W.C. Fields in "It's A Gift" - Blind Man with Cane

In recognition of a Jon Massey's reportedly bravuva performance as an old man with a cane in Covington Latin's production of "The Beauty Part," I offer one of the great "cane" scenes from the Golden Age of Movies. The Blind Man was played by Charles Sellon.

Category:

Comedy

Tags:

• sketch
• Blindness
• grocery
• store
• light
• bulbs

[Femigaytheist]

I find it interesting, and I was unaware that in that time it was acceptable for a man to refer to another man by terms of endearment, "honey," "darling," and "dear".

[cragarrows]

@Femigaytheist

It's a generational thing, I believe, and a bit condescending. I think it'd be 'okay' at that time to talk like that to a child or an elderly person.  I was over 20 years old when my father once called me "honey," my girlfriend thought it odd.

[MrTommy001]

And not a single obscenity in all this gut busting humor.

[IStillSay]

My favorite of all of his movies, although he is so great in all of them.

[Offthbadan]

Non-stop funny. Genius. The godfather of comedy. The king of comedy. Mr. comedy. Any way you wanna put it.

[PREnetwork]

i do this in one of my videos

[67nairb]

Excuse, I meant politically incorrect.

[67nairb]

@67nairb Excuse me, I meant "politically incorrect."

[67nairb]

Very funny scene, but very politically correct. What year was this movie made?

[harpo103]

Someone made Fields a bet that he couldn't make a blind man funny.

[karellison]

"Here's your chewing gum ... 5 cents please"

"I'm not going to lug that with me ... send it"

Hahah.

[telekingkong]

"It's all right, it's alright; just a little galssware!!"

Mr. Fields is one of my all time favorites. This is one of his best, and his barely whispered asides can be hilarious. One of the very best of that golden era.

Thank you for posting it @cragarrows.

[smallglories]

"Who is that man!?"

"The house detective at the Grand Hotel"

A great line.

[vigneshrk]

wow im glad i was born after "being funny" was invented...just kidding. i just really dont find it funny but i like how other people do. i guess this is all you could get away with in those days. btw, mr. muckle was really bad at using his blind walking stick - or whatever thats called. i dont think blind-deaf people could get away with that today...