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W.C. Fields was known for his proclivity for alcohol on and off screen and sometimes inbetween

One day the producers appeared on the set to plead with Fields: "Please don't drink while we're shooting—we're way behind schedule"... Fields merely raised an eyebrow. "Gentlemen, this is only lemonade. For a little acid condition afflicting me." He leaned on me. "Would you be kind enough to taste this, sir?" I took a careful sip—pure gin. I have always been a friend of the drinking man; I respect him for his courage to withdraw from the world of the thinking man. I answered the producers a little scornfully, "It's lemonade." My reward? The scene was snipped out of the picture.

Source: This Laugh Is on Me: The Phil Silvers Story
W.C. Fields was known for his proclivity for alcohol on and off screen and sometimes inbetween >One day the producers appeared on the set to plead with Fields: "Please don't drink while we're shooting—we're way behind schedule"... Fields merely raised an eyebrow. "Gentlemen, this is only lemonade. For a little acid condition afflicting me." He leaned on me. "Would you be kind enough to taste this, sir?" I took a careful sip—pure gin. I have always been a friend of the drinking man; I respect him for his courage to withdraw from the world of the thinking man. I answered the producers a little scornfully, "It's lemonade." My reward? The scene was snipped out of the picture. Source: This Laugh Is on Me: The Phil Silvers Story

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[–] doggone 1 points (+1|-0)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cF4H0WfuiM8

I was in love with a beautiful blonde, once, dear. She drove me to drink. That's the one thing I'm indebted to her for.
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