@deenababie Same here...crying as I type this at the age of 60. The actor playing Mr. Gower is incredible---he IS an old rummy who is used to getting abused...Mr. Gower even laughs a little himself as he gets sprayed with the seltzer. One of the most powerful scenes ever...and underrated.
The guy who played Nick, the Bartender was Sheldon Leonard, who was born on this day, February 22, in 1907. The executive producer of the greatest sitcom of all time "The Dick Van Dyke Show." He launched his Hollywood career as an actor in movies and radio, where he was often cast to play a gangster, con man, or some similarly unsavory sort. He may be best known to modern audiences as Nick, the bartender in "It's a Wonderful Life." Carl Reiner often spoke of his indebtedness to Sheldon, who he acknowledged as the person most responsible for getting "The Dick Van Dyke Show" on the air, and keeping it there when the show suffered early ratings challenges. For that feat alone, Sheldon deserves all the respect accorded him to this day by members of the television industry. (Producer Chuck Lorre even named two leading characters on "The Big Bang Theory" after Sheldon Leonard. Can you name them?- Haha) Given Sheldon's central role in the genesis, evolution, and ultimate success of "The Dick Van Dyke Show," it may surprise you to learn that it wasn't even Sheldon's biggest TV hit. That honor goes to "The Andy Griffith Show," the still enormously popular series that Sheldon spun off from an episode of "The Danny Thomas Show," and then nurtured into a long-running series that would come to dominate CBS' Monday night schedule through eight prime time seasons, from 1960 to '68, spawning two successful spin-offs--"Gomer Pyle, USMC," and "Mayberry RFD"--along the way. Sheldon's creative hot streak continued into the latter half of the 1960s, when be brought "I Spy" to the screen, followed, a few years later, by "My World and Welcome To It," a short-lived but highly respected half-hour comedy loosely based on the life and works of the famed New Yorker cartoonist and writer, James Thurber. Sheldon Leonard died on January 10, 1997--about a month shy of his 90th birthday--having lived a wonderful life indeed.
And Sheldon starred in the series 'Big Eddie' co-starring Sheree North, which, unfortunately, wasn't given time to find it's wings, was camceled early. One of his roles was in Tortilla Flat (Spencer Tracy, John Garfield, Hedy Lamar), along with a cast of great character actors, none of whom, including the stars, could do a Mexican-American dialect accent at all, but it's a great story by John Steinbeck and the movie is a gem despite its dialect shortcomings, Sheldon was no worse than the others (Allen Jenkins, Frank Qualen, Tracy, Garfield, Frank Morgan, Hedy, Akim Tamaroff), they all floundered, their own accents/dialects were too habitual to overcome (Garfield as Porfirio Diaz in Juarez, same failing). Sheldon had a STRONG dialect, impossible to overcome, but that's kind of what defined him and made him successful, like Chas Palmentieri, De Niro, Joe Peschi, Pacino, etc. He was also the voice of Linus the Lionhearted cartoon character.
Blacktop Robinowitz Me too! Me too! I love the Reginald Owen version and how cheery the movie is...I always get sniffly and cry when Scrooge begs to have things back to normal and promising to keep Christmas all the year! One of my faves! I also recently watched the Patrick Stewart version just the other night - WONDERFUL atmosphere!! But my top 3 Scrooge flicks (in no particular order): 1.) Reginald Owen’s 2.) Muppet Christmas Carol 3.) Scrooged (1988 with Bill Murray) That last one has a special place in my heart - besides the movie being fantastic, it turned out to be the last time I got to go to a movie with my youngest brother. While dinner was being cooked, we got dropped off to a local theater to watch the flick - I was 20; he was 13...and it was Christmas Day 1988. We had such a great time together! Sadly, about 1/2 a year later, family problems broke us apart and I never got to see him again...until 2010 when I heard of his sudden death and went to be with him. He had just turned 35 two weeks before. I still miss him very much to this day and then some...and every time I watch Scrooged, I think of my brother and how we laughed together on Christmas...my apologies for rambling on...but I sure do enjoy the many versions of this story! Merry Christmas to you!!
