.

@johntate5050 Жыл бұрын

Underrated? He was one of the biggest stars of the day ffs.

@DrCrabfingers Жыл бұрын

Yes...that's right....very underrated..yawn....just like all the other big stars...Chaplain, Lloyd, Keaton, Laurel and Hardy all underrated. All these mega stars were underrated.

@frankmagadan-bv5dh Жыл бұрын

He was one of the biggest stars of his era, is what I understand.

@wesleyashworth5061 Жыл бұрын

@@johntate5050people just love saying underrated I suppose they imagine it makes them sound knowledgeable

@flemingcourt 9 ай бұрын

"Underrated"!!!! You must be from Mars.

@matthewronson5218 4 жыл бұрын

I can recall as a child, decades after W.C. Fields passing, how he was still a well known and loved cultural icon held in high regard for his classic and timeless talents while in more recent generations he's probably all but unknown.

@jessewolf7649 Жыл бұрын

Blame the degenerate US education system. More focused on pronouns than literature, theatre, film, music, history, not to mention Mathematics and Science. Disband the teacher’s unions… I’m a not proud member.

@dalekdx 4 жыл бұрын

"If at first you don't succeed, try, try again. Then give up, no sense in being a damn fool about it". W.C. Fields

@Ndlanding 3 жыл бұрын

"If at first you don't succeed, Stick a bucket o'er yer heid." - Scots version

@kuhnhan 3 жыл бұрын

Wonderful saying.

@ATINKERER 5 жыл бұрын

Two things to know: For one thing, boater hats like WC has here were used until fall, then the owner would put his fist through it to punch out the top, and then throw it out. This means that in the movie WC took the hat out of trash like a bum would have. The other thing is that the cellophane used back then was as flammable as gunpowder. That's why it went up like a torch when he tried to light his cigar at the end.

@excellinkus 5 жыл бұрын

W.C. Fields to Mae West on the train: "Ah, what a euphonious appellation." "What symmetrical digits." Such polysyllabic flattery.

@jaydubbyuh2292 Жыл бұрын

My grandDad & those of his generation would talk of how comical W.C.Fields was. He would tell me of certain scenes & skits, but I was too young to appreciate it when I was a small kid. Now, I'm a big kid, (52 years old), and get a real kick out of Fields, and wish I still had my GrandDad, with whom I could lay back and laugh & bellow at W.C..!!

@davidmayhew4818 8 жыл бұрын

I love how Fields is so at odds with not only his social environment but inanimate objects.

@scottprendergast1040 7 жыл бұрын

David Mayhew true that thar!

@wyrdingroom6081 3 жыл бұрын

just when i thought i was the only one! 🤣🤣🤣

@emansnas 2 жыл бұрын

Fields was one of the first to recognize the actual perversity of inanimate objects

@michellehenderson4326 5 жыл бұрын

This is my comedy genius of over 50 years. Used to lie on the floor watching, and crawl myself into a ball laughing. Mint, totally love him so much.

@jonathanpikecoleman8838 10 ай бұрын

Don't make me cry😁😁

@garyedwards3269 2 жыл бұрын

"Flies get the best of everything." Somehow that's a metaphor for life in general.

@liquidvisual 2 жыл бұрын

If anyone tells you you get more bees with honey, remind them that we get more flies with horseshit.

@joeschmoe373 2 жыл бұрын

going in but no so much coming out.

@emansnas 2 жыл бұрын

The fly on the wall Tries to taste it all Like Powhatan's daughter Just before the swatter

@jasonstegallco.960 Ай бұрын

Especially when you are constantly dealing with the lord of those dammed flies!

@robertburke2253 Жыл бұрын

Its cool to be able to look back almost one hundred years, and see that life was just exasperating THEN, as it is now...

@christinet6336 10 ай бұрын

Exactly

@philmfan 6 жыл бұрын

This scene is perfect, it stands on its own. The actress playing the waitress is amazing. There's comedy in every detail.

@metrogoldwyn 2 жыл бұрын

Jody Gilbert

@rocistone6570 2 жыл бұрын

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jody_Gilbert

@BobSmith-mz1uo 2 жыл бұрын

@@rocistone6570 Thanks for this. She was in a hell of a lot of movies!

@tubeerv 2 жыл бұрын

Yup, and the service reminds me of a commercial, don't even remember the product, where the announcer says, "Did you ever wonder what happened to customer service?" and you see a surly looking waitress bring a plate with a sandwich on it, and, just like W.C.'s waitress with the menu, she kinda throws the plate onto the table, and turns to walk away. The customer says, almost timidly, "Excuse me miss, this sandwich has mayo, and I requested no mayo." She glares at him, comes back, takes the two pieces of bread off the sandwich, wipes the mayo off from both on the side of the table, grabs the meat and places it back between the two pieces of bread She glares at him every harder, turns, and walks off, lol. Seems like W.C's waitress mighta been her grandmomma.

