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Haggard Celine

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2. So that's where you got the name!

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Sat Dec 25, 2021, 08:11 AM

Dec 2021

I had wondered before about where that came from. I always liked W.C. Fields, especially when I was a kid, which is kind of funny considering how he felt about children. He was a character!

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On this day, December 25, 1946, W. C. Fields died. [View all] mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2021 OP

In a candid moment of admission near his death, Fields confessed to his BFF Eddie Cantor no_hypocrisy Dec 2021 #1

So that's where you got the name! Haggard Celine Dec 2021 #2

OMG! The secret's out. Yeah, that's where it's from. mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2021 #3

Doubt it was true about his not liking kids. Jackie Coogan was the kid he "kicked" in the ass. 3Hotdogs Dec 2021 #4

That's interesting. Thanks for the information. Haggard Celine Dec 2021 #6

"Man on the Flying Trapeze" sanatanadharma Dec 2021 #5

A story I'd heard about him...... MyOwnPeace Dec 2021 #7