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BISSONET (PRONOUNCED BISSONEY)

We have seen one of the best W.C. Fields films, The Bank Dick.

Today we saw the second:

What a Gift (1934).

We will see the third, My Little Chickadee when we get to the 'm's'.

This one has the great blind/deaf man sequence, Baby Leroy, and the memorable La Fong sequence:

Salesman: Carl LaFong, Capital L, small a, capital F, small o, small n, small g. LaFong. Carl LaFong.
Harold: No. I don't know Carl LaFong - Capital L, small a, Capital F, small o, small n, small g. And if I did know Carl LaFong, I wouldn't admit it!

There aren't too many comics who have three films in the NYTimes Best 1176 Films. Woody Allen and not all of his are comedies. That is it. I think.

This one is just one long set of routines held together by the flimsiest of plots.

There is no attention to continuity. Props change, broken porch swings are mended, some costumes change and yet you don't care. It is all so funny.

This is another 5 out of Netflix5.