The Wonderful Humour of W.C. Fields

William Claude Dukenfield (January 29, 1880 - December 25, 1946), better known as W. C. Fields, was an American comedian, actor, juggler and writer. Fields' comic persona was a misanthropic and hard-drinking egotist, who remained a sympathetic character despite his snarling contempt for dogs and children.
This is just a small collection of his great talent for comedy on all levels. His style of comedy was unique and traits of it can be found in modern day comedy. Al Bundy, Homer Simpson and Peter Griffin have a lot to owe to this guy.
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Edited by Paul Hagl and supervised by Carl LaFong

[@PaulHagl]

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[@johnvalentine5900]

I'm sure a few were David Copperfield

[@torch_ss5797]

The man was pure comedic genius and there will never be another like him.

[@whcdv8]

WC was once asked what did he spend all the money he made from movies on? He replied, I spent half of it on gambling,booze and wild women......the other half i wasted :D

[@almilani4300]

Women guns and booze- the rest I waste !

[@garymckee8857]

I been trying very hard to live up to that standard.

[@09ericthered]

@@garymckee8857 the ultimate challenge. Try to be like. Unachievable. Hard to believe this is the 30 s. wtf.

[@robinlambert3917]

Totally un pc excellent as sharp as Groucho Marx

[@fast03vette4me]

I`m 62 now, when I was a kid if I saw that a W.C. Fields movie was coming on The Late Show (TV Guide movie listing), or The Late Late Show, I would wait excited for 2 or 3 a.m. to catch it. My very favorite comedian OF ALL TIME. I still love WC to death!

[@whiteashpiperwhiteashpiper5447]

Ditto

[@davidtrower1825]

Whenever I'm down or stressed, I put him on and laugh my tail off!!!

[@davidcalhoun788]

I never knew how funny W.C Fields was until I got older. This man was a genius. I sure hope/pray that he will be rediscovered by future generations.

[@TherealBrendanHayesFilmMaker]

I'm 44, and I've just discovered him. I've laughed out loud and watched this video quite a lot 🤣

[@jaybennett236]

@@TherealBrendanHayesFilmMaker Try and see his full movies. There are many more subtle bits of humor!

[@frankiecrocker]

W.C. Fields is pure comic genius. I laughed at his performance the first time I watched one of his movies on television when I about 8 years old. He still makes me laugh now at 50 something, a testament to his talent. No obscenities, just talent.

[@camcoulter5993]

I always loved Carl LaFong and the bar bit about the 20 dollar bill. He was amazing.

[@catsoandahalf]

So cool that Shemp Howard was the bartender too!

[@RADIUMGLASS]

What a wonderful era to be a part of.

[@Enid2Sacramento]

"Don't strike that child!" "He's not gonna tell me I don't love 'im."

[@applepie9576]

We'll never see this type of comedy again. Brilliant and timeless.

[@whiteashpiperwhiteashpiper5447]

True comedy is dead. Long live the classics.

[@Whatt787]

If you ever see one movie with W C Fields make sure that you see Its A Gift(1934)

[@user-co7fb6qe5w]

Final line: " oh Waldo, it's been a glorious day!"

[@nathandodge665]

Or The Dentist

[@cuba58h75]

I love W.C Fields, he kills me every time I see him, a pure genius.

[@theresaholguin699]

W. C. was and still is my favorite comedian. He was pure genius. He may be gone but he surely is not forgotten

[@pookah53]

I first discovered WC Fields in my teens 50 years ago, and he became something of a role model for me, intentionally or not. This explains a lot about my life in the ensuing decades.

[@edwardlionheart2689]

David Berry You sir are a dunce. D.U.N.C, how do you spell it?

[@kennethbrady]

WC is a philosopher of the first rank. You chose well, my friend.

[@gocygo63]

...here's a bit of advice from your role model... ..."always carry a flagon of whiskey in case of snake-bite...& always carry a small snake"

[@davehallett3128]

@@edwardlionheart2689 my problem is i never finish anything i star

[@alexanicolejoel2168]

@@edwardlionheart2689 😀😀😀😀😀😀😀👍👍

[@alwaysblake148]

Sublime perfection. So many years after these were filmed, you still laugh out loud.

