A Wooden leg named Smith

[@jealva]

I’m a 50 year old man and I still love this movie and tear up at the end. Every time.

[@andrewbyrdful]

"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.

[@dangoldberg2841]

Don't forget that the old man was Dick Van Dyke, too.

[@andrewbyrdful]

I'm talking about Mr. Dawes, Jr. Van Dyke played Mr. Dawes, Sr.

[@dangoldberg2841]

Right, but I mean that a lot of people have no idea that DVD played sr.

[@ShdwSephiroth]

That could be misconstrued easily, DVD from a DVD, lol

[@jonathanmcconnell9855]

He also played Tootles in Hook - the old Lost Boy who'd lost his marbles. (Thank you Wikipedia!)

[@sdftrd]

I LOVE how he has to say it twice, and then the THIRD time, he gets it.

[@garyjones2561]

sdftrd Yeah, that was good. At his age, probably hasn't laughed in years.

[@albavela]

@ninevolt Vmombo Hmom Fmomb Jmomb Flmomn

[@TroyM777]

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.

[@chrisbarlow4632]

Agreed

[@skaladarrellgodeater1070]

Hahahahahahaha xD This is so EPIC An old man who never laugh in ages... XDD

[@chaosmastermind]

It's rather awkward to see an 80 year old man whine "DADDDYYYYYY!" lol Oh yeah, and that joke was actually really funny. :)

[@jessyleppert2]

More like 60s

[@jackx.cassway]

This is my favorite film. My second favorite film.

[@TVHouseHistorian]

Most likely 60’s. If he had been in his 80’s his father would not be alive.

[@verkaforever]

@@TVHouseHistorian People do live to be over 100 years old. It is unlikely his father would be alive, but not impossible.

[@Garrettk41]

I'm confused. Is it your favorite or second favorite movie?

[@bottlecapbill19]

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]

And in the sequel, he plays Mr Dawes Jr !

[@gabrielrodriguez3009]

Dude, that fact appears right in the credits! Oh you should’ve known.

[@abetheconservationist595]

Can you tell me how the joke works.

[@jackx.cassway]

Yup.

[@Sf-qu3he]

@@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.

[@wackiekebab6482]

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...

[@PAYBACK1959]

Did you find out what the other leg is called?

[@eddiesaar3591]

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"

[@thomasgeorge-gilmore950]

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".

[@aidanwhite7712]

That's true. A little Disney tear jerker.

[@PajafromPrague]

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 😊

[@devonmartinez4961]

But we never seen him happier in his life

[@katemissfilanpurrmcdevitt]

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

[@AnthonyLeachman-sc6es]

​@@aidanwhite7712😏... 📺 he gone guys he passed away

[@NOMADcourier85]

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.

[@Tuschedz]

Haha. If that's true, you must have been so confused!

[@NOMADcourier85]

​@@Tuschedz I was

[@madnass_.01]

I wish I could fly when I laugh....

[@MorphoComics]

Not really fly... but you can get HIGH!!

[@afriendofbean]

+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]

@@afriendofbean I don't know. I don't see Mary Poppins here, do you?

[@afriendofbean]

@@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.

[@Garrettk41]

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.

[@arbytv5139]

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.

[@mcdiamond2463]

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

[@donaldthescotishtwin]

When you’re the only one that’s high at the party.

[@DRSTRANGELOVEIN]

Are you referring to Bank’s in his emotional fit of laughter, or the old man and his laughing fit making him float?

[@franciscoyle123]

George banks has finally learned a lot from Mary poppins and Bert.

[@jame6sthe6issilent]

Not only that, she changed his life forever.

[@TroyM777]

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

[@judithp1308]

George killed his boss. :))

[@Dan_Backslide]

"Banks, don't you dare strike my father!" LOL!!

[@rstein926]

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.

[@SlinkyDragon]

"There's nothing like a good joke..." "Yeah and that was nothing like a good joke." XD Ahh I love this movie- so great.

[@davidmcaninch4714]

SlinkyDragon that sounds like something Statler and Waldorf would do. You know, those old coots from the Muppets?

[@jonathansmith8672]

Mr Banks' wheezing laughter sounds like Steve Carell's laughter! LMAO ☠💀☠💀😂😅🤣

[@thewrencherz28racer92]

Watched this the other night and it’s been I’d say, since 1984 since I first seen it. Almost 40 years. Wow

[@Conservative4]

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.

[@cbsteffen]

I guess Mr. Dawes Sr. laughed his way into Heaven once he couldn’t float any higher!

[@rstein926]

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.

[@PajafromPrague]

And great He now loves supercala 😂 But then mr dawes jr takes him back 😊

[@PajafromPrague]

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 😂

[@TroyM777]

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.

