W.C. Fields - The Diner Sketch

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  • Опубліковано 17 лют 2010
  • [From "Kovacs Corner" on UA-cam.com] - William Claude Dukenfield, known professionally as W.C. Fields, with his bizarre and iconoclastic sense of humor, certainly influenced Ernie Kovacs. It had been written that when Fields delivered the story outline of this 1941 film, "Never Give a Sucker an Even Break", the suits at Universal Studios thought the film was so surreal that they recut and reshot parts of it. After which they quietly released the film to movie theaters and Fields from his contract. This sketch, featuring character actress Jody Gilbert, gives a new meaning to the term "customer service".
    [Updated October 16, 2010]
    I found this in the Wikipedia dictionary...
    "Gosha" is also the beloved name of "Chuminji", a cute and baby Indian god of good health. He is favourite of pink-rosy cheeked plump kids. Hithero popular with small kids, the god is supposed to be childlike. He is offered "pohe" (an indian dish consisting of flattened rice) and "gulaabjaamuns" (also known as "waffle balls", it a dough consisting mainly of milk solids and flour in a sugar syrup flavored with cardamom seeds and rosewater or saffron) in worship. He rides on a duck and keeps a rabbit as an advisor and a cat as bodyguard. He lives in "Goshdesh". When happy, he blesses anyone with pink skin and plenty of fats, making them look babylike.
    I can only suppose that he was throwing a thinly vailed comment about the waitress' (Jody Gilbert) large stature?
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  • @windstorm1000
    @windstorm1000 3 роки тому +205

    4 million views on 80 year old comedy sketch. Not bad. Timeless!!

    • @kidkong637
      @kidkong637 11 місяців тому +9

      And 2 years later 5.5 million!

    • @kyhber1
      @kyhber1 2 місяці тому +1

      And I,v watched 2 million of them ..😂 Great Comedy..

    • @2Hearts3
      @2Hearts3 Місяць тому +3

      Almost 6 million now... We all needed that laugh, thanks! 😄

    • @sallybrown4947
      @sallybrown4947 Місяць тому +2

      Hell yeah!

    • @robertdoble7665
      @robertdoble7665 Місяць тому +2

      In all truth the opening scene of the Bank Dick is beyond funny.

  • @baxter6504
    @baxter6504 2 роки тому +371

    "You're as funny as a cry for help."
    One of the funnest lines of all time.

    • @blainenodes8182
      @blainenodes8182 Рік тому

      Bank dick:offer a hardy handclasp" 👋

    • @chrisbraswell8864
      @chrisbraswell8864 Рік тому +11

      No it had to be "water never drink the stuff, fish f*ck in it".

    • @surfwriter8461
      @surfwriter8461 Рік тому

      Yes, and she's as sweet as a puddle of battery acid.

    • @johntate5050
      @johntate5050 Рік тому +2

      It wasn't really that funny.

    • @jimbrown7196
      @jimbrown7196 11 місяців тому +3

      Quite accurate, I thought.

  • @marksasahara1115
    @marksasahara1115 Рік тому +97

    I love how she crosses everything off the menu, as he mentions them! Classic!

    • @lindasue4237
      @lindasue4237 11 місяців тому +8

      All but the eggs!

    • @josephpaul4548
      @josephpaul4548 7 місяців тому +8

      Glad you appreciate real talent. You know, there's something really big about you.

    • @user-el1zb5ip4u
      @user-el1zb5ip4u 2 місяці тому +7

      When she corrects him for ordering Wheat Toast, I thought we were going into 'Five Easy Pieces' territory.

  • @dantean
    @dantean Рік тому +396

    Jody Gilbert as the waitress is brilliant, nearly making Fields the foil to HER in this scene.

    • @bjohnston3659
      @bjohnston3659 Рік тому +25

      You can watch her doing a wrestling match and love scene with Shemp Howard in "Hellzapoppin"...it's perfect watching Shemp try to negotiate his way around her ample figure...

    • @nonenoneonenonenone
      @nonenoneonenonenone Рік тому +33

      It's a great star who allows others to shine, who knows they help him shine all the greater.

    • @calanon534
      @calanon534 Рік тому +29

      Not gonna lie, she's sassy and tough - just how I like 'em.

    • @NormAppleton
      @NormAppleton Рік тому +11

      Nearly?

    • @tolfan4438
      @tolfan4438 Рік тому +15

      I remember seeing this as a young kid and thinking they found a match for W.C.

  • @dariowiter3078
    @dariowiter3078 4 роки тому +126

    W.C. Fields, one of the most original performers that American entertainment ever produced. 😁

  • @MikeMaxwell1961
    @MikeMaxwell1961 2 роки тому +380

    Also, that waitress plays the role opposite of WC perfectly. She's a gem!

    • @captainchaos4108
      @captainchaos4108 2 роки тому +12

      She's gorgeous ❤

    • @DocSeville
      @DocSeville 2 роки тому +8

      I agree! Her voice is perfect!

    • @carlrichards5250
      @carlrichards5250 Рік тому +12

      @@captainchaos4108 it’s Jody Gilbert.

    • @bobmalack481
      @bobmalack481 Рік тому +9

      Blimpie pie...

    • @MJ-dq8ik
      @MJ-dq8ik Рік тому +10

      Jody Gilbert, terrific character actress - sadly she was blacklisted in the 50's but still amassed over 115 film & Tv credits. She is memorable in BUTCH CASSIDY & THE SUNDANCE KID as the argumentative lady during train robbery. She died in a car crash at the age of 62.