[@KimberlyBishh]

This takes me so back to my childhood my dad was an older man he was 50 when I was born in 1980 so I was neck deep in WC Fields WC fieldsisms... I love it

[@KimberlyBishh]

And yes I am laughing out loud

[@robertbeckom1962]

"Women are crazy about pets." "Women are just crazy...pets have nothing to do with it" Haven't had a belly laugh like that in a while!

[@bjbell52]

Fields, the only comedian that could kick a child in the butt and get away with it.

[@scottnorris4904]

Been in love with these films for over 60 years, my father got me started at age three, it just keeps getting better. Thank you for all the great humor. My pops emulated this man's entire being. His friends called him W.C. Falstaff. Great stuff!

[@jerrykail6650]

Along with his verbal wit, he had the finely honed dexterity and physical skills of the juggler he was.

[@alexanicolejoel2168]

THE MOST, MAGNIFICENT JUGGLER IN THE WORLD. A MAN WITH MANY, MANY TALENTS!!! YOU HAVE TO SEE HIM PERFORM, TO BELIEVE IT. HE WILL LEAVE YOU SPEECHLESS, BECAUSE OF WHAT, HE DOES!!! CAPTIVATING, AND MAGICAL🌹

[@bignoseharry6561]

@@alexanicolejoel2168 Vaudeville. All or nuthin !

[@dzyanist]

@@alexanicolejoel2168 ..Absolutely TRUE !!! I agree.., He was/is in a class by himself !!! That act he does with the blocks for example..WOW !!!..SMFH..He did things I have NEVER seen any other jugglers do..!!! ..Peace ..🍭🤡🎸

[@sciencedavedunning3415]

In " International House " Fields lifts a candle holder, lights his cigar, tosses the lit candle into the air, it flips, coming down upside-down into the holder, extinguishing itself. He sets the holder back on the table . Was he a telekinetic ? I think maybe YES . Or he'll do until one comes along. I'll never forget my first girlfriend, she had a face like a collie , and a head like a melon. I called her my "melancholy baby"

[@jackbuckley7816]

Totally unique. A fine pyhsical & verbal comic-actor with an unforgettable voice & cadence to all his lines, yes, indeeeeed!

[@reneemoreno8030]

I worldwatch him as young child...8 or so. I loved him then still love him. His wise cracks are priceless. True genius and his timing...needed this. Thank you.

[@samdrake51]

I've followed WC for years, after seeing one of his movies played in a theater as a throwback to oldies. I was around eight and have spent a lot of time collecting his movies. Unfortunately, some have been lost due to the film breaking down due to improper storage. I do treasure all of his movies and humor. He made visual jokes that the film industry thinking of the time said wouldn't work for a laugh. He proved them wrong many times over and pioneered the humorous films we see today. We owe a lot to this man!

[@shakaama]

he couldn't have existed today. it's great he existed back then. i love this guy. anytime a kid gets on my nerves WC Fields comes to mind.

[@windstorm1000]

Perceptive comments. Now Fields wouldn't be allowed as too many groups offended! We be become too thin skinned as a nation. Need to recover our absurdist sense of humor. Its good for us!

[@minnowpd]

Oh, he'd a rolled over your basketball several times. He got his start by faking drownings for a beer hall in Atlantic City, He'd draw a crowd by getting carried in from the surf. Then revive and order a cold one. Day after day.

[@michellehenderson4326]

Flower pot in hand, ready for launch.

[@Emanuela9]

One day all the PC and SJW people will pass away.

[@vikkinicholson2300]

@@windstorm1000 that used to be called "adult humor" so everyone took it as an adult in stride...now we examine everything until it's not worth it. it's called "humor" and not fact.

[@tootz1950]

We used to get pretty stoned and go to a theater at midnight to watch a bunch of his movies. We literally rolled in the aisles with laughter. Good times.

