"Father...father! Daddy...Daddy! Come back! Daddy!" I could praise Arthur Malet for days on end. He was only in his '30s at the time of filming, and yet could pull off a sixty-something-year-old with ease.
Hysterical! Theme of the whole movie seems to be “getting back that childhood joy” and not losing your soul to the world demands. In the end, the oldest characters dies with gaining back his childhood joy in a single joke.
I just found out that Dick Van Dike not only played the roll of Bert, the chimney sweeper, but he is also the old man, Mr. Dawes Senior, at the end of the table that starts laughing when he gets the joke.
@@Durlomthir Yes and in the squel Jr is now the spitting image of his father. He also almost tells the wooden leg smith joke, but doesn't since he remembered that is how his father died.
I am 16. I watched this movie religiously as a child. so much so that I had certain scenes memorized. and one of them was this. and only TODAY did I finally get that joke...
The sad thing about this scene is that, that was probably the first time in years Mr Dawes Sr laughed and it was to be his last. As Mr Dawes Jr said "father died laughing".
To this day, whenever it takes me, or someone else, a few seconds more than it should, to get the punch line to a joke - I always crack up and say in an old man's voice: "A wooden leg named Smith ... A wooden leg named Smith ... A wooden leg na...... BWAHAHAHA"
+Mary Scott I guess that flying when laughing only works when Mary Poppins is around in the neighborhood because in the scene when they visit Uncle Albert's home, it was mentioned that it has happened in the past that Uncle Albert flew with Bert saying that last time it took them (Bert and Mary Poppins) three days to get him to fly down to the floor. So at the end when Mary Poppins flew away on her umbrella, all the magic was gone which means if Uncle Albert ever laughed his head off again, he probably wouldn't fly up to the ceiling.
@@Garrettk41 Well, Mary Poppins is not in the bank but she's in the neighborhood which is why there's magic around in the neighborhood causing Mr. Dawes Sr. to fly just like at what happened to Uncle Albert. For example, Uncle Albert was flying to the ceiling before Mary Poppins, Jane, and Michael entered his home.
Well, true, but you never know. For one thing, Mary Poppins is opposed to what's going on with Uncle Albert and wants him to come down. I doubt if she'd feel that way if it was her doing to begin with. Plus, when Bert says "last time it took us three days to get him down", he didn't necessarily mean him and Mary Poppins. It could have just been him and some neighbors. And finally, we learn that the way to get down is to think of something sad, which Uncle Albert seems to know better than Mary Poppins.
Mary Poppins has always been one of my mom's favorite movies. Although I can't blame her for it, I personally find that it's one of those movies that gets better every time I watch it.
i just noticed he discovered the meaning of the joke the minute he tapped the cane. but in my defense this movie is older than i am no pun intended to the character in the movie
Trivia: Originally the role of Dawes snr was going to be played by an old man but despite his age Dick van Dyke wanted the role so badly he offered to do it for free and you can tell he really had fun playing him.
David Tomlinson was such a treasure to have and a caring wonderful person in real life and went through hell during his time in the War and experience tragedy losing his fellow comrades and of course his first wife and cares so much for people. Loved him in The Love Bug but this is definitely his best work in Mary Poppins
He'd given his life for this bank, his hours, his purpose, his soul. It was his identity, and it he lost it all for two pence. That's when the walls of rigid identity collapsed and he saw it didn't matter. None of it mattered. Not the bank, not the pence, and not the unbending system designed to keep it up. The thing he should have fought for all along was the family he had to begin with. This is the moment when he realized he didn't lose anything at all, and his immense frustration and fear shattered in pure relief. Have your two cents. Have your bank, my job. Have it all, and a joke to go along with it, because that's all this is, a joke! He still had everything to go home to and nothing could take that away. It shatters the mind a little to go through this so fast. That's why he says "there's no such thing as *you.*" This old man with such power... had no power at all. All the silliness that he'd dismissed brought actual joy and value. This little moment doesn't have the quite the color of the other moments, but its the most important moment.
