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W. C. Fields

On January 29, 1880 William Claude Dukenfield was born in Philadelphia,

Pennsylvania. In his comic acting career he became known as W. C. Fields. A

famous quote from Fields was

“

On the whole, I

‟

d rather be in Philadelphia.

”

Another was:

...from the film

My Little Chickadee.

And in

You Can

’

t Cheat an Honest Man

we find:

“

Some weasel took the cork out of

my lunch...

”