[@josephobenauer3093]

The infamous Uniondale Cinema on Jerusalem Avenue?

[@brettlott570]

Shoot... I wouldn't mind doing something like that these days. Do they still have theaters that play old movies? or how about drive thru movies????

[@mcfilthymcnasty8206]

Never saw a drive thru - Not many drive ins left though.

[@jacobmcandles1745]

@tootz1950 Used to go to the midnight movies in San Jose CA back in the 70s . Saw reefer madness and invasion of the body snatchers in 3D.

[@Emanuela9]

We watched Barbarella at the Pillow Theater in Monterey stoned. That's a movie to watch stoned.

[@nealsausen4651]

115 people (thumbs down) must be nuts! How can You NOT love this classic cinema!

[@brockole4851]

They are probably P-C liberals, :)

[@johnfarias1373]

The Bartender at 2:32 is Shemp Howard, one of the 3 Stooges.

[@lkrupp215]

Yep, he left the Three Stooges to try and make it on his own. His younger brother Jerome (Curly) replaced him. When Jerome couldn’t continue because of ill health (strokes) Samuel (Shemp) returned to the Three Stooges in the later shorts.

[@rjmcallister1888]

They were billed as Ted Healy's Stooges back then; Shemp and Moe Howard, with Larry Fine, were in the 1930 Fox comedy "Soup to Nuts", put together by Rube Goldberg himself.

[@joelwexler]

What a load that is off my mind. I thought I'd lost it.

[@nelsonstrickland1069]

That one about you buried your wife 3 years ago?...yea....i had to....she died......lmao....

[@freuderickfrankenstein8417]

Their comedy style is very similar, you can see a lot of Shemp in some pf these bits.

[@199gonzo]

He was absolutely genius !!

[@basaraj]

Pure comic genius of the highest caliber, forgive the pun.

[@THE-HammerMan]

All his stuff is classic. The Big Broadcast Of 1938 is one of my favorites and possibly his best. Rodney Dangerfield "borrowed" the golf cart bit for Caddyshack. And the song & dance number with Martha Raye is one of the most awesome dance numbers ever filmed; Martha maybe wasn't "Pin-up" beautiful, but had unbelievable legs and could really dance...one of the unrecognized best dancers ever! Nobody else was ever like W.C. Fields! RIP, funny man!

[@bizbabo2982]

"I'm as busy as a pickpocket in a nudist colony"

[@graemewilliams1308]

Do you like children ? Sure......................................parboiled.

[@johngalt3969]

I told myself to remember that one, you just reinforced it

[@michaelpalmieri7335]

Bizbabo It's a wonder the censors let him get away with that!

[@brockole4851]

Political correctness had not yet invaded the language and culture back then. Plus uptight people today don't understand satire , parody, and just plain old sarcasm. {Not directed at you necessarily ;) }

[@jpathak6227]

Great line. Going to have to use it sometime.

[@dougb5324]

Excellent scene choices, editing, and vintage background music! Well done, sir!

[@anthonym612]

"Are you busy?" "I'm about as busy as a pickpocket at a nudist colony." CLASSIC!

[@09ericthered]

Comedic poetry in motion.

[@DarkHawk98]

I remember as a kid growing up in LA, the local channels would broadcast his movies once in a while, they were great, funny stuff. This was back in the 60's.

[@renatacantoregross6283]

His Brilliance is timeless. About a hundred years later & he still makes me laugh. W. C. Fields was a Master class in comedy.

[@jacobstocks9464]

Before this video I've never heard of this man. After this video he is all I want to hear about

[@samkramer9337]

Check out his act as The Great McGonigle: kzbin.info/www/bejne/r6XKgXqoa6-bgtE

[@Emanuela9]

I grew up on W C Fields, The Three Stooges, The Marx Brothers, Little Radicals and Bowery Boys. Also Mae West.

[@millardwashington6216]

Emanuela9 yes!!!

[@moncorp1]

He was a comedic genius and his stuff still holds up. Very funny.

[@bobmalack481]

His best movies is 'It's a gift' and 'The bank dick'.

