University Daily Kansan
Thursday, August 31, 1972
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Fields:He ThoughtFunny
By DAN GEORGE Kansas Reviewer
Hey, remember W.C. Fields' Who? W. C. Fields. Never heard of him. Aw, sure you have-you know, the guy with the big red nose, remember! Oh . . . you mean, "kickdeade"—W. C. Fields.
In the 26 years since his death, he has remained instead of diminishing him to become stronger. Many have praised him as the funniest man of this or any other generation.
Fields fitted perfectly the classic mold of a comedian—one who may not always say funny things, but they know "go away or I'll kill." But Fields' humor was more than funny jokes and silly sight gags. It was an attitude that looked at the proverbial lauded eye.
HE HAD only suspicion and sometimes utter dislike for things that most people are compelled to like them. I am not compelled liked them friend), honestly (“I bend every effort to be kind”); of effort of effort benders.” and religion (in his will he provided money for an orphanage. Where No Religion was established).
It seemed that all objects, both animate and inanimate, were out to get him. The minute you began to feel the least bit sorry you could have done, and send Baby LeRoy flying with a swift kick in the diapers.
After contending throughout one picture with a nagging wife, a complaining mother-in-law, a brat of a daughter, a milk-toast
Vickers Lacks Speakers, But Schedule Set
The schedules for the Vickers Lecture Series and the Spencer Lecture Series are according to Richard Von Ende, assistant to the director of instruction, but all speakers have been signed because of conflicting schedules.
Presidential adviser Henry Kissinger and Abba Eban, foreign minister of Israel have no replies have been received.
The first speaker in the series was Franklin Murphy, former senior trustee of the University of Kansas and now the Los Angeles Mirror Corporation.
Murphy was chancellor of KU from 1952 to 1961.
potential son-in-law, a fast-talking swindler, a suspicious bank examiner and a couple of friends, has been rewarded. His supposed worthy store in a beafoot minekankee warehouse could get $5,000 for capturing a criminal (through no fault of his) from a movie company to produce and direct a story he wrote concerning, vaguely a bank robber.
Murphy's lecture will be March 14 in the University Theatre.
FIELDS WAS not one person in front of the cameras and another in his home. If anything, the film Fields was a simplified, toned
women as nagging, unfeminine harrids upon whom he could justifiably vent his distrust. One film he openly boasts of knocking a female down. When reminded that someone else else had been knocked, she then replies, "Yeah, but it was the one that started kicking her."
Traveling the vaudeville circuit at the time, he began to open
Fields often carried occedentricity to extremes. Not wanting to carry cash on his person, yet not completely trusting he devised a fabulous scheme to thwart all attempts at thievery.
"My Little Chickadee," considered by many to be one of W. C. Fields best films, will be shown at 7:00 p.m., in Woodruff Academy, for the first time. The film is in a comical tale of the Old West that deals with the traditional masked bandits, Indians and lynch mobs in a very un-
aditional handwriting
down version c' the actual item. He was a person of definite likes and dislikes, and many pre-duices.
He distrusted bankers, doctors,
foreigners, *Negroes* and
politemen and was a favor-
er to a sort of negative
adjournment of all men's parity).
Fields had seen life at both the camp and the one he convinced the one on was much different from the other, had formed a union of human beings.
His own life was filled with amusing and sometimes unbelievable experiences. Once he got back to his party on Long Island. As they prepared to leave, they noticed it was snowing and redied themselves for the long drive back to where with several quarts of whiskey.
TIME PASSED. They remarked on the surprising length of the island and, though they frequently stopped to ask how far they were from the beach, they were met only with curious looks and outright laughs. They drove all night until, rather lubricated, they found a motel at which to stay. The next morning they were in Ocala, Florida.
"I always said those Long Island roads were poorly marked." Fields remarked, afterwards.
Fields' attitude toward sex was very gentlemanly, almost Victorian. Only once, in "My Little Chickadee" with Mae West, does he ever come close to employing it, and even then it becomes a sense of frustration—the somehow ends up in bed with a goat.
accounts in every town, often transacting business while his train took on water and coal. He used this method to more than 700 accounts, under such "non sequestrats" as Figley E. Whiteside, Seed Hearn and Renee M. Stern.
His well-known penchant for ridiculous names was carried
MORE OFTEN, Fields used
over in his work
THE CHARACTERS of his films often had such absurd appellations as Og Giglybath (where he bathed) Larson E. Whipnake ("Not Larceny Whipsake"), and of course, Egbert Serton (Accent grave over the "e"). In addition, he usually penned the stories for his picture under the name Boile or Matmah Kane Jeeves.
It was all a part of a fraudlessly grandiose manner with which he carried himself. Instead of saying "I'm going to take a bath," he'd think "I shall kishl mink my pink and body into younger wonder tub."
Fields had no trouble at all playing the hummingbur or bunco in *The History of Philosophy* of "You can't cheat an honest man." "Never give a sucker in even break" and "Anywilling person is worth cheating for."
FIELDS WAS the master of the nonprofaine curse word. Censorship in the '30s was much stricter than now and four-letter words were nonexistent as far as worn. When he smartened "Draat" or "Gekeht" there was no mistaking his real meaning.
Baptist Student Union
The Baptist Student Union will meet at 8 p.m. Thursday in the Sunflower Room of the Kansas Union. The public is invited.
No Classes Monday
KU students will have a three-day Labor Day weekend. All Monday classes are cancelled. Classes will resume at their normal time.
When classes do resume, O-Zone parking will no longer be without charge. Students without a green parking permit for the zone, located south of Robinson Gymnasium, will be charged 15 cents.
Women's Tennis Team
The Women's Collegiate Tennis Team will hold an organizational meeting 4:30 today in 202 Robinson. The team will be coached by
Playing Cards and a Bad Album
By JOE ZANATTA Kansan Reviews Editor
It looks as if record promotion departments are turning to gimmicks to boost sales, which releases an any indication of record trends.
Three Dog Night is offering the record buyer a better cover, a book that includes pictures of a booklet that includes pictures of the nifty playing cards, and a booklet with colorful designs.
This boring conglomeration is
separate "fools" (Dunhill). The release hits a new low mark in taste for the group and probably becomes a comeback.
The Jefferson Airplane is offering, at no extra cost, a record cover that folds into a cigar box. The cover also includes a album, "Long John Silver"
(Grunt)
The music on "Seven Separate Fools" is just as gimmicky as the packaging, "Black and White," a single release by the group, is released on the album and is a good indication on what to expect from the album.
Three Dog Night has come a long way from its first album, in display creativity, musical talent and ability to select excellent pieces. But bad these qualities have been lost in search for the Almighty Buck.
Paul Kanter continues to navigate the Airplane. His purpose is that of the group. Most of his music and themes of "Long John Silver" are continuations of his first effort, "Fighter" and "Blows Against the
Empire."
The Airplane continues to turn out good, interesting music with rantor-sharp irides. Nothing is too loud or too spared by the airplane.
The group seems to be settling on a smoother sound than the driving rock beat it displayed and
gained fame with in the 60s. For those unfamiliar with the Airplane, "Easter" is a good cut to sample before buying the record.
Though not quite up to the quality of a few of the group's players, Long John silver" is a must for a hard-hard, Jefferson airplane fans.
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