  • @lastrada52
    @lastrada52 Рік тому +32

    Jody Gilbert worked right up to 1976 & appeared in "Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid," with Newman & Redford. She also appeared in the successful horror film "Willard," & her last film was the Sam Elliott "Lifeguard" picture. In 1939 she was also in "Ninotchka" a Greta Garbo film.
    On TV she appeared in "Love American Style," "Sanford & Son," & countless commercials. She was only 62 when she died from injuries in a car crash in 1979.
    In this episode in 1941 -- with W.C. Fields, she's only 25 & has a sexy voice for a big woman. She also managed to slip by a double entendre past the censors at 2:53: "There's something awfully big about you..." she says to Fields. He's flattered and thanks her as he butters his toast. And she adds quickly -- "Your nose."
    She turns her back and starts to wipe down the counter with her butt quite prominent. Fields adds -- "there's something awfully big about you too."
    What an ideal team they made. They should've done more films together.

    • @ashleighs6546
      @ashleighs6546 Місяць тому +2

      Thank you for this! She's the only reason I stayed and watched tbh. I didn't find anything comical about the man, I love classic film and comedies but this guy was not it.

    • @lastrada52
      @lastrada52 Місяць тому +2

      @@ashleighs6546 - Dry humor -- yeah, it's not for everyone.

    • @johnlyons-qw2nf
      @johnlyons-qw2nf 18 днів тому +1

      Excellent reply. Adds to the enjoyment of the Master at woork

  • @Vejur9000
    @Vejur9000 Рік тому +158

    This entire sketch, is shade… served to perfection. Kudos to both of them.
    Jodie broke all the rules of how women talked in movies in those days. No affectation, no pretentious Hollywood accents. Just Jodie serving it cold, funny, and modern.
    “You’re as funny as a cry for help…”
    Classic movie scene. Classic comedy gold.

  • @peterwilson2080
    @peterwilson2080 4 роки тому +58

    "I forgot to take the cellophane off. Very fortunate that it didn't burn my hat."
    Even these little throwaway lines are hilarious.

    • @101Volts
      @101Volts 8 місяців тому +1

      Supposedly, Cellophane in those days was *very* flammable. I guess that's actually what we're seeing in this clip, though?

  • @georger2748
    @georger2748 9 місяців тому +21

    Great bit. Had an eerily similar experience at a diner driving through Carrizozzo, NM... hostile waitress, crossed everything off the menu, then warmed right up to a biker that strolled in... charming as a sidewinder, but the memory definitely stayed with me... 1981

    • @ownpetard8379
      @ownpetard8379 Місяць тому

      She thought you were a big kabloona, I suppose.

  • @fast03vette4me
    @fast03vette4me 3 роки тому +200

    Even when I was a little boy in the sixties living in California, if I looked in the TV Guide and it showed a WC Fields movie playing even on The Late Late Show at 2:30 a.m, I would stay up to enjoy it. W.C. is the best ever!

  • @donitaforrest9064
    @donitaforrest9064 Рік тому +81

    Back When Comedy Was Totally Hilarious .... I ❤ WC Fields 😊🇨🇦

    • @briankocheraabcdt4628
      @briankocheraabcdt4628 Рік тому

      Monty Python is pure British comic genius. see: The Lumberjack song, Ministry of Silly Walks, The Dead Polly Sketch, How To Be Not Seen, Gangs of Biker Grannies, and of course the epic cinema piece... Monty Python And The Holy Grael. 5:43

    • @donitaforrest9064
      @donitaforrest9064 Рік тому

      @@briankocheraabcdt4628 True, I'm a Monty Python fan from waaaaaaaaay back. 😁👍🇨🇦

    • @daltonx6177
      @daltonx6177 Рік тому

      Oh no, not another Boomer whiner, how original... 😱 As if ALL the comedy in the whole wide world had suddenly stopped after the '40s ! Really ? You must be such fun at parties, always reminiscing of the "good 'ole days", whinin' and bitchin' about how the kids dont know anything and can only create crap and all, right ? Take note: since the '40s, at least EIGHT generations of writers and comedians and creators of all types were born by the thousands. And just like previous generations, have attracted millions of spectators and fans, what do you have to say about that ? That they're are bad ? Useless ? Worthless ? Who do you think you are ? Open up your mind, you really need to. Really ! 🙄

  • @alexc8123
    @alexc8123 2 роки тому +85

    " Start the day off with a smile.....and get it over with" - W.C. Fields

    • @edgregory1
      @edgregory1 2 роки тому +5

      The ancient Stoics would appreciate that line.

  • @SymphonyBrahms
    @SymphonyBrahms 12 років тому +199

    "I didn't squawk about the steak, dear. I merely said I didn't see that old horse that used to be tethered outside here!"

  • @jenniesmith1106
    @jenniesmith1106 Місяць тому +5

    IMO, Mr. Fields still holds the title of funniest human being. ⭐️

  • @gooddognigel9992
    @gooddognigel9992 11 місяців тому +59

    “I don’t know why I come in here. The flies get the best of everything.”
    Brilliant!

    • @eddybrown5725
      @eddybrown5725 Місяць тому +5

      W.C was the real world deal in the Day....

    • @rodneycaupp5962
      @rodneycaupp5962 Місяць тому +2

      " Ah Ha..., I forgot to take the cellophane off ".

    • @frangeewong6215
      @frangeewong6215 29 днів тому +3

      My dad loved w.c.and I consider my dad great, so I am going to see what he saw and I probably will 😅

  • @Suddenlyits1960
    @Suddenlyits1960 Рік тому +80

    W.C. Is hilarious. “Don’t know why I bother to come in here,the flys get the best if everything”

  • @shawnchristopherwhite3271
    @shawnchristopherwhite3271 4 роки тому +52

    Jody Gilbert should have won an Oscar for this performance!