@charleskerry845 2 жыл бұрын

I had a waitress like this the other day and she reminded me of this video.

@frankiebowie6174 6 жыл бұрын

The way she sets her cigarette down on the counter, end up. She's very good indeed to hold her own with Fields the way she does.

@tomrutledge5621 4 жыл бұрын

She played "The Big Woman" they tried to get Gary Cooper (as Alvin York) to dance with, in the little bar on the KY/TN border) in Sergeant York".

@MicroSoftner 4 жыл бұрын

Thx had to go back and look, ... nice

@geezermann7865 3 жыл бұрын

Yes, not just a straight man/woman, but an equal player.

@wyrdingroom6081 3 жыл бұрын

one of my favourite pool hall tricks; the upright cigarette on the edge of the table! 🤣🤣🤣 now that smoking indoors is verboten, i haven't had a chance to play that trick in ~20 years.. i'm off to see if wind doesn't knock my butt off of my patio table..

@frankperdue6585 3 жыл бұрын

"no Ham" 🇺🇸🤘🏻

@jaddy540 4 жыл бұрын

I had an Uncle ,who, in a sleazy diner,said, "Just give me an order of Flyshit. that's all I see on this menu".

@cquilty1 4 жыл бұрын

jaddy540 No doubt everyone in the diner guffawed from that magical quip from your wag of an uncle! Or perhaps indifferent silence...

@bobcolton4942 3 жыл бұрын

That's hysterical

@DVincentW 3 жыл бұрын

A pile of shit 💩has a thousand eyes 👀

@cooljazzr 6 жыл бұрын

This is my favorite! When I was only about 7, I used to imitate WC Fields saying "my little chickadee"!

@alwaysblake148 5 жыл бұрын

Funnier than anything today. The timing of both Fields and Gilbert is brilliant.

@snotrockkkkkk 3 жыл бұрын

undoubtedly one of the best. I love all his moves and comments, especially when made under his breath

@censusgary 2 жыл бұрын

This scene is perfect in every particular. I wish W.C. Fields had made a hundred more movies.

@OldeSkool1 8 жыл бұрын

I remember growing up during pre cable Saturday mornings were cartoons, American Bandstand & Soul Train and Sunday mornings were W.C. Fields, Abbott and Costello, Ma and Pa Kettle, etc films.

@klmullins65 7 жыл бұрын

OldeSkool1 I used to run home from school every day during the week because the Little Rascals came on at 4 o'clock

@lawrencelewis8105 7 жыл бұрын

Same for me. I remember when silent movies were often shown on TV. Not anymore, damn it. The biggest crisis in Hollywood is that there are no pie fights anymore. No singing cowboys either.

@klmullins65 7 жыл бұрын

Lawrence Lewis my late father belonged to a "B-Movie Cowboy Club" here in Knoxville, that would get together every so often, and watch old serial westerns, especially the old singing cowboys...they had a show that came on every Sunday...it might still be on

@tmac8892 7 жыл бұрын

OldeSkool1 saturday morning cartoons. johnny fucking quest brah.

@grom7826 6 жыл бұрын

KTVU channel 2 Lloyd Thaxton ? That was a funny guy. How about Wrestling and the Chevrolet car dealer that would sit on top of a ladder talking during his commercials. Jim Westfall the Chevy car dealer ? The Sheik came in and opened the hood of a car one night and started tearing wires and stuff out from under the hood.

@doloresvancartier1 4 жыл бұрын

"You're as funny as a cry for help"

@williamrolls169 3 жыл бұрын

Hello friend, how're you doing today??

@michaelsanchez2417 3 жыл бұрын

best line in the scene!

@ritchievernon8099 2 жыл бұрын

So Dolores what's your excuse? Why aren't you funny? picking on a guy who made something funny with his story? Maybe you're jealous because he's funnier than you are? 😬😀😳🎇 Big deal a cry for help? how is that even funny? Maybe you should consult comedian's are us and have a report on my desk first thing in the morning!

@terrypussypower 2 жыл бұрын

That was a classic WC Fields one-liner!

@doloresvancartier1 2 жыл бұрын

@@ritchievernon8099 I just repeated the line because I thought it was hilarious. It was not a dig against Fields.

@soilmanted 2 жыл бұрын

Every tiny detail of Gilbert's movements and gestures is superb. Look what she says with her hands, and with the way she breathes, and moves her shoulders, at 1:37 through 1:45.

