Never Give a Sucker an Even Break
January 29, 1880 - William Claude Dukenfield was born on this day.
William Claude Dukenfield was born on this day in 1880. Better known as W.C. Fields his stage and screen name, he became one of the most celebrated comics and actors in the U.S. W.C. Fields starting his career as a vaudeville juggler then spending several decades on the musical stage before turning to films. He made his first short silent film Pool Sharks, in 1915, then performed in many comedy classics like, My Little Chickadee with Mae West, The Bank Dick and Never Give a Sucker an Even Break.
W.C. Fields' famous one-lines became subject matter for nightclub impersonators and comedians. One of the most-repeated quotes was originally directed at the child-actor Baby LeRoy, Fields' on-screen nemesis: "Go away, kid, you bother me." The line that demonstrated Fields' jaundiced humor the best and is probably his most-quoted, was fired at a party hostess who unfortunately had offered the bombastic curmudgeon a glass of water. "Never touch the stuff, fish f%@k in it!"
Some more infamous W.C. Fields witticisms:
"Doctors say don't worry about your heart - it will last as long as you live."
"Californians talk so much about their climate it makes their weather vane."
"It was a woman who drove me to drink, and I never even thanked her."
Quote for ToDay:
"If women didn't exist, all the money in the world would have no meaning." - Aristotle Onassis
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