[@andrewemery1187]

I had never seen any of these clips before, and am laughing myself silly. What a master of comedy.

[@carlstawicki1915]

2:26 The $20 bar tab equaled about $360 in today's money. That was a helluva bar tab.

[@weejim48]

Back at a time when actors and comedians had talent. All of these people, W C Fields , The Marx Brothers and many others are legendary. But not many ( if any ) of today’s so called stars will be remembered. Great video 👍👍👍

[@JIMJAMSC]

The $20 bill skit at the bar had me rolling. Being a hardcore Stooge fan and seeing Shemp put me over the edge. So many laughs per minute compared to today's measured and contrived humor.

[@whiteashpiperwhiteashpiper5447]

20.00 is equivalent to over 300.00 in today's money. That makes it even more funny.

[@brucer9572]

Carl LaFong! Thank you!

[@tracer740]

Paul- tsk!

[@petercollinson8039]

"Smoking and drinking and reading those infernal detective stories..." Guilty, guilty, guilty!

[@tyrekanichols6533]

He is hilarious 😂 the scenes with the kids is to funny 😂😆

[@thervers2140]

I love this guy. I wish I could have hung out with him .......what a kick.

[@alexanicolejoel2168]

💥💥 THE MASTER, OF THE ABSURD 💥💥

[@mikefoley3785]

WC Fields: ""Is that gun loaded?" Lady: "Certainly not, but I think you are." Priceless stuff.

[@AlMeans]

That's the first time I've really Laughed Out Loud in a little while! Good stuff. Thanks!!!

[@tracer740]

Hear, Hear!

[@mr7wi]

Came here to say ^THIS^! ++1!

[@eldiablo8019]

Me too, I remember him from 50 years ago.

[@cloycespears9632]

Me too

[@vikkinicholson2300]

@@cloycespears9632 what a great name, Cloyce.

[@Pelcurus]

W.C. Fields + children = comedic perfection

[@garymorris1856]

Fields was simply wonderful.

[@37Dionysos]

"I saw the bean-bag championships in Paris, many people were killed...."

[@kimjungun-wv7kp]

one of my favorite lines,Steve in clearwater,fl.Devoted W.C Fan!

[@TheAzmountaineer]

37Dionysoss - Also one of my favorites, although no one else seems to get it.

[@chasbodaniels1744]

I don’t think there’s anything to really get. It’s just the absurdity of his comment that’s funny!

[@alexanicolejoel2168]

@@kimjungun-wv7kp 👏👏👏👏👏👏👍

[@MajorGeneralDiscomfort]

The best montage of W.C. Fields I've seen this side of the Mississippi!!!

[@lorenzomagazzeni5425]

Where you can see that women were bossy even then. American woman, stay away from me.

[@thunderchief7]

Which side is that? Topside or bottomside?

[@magistrumartium]

It's lucky to walk under a horseshoe! 1:25 A Canadian club 2:52 Pool cue 6:05 Comic genius!

[@monya7]

Thank you for posting! Happy to see so many views! A fan since I was a kid. Bill was a unique comic genius and new generations should be exposed :-)

[@KutWrite]

Nice collection, thanks for posting! One of my favorites is his depiction of Humpty Dumpty, in the 30s version of Alice in Wonderland. I also liked when he was told a friend who worked in a whiskey factory had died on the job. "Drowned in a vat of whiskey, eh? Death, where is thy sting?"

[@highlightoftheday7058]

KutWrite. Or the story about how he spiked a precocious 10 old's orange juice with alcohol. And when the finger of suspicion pointed to him he said, '' I had a feeling the little bastard couldn't hold his liquor.'' Only the great Fields could do that and make it sound funny.

[@rutabagasteu]

Highlight of the day Baby LeRoy. is who he did it to.

[@kimjungun-wv7kp]

love that scene!priceless!

[@alexanicolejoel2168]

@@highlightoftheday7058 LAMO😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@nodivisionjustunity4364]

Dude this guy is hilarious I never knew he existed honestly!