+Piltheser It's unknown if Mr. Dawes Sr. really died from laughing or not because, it sounds like Uncle Albert on this movie does a lot more laughing than Mr. Dawes Sr. while floating in the air and Uncle Albert himself never died from laughing especially since he sang how much he loves laughing which probably his is favorite hobby. I can only guess that Mr. Dawes Sr. just died from a heart attack.
I think I know why Mr Banks was laughing. When he got sacked he was finally free from his terrible job and the fact he no longer had to work for his mean bosses. I know it is not nice when one is sacked but Mr Banks was only to happy to be let go.
Poppins energy came to him and he was getting his childhood joy back feeling as though no matter how he tried to control things, they were going to end up the way they were regardless.
@rstein926 That is true since he felt he should be spending more time with his children and not going to his job at the bank too much. However, after he got fired, he did get rehired again as was mentioned in the kite flying scene where Mr. Dawes Jr. said that after his father Mr. Dawes Sr. died laughing, Mr. Dawes Jr. replaced him where there was a job opening to replace Mr. Dawes Jr. and Mr. Dawes Jr. was hiring Mr. Banks to replace him which means Mr. Banks got a job at the bank again.
Right next to "Darrin, I'm a witch!" from Bewitched and "Who's that little old man?" from The Beatles A Hard Days Night. And don't forget SUPERCALAFRAGILISTIC... However you spell it. 😄
Omg Hysterical! It was funny as a kid watching this scene… as an adult, I’m hysterical knowing more of the world and how funny this scene actually is. I love it! Theme of the whole movie seems to be “getting back that childhood joy” and not losing your soul to the world demands. In the end, the oldest characters dies with gaining back his childhood joy in a single joke.
I remember watching this scene at my grandma’s as a baby being scared after my grandma told me Mr. Banks was “fired”. I was scared because I thought someone was gonna catch on fire.
@@@alexlaxson3261 Again the same claim. Just where do you get that information from? Right at the end they talk about him, at the kite scene, and from their words it is quite apparent that he still lives.
@@ReelMeurik I just checked it and in the german version they say something very different. I try to find a english version next, hope im lucky. EDIT1: Omg they totally changed it. How very odd. EDIT2: What the banker says in the german version: "Vater ist vor lachen in die Luft gegangen" meaning that his father started to fly from laugther. Actually in german it could also mean that he exploded from laughter making this line extra funny. Sry, for the confusion.
"Mad as a March Hare" what is funny about that quote and the coincidence behind it is both the actors who played the March Hare and Mad Hatter on The Adventures of Alice in Wonderland (circa 1940-50?) Uncle voiced the Mad hatter, Ed Wynn, I'm not certain who voiced the March Hare. I've forgot but the voice actor who was the March Hare was on Mary Poppins as well
If you're thinking about J. Pat O'Malley who was the pearly drummer during Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious, he was actually Tweedledee and Tweedledum and the walrus and the carpenter.
Applause to the remaining majority who still enjoy a cheered laugh and very well written musical. You could ask anyone else, do you enjoy Mary Poppins? The majority cries "Who?"
You have to watch the film completely. Uncle Albert starts laughing and ends up on the ceiling but the only way for them to come down was to think of something sad, which happened. Mr Dawes Sr however never made it as he literally died laughing.
My last comment 3 years ago I have no idea what I was guessing Tinkerbell has nothing to do with this movie but I'm glad you replied Aiden made me watch that scene again so funny after I probably saw that in like 1964
2:10 Dick Van Dyke certainly had a way of laughing in the air, like he did with Ed Wynn (poor Uncle Albert, too)! And Dawes Jr.'s cries for help, always made me burst out laughing, myself, when I watched this numerous times, except that I couldn't fly in the air, either!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
+Dead Memez The joke means like this "there's a man named Smith who has a wooden leg" but, it's said out of order like the man's wooden leg is named Smith and another person said if the man's wooden leg is named Smith, then does his other leg have a name.