At 3:22 when George and Mr. Gower exchange looks, I always felt that Mr. Gower was the only one who truly remembered George. Sure, we're in the alternate universe but I always felt that even though, George saved his younger brother's life literally, there were other kids around and could've saved Harry anyway. Even though the film later says he did in fact die, I still feel like there could have been a chance for another kid to save him. But no one knew about Mr. Gower's mistake except George. So he literally saved that kid from being poisoned and Mr. Gower. I feel like even in the alternative universe, Mr. Gower was allowed to have some memory of George but felt like he couldn't say anything to him. It's just a theory. I just love the look he gives George. It's a good balance of happiness to see George but then goes to extreme sadness.
@Erik Nelson. Good call. I always knew it to be a particularly poignant moment. An unbelievable amount of humanity. I read your comment and, for me, you gave it depth for the mind as well. As with J D, I too appreciated your comment.
@@hotwax9376 That's good. All we need is to end it with "fahhst" and I think our work on this line is done. Moving on, let's address "...is that cleahh, or do I haffta slip ya my left for a convincesahh?"
FUN FACT:…Nick the bartender was none other than legendary tv producer, SHELDON LEONARD; better known as the Executive Producer of such tv hits as “I SPY” and “THE ANDY GRIFFITH SHOW”
Listen to bartender Nick's voice, and you'll recognize the inspiration behind the voices of "George Peterson" and "Sgt. Peterson from the Chicago P.D." in Ferris Bueller's Day Off.
People often wonder why Nick changed after George is shown how life would be without him . The answer is this simple, “Potter”. Potter runs everything and as you know Potter is a miserable man . Potter’s ugliness rubbed off on people . Nick worked for Mr. Martini and was of course surrounded by kindness. Potter if you will , Was basically the devil in the flesh. You see George was a ray of light for these people and knew how to stand up to Potter and set the example. Mr. Gower because George wasn’t there to prevent it , Poisoned the kid as we see here .
Where's Mr. Martini though? The Building and Loan got him into a new house of his own, but apparently in George's absence he not only didn't have a roof over his head but he lost his business as well and disappeared off the face of the Earth. Nick was one of the few if not the only one who did better had George never been born. That bar was a happening spot on Christmas Eve!
@@peoriavideosltd6822 Martini did not get the home because it was through George & Mary . I’m sure it was The Building and Loan that got Marini the tavern as well . No George, No Martini . Nick had it in him to be a thug all the time (with or without George existing). Clarence makes the statement that without George however, People’s lives would be different. Nick didn’t become a hard person, Because he saw kindness and genuine caring. However without George, Nick did become hard . “one man touched so many lives”.
Clarence was going to drink something. He could have drunk something previously during his tenure as an angel. He also could have just been naming off drinks he heard of during his observations. The first time I was in Southeast Asia I ordered a Singapore Sling, even though I had no idea what was in it. It just seemed the appropriate thing to order at the time.
When I was barely 21, I went with my parents to Louisville KY. I ordered a Mint Julep because it was their famous drink. I expected a frothy, minty drink. I was shocked to receive bourbon with mint leaves!
3:42 This would have been an Animaniacs moment here. Nick: Would you show them to the door? Yakko: That's ok, we can see it from here....😁 *The Warner Kids get thrown out of Nick's bar* Yakko: Was it something we said?
In my 20's i found a bar similar to this. Except no music, very dark, no one spoke to one another. We were there to get drunk and not interestedin chit chat. Ive often thought back to that time and of all of us sitting in there killing the pain together wallowing in self pity. In 2 to 3 hrs i would be pretty sauced. Another hr of drinking i would drive home. Thank god i never hurt anyone
I read in a "Boston Globe" article that that is indeed Mr. Lewis. "Watching 'It's a Wonderful Life' in the Age of Trump" -- December 26, 2017 issue. Reading that article brought me here.
I love how they build up all these terrible things and then the angel’s like “You won’t be able to stand what happened to your wife, she’s a librarian!” Like what? I remember my first time watching, I was expecting something horrific after this scene, and it’s just nah, she’s wearing glasses now. Oh no
When this part comes on, I think of all the hours of you and "Nick." We spent hours being Nick. :) I absolutely LOVE this movie and Nick is my favorite. Every year I look forward to hearing him and remembering you impersonating him. Sheldon Leonard was unique, just like you were. I miss you very much. :'( "Hey look, I'm the boss. You want a drink or don't you? OK." "Look mister, I am standing here waiting for you to make up you mind." "Hey look Mr. We serve hard drinks in here for men who want to get drunk fast, and we do not need any characters around to give the joint atmosphere. Is that clear? " "That does it. Out you two pixies go through the door or out the window. Now that's another thing. Where do you come off calling me Nick?" What's that got to do with it?" "Ah, would you show these gentlemen to the door? I'm givin' out wings."