    • @matthewronson5218
      @matthewronson5218 4 роки тому +3

      Jody Gilbert, Born:
      Mar 18, 1916, Fort Worth, Texas, U.S.
      Died:
      Feb 3, 1979, Los Angeles, California, U.S.

    • @cartermcafee1142
      @cartermcafee1142 Рік тому

      She certainly sat on w.c. Face with her cutting remarks. Remarkable !!

  • @user-ko4tb3ex4k
    @user-ko4tb3ex4k Рік тому +38

    He was a very sincere person at home. He had a pond in his front yard, and one day the little son of the next door neighbor ( I believe to be Anthony Quinn and the daughter one of the studio heads) drowned in the pond trying to get to the miniature sailboat that Fields kept. he never got over it and had the pond drained and filled in.

  • @cynthiahawkins2389
    @cynthiahawkins2389 Рік тому +52

    His command and timing - with physical comedy business was superb. And when he had a scene partner like this it's a masterpiece...LOL

  • @SuperRedhead1988
    @SuperRedhead1988 5 років тому +92

    No one better at comedy than W.C. Fields. Never get tired of watching his films.

  • @oraclewjr1
    @oraclewjr1 7 років тому +99

    I am several generations from his performances but his comedy is timeless. What a genius. The greatest of them all.

    • @jamessirman6622
      @jamessirman6622 2 місяці тому +1

      When I was growing up in the 50s and early 60s I would watch all the comedy greats. Fields, Laurel & Hardy, Edgar Bergen, Jack Benny..... My mother didn't like Fields which assured me he was a comic genius.

  • @robertwilkin4089
    @robertwilkin4089 2 роки тому +26

    True genius never grows old.

  • @stephenwilliams1269
    @stephenwilliams1269 3 роки тому +29

    I never tire of this sketch. It still holds up to this day. I doubt very much if the junk that is turned out today will be watched 80 years from now.

  • @MrZiggy-pm9rz
    @MrZiggy-pm9rz 5 років тому +47

    WC was the greatest comedian of ALL TIME. His humor was very sophisticated, though seemingly simple. One of my favorites (being a golfer) is 'The Dentist.' 'The Bank Dick' is also great - especially the family scenes.

  • @ZenFox0
    @ZenFox0 12 років тому +101

    W.C. Fields is always classic, but Jody Gilbert more than holds her own with him in this sketch. Wish I could have lived in the 30s and 40s (except for that whole Depression and World War II thing).

    • @bryantlane8646
      @bryantlane8646 Рік тому +4

      SADLY THEY ALL WENT TOGETHER….DR.BRYANT LANE.

    • @mynameisgladiator1933
      @mynameisgladiator1933 Рік тому

      He's an old Hollywood pervert.

    • @jakethomas1829
      @jakethomas1829 Рік тому +2

      Well, the Soaring 20's are upon us.
      WW 3 & Greatest Depression next.
      Hope we make it thru to the 40s...

    • @bamboo59.52
      @bamboo59.52 11 місяців тому

      But then you'd be dead now 😅

    • @bamboo59.52
      @bamboo59.52 11 місяців тому +1

      ​@Chowda Must've had a hard like 😳

  • @kenshiloh
    @kenshiloh 3 роки тому +108

    "I recall being lost in the deepest wiles of Africa. Lost my corkscrew. Had to survive on food and water."

  • @hotmarriedgays
    @hotmarriedgays 4 роки тому +76

    when she threw that menu at him i just about choked to death laughing. I love his movies so much...all the mean supporting characters getting on his nerves.

  • @imafgt4916
    @imafgt4916 5 років тому +105

    I always watched these skits on DVD with my grandfather and now I watch them in happiness remembering him.

  • @ATINKERER
    @ATINKERER 5 років тому +31

    Two things to know:
    For one thing, boater hats like WC has here were used until fall, then the owner would put his fist through it to punch out the top, and then throw it out. This means that in the movie WC took the hat out of trash like a bum would have.
    The other thing is that the cellophane used back then was as flammable as gunpowder. That's why it went up like a torch when he tried to light his cigar at the end.

  • @matthewronson5218
    @matthewronson5218 4 роки тому +25

    I can recall as a child, decades after W.C. Fields passing, how he was still a well known and loved cultural icon held in high regard for his classic and timeless talents while in more recent generations he's probably all but unknown.

    • @jessewolf7649
      @jessewolf7649 11 місяців тому +3

      Blame the degenerate US education system. More focused on pronouns than literature, theatre, film, music, history, not to mention Mathematics and Science. Disband the teacher’s unions… I’m a not proud member.

  • @old65rocker
    @old65rocker 4 роки тому +42

    "No extra charge for the cold shower I hope"

  • @robertgerber2533
    @robertgerber2533 6 років тому +158

    W. C. Fields one of the best comic actors. Very underrated. One of the very few comic geniuses.

    • @johntate5050
      @johntate5050 Рік тому +6

      Underrated? He was one of the biggest stars of the day ffs.

    • @DrCrabfingers
      @DrCrabfingers Рік тому

      Yes...that's right....very underrated..yawn....just like all the other big stars...Chaplain, Lloyd, Keaton, Laurel and Hardy all underrated. All these mega stars were underrated.

    • @frankmagadan-bv5dh
      @frankmagadan-bv5dh Рік тому +1

      He was one of the biggest stars of his era, is what I understand.

    • @wesleyashworth5061
      @wesleyashworth5061 11 місяців тому +2

      @@johntate5050people just love saying underrated I suppose they imagine it makes them sound knowledgeable

    • @flemingcourt
      @flemingcourt 8 місяців тому +1

      "Underrated"!!!! You must be from Mars.