One of the best scenes in Mary Poppins that becomes more meaningful as I grow up as an adult with responsibilities. One thing I noticed recently is that George was actually listening to the children when they told him about the outings with the chalk painting and the merry go round and that snapper of a joke. He just couldn’t express it to them at the time when they were so full of excitement, but it mattered most when he did to call out the stuffy cold establishment. Also that he would fly a kite bringing the whole thing full circle from when he was so strict at the beginning. 🥹
He's a good one. Bare with me on this. Here it is. Mario told Wario "I know a man with a Wooden Leg named 'Smith'. Then Wario asked "Oh yeah? What's the name of his other leg?" Wario end up dead laughing as he crapped his pants
Very well. Person A says to person B "I know a man[,] with a wooden leg[,] named Smith". The way that sentence is structured could also go "I know a man, named Smith, with a wooden leg" but since it is said the other way it sounds like the man named his wooden leg Smith and not pertaining to the man who's name is Smith. Therefor, the punchline is for person B to ask "What's the name of his other leg?" meaning that he thinks the man person A is referring to named his wooden leg Smith. I hope that helped.
You are very welcome. When I was a kid my father had to explain that joke to me. Not quite in the detail that I did but it is one of those jokes that take a sec to get. Cheers.
It seems a lot of people still have trouble understanding the joke. So I'll try to explain it. Sometimes the punchline of a joke is meant to illustrate how something can be misinterpreted due to the way it was worded. Smith is the name of one-legged man, but the person who asks "what's the name of his other leg?" isn't clear on that. Like here's another example: Person 1: Did you know it takes six sheep to make a sweater? Person 2: No. I didn't even know sheep could knit. That of course isn't what the first person meant, but the fact that the second didn't get it is what makes the joke. Hopefully, it's all clearer now.
"Father...father! Daddy...Daddy! Come back! Daddy!"
I could praise Arthur Malet for days on end. He was only in his '30s at the time of filming, and yet could pull off a sixty-something-year-old with ease.
Don't forget that the old man was Dick Van Dyke, too.
I'm talking about Mr. Dawes, Jr. Van Dyke played Mr. Dawes, Sr.
Right, but I mean that a lot of people have no idea that DVD played sr.
That could be misconstrued easily, DVD from a DVD, lol
He also played Tootles in Hook - the old Lost Boy who'd lost his marbles. (Thank you Wikipedia!)
I’m a 50 year old man and I still love this movie and tear up at the end. Every time.
I LOVE how he has to say it twice, and then the THIRD time, he gets it.
sdftrd Yeah, that was good. At his age, probably hasn't laughed in years.
@ninevolt
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Hysterical!
Theme of the whole movie seems to be “getting back that childhood joy” and not losing your soul to the world demands. In the end, the oldest characters dies with gaining back his childhood joy in a single joke.
Agreed
Hahahahahahaha xD
This is so EPIC
An old man who never laugh in ages...
XDD
I just found out that Dick Van Dike not only played the roll of Bert, the chimney sweeper, but he is also the old man, Mr. Dawes Senior, at the end of the table that starts laughing when he gets the joke.
And in the sequel, he plays Mr Dawes Jr !
Dude, that fact appears right in the credits! Oh you should’ve known.
Can you tell me how the joke works.
Yup.
@@Durlomthir Yes and in the squel Jr is now the spitting image of his father. He also almost tells the wooden leg smith joke, but doesn't since he remembered that is how his father died.
I am 16. I watched this movie religiously as a child. so much so that I had certain scenes memorized. and one of them was this. and only TODAY did I finally get that joke...
Did you find out what the other leg is called?
The sad thing about this scene is that, that was probably the first time in years Mr Dawes Sr laughed and it was to be his last. As Mr Dawes Jr said "father died laughing".
That's true. A little Disney tear jerker.
I wish he D survive and then tell George never felt happier in my life . Im retiring and we have a place for new partner congratulations 😊
But we never seen him happier in his life
Yes you’re right I got the chills when Mr Dawes JR started crying and calling out Daddy that made me cry as well but least he died happy Xx
@@aidanwhite7712😏... 📺 he gone guys he passed away
It's rather awkward to see an 80 year old man whine "DADDDYYYYYY!"
lol Oh yeah, and that joke was actually really funny. :)
More like 60s
This is my favorite film. My second favorite film.
Most likely 60’s. If he had been in his 80’s his father would not be alive.