@@averythecoolcat Correct! An earlier pioneer in TV sitcoms along with Danny Thomas and Desi Arnaz! In fact, Chuck Lorre called his two main characters on Big Bang Theory Sheldon and Leonard as a tribute to him!
the line is "...heavy on the cinnamon, light on the clove.".. . does not matter whether they drank that in 1650 or not, the order was connotative of antiquity....Dickens loved punch.... Mr. Gower, absolute pathos, and then some.
Interestingly enough, Sheldon Leonard (Nick) essentially used the same voice several years later for the blink-and-miss-it Looney Tunes character Dodsworth.
The reason I deleted my original comment is because I found out what happened to Mr. Martini in the Pottersville universe. It turned out that Mr. Martini and his family had died when a fire broke out in their rental house in Potter's Field. Since George Bailey had never been born the Martinis had never moved out of Potter's Field. He was buried nearby Harry. Unfortunately they cut out of the final film that George also discovered his friend's grave when he discovered his brother's grave.
If your name is Nick, and you own a bar, and you put a sign outside that says "Nick's," and you tell a new customer you're the boss, then why should it be any wonder where he comes off calling you "Nick," even if you don't know him from Adam's off ox?
So, if George Bailey had never been born, then Nick would have owned his own business, instead of working for Mr. Martini. Nick had a "better life" without George Bailey. 😆🤣😂
This movie is iconic of course, but Nick’s voice always sounded a little too cartoony to me. It sounds like someone doing a really bad Bob Dylan impression.
Great movie, but I wish Capra had the angel look and act the way they usually do when they appear on earth: great-looking, imposing. They scare the wits out of people ... have to calm the folks down. If they wanted a drink they'd order a triple bourbon.
hahaha... I LOVE this classic. I'm not ashamed to say it. But notice, the only Black person in the room here is the guy playing "boogie woogie" on the honky-tonk piano. 😃oh. MY.
Actually 1946. Jimmy Stewart, like many actors in the industry, had just returned from serving in WWII and didn't know if they'd ever be able to restart their careers again. www.imdb.com/title/tt0038650/
My thought exactly. Clarence was born in 1653, so 1670s or later! Was there an age limit for alcohol back then ;) ? But this sounds like nit-picking. I get Cheryl's point.
Nick being a rougher character I think is really necessary to proving the film's point. Otherwise even a lot of people in the 40s might have seen Pottersville as an improvement. Certainly a lot of people enjoyed pool hall, strip clubs and bars even back then. But despite Nick likely being financially better off, probably having to grow up in a rougher town made him a less happy person. The flirty blonde (forget what her name was) goes from dating around to street walker, and the cop certainly had no reason to shoot George and certainly not through a crowd of people. His wife becoming and old maid always came off a bit iffy to me, that almost never happens to pretty women, so I think its important to see how these other characters are affected by living in a Potter dominated town.
It's so tiring having to sift through clips of people who have videotaped their TV with awful video and audio quality, bad angle and, heaven forbid, handheld, with a menu and volume bar on the screen, instead of having a real clip from the freaking film.
I'll never understand why he just didn't stay in Pottersville. Pottersville is full of swinging jazz clubs and has a vibrant nightlife, unlike boring old Bedford Falls. And he wouldn't have to put up witk Zuzu's incessant whining.
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Since I was a child I still get sad when I see the broken Mr. Gower... his face after Nick hits him with the seltzer.... and how they all laughed....
HB Warner was always a silent actor - did a million things with just his face.
Agreed. 2:38 on is heartbreaking.
Such an amazing acted scene...Its a haunting feel to the scene..Mr Gower as a destroyed man.
@deenababie Same here...crying as I type this at the age of 60. The actor playing Mr. Gower is incredible---he IS an old rummy who is used to getting abused...Mr. Gower even laughs a little himself as he gets sprayed with the seltzer. One of the most powerful scenes ever...and underrated.
That's exactly how I feel. In fact that's why I pulled up this vid just to see that scene.
