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Take your mind off things your mind should not be on and watch eleven minutes of W.C. Fields, one of the great comedians of all time. I had the pleasure of briefly knowing a woman named Carlotta Monti who was Fields' companion and lover, and she said he was even funnier around the house than he was in front of a camera.

One example she gave me was from a period when Fields was having trouble getting a deal with any of the movie studios in town. His agent called him up and urged him to be a little more sociable…to do what today we might call "networking." The agent suggested he go play golf with Jack L. Warner, the head guy at Warner Brothers. To this, Fields replied, "If I want to play with a prick, I'll play with my own." It's even funnier if you can "hear" his line in his voice.

Eleven minutes on this man…