He makes it look so smooth and easy and if you try this routine you'll see how difficult it really is. His motions are very fluid and exact, great comedic timing. WC.Fields was,is and always will be a legend in the field of comedy.
HAHAHAHAAHAHA. I love this clip. The whole time the guy is standing there seriously while he seems to have the weirdest problems with taking a shot. Which is funny but the real funny part is at the end when he's aiming straight into the table and still, slowly, telling his story about the glass eye as he puts a hole into the table. It's so funny I'm tearing.
@peppersax - I acquired this from a TV show, thus the laughter was unavoidable. However, on re-thinking it, it's not a bad thing. I mean, when originally shown in a CINEMA, there would have been laughter. Without the laughter, it would be STERILE. At least this laughter is GENUINE - not canned - demonstrating that decades on, Fields is STILL FUNNY.
@tvelliot - Sadly, the clip was shown as part of a TV programme - the laughter was REAL - but as a stand-alone clip, I agree it's invasive. But there was no way to lose it and since the clip is great, I decided to post it anyway. Better the unneeded laughter than no clip at all!
The movie with the great comedy veranda shot was "Its a Gift". I agree it was WC at his best! Everyone should see this great WC Fields film! To watch it, search here on you-tube: Its a Gift (1934)
@iamaweasel - ah, the great Jacques! Yes, I agree! When I come upon the Fields movie that was shot on a veranda of a rooming house (the name of which escapes me) - I'll try putting that up too. And when I do, I'll link it to this - and try and alert you!
The Master - an audio-visio-physical shaggy dog story, performed to perfection. The obvious precision with which he re-positions the ball with the cue-tip, juxtaposes his apparent overall clumsiness. Needs a post-graduate dissertation......
He makes it look so smooth and easy and if you try this routine you'll see how difficult it really is. His motions are very fluid and exact, great comedic timing. WC.Fields was,is and always will be a legend in the field of comedy.
stloparis 3 months ago
You can watch the original clip on here, just search for WC Fields - Honest John
dylan240269 3 months ago
HAHAHAHAAHAHA. I love this clip. The whole time the guy is standing there seriously while he seems to have the weirdest problems with taking a shot. Which is funny but the real funny part is at the end when he's aiming straight into the table and still, slowly, telling his story about the glass eye as he puts a hole into the table. It's so funny I'm tearing.
Aro2220 4 months ago
Fields, you were SUCH a wonderful man.
PinstripeShirt 9 months ago
Love the sketch, but it's much better without the laugh track. I don't need an audience to cue me when to laugh.
tallnlean9 11 months ago
What idiot decided to put a FUC**** laugh track in? What a moron. W C Fields didn't need any.
peppersax 1 year ago 5
@peppersax - I acquired this from a TV show, thus the laughter was unavoidable. However, on re-thinking it, it's not a bad thing. I mean, when originally shown in a CINEMA, there would have been laughter. Without the laughter, it would be STERILE. At least this laughter is GENUINE - not canned - demonstrating that decades on, Fields is STILL FUNNY.
davidwrightatloppers 11 months ago
@davidwrightatloppers Really! It sure sounds like a 'canned' track. Anyway, WC was a GENIUS!
peppersax 11 months ago
@peppersax absolutely right, some moron spoiled the clip with taped laughter.
vindicari 10 months ago
You cut it off just before the punch line!!!
"Ever since that time...... they've called me Honest John."
churchylafemme55 1 year ago
Oh, 'It's a gift'....I bet even Willie would love to play a game w/Fields.
PlayIt4MeAgainSam 1 year ago
love the sequence. hate the canned laughter. where did that come from?
tvelliot 1 year ago 4
@tvelliot - Sadly, the clip was shown as part of a TV programme - the laughter was REAL - but as a stand-alone clip, I agree it's invasive. But there was no way to lose it and since the clip is great, I decided to post it anyway. Better the unneeded laughter than no clip at all!
davidwrightatloppers 1 year ago 3
Field died in 1946 and this clip shows him MUCH younger.... besides, the "laughter" is in STEREO.
Sorry.
HelennaHandbasket 1 year ago
The movie with the great comedy veranda shot was "Its a Gift". I agree it was WC at his best! Everyone should see this great WC Fields film! To watch it, search here on you-tube: Its a Gift (1934)
48alfaone 2 years ago
Perfection - Tati would salute such a performance....
iamaweasel 2 years ago
@iamaweasel - ah, the great Jacques! Yes, I agree! When I come upon the Fields movie that was shot on a veranda of a rooming house (the name of which escapes me) - I'll try putting that up too. And when I do, I'll link it to this - and try and alert you!
davidwrightatloppers 2 years ago
The Master - an audio-visio-physical shaggy dog story, performed to perfection. The obvious precision with which he re-positions the ball with the cue-tip, juxtaposes his apparent overall clumsiness. Needs a post-graduate dissertation......
iamaweasel 2 years ago