Although not credited, the piano player in the clip is the great lazz and blues pianist Meade Lux Lewis.
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Thank you! Always wanted to know that
Thank you! I don't suppose you know what song he's playing?
@@nickvanderpool4822 Maybe "Bear Trap Stomp" or possibly "Hammer Chatter"
@@rtblues Thank you!
"Out you two pixies go through the door our out the window!"
The funny quote part.
The guy who played Nick, the Bartender was Sheldon Leonard, who was born on this day, February 22, in 1907. The executive producer of the greatest sitcom of all time "The Dick Van Dyke Show." He launched his Hollywood career as an actor in movies and radio, where he was often cast to play a gangster, con man, or some similarly unsavory sort. He may be best known to modern audiences as Nick, the bartender in "It's a Wonderful Life."
Carl Reiner often spoke of his indebtedness to Sheldon, who he acknowledged as the person most responsible for getting "The Dick Van Dyke Show" on the air, and keeping it there when the show suffered early ratings challenges. For that feat alone, Sheldon deserves all the respect accorded him to this day by members of the television industry. (Producer Chuck Lorre even named two leading characters on "The Big Bang Theory" after Sheldon Leonard. Can you name them?- Haha)
Given Sheldon's central role in the genesis, evolution, and ultimate success of "The Dick Van Dyke Show," it may surprise you to learn that it wasn't even Sheldon's biggest TV hit. That honor goes to "The Andy Griffith Show," the still enormously popular series that Sheldon spun off from an episode of "The Danny Thomas Show," and then nurtured into a long-running series that would come to dominate CBS' Monday night schedule through eight prime time seasons, from 1960 to '68, spawning two successful spin-offs--"Gomer Pyle, USMC," and "Mayberry RFD"--along the way. Sheldon's creative hot streak continued into the latter half of the 1960s, when be brought "I Spy" to the screen, followed, a few years later, by "My World and Welcome To It," a short-lived but highly respected half-hour comedy loosely based on the life and works of the famed New Yorker cartoonist and writer, James Thurber.
Sheldon Leonard died on January 10, 1997--about a month shy of his 90th birthday--having lived a wonderful life indeed.
WOW!!! Thank you! I will puy it on my Cocktails in Media FB group if you don't mind.
And Sheldon starred in the series 'Big Eddie' co-starring Sheree North, which, unfortunately, wasn't given time to find it's wings, was camceled early.
One of his roles was in Tortilla Flat (Spencer Tracy, John Garfield, Hedy Lamar), along with a cast of great character actors, none of whom, including the stars, could do a Mexican-American dialect accent at all, but it's a great story by John Steinbeck and the movie is a gem despite its dialect shortcomings, Sheldon was no worse than the others (Allen Jenkins, Frank Qualen, Tracy, Garfield, Frank Morgan, Hedy, Akim Tamaroff), they all floundered, their own accents/dialects were too habitual to overcome (Garfield as Porfirio Diaz in Juarez, same failing). Sheldon had a STRONG dialect, impossible to overcome, but that's kind of what defined him and made him successful, like Chas Palmentieri, De Niro, Joe Peschi, Pacino, etc.
He was also the voice of Linus the Lionhearted cartoon character.
Wow! Great comment, ty
My favorite TV shows are Leave it to Beaver and The Dick Van Dyke show. 😊
Best Christmas movie of all time
Yes. This movie and the really old version of A Christmas Carol are the only Christmas movies I ever watch.
christocr I especially enjoy the Christmas Carol version with Reginald Owen as Ebenezer.
Blacktop Robinowitz Me too! Me too! I love the Reginald Owen version and how cheery the movie is...I always get sniffly and cry when Scrooge begs to have things back to normal and promising to keep Christmas all the year! One of my faves! I also recently watched the Patrick Stewart version just the other night - WONDERFUL atmosphere!!
But my top 3 Scrooge flicks (in no particular order):
1.) Reginald Owen’s
2.) Muppet Christmas Carol
3.) Scrooged (1988 with Bill Murray)
That last one has a special place in my heart - besides the movie being fantastic, it turned out to be the last time I got to go to a movie with my youngest brother. While dinner was being cooked, we got dropped off to a local theater to watch the flick - I was 20; he was 13...and it was Christmas Day 1988. We had such a great time together! Sadly, about 1/2 a year later, family problems broke us apart and I never got to see him again...until 2010 when I heard of his sudden death and went to be with him. He had just turned 35 two weeks before.