  • @Lampshade51
    @Lampshade51 7 років тому +235

    "I don't know why I come in here....the flies get the best of everything".
    Oh God, he was so funny.
    One of the really great performers of the 20th century.

  • @jessewolf7649
    @jessewolf7649 Рік тому +3

    Does not get old! Brilliant!!!

  • @dalekdx
    @dalekdx 4 роки тому +108

    "If at first you don't succeed, try, try again. Then give up, no sense in being a damn fool about it". W.C. Fields

    • @Ndlanding
      @Ndlanding 3 роки тому +3

      "If at first you don't succeed,
      Stick a bucket o'er yer heid."
      - Scots version

    • @kuhnhan
      @kuhnhan 3 роки тому

      Wonderful saying.

  • @davidmayhew4818
    @davidmayhew4818 8 років тому +183

    I love how Fields is so at odds with not only his social environment but inanimate objects.

    • @scottprendergast1040
      @scottprendergast1040 7 років тому +7

      David Mayhew true that thar!

    • @wyrdingroom6081
      @wyrdingroom6081 3 роки тому +4

      just when i thought i was the only one!
      🤣🤣🤣

    • @emansnas
      @emansnas 2 роки тому +15

      Fields was one of the first to recognize the actual perversity of inanimate objects

  • @excellinkus
    @excellinkus 5 років тому +54

    W.C. Fields to Mae West on the train: "Ah, what a euphonious appellation." "What symmetrical digits." Such polysyllabic flattery.

  • @stevefaure415
    @stevefaure415 4 роки тому +230

    This is poetry, every utterance, gesture, and grunt. Comedy at the highest level.

    • @markganter4955
      @markganter4955 2 роки тому +5

      Awfully good.

    • @commenter6722
      @commenter6722 2 роки тому +3

      I'm not getting it. I want to but I'm not. I'll keep trying.

    • @aaronvanduyneiv9262
      @aaronvanduyneiv9262 2 роки тому

      @@commenter6722 ok no

    • @bradsnyder5452
      @bradsnyder5452 2 роки тому +3

      @@commenter6722 subtlety; all about subtlety

    • @horseman4now
      @horseman4now 2 роки тому

      @@commenter6722 I've decided I can go on living without admiring WC Fields.

  • @jaddy540
    @jaddy540 4 роки тому +125

    I had an Uncle ,who, in a sleazy diner,said, "Just give me an order of Flyshit. that's all I see on this menu".

    • @cquilty1
      @cquilty1 4 роки тому +5

      jaddy540
      No doubt everyone in the diner guffawed from that magical quip from your wag of an uncle! Or perhaps indifferent silence...

    • @bobcolton4942
      @bobcolton4942 3 роки тому +8

      That's hysterical

    • @DVincentW
      @DVincentW 3 роки тому +2

      A pile of shit 💩has a thousand eyes 👀

  • @philmfan
    @philmfan 6 років тому +220

    This scene is perfect, it stands on its own. The actress playing the waitress is amazing. There's comedy in every detail.

    • @metrogoldwyn
      @metrogoldwyn 2 роки тому +21

      Jody Gilbert

    • @rocistone6570
      @rocistone6570 2 роки тому +8

      en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jody_Gilbert

    • @BobSmith-mz1uo
      @BobSmith-mz1uo 2 роки тому +5

      @@rocistone6570 Thanks for this. She was in a hell of a lot of movies!

    • @tubeerv
      @tubeerv 2 роки тому +9

      Yup, and the service reminds me of a commercial, don't even remember the product, where the announcer says, "Did you ever wonder what happened to customer service?" and you see a surly looking waitress bring a plate with a sandwich on it, and, just like W.C.'s waitress with the menu, she kinda throws the plate onto the table, and turns to walk away. The customer says, almost timidly, "Excuse me miss, this sandwich has mayo, and I requested no mayo." She glares at him, comes back, takes the two pieces of bread off the sandwich, wipes the mayo off from both on the side of the table, grabs the meat and places it back between the two pieces of bread She glares at him every harder, turns, and walks off, lol. Seems like W.C's waitress mighta been her grandmomma.

    • @charleskerry845
      @charleskerry845 2 роки тому +5

      I had a waitress like this the other day and she reminded me of this video.

  • @lbcharlie05
    @lbcharlie05 7 років тому +378

    To the 60 "critics" that didn't like W. C. Fields, it's ok. I doubt he would like them. He was one of the great ones.

    • @michaelsullivan3581
      @michaelsullivan3581 4 роки тому +12

      "The" Great One (to be exact!)

    • @gregw8232
      @gregw8232 4 роки тому +9

      @@michaelsullivan3581 Jackie Gleason was known as the 'the great one', dubbed by Orson Welles.

    • @barryallenflash1
      @barryallenflash1 4 роки тому +4

      Ah yeah, they don't make 'em like that anymore!!

    • @coreyporter8726
      @coreyporter8726 3 роки тому +2

      M to me de my by

    • @jmadratz
      @jmadratz 3 роки тому +7

      He was not only a great comedic star, but he was considered the best juggler of his time. He was simply amazing; youtube has some videos of his juggling; you won’t believe your eyes.

  • @lucky5853
    @lucky5853 2 роки тому +89

    I could have sworn the waitress works at the Motor Vehicle Agency in New Jersey, and she's just as polite ,if I may.

    • @johngoodwin4811
      @johngoodwin4811 2 роки тому +4

      LOL I think that's the way in the Department of Motor Vehicles in every state.

