TCM Star of the Month: W.C. Fields 

W C Fields was one of a kind. I’ve never tired of watching him

W.C. was my grandmothers' favorite comedian. I did not understand it when she told me at first. I had to grow up a bit to see that she was right...and is still right. The best comedian that ever was. His juggling is also simply amazing to watch.

Two of history's greatest comedians - one narrating, the other performing.

Here in LA in the early 70's on channel 11 I think it was Friday nite from ten to midnight it was two wc fields movies 'as a young teen I was floored how funny this guy was 'good times indeed !

His work improves with time like a great whisky. I enjoy watching him across many decades. The comedy is timeless because human foibles really don't change.

I never get tired of watching It’s A Gift. He was a genius.

“Looking for loopholes “ … Brilliant!

Wow, I'm so glad you shared this! Thank you! Basil Faulty did a great job too.

"Don't let the posie fool ya". Just subtle enough.

My favorite scene was one in which he encounters his ex wife at the train station in Seattle. Upon seeing him , she reaches into her handbag for a pistol, but he hooks her wrist with tha handle of his umbrella, draws her closer and says "The passing years have made you slower on the draw, my dear". Absolutely brilliant.

A true original in every sense of the word. And there have been no others like him since.

Set In Time W.C. Fields Will Always Be Remembered Such A Great Comedian !!

It's so obvious that W.C.Fields was an absolute comedic genius. one of a kind. a very hysterical absurdist, ... and ever "the clever con-artist" in trouble and getting OUT of trouble.

And no mention of "Million Dollar Legs", "Man on the Flying Trapeze", and "The Fatal Glass of Beer", which I feel are three of his most brilliant comedies. This isn't a flaw in the presentation here, but an acknowledgement that W.C. Fields was a brilliant, funny man. There has been no one like him. Bless you, sir! Thank heavens for film.

Thank you !!!! He was One of The Great Ones !!!!!

If am having a bad day bummed over the evening news WC is who I look up. The man was a true spirit lifter.

He was a comic genius 😂

6:44, well said, John Cleese.

John Cleese, has ruffled the feathers of the PC Mob.......I love him....

"Looking for loop holes " I just fell out of my chair!

There's a lion taming sequence in one of his films that is jaw dropping. He's not in the scene. He runs the carnival, sells the tickets. You will never forget it. No effects.

My effective introduction to Fields was by way of The Bank Dick. I had to collect myself afterwards.

BILL FIELDS,AS HIS FRIENDS CALLED HIM !THE GREAT ONE AS I CALL HIM!

He could do it all ,writing etc as this says , in any era an a- number- one who the others learn and lift from. Being an elite juggler gave him his timing.

Now I see where Monty python gets their style of humor.

The greatest comedian and juggler of all times.

What especially distinguished Field's comedy was that his comedic endeavors always involved an attack on people of privilege, the pompous, authoritarians, etc... He represented the little man cutting the powerful down to size.

Cleese was a perfect choice for narrator for this.

Love that John Cleese, a comedy icon. Appreciates WC just as much as I do. All is right in the world when those who should be offended are so.

I like John Cleese and WC Fields. I’d give this 2 thumbs up.

A long time fan !

He's still screamingly funny now, amost 100 years after the movies were made.

7:07 when W.C. was discovered one day at the end of his life reading the Bible, a friend was stunned: "you, Bill, reading the good book?" ""looking for loopholes"". But the CC translates it as "reading the Good Book fields glanced up looking from the pole".

Brilliant! Imagine living in a place called "WOOHOO!"

One of the greatest artist, the world has every had the pleasure of witnessing....

I was a fan of his from the age of 10. I was born in 1956 so its kind of unusual. I thought it was strange that he was on tv so much and he was dead. I have heard about a scene in one of his movies where he throws a boot through a TV screen.

A great comedian, with a nose like a blind cobblers thumb.

All stop at , 4:28 ! Now I know , where the Clampet's got their truck :) or lol.

I always loved wc great comic mind

The Golf Specialist is hilarious.

Ahhh yass, my little chickadee dee dee. We must dally sometime. You do dally - don’t you? A character with whom we can dawdle for a while, and whose wit we can admire in public. Old double you see.

My King my man the greatest comic of all time😂

I think pretty much that Luck didn't fall in the lap of the Great W.C. I think he was a genius and manufactured his on . Have always said if I had Dad, I would have wanted him to be exactly like the Great W.C Fields . He took everything as it was thrown at him.

