Yesterday, editor-at-large Ken Tucker enthusiastically recommended a new collection of DVDs featuring the comic brilliance of W.C. Fields. One of the very few performers who made the transition from vaudeville to silent films to "talkies," Fields (born William Claude Dukenfield) initially made his name playing long-suffering — and usually drunken — misanthropes. Nobody has ever done a slow burn quite like him. Here are two clips, both from the 1934 classic It’s a Gift.
Mar 27
2007
10:00 AM ET
Today's Funnies: Fresh Fields
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Ahh, thank you…. What a civilized way to start the day (which isn’t looking so bad by comparison). Loved Mr. Muckle-Honey’s deathwalk!
Fantastic, hilarious and fantastic.
Oh man. I haven’t seen any of the great W.C in a very long time. My favorites have to be the Baby LeRoy moments and the Edgar Bergen/Charlie McCarthy/Mortimer Snerd movie.
Great stuff.