Possibly the best W. C. Fields skit ever.....The Fatal Glass of Beer

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[virgil283]

"A good skit for a snow day :..... "'Tain't a fit night out for man nor beast.".... Also, "Maw, I'm going out to milk the elk."....Also, "He was mighty good with mustard..... he broke her tambourine"....[video 15m.]

....sing me that song

[HartleyMBaldwin]

Yes, that was a good bit. “Ipecac or syrup of squill?”

My all-time favorite line (and I can’t remember what movie it was in) was when Mae West and Fields were at a restaurant. Fields orders brandy, and the waiter says, “Yes, sir. Snifter?”, to which Fields replies, “Snifter? Why, I haven’t even kissed her!”.

I never knew how they got that one past the Hays Office.

[HartleyMBaldwin]

Yes, he was. In fact, Fields started his performing career as a juggler, and my favorite part of any W. C. Fields movie is when he does a bit of juggling. What movie is it with the cigar-box manipulation? He made it look easy, but try it sometime.

I read somewhere that Fields used to like to pass someone a brimming bowl of soup at one of his dinner parties, drop it, and catch it just above the floor without spilling any.

[AlexW]

I thought it was, “I like children...barbequed...”
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[AlexW]

“Madam, there’s no such thing as a tough child - if you parboil them first for seven hours, they always come out tender.~ W. C . Fields”
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Yes, he said that too.