Mr. Muckle

[Spameggssausage]

one of my favorite comedians EVER.

[kremosakhaz]

Hailealus!

[pjq49]

It would be great to see the part where he deals with the kumquats customer. A great bit on spelling. "Two quats??" Then he doesn't have them anyway.

[hunkydory8015]

Will you get this guy his freakin' kumquats alreay! Jesus! Lol!!

[pjq49]

@hunkydory8015 Just FYI, once he focuses on the request, he tells the customer he doesn't have them.

[skoggit]

W.C. Fields was way ahead of his time!

[fredbarkley]

Love it! thx

[ultimatemew12]

My cat's name was Mr. Muckle. He died from old age and/or rat poison. He was a good kitty, if clumsy.

[MrBasilGanglia]

Hilarious....

[LadyLotus74]

I love this movie. Watched it many times growing up. It's so funny to see him dealing with this guy who can't hear a word he's saying. LOL

[RRaquello]

The girl who wants to play hop scotch later became Josephine the plumber on the old Comet TV commercials. No fooling.

[jd51452]

Another day at Trader Joe's.

[BonnieBeeGood]

Thank you so much for sharing this!!  I love the way he calls Mr. Muckle "honey!" I didn't have to dig through my closet of old videos...you were so kind to put this GEM on youtube!!! :-)

[rlevitta]

The funniest part of this was left out - when his wife comes in to tell him that his uncle died. She asks WC what kind of flowers they should send. Just then the guy comes in and says "what about my Kumquats!" and WC turns to his wife and says, "what about his Kumquats?"

[StatenIsland121]

@rlevitta Actually Fields wife says "Why don't you tell him you don't have any Kumquats and Fields says "I suppose I should".

[JoshieDoozie]

"I've got a piece of chalk! Do you want to play hopscotch?" LOL

So bloody odd.

[hugatag]

Sit down honey. Sit down MR Muckle please dear!

[CARDUELIS999]

Thank God the blind can't see this.

[goodbuys0190]

I haven't seen this sequence in more than 30 years and still, I almost wet myself. Surely a highlight in comedy history. Thanks for posting this. Where's the Mil-DRED scene?

[BeantownJim]

the house detective at the grande hotel hahahaha

[corvettesassy]

Did you guys notice that Fields does not even wrap up the gum. It falls out when he wraps up the package. lol Mr. Muckle opens up an empty package hahhahaha

[gbraae]

Pleeeeease, sit there till I come back...

LOLOLOLOL

[NoodlesBubblesBeans]

"WHAT ABOUT MY KUMQUATS!!" one of my favorite lines ever!!!

[curlytoes79]

I'd love to go to the veggie department at SuperFresh and start yelling about kumquats, but nobody would get the joke :D

[xpmark1]

"Sit down Muckle honey." Charles Sellon played Mr. Muckle and was in another movie in 1930 called "Honey".Maybe Fields was trying to make him laugh.

[Snotra]

W.C. Fields life was a perpetual hang over......what a scoundrel!

[gnolti]

I gotta piece of chalk! You wanna play hopscotch?

[Theakker3]

"goway, goway, goway, goway, goway, goway, goway, goway"

[shanghaibenny2]

A brilliant "sight" gag.

[MisterWensleydale]

Sit down Mr. Muckle Honey!

[HUTINAK]

THINK ABOUT HOW many people seen this in 1934 on some entertainment called "Motion Pictures"

Now, how many people in 2008 are checking this out on some entertainment called You Tube

We make amazing upgrades in technology only to use it to go back in time.

[Rubberduckyofdoomy]

missed the gum completely XD

[RongWrongTV3]

ha! I've watched this many times though this was the first time I noticed Fields (intentionally for sight gag) did his laborious wrapping around the chewing gum--without the gum! It's still on the counter because he was so distracted by Mr. Muckle. lol. So he gets a huge package for the tiny gum, and then has the gum delivered because Mr. Muckle refused to carry it, and it never left the store. Fieldsian karmic commentary/revenge on film against such (literally) 'empty' wasteful pretensions.

