[virgil283]

"This is the best short, as well as being containing some of Fields's best work anywhere. There is no story to speak of: a pioneer in the Alaskan wilderness first sings a song about "The Fatal Glass of Beer" to a Mounty in a cabin before dog sledding through the wilderness to his other, slightly more civilized cabin where his wife is. Their son returns after a three-year stint in prison. But all this is a pretext for a string of brilliant one-liners (including the immortal, "'T'aint a fit night out for man nor beast"), sight gags, and stunts. A classic."

[4yearlurker]

Fields in The Bank Dick is great comedy. He tells the story of why the call him Honest John while attempting to break the racked balls on a pool table.

[fatnotlazy]

Fields was a brilliant comedian. Toward the end of his life, a visitor found Fields sitting up in bed reading the Bible. Knowing that Fields wasn’t a religious man, the visitor asked him what was he doing with that Bible. Fields replied, “Ah yes, looking for loopholes.”

[greene66]

My favorite Fields bit is from “It’s a Gift,” when he’s trying to take a nap on the porch, and gets constantly interrupted by a series of inane situations.

[bmwcyle]

It ain’t a fit night out for man nor beast.

[AlexW]

” I like children...fried.”

The only Field’s quote that I could remember off hand.

[dynachrome]

Ah, classic comedy. You gotta listen close to catch his side remarks.

Recommended:

“International House” (with Fields, Burns and Allen, Bela Lugosi!!)

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0024183/?ref_=fn_tt_tt_1

and

“You Can’t Cheat an Honest Man” (w/ Fields, Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy)

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0032152/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1

[Gay State Conservative]

I fell in love with a beautiful blond once.She drove me to drink.That's the one thing I'm indebted to her for.

[Lancey Howard]

(( ping ))

[mrsmith]

W.C. Fields at the archives:
http://archive.org/search.php?query=subject%3A%22W.C.+Fields%22
I never really appreciated him ‘til I passed 50!

“Fatal Glass of Beer parodies the “cornball” ...”

[sima_yi]

W.C. Fields was also an outstanding juggler.

[imardmd1]

“A man that hates dogs and kids can’t be all wrong.” — WCF

[LibWhacker]

“I reckon, guess and calculate he is, Ma.”

[Figment]

I’ve been a fan of Fields since I was a kid. I don’t remember the movie, but my favorite scene was when he sold the talking dog in a bar

[razorback-bert]

I cook with wine, sometimes I even add it to the food.

[GreenHornet]

A great scene from the movie "International House": Professor Quail (W.C. Fields) has just landed in the city of Wu-Hu, China. However, he is unsure of where he landed, so he asks a group of people standing nearby to tell him where he is:

Professor Quail: Hey! Where am I?

Woman: Wu-Hu.

Professor Quail: Woo-Hoo to you sweetheart. Hey Charlie, where am I?

Hotel Manager: WU-HU!

(Fields then removes the flower from his lapel)

Professor Quail: Don't let the posey fool you!

[rabidralph]

Thanks for posting. I’d never seen that before. It was hilarious!

[blueunicorn6]

Them elks was caribooses. You know, like at the back of a train.

[llevrok]

Reporter- Mr Fields, what would your father say if he knew you drank a 5th of scotch a day?”

Fields: “What would he say about my drinking a 5th a day? Why, he’d call me a sissaaaay!”

[llevrok]

True story -

Fields and some friends were hanging out at his Hollywood home one Sunday, playing cards and having a “few drinks”.

That Sunday, news came of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. Fields immediatly got on the phone and ordered virtually a truck load of booze from his supplier, knowing it might be hard to come by once America got into the war.

One of the house guests teased Bill by asking “Why’d you order so little?”

Fields replied “It’s going to be a very short war!”

[varmintman]

The very funniest of all of those ancient movie scenes was a thing called Fatty Arbuckle and the Rubber Fish.