@jessewolf7649 Жыл бұрын

Does not get old! Brilliant!!!

@lbcharlie05 7 жыл бұрын

To the 60 "critics" that didn't like W. C. Fields, it's ok. I doubt he would like them. He was one of the great ones.

@michaelsullivan3581 4 жыл бұрын

"The" Great One (to be exact!)

@gregw8232 4 жыл бұрын

@@michaelsullivan3581 Jackie Gleason was known as the 'the great one', dubbed by Orson Welles.

@barryallenflash1 4 жыл бұрын

Ah yeah, they don't make 'em like that anymore!!

@coreyporter8726 3 жыл бұрын

M to me de my by

@jmadratz 3 жыл бұрын

He was not only a great comedic star, but he was considered the best juggler of his time. He was simply amazing; youtube has some videos of his juggling; you won’t believe your eyes.

@yosoybangoo 9 жыл бұрын

The man had a routine all his own. That's brilliant deadpan stuff

@paghal11 3 жыл бұрын

A Rubenesque beauty, if ever there was one.

@googootz8214 3 жыл бұрын

Another Johnny Sack fan, am i right?

@rogeredmonds 2 жыл бұрын

Oooh that’s the man’s wife

@mariogreen2213 4 жыл бұрын

The back and forth dialogue between actors in old movies and old shows were definitely better

@dildonius 3 жыл бұрын

@sueogden2758 4 жыл бұрын

He was hilarious. He said he always carried a flask of whiskey in case of snake-bite. He also always carried a snake.

@thomashall9182 3 жыл бұрын

Did you get this quote from Manx, Heard and Nelson's superb biography 'The Bundy Drive Boys?' My guess is that you did.

@sueogden2758 3 жыл бұрын

@Wes McGee LOL!

@michelleregis6181 3 жыл бұрын

typical, lol!

@guyseydel1080 3 жыл бұрын

😂😅😂

@jamesgrant9553 3 жыл бұрын

@@guyseydel1080;!

@scottsugarbearpearson518 7 жыл бұрын

~ " Some weasel took the cork out of my lunch " W.C. Fields

@lorenzomagazzeni5425 4 жыл бұрын

Who put pinapple juice in my pinapple bottle ?

@lucky5853 3 жыл бұрын

I could have sworn the waitress works at the Motor Vehicle Agency in New Jersey, and she's just as polite ,if I may.

@johngoodwin4811 2 жыл бұрын

LOL I think that's the way in the Department of Motor Vehicles in every state.

@sparkynomor1100 2 жыл бұрын

What does the customer at the table say @ 4:24 after he says he’s suffered from high blood pressure? Listened 6 times and still can’t get it.

@johngoodwin4811 2 жыл бұрын

@@sparkynomor1100 It sounds like he's saying, "But I lost my dough and I had to give it up". But if that's what he said, I don't get the joke either.

@howard5992 2 жыл бұрын

@@johngoodwin4811 it's a joke that's mildly funny on a few different levels His high blood pressure was likely caused by worry over money (or the stress of working and saving). When he lost his money he says he "had to give up" his high blood pressure - as though it was a hobby that he he could no longer afford. It reverses cause and the effect. The joke is also that a person may need to give up a boat or a horse or a fancy car because their financial situation changed. Here he is sort of complaining that he had to give up something that's unwanted. Instead of calling the loss of high blood pressure a silver lining he laments that he can't have the luxury of worry now that he's poorer.

@johngoodwin4811 2 жыл бұрын

@@howard5992 OK, thanks for the explanation!

@LordAfrocious 2 жыл бұрын

I feel too young to watch this. Nowadays there is a laugh track to help you catch everything. I kept waiting for a pause that never came. lol

@rickvelocity5578 6 жыл бұрын

WC Fields was the funniest man ever to occupy hollywood, todays comedians couldn't hold a candle to him.

@edithbannerman4 9 ай бұрын

@Hello there, how are you doing this blessed day?

@susieQ128 6 жыл бұрын

There was only one WC... he was so hilarious!! Good memories of my dad and I laughing while watching him back in the 60s!!

@williamrolls169 3 жыл бұрын

Hello friend, how're you doing today??

@babawali3021 Жыл бұрын

@@williamrolls169 Hello William, this is not a dating app.

@cheefsmokealot4479 2 жыл бұрын

“All women are crazy. it’s just a matter of degree.” the great WC Fields

@emansnas 2 жыл бұрын

Fortunately some are crazier than others

@NoName-vq3zo 2 жыл бұрын

That observation alone makes him one of the best philosopher and an anthropologist at the same time!

