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W.C. Fields Comedy Collection (The Bank Dick / My Little Chickadee / You Can't Cheat an Honest Man / It's a Gift / International House)
W.C. Fields is an American original, the curmudgeonly master of wit and good, mean fun. In this collection of madcap classics, the famously top-hatted Fields unleashes his unique comic zing, proving himself the king of the one-liner. This special DVD collection includes The Bank Dick, My Little Chickadee, You Can't Cheat an Honest Man, It's a Gift and International House. The W.C. Fields Comedy Collection is Fields at his finest, and a must-have for anyone who loves to laugh!
Manufacturer: Universal
Price Range: $27.49 - $59.98
 W.C. Fields Comedy Collection (The Bank Dick / My Little Chickadee / You Can't Cheat an Honest Man / It's a Gift / International House)
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| User Reviews |  | The Funniest Movie "It's a Gift" W.C. Fields, et al.
rating: 5
The Funniest Movie Ever Made "It's a Gift" W.C. Fields, et al.
This is without the slightest doubt the funniest movie ever made. Every time I've watched it, which is about 8-10 times, I end up on the floor, barely able to breathe, and I don't drink, nor do I have any pulmonary problems. The scene with the coconut bouncing down the stairs in a perfectly timed rhythm is one of the funniest (I don't know how they did it), and one of my other favorite scenes involves the insurance peddler looking for Karl Lafong, not to mention the scene in which the man wants to buy cumquats, and Fields asks "How many quats?" There are too many funny bits in this film to mention, which means you may very well laugh yourself to death. There are lesser fates.
Fields, who wrote the script under the pseudonym of Charles Bogle (he has a genius for comic names almost equaling Dickens), plays greengrocer Harold Bissonette (pronounced Bissonay!), long-suffering henpecked husband and father. His wife nags him, his daughter treats him like a bathroom fixture to be moved out of the way, and his son, who nearly kills his father by leaving a stray roller skate lying around has the cheek to ask "What's the matter, Pop? Don't you love me anymore?" I leave it to you to imagine the reaction of the man who once said that one should never share a stage with children or animals. In this movie, there are two children, but no animals. What this poor man heroically deals with is quite enough for anyone's endurance, so when he decides to sell his business and move to a California "orange ranch" or grove, we've long since been on his side, cheering him along. Even the cumquat man says "More power to you" as the long-suffering Harold tries to crank start his Model A.
A masterpiece of comic timing, both in script and in acting and directing, "It's a Gift" is a gift to us all. Show it to your children, and it'll make better people of them. Perhaps not, but you can try, and by trying, you'll be enjoying the funniest movie of all time. In these trying times, the gift of laughter is the best of all, and that's the best reason to get this DVD as soon as possible. It's now part of a multi disc set of many other Fields masterpieces.
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It really is a Gift!
rating: 4
I just want to add that I am glad to see that so many reviewers like "It's a Gift." I don't know how many times I have told folks that this is the funniest movie ever made and drawn blank stares, even from folks like myself, born "at a more comfortable distance from the Apocalypse" (Thanks, Emo!).
I am just deducting a star because it annoys me that the movies are not available separately. All of these have their moments, but IH is not a very good film imho. Still, to get "It's a Gift," pay any price....
p.s. For a good laugh, look up Claude's Honest John routine on Youtube. It's from "Six of a Kind" and I believe that the pool table bit may be the most densely packed 4 minutes of comedy ever. Absolutely masterful!
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William Claude Dukenfield's Movie Greats
rating: 5
W C Fields (William Claude Dukenfield originally) Comedy Collection is a fantastic overview of his works. From the time I received the set, I was in love with the collection before even watching the first disc. The packaging is beautiful. Heavy cardboard unravels to display the five discs. As each section unfolds, the cover displays photo's, advertising for the shows and bits and pieces from the various movies. The discs themselves hold a novel value as well, for here was a person who was politically incorrect...and he's funny (and famous) because of that. My favorite disc is The Bank Dick. I can't explain why but I love it. There is also an extra on W C Fields' life which is also extremely interesting. The total package is fantastic and the episodes are strong. Well worth the money.
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Comedic Genius
rating: 5
"It's A Gift" is one of the funniest films of all-time; for that reason alone, you should buy this set. The movie is so great, in fact, that even if the other four films in the set were, say, culled from the worst of Rob Schneider, Pauly Shore, Carrot Top and Soupy Sales (I actually liked him, and thought he was pretty funny, but you get the point), you should STILL buy the set! And the thing is, you get four other Fields movies as a bonus. The Bank Dick is a masterpiece, My Little Chickadee with the inimitable Mae West is fantastic, and You Can't Cheat an Honest Man is grievously underrated.
There was nobody like Fields, and there never will be. His skills were monumental. If you owned the two Fields volumes, you'd have his best.
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Extrodianarily Happy
rating: 5
I couldn't have been happier with the shape of this product. The only thing that couldve made it better was having one of the movies I was looking for but has not yet been released on DVD.
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W.C. Fields Comedy Collection (The Bank Dick / My Little Chickadee / You Can't Cheat an Honest Man / It's a Gift / International House)
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