@@TVHouseHistorian People do live to be over 100 years old. It is unlikely his father would be alive, but not impossible.
I'm confused. Is it your favorite or second favorite movie?
2:11 I didn't realize till I was an adult what a great little call back this was to Uncle Albert and the laughing.
Haha. If that's true, you must have been so confused!
One of my favorite jokes, even though it's silly.Also,a wonderful movie.
To this day, whenever it takes me, or someone else, a few seconds more than it should, to get the punch line to a joke - I always crack up and say in an old man's voice: "A wooden leg named Smith ... A wooden leg named Smith ... A wooden leg na...... BWAHAHAHA"
When you’re the only one that’s high at the party.
Are you referring to Bank’s in his emotional fit of laughter, or the old man and his laughing fit making him float?
I wish I could fly when I laugh....
Not really fly... but you can get HIGH!!
+Mary Scott I guess that flying when laughing only works when Mary Poppins is around in the neighborhood because in the scene when they visit Uncle Albert's home, it was mentioned that it has happened in the past that Uncle Albert flew with Bert saying that last time it took them (Bert and Mary Poppins) three days to get him to fly down to the floor. So at the end when Mary Poppins flew away on her umbrella, all the magic was gone which means if Uncle Albert ever laughed his head off again, he probably wouldn't fly up to the ceiling.
@@afriendofbean I don't know. I don't see Mary Poppins here, do you?
@@Garrettk41 Well, Mary Poppins is not in the bank but she's in the neighborhood which is why there's magic around in the neighborhood causing Mr. Dawes Sr. to fly just like at what happened to Uncle Albert. For example, Uncle Albert was flying to the ceiling before Mary Poppins, Jane, and Michael entered his home.
Well, true, but you never know. For one thing, Mary Poppins is opposed to what's going on with Uncle Albert and wants him to come down. I doubt if she'd feel that way if it was her doing to begin with. Plus, when Bert says "last time it took us three days to get him down", he didn't necessarily mean him and Mary Poppins. It could have just been him and some neighbors. And finally, we learn that the way to get down is to think of something sad, which Uncle Albert seems to know better than Mary Poppins.
"Banks, don't you dare strike my father!" LOL!!
George banks has finally learned a lot from Mary poppins and Bert.
Not only that, she changed his life forever.
Yes! She had the kid give back the tuppence with her energy all over it which that magic invested for them over the course of 24 years
George killed his boss. :))
Mary Poppins has always been one of my mom's favorite movies. Although I can't blame her for it, I personally find that it's one of those movies that gets better every time I watch it.
i just noticed he discovered the meaning of the joke the minute he tapped the cane. but in my defense this movie is older than i am no pun intended to the character in the movie
Watched this the other night and it’s been I’d say, since 1984 since I first seen it. Almost 40 years. Wow
Crazy how Dick Van Dyke is as old now as he was pretending to be here
Still a legend today.
Trivia: Originally the role of Dawes snr was going to be played by an old man but despite his age Dick van Dyke wanted the role so badly he offered to do it for free and you can tell he really had fun playing him.
Love his face at 1:57 when he finally gets the joke
Ohhhhh I get it
David Tomlinson was such a treasure to have and a caring wonderful person in real life and went through hell during his time in the War and experience tragedy losing his fellow comrades and of course his first wife and cares so much for people. Loved him in The Love Bug but this is definitely his best work in Mary Poppins
He'd given his life for this bank, his hours, his purpose, his soul. It was his identity, and it he lost it all for two pence. That's when the walls of rigid identity collapsed and he saw it didn't matter. None of it mattered. Not the bank, not the pence, and not the unbending system designed to keep it up. The thing he should have fought for all along was the family he had to begin with.
This is the moment when he realized he didn't lose anything at all, and his immense frustration and fear shattered in pure relief. Have your two cents. Have your bank, my job. Have it all, and a joke to go along with it, because that's all this is, a joke! He still had everything to go home to and nothing could take that away.
It shatters the mind a little to go through this so fast. That's why he says "there's no such thing as *you.*" This old man with such power... had no power at all. All the silliness that he'd dismissed brought actual joy and value.
This little moment doesn't have the quite the color of the other moments, but its the most important moment.