    • @sparkynomor1100
      @sparkynomor1100 2 роки тому +3

      What does the customer at the table say @ 4:24 after he says he’s suffered from high blood pressure? Listened 6 times and still can’t get it.

    • @johngoodwin4811
      @johngoodwin4811 2 роки тому +2

      @@sparkynomor1100 It sounds like he's saying, "But I lost my dough and I had to give it up". But if that's what he said, I don't get the joke either.

    • @howard5992
      @howard5992 2 роки тому +6

      @@johngoodwin4811 it's a joke that's mildly funny on a few different levels
      His high blood pressure was likely caused by worry over money (or the stress of working and saving). When he lost his money he says he "had to give up" his high blood pressure - as though it was a hobby that he he could no longer afford. It reverses cause and the effect.
      The joke is also that a person may need to give up a boat or a horse or a fancy car because their financial situation changed. Here he is sort of complaining that he had to give up something that's unwanted.
      Instead of calling the loss of high blood pressure a silver lining he laments that he can't have the luxury of worry now that he's poorer.

    • @johngoodwin4811
      @johngoodwin4811 2 роки тому +2

      @@howard5992 OK, thanks for the explanation!

  • @jaydubbyuh2292
    @jaydubbyuh2292 Рік тому +5

    My grandDad & those of his generation would talk of how comical W.C.Fields was. He would tell me of certain scenes & skits, but I was too young to appreciate it when I was a small kid. Now, I'm a big kid, (52 years old), and get a real kick out of Fields, and wish I still had my GrandDad, with whom I could lay back and laugh & bellow at W.C..!!

  • @frankiebowie6174
    @frankiebowie6174 6 років тому +338

    The way she sets her cigarette down on the counter, end up. She's very good indeed to hold her own with Fields the way she does.

    • @tomrutledge5621
      @tomrutledge5621 4 роки тому +18

      She played "The Big Woman" they tried to get Gary Cooper (as Alvin York) to dance with, in the little bar on the KY/TN border) in Sergeant York".

    • @MicroSoftner
      @MicroSoftner 4 роки тому +12

      Thx had to go back and look, ... nice

    • @geezermann7865
      @geezermann7865 3 роки тому +19

      Yes, not just a straight man/woman, but an equal player.

    • @wyrdingroom6081
      @wyrdingroom6081 3 роки тому +9

      one of my favourite pool hall tricks;
      the upright cigarette on the edge of the table! 🤣🤣🤣
      now that smoking indoors is verboten, i haven't had a chance to play that trick in ~20 years..
      i'm off to see if wind doesn't knock my butt off of my patio table..

    • @frankperdue6585
      @frankperdue6585 3 роки тому +4

      "no Ham" 🇺🇸🤘🏻

  • @rickvelocity5578
    @rickvelocity5578 5 років тому +15

    WC Fields was the funniest man ever to occupy hollywood, todays comedians couldn't hold a candle to him.

    • @edithbannerman4
      @edithbannerman4 8 місяців тому

      @Hello there, how are you doing this blessed day?

  • @Jleed989
    @Jleed989 3 роки тому +42

    We’ve all been in dives like that with a rude waitress

  • @cheefsmokealot4479
    @cheefsmokealot4479 2 роки тому +78

    “All women are crazy. it’s just a matter of degree.” the great WC Fields

    • @emansnas
      @emansnas 2 роки тому +5

      Fortunately some are crazier than others

    • @NoName-vq3zo
      @NoName-vq3zo 2 роки тому +6

      That observation alone makes him one of the best philosopher and an anthropologist at the same time!

    • @mindriot91_96
      @mindriot91_96 Рік тому

      Yup, bitches be crazy!

    • @victoriaharris882
      @victoriaharris882 10 місяців тому

      Ditto 😊

    • @victoriaharris882
      @victoriaharris882 10 місяців тому

      Ditto😎

  • @michellehenderson4326
    @michellehenderson4326 5 років тому +45

    This is my comedy genius of over 50 years. Used to lie on the floor watching, and crawl myself into a ball laughing. Mint, totally love him so much.

  • @sueogden2758
    @sueogden2758 4 роки тому +193

    He was hilarious. He said he always carried a flask of whiskey in case of snake-bite. He also always carried a snake.

  • @br529
    @br529 3 роки тому +103

    No profanity no laugh track. Still better than anything going today

    • @briancarno8837
      @briancarno8837 3 роки тому +1

      Its called inflation...soon you will despise the word

    • @br529
      @br529 3 роки тому +2

      @@briancarno8837 what has that have To do with this comedy skit?

    • @briancarno8837
      @briancarno8837 3 роки тому

      @@br529 I was replying to the comment about how the price of things has increased...dont know how it ended up here...

    • @markypolo55
      @markypolo55 2 роки тому +8

      @@briancarno8837 Double digit INFLATION in just 4 months. Thank Joe Biden and all the Democrats! Oh, and BTW, inflation is still a TAX. Democrats LOVE taxes!

    • @stephenscanlon9763
      @stephenscanlon9763 2 роки тому

      Just good ol sexual molestation and indoor smoking.

  • @garyedwards3269
    @garyedwards3269 2 роки тому +40

    "Flies get the best of everything."
    Somehow that's a metaphor for life in general.

    • @liquidvisual
      @liquidvisual 2 роки тому +6

      If anyone tells you you get more bees with honey, remind them that we get more flies with horseshit.

    • @joeschmoe373
      @joeschmoe373 2 роки тому +1

      going in but no so much coming out.

    • @emansnas
      @emansnas 2 роки тому

      The fly on the wall
      Tries to taste it all
      Like Powhatan's daughter
      Just before the swatter

    • @jasonstegallco.960
      @jasonstegallco.960 День тому

      Especially when you are constantly dealing with the lord of those dammed flies!

