Larsen E. Whipsnade
Larsen E. Whipsnade...
Name of main character in "You Can't Cheat An Honest Man", played by W.C. Fields.
Name of main character in "You Can't Cheat An Honest Man", played by W.C. Fields.
Say the first name and middle initial quickly together, and you get the idea of the character. In the film, Larsen E. Whipsnade runs a circus, into the ground, and two steps ahead of the law. Whipsnade is one of many of Fields' character names, such as Cuthbert J. Twillie, Egbert Souse, Mahatma Kane Jeeves and Wolffinger J. Uncoupler.