So, Mr Banks just murdered his boss, and then gets a promotion out of it.
Who knew that the Bank's were actually Klingons?
He’s in the second movie so he didn’t die...at least the character Dick played looks like him
@@Honorary121 no, that was one of the younger guys
@@Honorary121 The man's son actually said his father "died laughing" to Mr. Banks during the kite flying scene where he reinstates Banks' job.
+Piltheser It's unknown if Mr. Dawes Sr. really died from laughing or not because, it sounds like Uncle Albert on this movie does a lot more laughing than Mr. Dawes Sr. while floating in the air and Uncle Albert himself never died from laughing especially since he sang how much he loves laughing which probably his is favorite hobby. I can only guess that Mr. Dawes Sr. just died from a heart attack.
@@afriendofbean yeah, but Uncle Albert is far younger, and has built up a tolerance
0:59 Mr. Dawes, Sr.: The man’s gone mad. Call the guard!
I think I know why Mr Banks was laughing. When he got sacked he was finally free from his terrible job and the fact he no longer had to work for his mean bosses. I know it is not nice when one is sacked but Mr Banks was only to happy to be let go.
And great He now loves supercala 😂 But then mr dawes jr takes him back 😊
And great he told mr Dawes SR theres no such thing as you . I thoaght better if he d say there s no such mean or no such creep like you 😂
Poppins energy came to him and he was getting his childhood joy back feeling as though no matter how he tried to control things, they were going to end up the way they were regardless.
@rstein926 That is true since he felt he should be spending more time with his children and not going to his job at the bank too much. However, after he got fired, he did get rehired again as was mentioned in the kite flying scene where Mr. Dawes Jr. said that after his father Mr. Dawes Sr. died laughing, Mr. Dawes Jr. replaced him where there was a job opening to replace Mr. Dawes Jr. and Mr. Dawes Jr. was hiring Mr. Banks to replace him which means Mr. Banks got a job at the bank again.
i felt bad for Mr. Dawes Jr. when he was crying as he saw his father dying from laughing
"There's nothing like a good joke..." "Yeah and that was nothing like a good joke." XD Ahh I love this movie- so great.
SlinkyDragon that sounds like something Statler and Waldorf would do. You know, those old coots from the Muppets?
‘DADDY! DADDY! PLEASE COME DOWN!’ Best quote of 1964
Right next to "Darrin, I'm a witch!" from Bewitched and "Who's that little old man?" from The Beatles A Hard Days Night. And don't forget SUPERCALAFRAGILISTIC... However you spell it. 😄
It gave me the chills as he cried out Daddy Xx
BANKS DON’T YOU DARE STRIKE MY FATHER
I guess Mr. Dawes Sr. laughed his way into Heaven once he couldn’t float any higher!
Well, that old man was right, the Tuppence now worths a fortune 😆
Thank you, Little Michael Banks. 💕
Asif DVD plays the old man - the costume and his mannerisms are so perfect, you'd think it would be an ACTUAL old man. Like, it doesn't look fake.
He was so off key when he sung it, but that makes it better along with his cheerful exit
Mr Banks' wheezing laughter sounds like Steve Carell's laughter! LMAO ☠💀☠💀😂😅🤣
This movie is as old as I am - it is still a good movie with a good message
Mary Poppins changed that man's life forever. His life was never the same again after she walked into his house.
Dick Van Dyke: a wooden leg...named Smith... A wooden... leg... (When he got it) xDDDDD
So EPIC
Dick VanDyke has always been top notch… forever. That particular scene, especially as he finally gets the joke, is IMHO, his finest moment. 😂
these two wonderful young people.
david tomlinson (rmr banks) is mr brown from bedknobs and broomsticks
The 80 year old man was laughing and then stating to go up while he is still laughing
He died laughing
This must have been the killer joke that the British army used against the Germans during World War II...
Andrew Chung Lmao
Omg Hysterical!
It was funny as a kid watching this scene… as an adult, I’m hysterical knowing more of the world and how funny this scene actually is. I love it!
Theme of the whole movie seems to be “getting back that childhood joy” and not losing your soul to the world demands. In the end, the oldest characters dies with gaining back his childhood joy in a single joke.
