Much to the chagrin of historians and biographers, the two frequently traded places à la
Parent Trap. Recently completed film restorations seem to suggest that it was Churchill, not Fields, playing the beloved Egbert Sousé in
The Bank Dick. If this is indeed the case, then W. C. Fields was actually the driving force behind Britain's early war efforts.
You tell me, who really quipped, "A joke is a serious thing"?