  • @cooljazzr
    @cooljazzr 6 років тому +11

    This is my favorite! When I was only about 7, I used to imitate WC Fields saying "my little chickadee"!

  • @OldeSkool1
    @OldeSkool1 8 років тому +807

    I remember growing up during pre cable Saturday mornings were cartoons, American Bandstand & Soul Train and Sunday mornings were W.C. Fields, Abbott and Costello, Ma and Pa Kettle, etc films.

    • @klmullins65
      @klmullins65 7 років тому +42

      OldeSkool1 I used to run home from school every day during the week because the Little Rascals came on at 4 o'clock

    • @lawrencelewis8105
      @lawrencelewis8105 7 років тому +21

      Same for me. I remember when silent movies were often shown on TV. Not anymore, damn it. The biggest crisis in Hollywood is that there are no pie fights anymore. No singing cowboys either.

    • @klmullins65
      @klmullins65 7 років тому +14

      Lawrence Lewis my late father belonged to a "B-Movie Cowboy Club" here in Knoxville, that would get together every so often, and watch old serial westerns, especially the old singing cowboys...they had a show that came on every Sunday...it might still be on

    • @tmac8892
      @tmac8892 7 років тому +13

      OldeSkool1 saturday morning cartoons. johnny fucking quest brah.

    • @grom7826
      @grom7826 6 років тому +5

      KTVU channel 2 Lloyd Thaxton ? That was a funny guy. How about Wrestling and the Chevrolet car dealer that would sit on top of a ladder talking during his commercials. Jim Westfall the Chevy car dealer ? The Sheik came in and opened the hood of a car one night and started tearing wires and stuff out from under the hood.

  • @paghal11
    @paghal11 3 роки тому +52

    A Rubenesque beauty, if ever there was one.

    • @googootz8214
      @googootz8214 3 роки тому +9

      Another Johnny Sack fan, am i right?

    • @rogeredmonds
      @rogeredmonds 2 роки тому

      Oooh that’s the man’s wife

  • @LordAfrocious
    @LordAfrocious 2 роки тому +5

    I feel too young to watch this. Nowadays there is a laugh track to help you catch everything. I kept waiting for a pause that never came. lol

  • @toddtepper4150
    @toddtepper4150 5 років тому +229

    Both geniuses. “Excuse me blimpie pie.” “As funny as a cry for help”....... just one swipe after another, hahaha. The world needed this, thanks.

    • @jaspertickler1831
      @jaspertickler1831 4 роки тому +14

      truly comedian's comedians

    • @MegaGman61
      @MegaGman61 3 роки тому +14

      The guess your weight joke was pretty good too!

    • @tammyisenblatter9138
      @tammyisenblatter9138 2 роки тому +5

      Where is W.C. Fields when we need him??

    • @sannytizer7772
      @sannytizer7772 2 роки тому +4

      @@MegaGman61 Nowadays he'd get 10 yrs in sing sing for that

    • @jvolstad
      @jvolstad 2 роки тому +4

      Today people get upset about everything.

  • @doloresvancartier1
    @doloresvancartier1 4 роки тому +58

    "You're as funny as a cry for help"

    • @williamrolls169
      @williamrolls169 3 роки тому

      Hello friend, how're you doing today??

    • @michaelsanchez2417
      @michaelsanchez2417 2 роки тому +2

      best line in the scene!

    • @ritchievernon8099
      @ritchievernon8099 2 роки тому

      So Dolores what's your excuse? Why aren't you funny? picking on a guy who made something funny with his story? Maybe you're jealous because he's funnier than you are? 😬😀😳🎇 Big deal a cry for help? how is that even funny? Maybe you should consult comedian's are us and have a report on my desk first thing in the morning!

    • @terrypussypower
      @terrypussypower 2 роки тому +1

      That was a classic WC Fields one-liner!

    • @doloresvancartier1
      @doloresvancartier1 2 роки тому +1

      @@ritchievernon8099 I just repeated the line because I thought it was hilarious. It was not a dig against Fields.

  • @the5thmusketeer215
    @the5thmusketeer215 Рік тому +4

    0:35 “Is there any goulash on this Menu?”
    I nearly choked when she wiped it off… 🤢😂🤣😂

  • @soilmanted
    @soilmanted 2 роки тому +10

    Every tiny detail of Gilbert's movements and gestures is superb. Look what she says with her hands, and with the way she breathes, and moves her shoulders, at 1:37 through 1:45.

  • @funguy4utube
    @funguy4utube 5 років тому +53

    "I was only trying to guess your weight ... you take things too seriously" ... Lordy .. this was like a thousand years before the 'me too' movement !

    • @Anne--Marie
      @Anne--Marie 2 роки тому +1

      Not really. Men still did that crap a decade ago.

    • @julianskinner3697
      @julianskinner3697 2 роки тому +2

      It was just as unwelcome then

    • @HooDatDonDar
      @HooDatDonDar 2 місяці тому

      @@Anne--Marie ‘a decade ago’?

  • @bellaboop1
    @bellaboop1 5 років тому +44

    It seems waitresses in diners haven't changed much hahaha

  • @philhatfield8905
    @philhatfield8905 3 роки тому +52

    Orson Welles and W. C. Fields were great friends, and Welles said that eating dinner in a restaurant, or going to a bar with the comedy great was an incredibly entertaining experience. Welles said that he often laughed so hard at Fields and his zany antics that he thought he was going to pass out!