I still miss him very much to this day and then some...and every time I watch Scrooged, I think of my brother and how we laughed together on Christmas...my apologies for rambling on...but I sure do enjoy the many versions of this story! Merry Christmas to you!!
Dawn Welch What a heartwarming story! It made my night. You have a wonderful Christmas too, and may God enrich your life always.
This is not a Christmas movie. It is June and I am watching these clips yet again. This has nothing to do with Christmas it is so far beyond that!
“That does it! Out you two pixies go, troo da’ door or out da winda!”
It really broke me swing Mr.Gower. His face just says it! He truly would’ve suffered the most had George not been there.
Gower was an abusive asshole
At 3:22 when George and Mr. Gower exchange looks, I always felt that Mr. Gower was the only one who truly remembered George. Sure, we're in the alternate universe but I always felt that even though, George saved his younger brother's life literally, there were other kids around and could've saved Harry anyway. Even though the film later says he did in fact die, I still feel like there could have been a chance for another kid to save him. But no one knew about Mr. Gower's mistake except George. So he literally saved that kid from being poisoned and Mr. Gower. I feel like even in the alternative universe, Mr. Gower was allowed to have some memory of George but felt like he couldn't say anything to him. It's just a theory. I just love the look he gives George. It's a good balance of happiness to see George but then goes to extreme sadness.
I enjoyed your line of thinking
@Erik Nelson. Good call. I always knew it to be a particularly poignant moment. An unbelievable amount of humanity. I read your comment and, for me, you gave it depth for the mind as well. As with J D, I too appreciated your comment.
He was never born and so he wasn’t there to catch mr. Gower’s mistake.
Makes sense but Mr. Gower says no when George asked if he knew him
Came here just to see Meade Lux Lewis playing the piano! Thanks for share!
"Where do u get off calling me Nick"
"Well that's your name isn't it" "well that has nothing to do with it"
😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂
His name is right on the bar over the front entrance. Apparently Nick was kind of slow.
Very Italian
I like the look on Nicks face when Clarance says flaming rum punch..
Yeah flaming all right lol
you Mean like a Gay Person ? I use to tend Bar here In NJ
The best!
Have a tear shed every year at Christmas when I revisit this great film!
One of my favorite scenes from this movie.
We serve hard drinks here for men who want to get drunk fast.
Correction: "We soive haa-hhd drinks for men who wanna get drunk fast."
@@hotwax9376 That's good. All we need is to end it with "fahhst" and I think our work on this line is done. Moving on, let's address "...is that cleahh, or do I haffta slip ya my left for a convincesahh?"
FUN FACT:…Nick the bartender was none other than legendary tv producer, SHELDON LEONARD; better known as the Executive Producer of such tv hits as “I SPY” and “THE ANDY GRIFFITH SHOW”
A favorite all time scene i love what Clarence orders at the bar
"That rumhead spent 20 years in jail for poisoning a kid. If you know him you must be a jailboid yourself."
The way Clarence says “two hundred and ninety three” so casually HAHA
"Uhhh...next May."
It was a much darker world without George in it
'Double bourbon, willya? Quick, huh"? My every drink order from now on.
the best xmas film ever, and clarance the angel, fantastic.
Listen to bartender Nick's voice, and you'll recognize the inspiration behind the voices of "George Peterson" and "Sgt. Peterson from the Chicago P.D." in Ferris Bueller's Day Off.
For me I always thought it was William F Buckley.
Hhahaha
Every time I hear Nick's voice, all I hear is George Costanza. It's quite eerie how similar it is!
+TheZuchinniman Alot of old time actors talked like that;
Thank you!!!!! For the life of me I couldn’t place where I’d heard it before...Cameron in Ferris Bueller!! Yes!!!
Still my favorite movie
Clarence orders drinks the same way my mother-in-law does any time we go out to eat with her.
Do you ever get embarrassed when you go with your mother-in-law?
@@melissacooper4282 No. She's very sweet...she's just sort of oblivious to the modern world, exactly like Clarence.
People often wonder why Nick changed after George is shown how life would be without him .
The answer is this simple, “Potter”.
Potter runs everything and as you know Potter is a miserable man .
Potter’s ugliness rubbed off on people .