[@afriendofbean]

@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.

[@originalindigodingo]

So, Mr Banks just murdered his boss, and then gets a promotion out of it. Who knew that the Bank's were actually Klingons?

[@Honorary121]

He’s in the second movie so he didn’t die...at least the character Dick played looks like him

[@originalindigodingo]

@@Honorary121 no, that was one of the younger guys

[@HardlyBardly]

@@Honorary121 The man's son actually said his father "died laughing" to Mr. Banks during the kite flying scene where he reinstates Banks' job.

[@afriendofbean]

+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.

[@originalindigodingo]

@@afriendofbean yeah, but Uncle Albert is far younger, and has built up a tolerance

[@NOMADcourier85]

Crazy how Dick Van Dyke is as old now as he was pretending to be here

[@aidanwhite7712]

Still a legend today.

[@stevenroberts1066]

i felt bad for Mr. Dawes Jr. when he was crying as he saw his father dying from laughing

[@randomix4023]

Well, that old man was right, the Tuppence now worths a fortune 😆

[@aidanwhite7712]

Thank you, Little Michael Banks. 💕

[@joshpark7745]

0:59 Mr. Dawes, Sr.: The man’s gone mad. Call the guard!

[@Mr.Derogatory316]

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

[@jacobgrimm9697]

david tomlinson (rmr banks) is mr brown from bedknobs and broomsticks

[@MediaLover194]

these two wonderful young people.

[@mH8675309]

This movie is as old as I am - it is still a good movie with a good message

[@alex35agm]

One of my favorite jokes, even though it's silly.Also,a wonderful movie.

[@ircorva67]

Dick VanDyke has always been top notch… forever. That particular scene, especially as he finally gets the joke, is IMHO, his finest moment. 😂

[@insurrbution]

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.

[@ChrisMac2489]

Love his face at 1:57 when he finally gets the joke

[@Scottwilkie18]

Ohhhhh I get it

[@skaladarrellgodeater1070]

Dick Van Dyke: a wooden leg...named Smith... A wooden... leg... (When he got it) xDDDDD So EPIC

[@TroyM777]

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.

[@jame6sthe6issilent]

Mary Poppins changed that man's life forever. His life was never the same again after she walked into his house.

[@disneylover6408]

1:44 🤨 A wooden leg named Smith...A wodden leg named Smith...A wooden le-😦😯😲😃😆😆😆😆😂😂😂😂(Levitates off the chair to the ceiling while still laughing his head off)

[@emilydiveley9661]

The 80 year old man was laughing and then stating to go up while he is still laughing

[@devonmartinez4961]

BANKS DON’T YOU DARE STRIKE MY FATHER

[@YoursTrulyThe1Pony]

1:44 "A wooden leg, named Smith?.... a wooden leg, named Smith?!.... a wooden l....." 😂💀

[@MrsNatalieEmliyEspinoza]

Old baby cat guy

[@nowworld7420]

BANKS DONT YOU DARE STRIKE MY FAHVAH!!! lol

[@chrisfinch8637]

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!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@SomeItalianAmerican]

He was so off key when he sung it, but that makes it better along with his cheerful exit

[@H.ALOVE96]

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?"

[@H.ALOVE96]

"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

[@BenJabituya]

That's Disney for ya!

[@Garrettk41]

That was Jerry Colonna, and no, he wasn't in this.

[@epicrapfan73]

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.

[@rickythekid]

This joke made its way to Mary Poppins Returns.

[@epicrapfan73]

Only Mr. Dawes Jr. stopped himself before he could say Smith to avoid the same fate his father suffered from getting the punchline.

[@aidanwhite7712]

Right it did. Well... Almost.

[@frostyguy1989]

It took me all these years to finally get the joke. Walt Disney, I never knew you had it in you, you sly dog!

[@nowworld7420]

i still dont

[@aidanwhite7712]

That's my hero. Walt Disney 1901-1966

[@jackx.cassway]

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.

[@marvinthemaniac7698]

I don't think she properly explained to you what "fired" really meant.

[@jackx.cassway]

She did but I never believed her until I was a little older.

[@marvinthemaniac7698]

@@jackx.cassway gotcha

[@tpirman1982]

@@marvinthemaniac7698 That meant his job was terminated.

[@marvinthemaniac7698]

@@tpirman1982 I always knew that

[@YorkistWhiteRose]

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.

[@PWN4G3FTW]

No he doesn't, it is explained what became of him right at the end.

[@alexlaxson3261]

@@PWN4G3FTW he died laughing, that means he died while being in the air so the guy was right

[@PWN4G3FTW]

@@@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]

@@PWN4G3FTW "father died laughing". How do you twist that into him still being alive?

[@PWN4G3FTW]

​@@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.