    • @emansnas
      @emansnas 2 роки тому +4

      Good thing he didn't, he might've crushed Fields when he fell

    • @emansnas
      @emansnas 2 роки тому

      @Milos Bulajic What a horrendous and stupid misuse of a comparison intended for serious purpose. AND you based it all on an assumption!! Jackass MUCH - JACKASS?!

    • @emansnas
      @emansnas 2 роки тому

      @Milos Bulajic Oh wait - maybe you're of enormous mass yourself.... Is that it pal... does gravity have you feeling down?

    • @emansnas
      @emansnas 2 роки тому

      @Milos Bulajic You don't understand 'tone' for shit do you. Yeah I'd say my initial assessment is right on - JACKASS

    • @emansnas
      @emansnas 2 роки тому

      @Milos Bulajic You're so full of gas, platitudes and cheap outs I'm surprised you just don't float away. Must be your enormous ass... er I mean mass LoL

  • @robertburke2253
    @robertburke2253 11 місяців тому +1

    Its cool to be able to look back almost one hundred years, and see that life was just exasperating THEN, as it is now...

  • @alwaysblake148
    @alwaysblake148 5 років тому +28

    Funnier than anything today. The timing of both Fields and Gilbert is brilliant.

  • @allengumm1157
    @allengumm1157 9 років тому +74

    This skit never fails to cheer me up. Thanks to all for the background info. I was glad to learn the actress's name was Jody Gilbert.

  • @robertsears3737
    @robertsears3737 Рік тому +6

    WC FIELDS was a Philadelphia boy..he obviously was eating in a South Jersey diner..because the best Waitresses like this are from New Jersey

  • @ojingmize2342
    @ojingmize2342 10 місяців тому +2

    The book "think and grow rich" brought me here.

  • @susieQ128
    @susieQ128 5 років тому +10

    There was only one WC... he was so hilarious!! Good memories of my dad and I laughing while watching him back in the 60s!!

    • @williamrolls169
      @williamrolls169 3 роки тому

      Hello friend, how're you doing today??

    • @babawali3021
      @babawali3021 Рік тому

      @@williamrolls169 Hello William, this is not a dating app.

  • @censusgary
    @censusgary 2 роки тому +32

    This scene is perfect in every particular. I wish W.C. Fields had made a hundred more movies.

  • @snotrockkkkkk
    @snotrockkkkkk 2 роки тому +32

    undoubtedly one of the best. I love all his moves and comments, especially when made under his breath

  • @prairiehills416
    @prairiehills416 9 місяців тому +25

    Today's Political Correctness can go where the Sun Don't Shine. 😅

    • @413smr
      @413smr Місяць тому +2

      Yeah let's keep everything like it was 85 years ago.

    • @robertdoble7665
      @robertdoble7665 16 днів тому +2

      @@413smr Spreading misery evenly and calling it fairness hasn`t worked either.

    • @akheem7515
      @akheem7515 2 дні тому

      Pray tell me what that has to do with W.C. Fields!

  • @danielstanwyck2812
    @danielstanwyck2812 10 років тому +53

    And the incomparable Jody Gilbert. Wish she did more movies. This is a great scene with the great and can't get enough of W C Fields.

    • @daniellack3559
      @daniellack3559 9 років тому +13

      You are so right about Jody Gilbert being incomparable...as great as Fields is, her outstanding performance here, makes him that much better

    • @danielstanwyck2812
      @danielstanwyck2812 9 років тому +10

      daniel lack Agree with you completely. Check her out in a minor Kirk Douglas comedy (!) "My Dear Secretary" - some classic moments with her when applying for a job. Glad to see another appreciator of this wonderful comedienne.

    • @AllAmericanJock
      @AllAmericanJock 3 роки тому +2

      Her acting is totally believable and very modern, so unlike the era. Why have I never heard of her before? Gonna look up everything she did!

    • @danielstanwyck2812
      @danielstanwyck2812 2 роки тому +1

      @@AllAmericanJock a lot of unbilled parts and none so full of dialogue as this one. We should start a group of admirers! So many great character actors!

  • @stewiedog01
    @stewiedog01 2 роки тому +19

    Lol she crossed off all the meat choices from the menu and left him with the choice of eggs and bread. But the customer by the wall is eating some type of meat dish. 😂

  • @theresahoffman8408
    @theresahoffman8408 8 місяців тому +2

    Smooth delivery. He's the best. No yelling no cursing, just fun

  • @edwarddeitch8886
    @edwarddeitch8886 3 роки тому +5

    I wonder how many people watching this realizes that Fields started out in show biz as one of the best jugglers in the business. The few seconds of film of him back then show he had amazing talent.

    • @mrmoofle
      @mrmoofle 3 роки тому

      He has a whole juggling scene in the Great McGonagall that includes a form of juggling he invented: cigar boxes.

  • @PaulTheSkeptic
    @PaulTheSkeptic 7 років тому +17

    I'm not exactly sure why this popped up in my sidebar but I'm glad it did. This could be the beginning of a new fan.

  • @mariogreen2213
    @mariogreen2213 4 роки тому +20

    The back and forth dialogue between actors in old movies and old shows were definitely better

  • @dabneyoffermein595
    @dabneyoffermein595 2 роки тому +4

    I love the way they make his nose big in makeup, it's amazing and with a little red in it too. This is a great skit from the olden days that we should all appreciate

  • @jefferytaylorson8457
    @jefferytaylorson8457 4 роки тому +2

    Timing IS everything.

  • @scottsugarbearpearson518
    @scottsugarbearpearson518 7 років тому +74

    ~ " Some weasel took the cork out of my lunch " W.C. Fields

  • @coolskater187
    @coolskater187 5 років тому +9

    The master @ crafty comedy. Its really great when a supporting player can keep up with his pace. Here she certainly did. Great stuff.