[@rayadams5076]

Imagine how rich WC and all the CLASSic comedians would be if they were around today.

[@vmobile890]

Thinking of Rodney Dangerfield showed his worth $20, million . WC Fields would be more in todays money . 1940’s 10 million todays calculated $150 million .

[@thomascarroll39]

That made me think about my childhood during the seventies. Thanks.

[@kimjungun-wv7kp]

lot of interest in Fields in the seventies.Hero to the counter-culture

[@johnparker7784]

He was the greatest entertainer of all time.

[@bunberrier]

Holy smokes that was funny. Thanks... I only knew of WC as a name from the past prior to this.

[@kaj-nagibe]

Oh that noogie on the little girls head priceless 3:38

[@alexanicolejoel2168]

@Kadshah Nagilbe AND THAT BOTTLE THAT SHE THREW AT HIS HEA. ** OUCH ** LMAOOO 😂😂😂PRICELESS😂😂😂

[@stephenclegg1716]

I always carry a bottle of whiskey in case of a snakebite--- carry a snake too!

[@mattwilson3244]

Good editing Paul ,been watching Mr .Dukenfield for 60 years ,Way Ahead of His time .

[@harrellkerkhoff8054]

Watch "It's A Gift." His best movie in my opinion.

[@ATINKERER]

That's as good as it gets

[@lennykotke3254]

When he climbs the furniture thinking he's on the staircase. That gets me everytime.!

[@Chipchase780]

"Are you busy?" "About as busy as a pick pocket in a nudist colony"

[@gregmiga1393]

Start each day with a smile, and get it over with.

[@cindycraig3164]

The hat on the end of the cane schtick- so simple and yet so funny.

[@alexanicolejoel2168]

🎉🎉 ** ACCORDING TO YOU, EVERYTHING I LIKE TO DO, IS EITHER ILLEGAL, IMMORAL OR FATTENING **🎉🎉 LMAO 😀😀😀😀 W.C. FIELDS, WAS A TRUE GENIUS, BRILLIANT COMEDIAN, PLUS HE WAS THE WORLDS BEST JUGGLER, KNOWN ALL OVER THE WORLD, FOR HIS MAGICAL JUGGLING SKILLS, HE EVEN PERFORMED FOR ROYALTY, HIS ACTING, AND HIS WRITING ABILITY🎉🎉 I LOVE YOU.❤️ 🙏 REST IN PEACE W.C. FIELDS.🙏

[@mogoonthegagogo5287]

Nothing or no one today can compare to him.

[@atwaterkent911]

"You're Drunk" "And you're crazy. Tomorrow I'll be sober. But you'll be crazy for the rest of your life." Great line.

[@jimatron4444]

W.C. said that long before Churchill

[@alexanicolejoel2168]

THAT WAS HILLARIOUS FOR SURE!!! MAYBE, HIS GREATEST LINE EVER!!!!! LMAO 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂. GREAT JOB, atwaterkent911.👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@alexanicolejoel2168]

@@jimatron4444 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏💞

[@bellabelisarius5929]

I think that W.C. Fields was really drunk in the scene where he got tangled with those ropes in the curtains. you could tell by the way he looks. people have said that W.C. Fields drank while he was filming his scenes!!

[@briangreen6602]

@@jimatron4444 I think Churchill modeled his life on W.C Fields more than a little.

[@GeorgenotSmith]

"Any man who doesn't like children or dogs can't be all bad."

[@SCHNEKM483BK]

Classic, some things never change.

[@orfeo793]

"You're drunk!" "Yeah, and you're crazy. And I'll be sober tomorrow, and you'll be crazy for the rest of your life." Too relatable lol. Gotta love Fields, one of the funniest comedians with the best one-liners in history, and still making people laugh almost 80 years on.

[@drivesideways6550]

You don't see characters like this anymore!

[@TheMonyarm]

Hadn't heard of this guy, gonna watch his stuff

[@wthendrix5047]

Fields, a one of a kind. Good stuff. Many thanks for uploading.