[@andrewchung2940]

This must have been the killer joke that the British army used against the Germans during World War II...

[@dinahkyle3196]

Andrew Chung Lmao

[@jamesgrabowski5372]

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

[@samkuklaTVLandProductions]

2:00 he gets it👍

[@aidanwhite7712]

My words exactly.

[@seanpatrickcain2]

1:55 I just got it!

[@marvinthemaniac7698]

Mr. Dawes died laughing.

[@finance485]

Saw this when I was five at a drive in. magical!!!

[@dooplon5083]

For some reason, I got the joke perfectly fine originally but didn't watching it in this video. The joke was hilarious though!

[@dooplon5083]

Elessar Telcontar Okay, but what does that have to do with this video,

[@dooplon5083]

Elessar Telcontar Ah, I see.

[@plushbatfan]

The event when it is considered bad luck to open an umbrella indoors.

[@epicrapfan73]

That's why Mr. Mousley said "No! Not that!" and Mr. Grubbs said "Steady on."

[@tylerfish2701]

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.

[@Gexon1000]

Did Tinkle Bell just pixie dust him and make him fly?

[@GenGamesUniverse]

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.

[@aidanwhite7712]

Actually, it was Uncle Albert's spirit.

[@tonycavanagh1929]

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

[@PajafromPrague]

I always thoaght George when He said the joke and laughed He laughed like if he got sand in eyes 😂😂😂

[@crystalmckenna7510]

What was that about oh brother

[@doos6172]

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.

[@diegodavilafritsch4430]

He died laughing

[@RealILOVEPIE]

the guy is named smith, not the leg

[@MrMSpike]

gotta love the ol mans laugh lol

[@theangelgirl86]

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.

[@Nate-rl6he]

I love this movie.

[@RebelKitty19]

I love this movie

[@titotheturtle4715]

This is one of the funniest scenes

[@joewhitehead3]

Who woulda thought giving Daws those tuppence would have great significance later on?

[@williamburke8242]

From Mary Poppins 1964

[@ChristineFisher123]

After all these years, I still don't get 'The wooden leg named Smith' joke. Can someone explain it to me please?

[@bottlecapbill19]

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.

[@ChristineFisher123]

Thank you, I do get it now, so kudos for explaining to me!

[@bottlecapbill19]

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.

[@anthony12rodriguez]

bottlecapbill19 till don't get it ??? ^_^

[@frostyguy1989]

Never explain the joke. If you have to explain it, there is no joke.

[@MediaLover194]

I always laugh during this scene and when he calls Jane and Michael, th

[@nathandavis200]

2:15 What are they crying for?

[@dr.pepper7606]

@Nathan Davis Because, he is laughing so hard, they know he is about to die of laughter

[@hannahduggan3599]

There goes Da Big Homie G Dawg floating in mid-air. Again.

[@dinahkyle3196]

Mad as a March Hare indeed

[@VDAM1984]

What's the point of those 2 guys at the end? Is that their job?

[@vortexsblazingtime6538]

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

[@melissacollins9563]

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. 🥹

[@adrianaguzman6360]

A Wooden Leg Smith's That Very Funny

[@Jampolo_OG]

When you finally get the joke

[@nomusicrc]

I’m watching Mary Poppins returns and I didn’t get the reference now I do

[@puddin3543]

*WHEEZING INTENSIFIES*

[@henrymockingbird9645]

I wish I could say this to nostalgia critic about what he said about Mary Poppins returns 0:31

[@tomtom21194]

She opened the door in her dressing gown. Why did she have a door in her dressing gown?

[@epcotman32]

Dawes Sr. died a happy man

[@VDAM1984]

Playing this character, made up for Bert

[@daniellittle2004]

I might pop through a chalk pavement picture or go for a outing in the country or I might seize a horse on a merry go round & win the derby or I might just fly a kite only Poppins would know

[@Dharmon1]

Does it sound high pitched and fast to anyone else?

[@waynemacfarland1546]

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.

[@jessyleppert2]

DVD died laughing

[@hannahduggan3599]

The dude's still here. He's 99 years old and often goes to the gym.

[@bhsyv]

Mr dawes says the joke twice and the third time he gets it

[@mushroomtip9331]

Please don’t tell me I’m the only person who doesn’t understand this joke

[@afriendofbean]

+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.

[@Ih8kone]

You're not.

[@bobsmith8050]

Has to do it's a drinking joke... Back then you have to Google it

[@davidseyler6850]

0:09-0:22 LOL!

[@estevanbejarano7536]

uh oh. Mr Banks thinks that MaryPoppins is her nanny and Mr Dawes was crying and he says daddy come back

[@josephsongohan79]

Good movie

[@aidanwhite7712]

I LOVE TO LAUGH!!!