[78-L] Fields--was: The Wrong Box

[David Lennick]

Rich Little actually managed to clean that line up and use it in his (later) 
version of "A Christmas Carol"..."Fish ffffunction in it."

dl

On 1/9/2011 2:04 PM, Banjo Bud wrote:
> Then story goes that Fields, when asked by a female reporter why he claimed
> he never drank water, replied "Because fish f*** in it."
>
> Bud
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Steven C. Barr
> Sent: Saturday, January 08, 2011 9:02 PM
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> Subject: [78-L] Fields--was: The Wrong Box
>
> From: "Cary Ginell"<soundthink at live.com>
>> In the immortal words of W. C. Fields: "Drat."
>>
> NOT my favourite WCF quote...! Supposedly, he was being badgered by his
> agent about a possible appearance. Tired of the whole mess, Fields
> instructed
> the agent..."Give him an evasive answer; tell him to go f*** himself!"
>
> Steven C. Barr
>