[@vicmclaglen1631]

genuinely great

[@Shindai]

"Is that gun loaded?" "Certainly not, but I think YOU are!"

[@165Dash]

LOL...Did he really kick that toddler? I practically lost my lunch!

[@rayhennessey]

Genius.

[@KarlBunker]

I once saw an old W.C. Fields short film that predated talkies and was silent. The funny thing was that even though it was silent, it had W.C. delivering classic W.C lines via the intertitles, like "He's got a face like it wore out six bodies!"

[@matthewgreene3318]

What's the name of the short?

[@smithraymond09029]

2:36 omg that's awesome. I've done that too, except it was$200, lol.

[@tracer740]

Phagl Productions- Thank you. This has made my morning!

[@asymptoticsingularity9281]

"I would never want anything to do with a woman that would have anything to do with me"

[@samiam619]

asymptotic singularity That’s right up there with Groucho Marx saying “ I wouldn’t belong to a club that would let a person like me join!” Paraphrase, of course.

[@johnnyalucard9704]

where did you get that? In 30 years of studying field I have never come across a reference to him saying that particular remark

[@09ericthered]

@@samiam619 two immortals eh.

[@codyross561]

Thanks for the video, it brought back memories.

[@Lennon6412]

2:09 I think Winston Churchill must have stolen that one for his own use

[@ronwallace6273]

my favorite churchill saying is this woman politician told churchill if I was married to you I'd give you poison in a glass and he said if I was married to you I'd drink it

[@alexanicolejoel2168]

@@ronwallace6273 😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀👏👏👏

[@southernloff1494]

Somewhat true.

[@anotherdamn6c]

Probably already old as the hills.

[@stevenpilling5318]

One of the great comic geniuses.

[@sodality3970]

He was a pure genius . A fan of Charles Dickens novels . Good CLEAN fun . Thank you for posting these . I became acquainted with Mr. Fields through my dad . Now my son loves his comedy by me .

[@whiteashpiperwhiteashpiper5447]

Fields was well read.

[@ripcord2562]

Any guy that hates dogs and little kids cant be at all bad .he never did get along with dogs and little kids in real life. Love every one of his movies A Great Man.

[@alexanicolejoel2168]

@Ripcord WILLIAM CLAUDE DUKENFIEL ONE OF A KIND.💞💞

[@alexanicolejoel2168]

@Ripcord DUKENFIELD.

[@bellabelisarius7049]

Not at all, animals and children are so defenseless. That's so cruel.

[@bellabelisarius7049]

Not at all. Animals and Children are so defenseless that's so cruel to say that.

[@dcxxx6850]

Comic legend is probably an understatement. Thanks!

[@jaybumpus1088]

Master of pure fun.. Many thanks for the laughs !!!

[@alexanicolejoel2168]

😂😂 W.C. FIELDS THE MASTER OF THE ABSURD.😂😂

[@lucacerino4883]

OUTSTANDING!!

[@pattipantano8213]

Priceless 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏🫶❣️W.C. Fields and Mae West my all time favorites! The best 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@pledgestone]

Pure genius. I cracked up.

[@jimtait6263]

Thank you, thank you for the Comedy!!!

[@josephgurzynski1053]

Extremely well put together!!! Thoroughly enjoyed it.

[@stephenkennedy8767]

His battle axe wives, the best

[@Eyes-of-Horus]

One of the best lines came when Fields was on his deathbed. A journalist came in and saw him laying in his bed reading The Bible and asked, "Find religion, Bill?" To which he answered, "Nah, just looking for loopholes."

[@Tmrfe0962]

Wow! Thanks much my favorite all time montage....well done, I've watched it over and over.....

[@PaulHagl]

thanks for that

[@Thadmotor1044]

Even in the film David Copperfield , W.C. Fields , W.C. enters and says I have Arrived , even that seemed funny

[@stephenmaniloff8493]

Mr.William Claude Dunkenfield actually patterned his comic persona after Mr. Macawber in “David Copperfield”...Full Circle...

[@jetcitysinatra7300]

This was great thank you for sharing it made my day