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The prodigal son of a Yukon prospector comes home on a night that "ain't fit for man nor beast."
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The Fatal Glass of Beer
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Alternative Titles
O Último Drink, Øllet blev hans skæbne, Kohtalokas kaljalasi, Kohtalokas olutlasi, It Ain't a Fit Night Out for Man or Beast, 夺命杯酒
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Theatrical
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13 Jan 1971
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Finland
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Finland
13 Jan 1971
- Theatrical
USA
03 Mar 1933
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This parody of Victorian-era temperance melodramas endures even today because W.C. Fields puttering around a supremely shitty Yukon set and speaking on old-timey stage diction remains funny.
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"It ain't no place for a woman, gal, but pretty men go thar."
Positioned in The Gag Man as Clyde Bruckman's masterpiece, or anyway one of them, and it is indeed astoundingly funny in an ironic mode that's decades ahead of its time (or maybe not, if you've seen Tomatos Another Day, to which this is almost like a spiritual sequel). The "and it ain't a fit night out for man nor beast" gag is by far the most famous, but it deserves further study in my book because of the way the "and," usually unnecessary in a grammatical sense, somehow seems to make it even 1000x funnier than it would otherwise be. Comedy is a mysterious and frightening field.
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Watching this drunk is cinematic ecstasy
"And wickedly he broke her tambourine" was the point when I totally lost it
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I was tempted to give it five stars but lost my nerve, I could understand someone giving it zero.
Whenever I watch a Fields film I get a little anxious at the idea of writing about it.
If i'd been less sleep deprived this morning would it have been funny? would it just feel like a totally predictable collection of repeated gags I probably saw and didnt laugh at on a dozen sketch shows of my childhood. The fact it came before them and they were ripping it off shouldn't actually make it any funnier. Historical importance (and i'm sure Fields himself was ripping someone else off) doesnt equal funniness
Yet I lost it repeatedly in a way that suggests…
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The DNA of this movie is entwined 'round everything from Tony Soprano to The Turin Horse.
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“And it ain’t a fit night out for man or beast”
Weird one, not the usual Fields persona. But Fields getting a handful of fake snow thrown in his face never stops being funny. And did not see that ending coming.
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My favorite W.C. Fields short without a question. The night that is not fit for man nor beast is a phenomenon to behold, with an unforgettable song in the first episode and an environment unusual for the standards of the character, but on par with his eccentricities. Anything compared with Chaplin is meant to look miserable, but this does things different with a misanthropy agenda and a cold, fatal glass of beer. To think that it had me fooled until the ending just makes me appreciate this even more and the occurrences throughout the journey are no less than great.
97/100
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“It ain't a fit night out for man or beast!..”
The first movie I've seen by the great W.C. Fields! "The Fatal Glass of Beer" is a short movie directed by and starring W.C. Fields, one of the most emblematic actors of classic comedy. This short movie, which is only 20 minutes long, stands out for its absurd and surreal humor, focusing on Mr. Snavely (W.C. Fields), a simple man who lives in a cabin with his wife who is awaiting the return of their son Chester, who is in prison after being "corrupted" by life in the big city for drinking "the fatal glass of beer" (or rather, the glass that finally gets you…
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In this short Mack Sennett comedy, written by and starring W.C. Fields, the wayward son of Yukon-dwelling Ma and Pa Snavely travels to the big city and succumbs to the vices of civilization by imbibing The Fatal Glass Of Beer, later to return to the snowy homestead in an effort to mend his ways.
The comedy in this short is not knee-slappingly hilarious, but it is certainly amusing. My favorite bits are a famous running gag that has Fields frequently proclaiming "And it ain't a fit night out for man or beast!"; a dogsled-team dachsund; and Fields serenading a Mountie by playing a zither while wearing mittens.
The Fatal Glass Of Beer is an entertaining diversion, well-suited for a sleepless night.
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I'm sorry, W.C. Fields dipping his two foot-long piece of bread in the soup is an all time great gag.
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Matt Berry's Story of Everest. One of the virtues of WCF is that he is strongly uninterested in whether his bits are funny to anybody but himself which makes it better