I just watched an old W.C. Fields movie

[Rocinante]

called Poppy. I just had a big old time it was so funny. Anyone else seen this old classic?

[grasswire]

1. Is that the one...

...where the blind man is trying to enter the corner store and there's a huge display of light bulbs piled up?

[Rocinante]

2. No I think that one is it's a gift

he's a bumbling grocer and inherits a worthless orange ranch and then manages to turn it into a fortune at the last minute. Actually it's much funnier than Poppy I guess, but for different reasons.

[2cents]

3. Damn- what channel was it on?

Fields was great - isn't this the one where the rich lady faints when he talks about snakes?

[Rocinante]

4. I watched it on tape

sorry. My brother loaned it to me. I know the movie you mean though. He owns a circus, and is trying to escape the sheriff. It has Edgar Bergen in it but I can't remember the name of the movie.

[TreasonousBastard]

5. "Sally of the Sawdust"?

Absolutely hilarious.

Haven't seen it for years, but Fields was brilliant. Funnier than most of his later talkies.

[trof]

6. Godfrey Daniel!

Ahhh yesssss.
W.C. was one funny guy.
Started in vaudeville as a "comic juggler". I particularly like his pool shooting scenes.
Ed McMahon did a pretty good W.C. on the old Carson show.