Fields, I'm fond of children, girl children aged 18-20. I never drink anything stronger than gin...................before breakfast. I'm free of all rejudices, I hate everyone equally. Fields to barman, did I spend a twenty dollar bill in here last night? Barman: Yes. Fields, thank goodness for that, I thought I lost it.

Thanks

The Great Man, himself!

The second funniest of the classic comedians of the early sound period .(behind L&H)

Maybe I'm wrong, but I don't think modern TCM would honor W.C Fields like this again

"LOOKIN' FOR A LOOPHOLE" QUINTESSENTIAL W.C. FIELDS!!

Love this man !

Wonderful.

I'd loved to have seen Benny Hill do a biopic of Fields..he's have nailed it!

Still the Greatest actor of all time.

Mr fields what a class act 🏆🥇

Thanks john . Respecting a classical hero .

WC was the GOAT!

Back in the day you had to have TALENT. Boy did he ever.

he sat on sets juggling plates behind his back. very smooth juggler.

Pure genius..... and mr Cleese

Nuthin' about Carl LaFong here........'Capital L, small a, Capital F, small o, small n, small g......LaFong.......Carl Lafong.'

Driving scenes are the best

What a funny and talented guy

Nice post...wish they would colorize all the old clips and re- release. Classic

Fields deeply respected Dickens ergo he deeply respected the Dickens' characters; as written.

I luv that! Thank you.

In the Golf Specialist he used the term at the desk...."Television"! Oh man he was a doozy.

I dare every PC minded individual to watch this and not laugh.

"looking for loopholes", that gives me ideas...

He was too funny 😂

my hero

Benny Hill was his biggest fan doing a brilliant impression, weird how Cleese avoids that.

He drove me to laugh

WC genuinely funny. Unlike the funless majority of comics these days.

Thanks y’all

I once met a woman who drive me to drink That’s the only thing I’m grateful to her for.

Is this a game of chance? WC responds- Not the way I play it.

Don't let the Posey fool you.

Lookn for a loophole😂😂😂😂

“I’m very fond of children. Girl children. ‘Bout 18 to 20.” LMAO!!!!! (What’s not so funny is that my only children are ‘girl children’ and they’re those exact ages.)

Awesome funny good! =)

Looking for loopholes.

good stuff

Come down an ride piggy back on the buzz saw...

Again, again again!

I'm not a fan of Bill Fields' film comedies..but..I do enjoy his screen performance as"Mr.Wilkins McCawber" in"David Copperfield".

he is very very funny

Who better but the star of "Fawlty Towers" to narrate.....

Cleese's last line is garbled. Key line by W. C. Fields is, when found reading the Bible, "I'm looking for loopholes." There aren't any.

My dad used to always watch W.c.fields on turner classic when they would spotlight him, we would talk about how bad WC Fields and J P Morgan both had the horrible Rosacea nose, i think morgans was worse, but both men had it bad, in some of the old pics of J Morgan his nose was like a big red half of a kosher dill pickle hanging off his face, guess back then thier was no treatment cause im sure all the money JPMorgan had hed have done something, sure looked painful too

wow

I'm as busy as a pickpocket at a nudist camp, anything I do is either illegal, immoral, or fattening, you are a walking ad for black coffee. I don't know if prohibition will come back.

One of my favorite comedians. I read he had rosacea Rynophyma a skin condition that caused the large red nose he was handsome when he was young alcohol kills vitamins and havocs the liver. They said it was caused by one or the other alchol or rosacea but I think rosacea was cause by wrong diet drinking rosecea is linked to autoimmune disease I think alcohol played a part in it. His nose was normal when he was young. Info on rosacea While drinking may play a role in causing rosacea, people who never drink alcohol can develop this common skin condition. Research suggests that drinking alcohol may increase a person's risk of getting rosacea. ... Risk of developing rosacea increased with the amount of alcohol drank He was very funny, when he was young he didnt drink because he started out as a juggler to bad he became an alcoholic Wrong diet alot of diabetics get rosecea sugar kills b vitamins there is a lot of sugar in alcohol. I am glad he was reading the bible at the end hope God saved him.

What is the song in the beginning of the video ?

You would be arrested if you kicked a child in a movie today

W.O.W.

This would be great...........if tcm didn't raise their prices so comcast dropped them.

Doesn't get the credit he deserves? Ahead of his time.

Homophobic insult by WC Fields

For some reason, I never ever found this guy to be funny, Maybe one of you out there can point the way to a funny joke of his

monty python a rip off of spike milligan's work yet mentioned here as if it was the equal of w c fields work.