@mindriot91_96 Жыл бұрын

Yup, bitches be crazy!

@victoriaharris882 11 ай бұрын

Ditto 😊

@victoriaharris882 11 ай бұрын

Ditto😎

@zekelucente9702 Жыл бұрын

This is timeless in its writing and acting.

@toddtepper4150 5 жыл бұрын

Both geniuses. “Excuse me blimpie pie.” “As funny as a cry for help”....... just one swipe after another, hahaha. The world needed this, thanks.

@jaspertickler1831 4 жыл бұрын

truly comedian's comedians

@MegaGman61 3 жыл бұрын

The guess your weight joke was pretty good too!

@tammyisenblatter9138 2 жыл бұрын

Where is W.C. Fields when we need him??

@sannytizer7772 2 жыл бұрын

@@MegaGman61 Nowadays he'd get 10 yrs in sing sing for that

@jvolstad 2 жыл бұрын

Today people get upset about everything.

@georgehaber8793 8 жыл бұрын

Love the back-and-forth over "Who told you I was clever?" "I told them not to say anything."

@Deutschie 6 жыл бұрын

I also wonder why he went there. That restaurant never seemed to have any food to serve!

@jaycee2257 5 жыл бұрын

Deutschie : Perhaps this inspired Python's Cheese Shop sketch.

@jonolson2876 3 жыл бұрын

“....you big kabloona.” “I haven’t been called that for two days.”

@iogogilby 3 жыл бұрын

Every time I watch this I laugh like it was the first time I’ve seen it. This scene is a classic. There’s no one that can replace WC Fields.

@br529 3 жыл бұрын

No profanity no laugh track. Still better than anything going today

@briancarno8837 3 жыл бұрын

Its called inflation...soon you will despise the word

@br529 3 жыл бұрын

@@briancarno8837 what has that have To do with this comedy skit?

@briancarno8837 3 жыл бұрын

@@br529 I was replying to the comment about how the price of things has increased...dont know how it ended up here...

@markypolo55 3 жыл бұрын

@@briancarno8837 Double digit INFLATION in just 4 months. Thank Joe Biden and all the Democrats! Oh, and BTW, inflation is still a TAX. Democrats LOVE taxes!

@stephenscanlon9763 3 жыл бұрын

Just good ol sexual molestation and indoor smoking.

@danielstanwyck2812 10 жыл бұрын

And the incomparable Jody Gilbert. Wish she did more movies. This is a great scene with the great and can't get enough of W C Fields.

@daniellack3559 9 жыл бұрын

You are so right about Jody Gilbert being incomparable...as great as Fields is, her outstanding performance here, makes him that much better

@danielstanwyck2812 9 жыл бұрын

daniel lack Agree with you completely. Check her out in a minor Kirk Douglas comedy (!) "My Dear Secretary" - some classic moments with her when applying for a job. Glad to see another appreciator of this wonderful comedienne.

@AllAmericanJock 3 жыл бұрын

Her acting is totally believable and very modern, so unlike the era. Why have I never heard of her before? Gonna look up everything she did!

@danielstanwyck2812 2 жыл бұрын

@@AllAmericanJock a lot of unbilled parts and none so full of dialogue as this one. We should start a group of admirers! So many great character actors!

@PaulTheSkeptic 7 жыл бұрын

I'm not exactly sure why this popped up in my sidebar but I'm glad it did. This could be the beginning of a new fan.

@edwarddeitch8886 3 жыл бұрын

I wonder how many people watching this realizes that Fields started out in show biz as one of the best jugglers in the business. The few seconds of film of him back then show he had amazing talent.

@mrmoofle 3 жыл бұрын

He has a whole juggling scene in the Great McGonagall that includes a form of juggling he invented: cigar boxes.

@louisd95714 3 жыл бұрын

W.C. Fields was one of a kind. He will always be one of my favorite comedians.

@coolskater187 5 жыл бұрын

The master @ crafty comedy. Its really great when a supporting player can keep up with his pace. Here she certainly did. Great stuff.

@justaman6972 9 жыл бұрын

priceless gem here

@dabneyoffermein595 2 жыл бұрын

I love the way they make his nose big in makeup, it's amazing and with a little red in it too. This is a great skit from the olden days that we should all appreciate

@philhatfield8905 3 жыл бұрын

Orson Welles and W. C. Fields were great friends, and Welles said that eating dinner in a restaurant, or going to a bar with the comedy great was an incredibly entertaining experience. Welles said that he often laughed so hard at Fields and his zany antics that he thought he was going to pass out!

