# W.C. Fields. Lest we forget. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 29, 2008, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/w-c-fields-lest-we-forget/474981 "2008-11-29T23:05:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![timbicile59](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/aeb1de/32.png) [@timbicile59](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/timbicile59)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2008, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/w-c-fields-lest-we-forget/474981/1 "2008-11-29T23:05:16Z")
One of my favotite clips. [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5MZWq14uD-A) ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2008, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/w-c-fields-lest-we-forget/474981/2 "2008-11-29T23:16:36Z")
Go to Cafe Society, kid, ya bother me. šŸ˜‰ /Moved/ ---
**Author:** ![teela\_brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2008, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/w-c-fields-lest-we-forget/474981/3 "2008-11-29T23:32:00Z")
This is great stuff. Thanks for posting it, **timbicile59**. Itā€™s from the film _The Old-Fashioned Way_, IIRC, which I have only seen once because for some reason itā€™s never shown on television. That film also contains the great scene in which he surreptitiously kicks Baby Leroy in the butt after BL has been pelting him with food during dinner. Darned if I can find the butt-kicking scene on youtube so far, though. ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2008, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/w-c-fields-lest-we-forget/474981/4 "2008-11-29T23:58:08Z")
If you can find the Dentist short with WC, watch it. One of the more risque films from the period. Heck, thereā€™s a link on that page. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Su2fXCZ8dCo&feature=related](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Su2fXCZ8dCo&feature=related) Sorry, the qualilty of that is atrocious. The others I found were not the whole cut. ---
**Author:** ![Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a9a28c/32.png) [@Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oslo_Ostragoth)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2008, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/w-c-fields-lest-we-forget/474981/5 "2008-11-30T05:19:18Z")
The dude had mad skillz. Iā€™d very much enjoy a W. C. boxed set. ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2008, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/w-c-fields-lest-we-forget/474981/6 "2008-11-30T05:27:07Z")
How about two? [W.C. Fields Comedy Collection (The Bank Dick / My Little Chickadee / You Canā€™t Cheat an Honest Man / Itā€™s a Gift / International House) (1934)](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0002MHDY2/ref=nosim/coffeeresearch3-20)\ [W.C. Fields Comedy Collection, Vol. 2 (The Man on the Flying Trapeze / Never Give A Sucker An Even Break / Youā€™re Telling Me! / The Old Fashioned Way / Poppy) (1941)](http://www.amazon.com/Fields-Collection-Trapeze-Telling-Fashioned/dp/B000LC4C0Q) There are also a bunch of boxed short films. ---
**Author:** ![ZenBeam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/3ab097/32.png) [@ZenBeam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZenBeam)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2008, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/w-c-fields-lest-we-forget/474981/7 "2008-11-30T16:26:37Z")
> [@samclem](#): > > If you can find the Dentist short with WC, watch it. One of the more risque films from the period. > > Heck, thereā€™s a link on that page. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Su2fXCZ8dCo&feature=related](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Su2fXCZ8dCo&feature=related) Sorry, the qualilty of that is atrocious. The others I found were not the whole cut. In the comments for that video, adelfred said he put the whole thing up two months ago. [Hereā€™s part 1 of 3](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJyLSOofero), with links to the other two parts. I didnā€™t watch them except the very beginning, but the three parts together are longer than the one in your link, and the quality is much better. ---
**Author:** ![Terrifel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c68b51/32.png) [@Terrifel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terrifel)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2008, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/w-c-fields-lest-we-forget/474981/8 "2008-11-30T16:52:04Z")
ā€œā€“and it ainā€™t a fit night out for man nor beast!ā€ _The Fatal Glass of Beer_ (1933). Still possibly the greatest comedy ever perpetrated on celluloid. ---
**Author:** ![Junior\_Spaceman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Junior\_Spaceman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Junior_Spaceman)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2008, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/w-c-fields-lest-we-forget/474981/9 "2008-11-30T22:34:21Z")
Another vote for the great man. The short film ā€˜The Golf Specialistā€™ (where he doesnā€™t even get to hit the ball once) is a masterpiece as well. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XUMJ3U3qFmg](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XUMJ3U3qFmg) - Incomplete but gives a great idea of the humour. ---
**Author:** ![Bumbershoot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bumbershoot/32/3428_2.png) [@Bumbershoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbershoot)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2008, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/w-c-fields-lest-we-forget/474981/10 "2008-12-01T01:33:16Z")
The cigar box routine is _very_ impressive! > [@Terrifel](#): > > ā€œā€“and it ainā€™t a fit night out for man nor beast!ā€ > > _The Fatal Glass of Beer_ (1933). Still possibly the greatest comedy ever perpetrated on celluloid. ā€œI think Iā€™ll go out and milk the elk . . . . Lena! Lena, honey! Papaā€™s calling!ā€ It cracks me up when he plays the dulcimer with his mittens on, while singing the heart-breaking ballad he wrote about his son, Chester. Another favorite is _The Man On The Flying Trapeze_. The bit with the singing burglars in the cellar is hilarious. All-time favorite quote: ā€œI never drink water. Fish fuck in it.ā€