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3. And my rooster is not Notre Dame's

Reply to Donkees (Reply #2)

Wed Nov 13, 2024, 06:55 PM

Nov 13

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https://hhjonline.com/did-a-famous-comedian-really-hate-dogs-and-children/

… a comedian who supposedly hated children and dogs actually did neither? W.C. Fields (1880-1946) was well known for the saying, “Any man who hates dogs and babies can’t be all bad.” But the truth was far different. Fields owned pet dogs from time to time and doted on them, but children he loved. He enjoyed entertaining the children of friends and was a very loving father of two children of his own. Fields especially loved his grandchildren, it is said. Additional trivia note: The quote about “dogs and babies” is often said to have been uttered by Fields, but he did not say it. Rather, it was said about him by humorist Leo Rosten (1908-1997), and it was erroneously attributed to the comedian himself in Bartlett’s Familiar Quotations. (Godfrey Daniels, mother of pearl!)

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