I remember watching this scene at my grandma’s as a baby being scared after my grandma told me Mr. Banks was “fired”. I was scared because I thought someone was gonna catch on fire.
I don't think she properly explained to you what "fired" really meant.
She did but I never believed her until I was a little older.
@@jackx.cassway gotcha
@@marvinthemaniac7698 That meant his job was terminated.
@@tpirman1982 I always knew that
I was surprised to be rather moved when Mr. Dawes Jr. starts calling "Daddy! Daddy come down!" After all, the old codger did apparently die like that.
No he doesn't, it is explained what became of him right at the end.
@@PWN4G3FTW he died laughing, that means he died while being in the air so the guy was right
@@@alexlaxson3261 Again the same claim. Just where do you get that information from? Right at the end they talk about him, at the kite scene, and from their words it is quite apparent that he still lives.
@@PWN4G3FTW "father died laughing". How do you twist that into him still being alive?
@@ReelMeurik I just checked it and in the german version they say something very different. I try to find a english version next, hope im lucky.
EDIT1: Omg they totally changed it. How very odd.
EDIT2: What the banker says in the german version: "Vater ist vor lachen in die Luft gegangen" meaning that his father started to fly from laugther. Actually in german it could also mean that he exploded from laughter making this line extra funny.
Sry, for the confusion.
The event when it is considered bad luck to open an umbrella indoors.
That's why Mr. Mousley said "No! Not that!" and Mr. Grubbs said "Steady on."
This joke made its way to Mary Poppins Returns.
Only Mr. Dawes Jr. stopped himself before he could say Smith to avoid the same fate his father suffered from getting the punchline.
Right it did. Well... Almost.
1:55 I just got it!
2:00 he gets it👍
My words exactly.
Mr. Dawes died laughing.
"Mad as a March Hare" what is funny about that quote and the coincidence behind it is both the actors who played the March Hare and Mad Hatter on The Adventures of Alice in Wonderland (circa 1940-50?) Uncle voiced the Mad hatter, Ed Wynn, I'm not certain who voiced the March Hare. I've forgot but the voice actor who was the March Hare was on Mary Poppins as well
That's Disney for ya!
That was Jerry Colonna, and no, he wasn't in this.
If you're thinking about J. Pat O'Malley who was the pearly drummer during Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious, he was actually Tweedledee and Tweedledum and the walrus and the carpenter.
It took me all these years to finally get the joke. Walt Disney, I never knew you had it in you, you sly dog!
i still dont
That's my hero. Walt Disney 1901-1966
For some reason, I got the joke perfectly fine originally but didn't watching it in this video. The joke was hilarious though!
Elessar Telcontar Okay, but what does that have to do with this video,
Elessar Telcontar Ah, I see.
gotta love the ol mans laugh lol
BANKS DONT YOU DARE STRIKE MY FAHVAH!!! lol
Applause to the remaining majority who still enjoy a cheered laugh and very well written musical. You could ask anyone else, do you enjoy Mary Poppins? The majority cries "Who?"
Did Tinkle Bell just pixie dust him and make him fly?
You have to watch the film completely. Uncle Albert starts laughing and ends up on the ceiling but the only way for them to come down was to think of something sad, which happened. Mr Dawes Sr however never made it as he literally died laughing.
Actually, it was Uncle Albert's spirit.
From Mary Poppins 1964
Saw this when I was five at a drive in. magical!!!
It turns out, with due respect, when all is said and done, that there's no such thing as you!
A perfect description of the banks
If you watch the entire movie, you'll understand, and if you're wondering why he starts floating in the air you'll find that answer too.
My last comment 3 years ago I have no idea what I was guessing Tinkerbell has nothing to do with this movie but I'm glad you replied Aiden made me watch that scene again so funny after I probably saw that in like 1964
I'm so excited to see Dick Van Dyke playing Mr. Dawes Jr. No way is he going to be prancing about like in the first movie though.
Who woulda thought giving Daws those tuppence would have great significance later on?
Mad as a March Hare indeed
0:09-0:22 LOL!
