About this episode

Ryan Ellis discusses three classic W.C. Fields comedies in this episode.

W.C. Fields makes his debut on Have You Even Seen in this 731st episode where I talked about 3 of his classic laugh-fests: International House, It's A Gift and The Bank Dick. George Burns & Gracie Allen turn up in International House and Una Merkel plays Fields' daughter in It's A Gift, so we've got 4 AFI Old-Timey Actors in one super-show. First up, you get the "Grand Hotel of comedy", where the gags are quite risqué (even considering it was made before the production code), followed by the funniest one in this three-pack: It's A Gift. Fields is REALLY in textbook mumbling, drunken form in The Bank Dick, with its all-over-the-place plot and random gags. So to bring this Easter Weekend home, cue up my one-man-show about the House, the Gift and the Dick, as W.C. does his thing as only he could. Subscribe in your app, but also write a review of the show and rate it. Follow me on Letterboxd: RyanHYES. My email is "haveyoueverseenpodcast@gmail.com", my Twitter is "@moviefiend51" and my Bluesky is "ryan-ellis."

People in this episode

Host: Ryan Ellis

Topics covered

• W.C. Fields
• comedy films
• classic cinema
• film reviews
• Easter Weekend

Keywords

• International House
• It's A Gift
• The Bank Dick
• comedy
• W.C. Fields
• film review
• classic films

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