[pbyardh]

The funniest film ever made. Peter Sellers must have drooled over this.

[jackiemickie]

Indeed, I think as well that, It's a Gift, is the funniest film ever made.

[1963longhair]

How does he rate all this attention? Who is that man? Fields- He's the house detective at the Grand Hotel. Classic.

[Gregg30]

"Had that door closed again, huh?" True humor doesn't date because human nature doesn't change. WC was the best.

[Chesterton7]

my favorite fields bit

[jamesdv54]

For a man whose early career was based on the visual sight gag, Fields' movie success is remarkable. More than anyone, he instilled dialogue as a basic part of comedy. And here, neurotic comedy... at its best. Check out the rest of the movie. A Great Depression film that understands the Great Depression almost before it started, made in 1933-34. Oh yeah, babe.

[artiebarnes]

One of the greatest bits in one of Fields best films!!!

[geoffbucknall]

best ever

[33Keith33]

There's nothing like having a little fun with the afflicted! LMAO!!!!!!!!!! Let's see the P.C. gestapo try something like that today!

[weikko79]

The P.C. gestapo certainly wouldn't try it, but they would sure as hell CENSOR it.

[actiscenei]

IT'S A GIFT should be required viewing for anyone who would like to claim to be "funny."

[gbraae]

This is one of my absolute fave bits of W.C. Fields.....makes me weep from laughter, this!! "Pleeeeaaaase, sit there..." Lmao!!!

[dubmaster53]

A true underrated and nearly forgotten genius... his view on marraige and the foibles of life are as true today as they were when these films were made in the 30's.....You can't win...lol

[efmrfmr]

Kumquats con gusto, Wow ; W.C. Kumquats are still green ;cheers and many thanks for posting

[fattdaddy3755]

Funny as hell!  Didn't have to say "FUCK" once!....Amazing!

[Spameggssausage]

@fattdaddy3755 I'm sure he was thinking it! ;)

[gnolti]

HOW ABOUT MY KUMQUATS?!?!?!?

[ennui406]

Fantastic! Thanks for posting

[Ulhran]

forever S U B L I M E

[williamclaudefields]

The postage stamp scene from the Mac Senet short "The Pharmacist?" No.... I don't, no ....

[pilchard2000]

oh god , i cried tears of joy , i saw this thirty years ago and nearly wet myself , and it is still funnier than anything since

[HarborGuy]

Great! I agree with NorbertZF tho. Too bad some things are tabooo......

[qjxbljsc6]

well, i'm not worth my weight in small oranges if Fields is not the equal of Camus and Sartre...

[NorbertZF]

The era when comedy was truly king! Due to ALL the %&**$#(@ political correctness, you could never have a scene like that in a film today. Apparently, people are too "sensitive" to other's pain...but you can show someone getting a post mortem while they're still alive. Ironic to the extreme!

[PoisonPeachPit]

How about my kumquats!

[v1ulcan]

You've got to love it when Fields calls Muckle "honey"!

[whuffie]

Just like the video game *Frogger* at the end. FUNNY!

[flickpot]

fantastic clip very funny thanks..

[gbaune]

W.C.Fields was the greatest! Greetings from good old Germany!

[IgnatiusOReilly]

What a brilliant comedian. Just watch how he pries himself out of the garbage can with his cane, at the very end. One of the few who's truly timeless.

[bamsywoo]

Wonderful to see this clip again.Thankyou.

[LOUKELL]

top man,thanks for the clip

[LOUKELL]

a true genius and and as a lover of sugar and yeast infusion my hero.

[gill55p]

just brilliant

[BEEFYBAYONET]

Just brilliant - how I wish there were people as funny these days....I still find it great how funny Tammany Young can be just by saying "what?".

[pfinlay]

Thank you so much for posting this. Nearly three quarters of a century old and still as funny as the day it was made.

[optionthis]

SWEET JESUS YES

ALL HAIL THE W.C.!