Comments | whatwasthatone: Bricklaying comedy routine, possibly W.C. Fields'?

pronker in whatwasthatone

Bricklaying comedy routine, possibly W.C. Fields'?

Apr 20, 2016 22:47

It's playing in my head at the moment using W.C. Fields' voice, but I'm not 100 per cent sure it was his routine. It's an anecdote and not on film or TV to my recollection. Maybe it was in a book? On Old Time Radio? Argh ( Read more... )

!where was that one, 1940s, joke, 1930s, book, american, radio, !found, story

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Is this it? vocatus_fortis April 21 2016, 08:03:54 UTC

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZUJLO6lMhI

Re: Is this it? southerndave April 21 2016, 10:50:08 UTC

That was my first thought too. More on Hoffnung here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerard_Hoffnung he is probably most well known for his cartoons. The piece itself had been around for a couple of decades, but Hoffnung's delivery of it is probably the most famous.

Re: Is this it? pronker April 21 2016, 14:06:52 UTC

Yes, this story is the basis for the memory; thanks for the link. What a fun, visual story.

Re: Is this it? pronker April 21 2016, 14:05:22 UTC

Fantastic! It's the basis of my memory, I am sure. By reading the YT comments, it seems to be a classic in perhaps many forms. The bones of the narrative are in this vid. Thanks so much; literally, I've wondered for years about this story.

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