"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.
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".
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...
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.
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.
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
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.
+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.
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.
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. 😄
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.
@@TheRealThunder 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.
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.
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.
"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?"
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
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
+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.
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!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
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.
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
@Alan-A-Dale Oh yes. There were these two wonderful young people, Jane and Michael. And they meet one day on the street, and Jane said to Michael, "I know a Man with a Wooden Leg named Smith." And Michael says, "Really? What's the name of the other wooden leg?" 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
@Alan-A-Dale There's the tuppence. The wonderful, faithful, Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious (hands Dawes Sr the tuppence) tuppence. Guard it well! Bye-bye!
@Alan-A-Dale I don't know. I might pop through a chalk-pavement picture, and go for an outing in the country. Or I might seize a horse off a merry-go-round and win the derby. Or I might just fly a kite. Only Poppins would know!
@Alan-A-Dale My nanny. She's the one who sings that ridiculous song. (Sings while he dances out of the bank) 🎵A Spoon full of sugar makes the medicine go down, the medicine go down, the medicine go down... (Fades while door closes)
