Possibly a long shot, but I'm looking to gift a unique piece of comedy memorabilia, a little statue of W.C. Fields. (Approximate dimensions are 15 inches by 6 inches)

Happy to ship as long as the recipient is willing to cover the costs.

It's a neat piece and I just want it to go to someone who will enjoy it.

#Comedy #WCFields #FIlm #GoldenAge #Collectibles

Working on a piece about #WCFields for next week.

Couldn't fit this fact into my post: Fields recorded his final #comedy album at #LesPaul 's recording studio. 🎸

"Listening to one of Paul's experimental multi-track recordings, Fields remarked, 'The music you're making sounds like an octopus. Like a guy with a million hands. I've never heard anything like it.'

Paul was amused, and named his new machine OCT, short for octopus." 🐙

#histodons #MusicHistory #History #Cartoon #IndieComics #Comics

84 years ago:
You Can't Cheat an Honest Man (US)
Fields plays "Larsen E. Whipsnade", the owner of a shady carnival that is constantly on the run from the law. Whipsnade is struggling to keep a step ahead of foreclosure, and clearly not paying his performers, including Bergen and McCarthy, who try to coax money out of him, or in McCarthy's case, st...
1939-02-17
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/28753
#YouCantCheatanHonestMan #WCFields #Universal #ClassicFilm #ClassicMovies #Movies #Film

When we are born
we can embark on only
1️⃣ of 3️⃣ roads of life:
If you go ➡️
the 🐺 will eat you
If you go ⬅️
you’ll eat the 🐺
If you go straight
you’ll eat yourself.
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