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Help!

posted 18 years ago by piersja
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One of the funnist things i have ever seen was a clip shown on a TV program of John Cleese's comedy Heroes, of WC Fields not playing pool. Fields is drunk, chalks his cue an endless number of times and never gets round to playing the shot. I've been trying for months but for the life of me can't find out which movie or short this is from (its definately quite a bit later than his Pool Sharks short)
If someone could please tell me where this clip originates i would be enormously grateful!!

[–] nocomputer1962 18 years ago

There is a scene like that in Six of a Kind. He tells a story about how he got the name "Honest John" while trying, interminably, to play a shot. He tells a little bit of the story, which, if memory serves, has something to do with returning a man's glass eye, and then he tries to steady his cue. Then a little more of the story, then a little more of straightening the cue. When he finally takes the shot, the ball bounces off the cushion and hits him in the head. Hope this helps.

"If I did know Carl LaFong, I wouldn't admit it."

[–] lupinlevorace 15 years ago

I agree! It does sound like "Six of a Kind"!

[–] marksputer 14 years ago

I believe the clip you seek is on YouTube under the title Honest John.
I typed in: WC Fields Six of a Kind and found the clip.

Mark.