Nick worked for Mr. Martini and was of course surrounded by kindness.
Potter if you will , Was basically the devil in the flesh. You see George was a ray of light for these people and knew how to stand up to Potter and set the example.
Mr. Gower because George wasn’t there to prevent it , Poisoned the kid as we see here .
Where's Mr. Martini though? The Building and Loan got him into a new house of his own, but apparently in George's absence he not only didn't have a roof over his head but he lost his business as well and disappeared off the face of the Earth. Nick was one of the few if not the only one who did better had George never been born. That bar was a happening spot on Christmas Eve!
It's odd we never see Potter in the alternate reality
@@peoriavideosltd6822
Martini did not get the home because it was through George & Mary .
I’m sure it was The Building and Loan that got Marini the tavern as well . No George, No Martini .
Nick had it in him to be a thug all the time (with or without George existing). Clarence makes the statement that without George however, People’s lives would be different. Nick didn’t become a hard person, Because he saw kindness and genuine caring. However without George, Nick did become hard .
“one man touched so many lives”.
@@llarmstrong783
You do see him , Wishing George a Happy New Year, “in jail”.
@@Mississippi4Clemson But that's in the original reality not the alternate
Clarence was going to drink something. He could have drunk something previously during his tenure as an angel. He also could have just been naming off drinks he heard of during his observations. The first time I was in Southeast Asia I ordered a Singapore Sling, even though I had no idea what was in it. It just seemed the appropriate thing to order at the time.
When I was barely 21, I went with my parents to Louisville KY. I ordered a Mint Julep because it was their famous drink. I expected a frothy, minty drink. I was shocked to receive bourbon with mint leaves!
What he ordered were real drinks, just very very old drinks, from the 1600's and befoee
Cheryl...thats a very good point!! (about the Flaming Rum Punch and Mulled wine) hahahh VERY good!
3:42 This would have been an Animaniacs moment here.
Nick: Would you show them to the door?
Yakko: That's ok, we can see it from here....😁
*The Warner Kids get thrown out of Nick's bar*
Yakko: Was it something we said?
That was funny when Nick was ringing the register and saying, I get my wings...bajhahahah
In my 20's i found a bar similar to this. Except no music, very dark, no one spoke to one another. We were there to get drunk and not interestedin chit chat. Ive often thought back to that time and of all of us sitting in there killing the pain together wallowing in self pity. In 2 to 3 hrs i would be pretty sauced. Another hr of drinking i would drive home. Thank god i never hurt anyone
Best scene ever?
Bars on Christmas Eve nice
Meade Lux Lewis playing piano, wonderful!
Yes, sir!
Do you know the name of the song?
Coal in your stocking. Merry Christmas Nick.
Funny in 1946 they had a movie about Alternate Realities :)
This is my Favorite Part of the Movie
My favorite scene in this movie. BTW, that drink Clarence had ordered, do a drink like that really exist?
Christian Edwards If it doesn't it SHOULD!!
Indeed it does!
They just didn't have those kind of drinks that Clarence wanted.
@@1060michaelg it does exist. It’s Mulled Wine and a seasonal favourite in Europe. Hot wine with spices and cloves. Very warming in winter
Yes, I love mulled wine.
I'm just here to hear Jimmy Stewart say "heyyy...little fella.." 😊
I love your laughter, it's cute
3:50 “Get the hell out of my bar!”
Clarence is the man!!!!
This is my favorite scene
Is the piano player in this scene famous blues player Meade Lux Lewis? Looks like him!
I read in a "Boston Globe" article that that is indeed Mr. Lewis. "Watching 'It's a Wonderful Life' in the Age of Trump" -- December 26, 2017 issue. Reading that article brought me here.
Fats Waller
It's funny how 70 years later ... bartenders are even surlier.
Nah, most bartenders suck.
I love how they build up all these terrible things and then the angel’s like “You won’t be able to stand what happened to your wife, she’s a librarian!” Like what? I remember my first time watching, I was expecting something horrific after this scene, and it’s just nah, she’s wearing glasses now. Oh no
And movies still use that trope to this day to make pretty girls look "ugly"
Nick used a seltzer water from the seltzer bottle to spray at Mr. Gower in the face.
Love it!
Ouwt yuu too pixie's i love that line 😂😂
Uploaded via a potato c'mon man!
