The Pharmacist (1933)

★★★★★ · W.C. Fields - Genius · Brian Pinette · 2011-04-16

If you listen to the words - it is genuinely funny and even timely and relevant - today. But you have to listen. It is not a sitcom on TV that lasts 22 minutes. It is more for an audience that listens and enjoys good characterizations. An intelligent audience.

★★★★★ · WC The Master of Humor. · The Spanman · 2022-08-24

Success is not funny. Failure and dysfunctional family situations are the mother’s milk of laughter. W.C. was a comical genius. His pratfalls and constant inability to withstand familial dissent were the basis of his advanced comical critiques. Observe and listen. His quips and sardonic opinions blatantly stated what the constipated Puritans could never bring themselves to confront. That awful elephant in the living room!

★★★★ · Absurdist · barticle · 2012-06-09

Much of Field's humor was based on taking an everyday situation and stretching it to extremes. One example is the gent purchasing a 3 cent stamp from the middle of the sheet and then asking for change for a hundred dollars. Classic Fields. I have to give this less than a highest rating due to poor audio. The video is good though less than perfect.

★★★ · Understated humor · Big Boomer · 2017-11-02

Some of the gags here remind us of The Blues Brothers -- especially the shoot out. Each vignette is well timed and plays out nicely.

★★ · The comedy is obvious · Dr Feel Rotten · 2010-11-30

The only problem is most of it is just not that funny.