From "Kovacs Corner" on YouTube.com] - W.C. Fields in his classic ping pong match from "You Can't Cheat an Honest Man". Towards the end of the scene, the ...
Actually, that "third-person" shot, at 1:25, WAS legal up until the release
of this motion picture. Then, because the World's Table Tennis Ass. thought
that they were being laughed at (TOO much!)...well, they precluded "3 rd.
party interference". I've always felt bad 'bout their timidity in this
matter. BTW, you'd expect "the-fat-fart", as W.C. liked to be called, to be
a great player...as he WAS an expert juggler!
w.c was quite active and energetic in this his first effort with universal
considering the health of the man. he had already had 2 brushes with the
man in the bright nightgown as he called him. and as was the case with w.c.
when his health was restored he stepped up his drinking
Some people in this life, I believe eventually... I will "surpass"--- but
as for competing with Fields... I was born without the possibility of a
chance. The Great Man... and his Probosus