Irony is Nick is the only one in town doing better without George except Potter. Nick owns the bar in the George-free universe.
But he didn’t seem too thrilled about it
But you get the feeling he would have been a scumbag without George and the rest of the nice town to calm him down.
Mulled wine is a very old drink.
When this part comes on, I think of all the hours of you and "Nick." We spent hours being Nick. :) I absolutely LOVE this movie and Nick is my favorite. Every year I look forward to hearing him and remembering you impersonating him. Sheldon Leonard was unique, just like you were. I miss you very much. :'(
"Hey look, I'm the boss. You want a drink or don't you? OK." "Look mister, I am standing here waiting for you to make up you mind." "Hey look Mr. We serve hard drinks in here for men who want to get drunk fast, and we do not need any characters around to give the joint atmosphere. Is that clear? " "That does it. Out you two pixies go through the door or out the window. Now that's another thing. Where do you come off calling me Nick?" What's that got to do with it?" "Ah, would you show these gentlemen to the door? I'm givin' out wings."
And let's not forget how he pronounces "jailbird" as "jailboid" in dat New Yawk accent.
“I’ll have t’slip ya m’left for a convinca!” Best line!
@@twingoatsinc "We soive haahhd drinks for men who wanna get drunk fast."
I remember Ferris Buellers friend from Ferris Buellers day off doing a Sheldon Leonard impression to the principal.
I agree, totally.
The lady at 3:04 seemed to have the most sympathy of all the people in that room.
Anyone else heard that one scene from Sam and cat and wanted to know what the joint atmosphere was?
I'm still laughing at how nick said "is that clear?"
Sheldon Leonard is the bartender, Nick.
Would you believe he became a big time television executive?
@@averythecoolcat Correct! An earlier pioneer in TV sitcoms along with Danny Thomas and Desi Arnaz! In fact, Chuck Lorre called his two main characters on Big Bang Theory Sheldon and Leonard as a tribute to him!
@@amp427 I actually listened to an audio tape somewhere where he was talking to college kids about television writing and the business.
Does anyone know who Madam Sorfonz may have been?
I don't know her... from Adam's off ox!
Crazy side fact: I'm known as the "Mr. Gower" of my street.
It happens.
the line is "...heavy on the cinnamon, light on the clove.".. . does not matter whether they drank that in 1650 or not, the order was connotative of antiquity....Dickens loved punch.... Mr. Gower, absolute pathos, and then some.
Never heard that expressions before, "Adam's off ox"
I thought it was Adam’s off aunt 😂
The bouncer is played by Cy Schindell who worked with the Three Stooges.
"Double bourbon, willya?" My drink order from now on.
Malvavisco You could do worse! But I’d rather have a dry rye, on the rocks. A little less harsh
❤❤
Interestingly enough, Sheldon Leonard (Nick) essentially used the same voice several years later for the blink-and-miss-it Looney Tunes character Dodsworth.
You’ll see a lot of strange things from now on - that’s you people -
The reason I deleted my original comment is because I found out what happened to Mr. Martini in the Pottersville universe. It turned out that Mr. Martini and his family had died when a fire broke out in their rental house in Potter's Field. Since George Bailey had never been born the Martinis had never moved out of Potter's Field. He was buried nearby Harry. Unfortunately they cut out of the final film that George also discovered his friend's grave when he discovered his brother's grave.
get out you pixies! he thinks they are gay. talking about angels and wings and clarence's fuss budget ways. there's a sophistication in the movie
Listen the conversation he over hears "You got any money, you need some place to stay"
That word had nothing to do with being "gay" at the time. In fact, not so very long ago, "gay" didn't mean homosexual, it was a synonym for happy.
SonnyGTA You enjoy saying that until it’s you they throw out just because they don’t like your face
No, he doesn’t think they’re gay. He thinks they’re crazy
christocr It had both meanings even then.
If you want a Pepsi you’re gonna pay for it, pal
If your name is Nick, and you own a bar, and you put a sign outside that says "Nick's," and you tell a new customer you're the boss, then why should it be any wonder where he comes off calling you "Nick," even if you don't know him from Adam's off ox?
Nick would punch you for saying that
LOL!
Why is Nick so mean in the alternate universe?
Cus George wasn’t around to save Nick & many others in town from Mr. Potter
What's on my mind? "I was thinking of a flaming rum punch!"