@emansnas 2 жыл бұрын

Good thing he didn't, he might've crushed Fields when he fell

@emansnas 2 жыл бұрын

@Milos Bulajic What a horrendous and stupid misuse of a comparison intended for serious purpose. AND you based it all on an assumption!! Jackass MUCH - JACKASS?!

@emansnas 2 жыл бұрын

@Milos Bulajic Oh wait - maybe you're of enormous mass yourself.... Is that it pal... does gravity have you feeling down?

@emansnas 2 жыл бұрын

@Milos Bulajic You don't understand 'tone' for shit do you. Yeah I'd say my initial assessment is right on - JACKASS

@emansnas 2 жыл бұрын

@Milos Bulajic You're so full of gas, platitudes and cheap outs I'm surprised you just don't float away. Must be your enormous ass... er I mean mass LoL

@43jaygee 10 жыл бұрын

W.C. was one of a kind. The ice cubes coming out of the pants and that voice!

@funguy4utube 5 жыл бұрын

"I was only trying to guess your weight ... you take things too seriously" ... Lordy .. this was like a thousand years before the 'me too' movement !

@Anne--Marie 2 жыл бұрын

Not really. Men still did that crap a decade ago.

@julianskinner3697 2 жыл бұрын

It was just as unwelcome then

@HooDatDonDar 3 ай бұрын

@@Anne--Marie ‘a decade ago’?

@theresahoffman8408 9 ай бұрын

Smooth delivery. He's the best. No yelling no cursing, just fun

@hoppercar 2 жыл бұрын

I like how she just throws the menu at him

@stephensmith1034 7 жыл бұрын

It doesn't get any better than W.C.

@asreb9 4 жыл бұрын

It's incredible how Mark Proksch captures WC's aura so perfectly

@Ndlanding 3 жыл бұрын

Who? Where? Eh?

@jomon723 3 жыл бұрын

Not sure why...but I watch this over and over....They were a good match-up' 🎭

@Phillyjohn53 Жыл бұрын

WC for president he do a hell of a lot better job

@mickthomas6242 4 жыл бұрын

I didnt search for this but I'm glad KZfaq recommended this one.

@bellaboop1 5 жыл бұрын

It seems waitresses in diners haven't changed much hahaha

@edgregory1 2 жыл бұрын

Tiger found some keepers at Perkins.

@alexandragrant4524 2 жыл бұрын

Nor have customers.

@stephenchristian5739 5 жыл бұрын

GOD HES SO DAMN ORIGINAL & EVERYTHING HE DID WAS ALL WE HAVE EXPERIENCED (EVERYDAY) & WOULD LOVE TO HAVE HANDLED HIS WAY! I LOVE WC FIELDS! WE NEED HIM SO BADLY TODAY!!

@TomPauls007 3 жыл бұрын

It would be interesting to see how much the 70 proof fluid helped his comedic talent. He really was well-preserved!

@gringo4x4do 3 жыл бұрын

He Was A Character, and Brilliant ! Always Loved the way he mumbled smart ass comments under his breathe. I like how he said " excuse me blimpie pie " as he leaves the diner. Loved the " aren't you a little confused ? " Uhhh, in which way ? " She was a good match for him, they bounced off each other quite well ! Thanks a thousand times !

@43jaygee 7 жыл бұрын

W.C. was one of a kind, period!

@1518karen 5 жыл бұрын

The day will come, and too far away , that these skits will be outlawed, because we might offend someone!

@rickos1915 9 жыл бұрын

"I merely said I didn't see that old horse that used to be tethered outside here." The greatest comedian of all time.

@mrfantastic407 9 жыл бұрын

"Is, ah, there any, ah, goulash on this menu?" [wipe] "It's roast beef gravy."

@mepiston 6 жыл бұрын

Come on. In the time it took him to drawl that Rodney Dangerfield would've fired off 20 twice as funny one liners.

@selfc154 6 жыл бұрын

Michael Piston You’re a special kind of dumb aren’t you? Rodney would have been happy to played the busboy in a scene with WC

@mepiston 6 жыл бұрын

Are you high?

@selfc154 6 жыл бұрын

Michael Piston High? I’m not the one who trolls a WC Fields post praising Rodney Dangerfield!Go search Rodney On KZfaq , It’s easy use the search engine

@robertsears3737 Жыл бұрын

WC FIELDS was a Philadelphia boy..he obviously was eating in a South Jersey diner..because the best Waitresses like this are from New Jersey

@stewiedog01 2 жыл бұрын

Lol she crossed off all the meat choices from the menu and left him with the choice of eggs and bread. But the customer by the wall is eating some type of meat dish. 😂

@steveweinstein3222 8 ай бұрын

Yes, he got the last one.