2:10 Dick Van Dyke certainly had a way of laughing in the air, like he did with Ed Wynn (poor Uncle Albert, too)!
And Dawes Jr.'s cries for help, always made me burst out laughing, myself, when I watched this numerous times, except that I couldn't fly in the air, either!!
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
This is one of the funniest scenes
When you finally get the joke
"Mad as the March Hare"
Yet Uncle Albert (played by Ed Wynn) had already played the Mad Hatter years prior
I always thoaght George when He said the joke and laughed He laughed like if he got sand in eyes 😂😂😂
the guy is named smith, not the leg
Playing this character, made up for Bert
I’m watching Mary Poppins returns and I didn’t get the reference now I do
I always laugh during this scene and when he calls Jane and Michael, th
Please don’t tell me I’m the only person who doesn’t understand this joke
+Dead Memez The joke means like this "there's a man named Smith who has a wooden leg" but, it's said out of order like the man's wooden leg is named Smith and another person said if the man's wooden leg is named Smith, then does his other leg have a name.
You're not.
Has to do it's a drinking joke... Back then you have to Google it
The joke is about a man with a wooden leg named Smith, meaning the man's name was Smith, his wooden leg didn't have a name.
*WHEEZING INTENSIFIES*
I love this movie.
I love this movie
Mr dawes says the joke twice and the third time he gets it
One of the best scenes in Mary Poppins that becomes more meaningful as I grow up as an adult with responsibilities. One thing I noticed recently is that George was actually listening to the children when they told him about the outings with the chalk painting and the merry go round and that snapper of a joke. He just couldn’t express it to them at the time when they were so full of excitement, but it mattered most when he did to call out the stuffy cold establishment. Also that he would fly a kite bringing the whole thing full circle from when he was so strict at the beginning. 🥹
DVD died laughing
A Wooden Leg Smith's That Very Funny
He's a good one. Bare with me on this. Here it is.
Mario told Wario "I know a man with a Wooden Leg named 'Smith'. Then Wario asked "Oh yeah? What's the name of his other leg?"
Wario end up dead laughing as he crapped his pants
After all these years, I still don't get 'The wooden leg named Smith' joke. Can someone explain it to me please?
Very well. Person A says to person B "I know a man[,] with a wooden leg[,] named Smith". The way that sentence is structured could also go "I know a man, named Smith, with a wooden leg" but since it is said the other way it sounds like the man named his wooden leg Smith and not pertaining to the man who's name is Smith. Therefor, the punchline is for person B to ask "What's the name of his other leg?" meaning that he thinks the man person A is referring to named his wooden leg Smith. I hope that helped.
Thank you, I do get it now, so kudos for explaining to me!
You are very welcome. When I was a kid my father had to explain that joke to me. Not quite in the detail that I did but it is one of those jokes that take a sec to get. Cheers.
bottlecapbill19
till don't get it ???
^_^
Never explain the joke. If you have to explain it, there is no joke.
It seems a lot of people still have trouble understanding the joke. So I'll try to explain it. Sometimes the punchline of a joke is meant to illustrate how something can be misinterpreted due to the way it was worded. Smith is the name of one-legged man, but the person who asks "what's the name of his other leg?" isn't clear on that. Like here's another example:
Person 1: Did you know it takes six sheep to make a sweater?
Person 2: No. I didn't even know sheep could knit.
That of course isn't what the first person meant, but the fact that the second didn't get it is what makes the joke. Hopefully, it's all clearer now.
I wish I could say this to nostalgia critic about what he said about Mary Poppins returns 0:31
What was that about oh brother
uh oh. Mr Banks thinks that MaryPoppins is her nanny and Mr Dawes was crying and he says daddy come back
Dawes Sr. died a happy man
Wow Navckid Keyd hasn't aged a day!
Mary Poppins was right it dose make you feel better
I LOVE TO LAUGH!!!
Mr Dawes Sr died from drinking Wonka's Fizzy Lifting Drinks. 😅
Okay, I'd be amazed to be the only one who made that joke.
This my word sir
*Achievement unlocked: Redemption*
Amazing
Good movie
What's the point of those 2 guys at the end? Is that their job?