When one of W. C. Fields’ favorite directors became ill, he offered himself for a blood transfusion, but the doctor said firmly, “On the contrary, we’re trying to get the alcohol out of him!”
And when Fields himself got injured, Wilson Mizner sent him a telegram: SORRY YOU ARE HURT. MY BLOOD IS TWO-THIRDS FORMALDEHYDE FROM DRINKING HOLLYWOOD GIN. HOWEVER IF YOU NEED BLOOD TRANSFUSION CAN LET YOU HAVE TWO QUARTS.
Source:
Boller, Paul F., and Ronald L. Davis. "Comedy." Hollywood Anecdotes. New York: Morrow, 1987. 255-56. Print.
Original Source(s) Listed:
Alva Johnson, “Who Knows What is Funny?,” The Saturday Evening Post, CCXI (August 6, 1938), p. 46.
Cal York, “Gossip of All the Studios,” Photoplay, XXXIII (February 1928), p. 86.
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