And Nick threatens him with a plain old punch!
If he doesnt want to give the joint atmosphere, why does he have the guy playing the piano
I think he meant..dont need any pixie type atmosphere in here
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"dat does it! out you two pixies go true da door or out da winda!"
Those brooklyn guys like him don't exist no more
i ALWAYS laugh when gower gets the spritz!!!
So, if George Bailey had never been born, then Nick would have owned his own business, instead of working for Mr. Martini. Nick had a "better life" without George Bailey.
😆🤣😂
I just started bartending and you do get some weird people who stop in. Kinda wishing I could have them leave the way Nick does lol!
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LOl mulled wine!
Heavy on the cinnamon, light on the cloves, off you go, my good lad!
Surly don't care about anyone but surly.
chinary8 Sorry surly.
@@sgvuja8684 Shut up.
Evil Nick sounds like a Mafiosi
Why because he has an East Coast Italian accent? lol
@@Tusc9969 Well, he's a Jewish guy from lower Manhattan in real life. So it makes sense.
This movie is iconic of course, but Nick’s voice always sounded a little too cartoony to me. It sounds like someone doing a really bad Bob Dylan impression.
Great movie, but I wish Capra had the angel look and act the way they usually do when they appear on earth: great-looking, imposing. They scare the wits out of people ... have to calm the folks down. If they wanted a drink they'd order a triple bourbon.
hahaha... I LOVE this classic. I'm not ashamed to say it. But notice, the only Black person in the room here is the guy playing "boogie woogie" on the honky-tonk piano. 😃oh. MY.
Heard that guy was actually rly famous, a big name for boogie
Which is cool
@@kenmatree.3167 Yep. Meade Lux Lewis....legendary!
Why was nick different in this alternate world
That part of the film is likened to when Scrooge is visited by the Ghost of Christmas Future...but in this case, it's an Angel named Clarence.
Cool movie. Filmed in 1942 in 100 degree weather. Fake snow everywhere.
Actually 1946. Jimmy Stewart, like many actors in the industry, had just returned from serving in WWII and didn't know if they'd ever be able to restart their careers again. www.imdb.com/title/tt0038650/
he didnt say he had it the day he was born
My thought exactly. Clarence was born in 1653, so 1670s or later! Was there an age limit for alcohol back then ;) ? But this sounds like nit-picking. I get Cheryl's point.
Sheldon Leonard
They had mulled wine since the B.C.s.
I always preferred Potterville and identified with the bartender.
Through the whole movie Potterville is the town George had always dreamed of escaping to.
I know this is blasphemous to say but doesn’t Pottersville look a lot more interesting than Bedford Falls.
Nick implying they were two gays after him ordering the drink. do you have a place to stay? get these two pixies out of here.
Nick was based.
Nick being a rougher character I think is really necessary to proving the film's point. Otherwise even a lot of people in the 40s might have seen Pottersville as an improvement. Certainly a lot of people enjoyed pool hall, strip clubs and bars even back then. But despite Nick likely being financially better off, probably having to grow up in a rougher town made him a less happy person. The flirty blonde (forget what her name was) goes from dating around to street walker, and the cop certainly had no reason to shoot George and certainly not through a crowd of people. His wife becoming and old maid always came off a bit iffy to me, that almost never happens to pretty women, so I think its important to see how these other characters are affected by living in a Potter dominated town.
Oh, I loved her, Violet Bick, played by the lovely Ms. Gloria Grahame. She had quite a life off camera, too.
It's so tiring having to sift through clips of people who have videotaped their TV with awful video and audio quality, bad angle and, heaven forbid, handheld, with a menu and volume bar on the screen, instead of having a real clip from the freaking film.
+313south HAHHA really!!!!!!
Nick is such a jerk, being nosy and listening into people's private business
I'll never understand why he just didn't stay in Pottersville. Pottersville is full of swinging jazz clubs and has a vibrant nightlife, unlike boring old Bedford Falls. And he wouldn't have to put up witk Zuzu's incessant whining.
leo alex because nobody knew who he was, he had no identity in that universe. So it would kind of be pointless
so what happened to Martini in this alternate reality?
+Shane Rogers Jailbird;
they didn't say, but he would not have gotten the house that George signed the loan for.
*sad face*
Probably didn’t do so well as an immigrant in Pottersville