  • @thomashall9182
    @thomashall9182 3 роки тому +1

    This is classic comedy, anyone who has never had the opportunity to view such comic genius has been deal a poor hand. W. C., a member of the Bundy drive boys, I urge you to follow up on my little clue...

  • @zekelucente9702
    @zekelucente9702 Рік тому +4

    This is timeless in its writing and acting.

  • @gringo4x4do
    @gringo4x4do 3 роки тому +4

    He Was A Character, and Brilliant ! Always Loved the way he mumbled smart ass comments under his breathe. I like how he said " excuse me blimpie pie " as he leaves the diner. Loved the " aren't you a little confused ? " Uhhh, in which way ? " She was a good match for him, they bounced off each other quite well ! Thanks a thousand times !

  • @jomon723
    @jomon723 3 роки тому +4

    Not sure why...but I watch this over and over....They were a good match-up' 🎭

  • @hoppercar
    @hoppercar 2 роки тому +25

    I like how she just throws the menu at him

  • @justaman6972
    @justaman6972 9 років тому +28

    priceless gem here

  • @jaxnean2663
    @jaxnean2663 8 років тому +6

    here I am watching this for the 15th..20th time! I just love it!

  • @mickthomas6242
    @mickthomas6242 4 роки тому +6

    I didnt search for this but I'm glad UA-cam recommended this one.

  • @lindavangalder879
    @lindavangalder879 2 роки тому +3

    "There's something awful big about you...your nose." That's hilarious!

  • @georgehaber8793
    @georgehaber8793 8 років тому +28

    Love the back-and-forth over "Who told you I was clever?" "I told them not to say anything."

    • @Deutschie
      @Deutschie 6 років тому +5

      I also wonder why he went there. That restaurant never seemed to have any food to serve!

    • @jaycee2257
      @jaycee2257 5 років тому +1

      Deutschie : Perhaps this inspired Python's Cheese Shop sketch.

    • @jonolson2876
      @jonolson2876 3 роки тому

      “....you big kabloona.” “I haven’t been called that for two days.”

  • @yosoybangoo
    @yosoybangoo 9 років тому +37

    The man had a routine all his own. That's brilliant deadpan stuff

  • @asreb9
    @asreb9 4 роки тому +10

    It's incredible how Mark Proksch captures WC's aura so perfectly

  • @mala-koza6059
    @mala-koza6059 2 роки тому +2

    What a sweet clip!! Classic

  • @mindjob
    @mindjob 5 років тому +700

    An old, blind cowboy wanders into an all-girl biker bar by mistake, finds his way to a barstool and
    orders a shot of Jack Daniels..After
    sitting there for a while, he yells to the bartender,
    > > "Hey, you wanna hear a blond
    joke?"
    The bar immediately falls absolutely silent. In a very deep, husky voice, the woman next to the old
    blind cowboy says, "Before you tell that
    joke, Cowboy,
    I think it is only fair, given that you are
    blind, that you should know five important
    things:
    1 The bartender is a blond girl who's holding a baseball
    bat.
    2. The bouncer is a blond girl with a
    billy-club.
    3. I'm a 6-foot tall, 175-pound blond woman with a black
    belt in karate.
    4. The woman sitting next to me is blond and a professional
    weightlifter.
    5. The lady to your right is blond and a professional
    wrestler. Now,
    think about it seriously, Cowboy. Do you still wanna tell that blond joke?
    The blind cowboy thinks for a second, shakes his head and
    mutters, "Well hell no, not if I'm gonna have to
    explain it five times."

    • @karrskarr
      @karrskarr 5 років тому +9

      @NibiruLives thank gawd it was a slow night at the bar!

    • @michellehenderson4326
      @michellehenderson4326 5 років тому +15

      I'm going to let that slide because I like you. Next time, watch it.

    • @dariowiter3078
      @dariowiter3078 4 роки тому +18

      Good one! 😆😆😆😆😆

    • @dariowiter3078
      @dariowiter3078 4 роки тому +21

      @NibiruLives How do you expect this story to come out, you idiot? 😡

    • @5cloudwalker
      @5cloudwalker 4 роки тому +15

      Love 💕 it!!!’

  • @magoo9767
    @magoo9767 10 років тому +54

    Best dang comedian the good Lord ever made...long live WC Fields!!

    • @mikefoley3785
      @mikefoley3785 7 років тому +3

      Long live? Uh, he's already dead.

    • @otravez3916
      @otravez3916 7 років тому +1

      Mike Foley
      ZOOM! That's the sound of intelligent reasoning passing you by, genius. They were referring to the MEMORY of WC Fields.

    • @mikefoley3785
      @mikefoley3785 7 років тому +1

      +Otravez- No dimwit, that was the sound of you not knowing your ass from a hole in the ground. The phrase, "long live"...so and so, is a tribute to a LIVING person and only a living person. As in "long live the King!" Dead people cannot be given that salute, according to tradition.....GENIUS!!

    • @charleswalter2902
      @charleswalter2902 7 років тому

      +Mike Foley Drama queen?

    • @mikefoley3785
      @mikefoley3785 7 років тому +1

      Drama KING.

  • @vincentlane2504
    @vincentlane2504 3 роки тому +4

    Pure comedy, was Wc fields. Love the bit, where the waitress says don't be so free with your hands

  • @kentuckypreacher
    @kentuckypreacher 4 місяці тому +1

    I can watch scene over and over. Always funny!

  • @inhighspeed
    @inhighspeed 8 років тому +26

    W.C. Fields is the best. Thanks for the post. :)