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Where did the tv/movie trope of hiccuping when drunk come from?
Posted on 6/16/20 at 10:21 pm
Posted on 6/16/20 at 10:21 pm
It happens in cartoons and older movies.
We have all seen Jerry Mouse drunk and hiccuping.
Bugs Bunny, Elmer Fudd, etc., as well.
Older movies have the same “trope” as well.
Where did this non-realistic idea come from?
Also, what is the oldest movie or show that you can think of where the actor/character did this?
We have all seen Jerry Mouse drunk and hiccuping.
Bugs Bunny, Elmer Fudd, etc., as well.
Older movies have the same “trope” as well.
Where did this non-realistic idea come from?
Also, what is the oldest movie or show that you can think of where the actor/character did this?
This post was edited on 6/16/20 at 10:22 pm
Posted on 6/16/20 at 10:33 pm to Scruffy
It was done in The Philadelphia Story (1940). Jimmy Stewart is drunk and talking to Cary Grant.
Stewart claimed that during the scene he ad libbed a hiccup. And Grant immediately ad libbed right back, "Excuse me".
Stewart claimed that during the scene he ad libbed a hiccup. And Grant immediately ad libbed right back, "Excuse me".
Posted on 6/16/20 at 10:34 pm to Scruffy
Off the top of my head W.C. Fields?
Posted on 6/16/20 at 10:41 pm to Scruffy
Vivien Leigh did it in Gone With the Wind (1939)
Posted on 6/16/20 at 10:47 pm to Kafka
I was thinking maybe it started in the silent movie era, but I can’t think of anything in particular.
Posted on 6/16/20 at 10:47 pm to mizzoubuckeyeiowa
quote:With Stewart improvising it I presume it was already a cliche by 1940, but I can't think of an earlier example OTTOMH
Off the top of my head W.C. Fields?
I haven't watched WCF in quite some time. He often played drinking characters, but how often did he actually play drunk?
Posted on 6/16/20 at 10:51 pm to Scruffy
quote:I'm sure it did, and in vaudeville before that, but I can't think of anything specific
I was thinking maybe it started in the silent movie era
Here is another example from 1940
I know of a silent comedy that deals w/ getting rid of hiccups, but I don't think it involves drinking
Posted on 6/16/20 at 10:57 pm to Scruffy
Ummm, because you tend to hiccup while drunk. I know you’re not a drinker, but when you get shithoused hiccuping isn’t uncommon and you get pissed off about it.
Posted on 6/17/20 at 12:53 am to Scruffy
I think you were correct with naming cartoons.
The internet seems to think it started with Porky Pig in the 30s.
The internet seems to think it started with Porky Pig in the 30s.
Posted on 6/17/20 at 1:23 am to Scruffy
I don't want to go too far off the deep end here, but I'm going to guess it probably came from the fact that you sometimes get the hiccups when drunk.
Posted on 6/17/20 at 1:59 am to TheTideMustRoll
Well yeah, but when did it first occur on the screen?
It's not like most people hiccup when drunk but that became the go to sign that a person was drunk in a movie.
Just like most people don't buy a French Banquette everytime they go the food market but that bageuutte sticking out the brown bag alerts the audience the person in the movie just went shopping.
A hiccup became a cheap and easy way to convey to the audience that the character was inebriated without showing reels of him or drinking.
And it probably did start with cartoons because they had to convey things quickly.
It's not like most people hiccup when drunk but that became the go to sign that a person was drunk in a movie.
Just like most people don't buy a French Banquette everytime they go the food market but that bageuutte sticking out the brown bag alerts the audience the person in the movie just went shopping.
A hiccup became a cheap and easy way to convey to the audience that the character was inebriated without showing reels of him or drinking.
And it probably did start with cartoons because they had to convey things quickly.
This post was edited on 6/17/20 at 2:16 am
Posted on 6/17/20 at 7:08 am to Scruffy
It was probably W.C. Fields.
Posted on 6/17/20 at 7:33 am to Scruffy
He wasn't the first, but Foster Brooks was the best at it.
Posted on 6/17/20 at 7:39 am to Scruffy
I’ve definitely gotten the beer drunk hiccups quite a few times.
ETA:
Mine is acid reflux related. Carbonation doesn’t help either, but mainly acid reflux.
ETA:
Mine is acid reflux related. Carbonation doesn’t help either, but mainly acid reflux.
This post was edited on 6/17/20 at 7:41 am
Posted on 6/17/20 at 9:05 am to OMLandshark
quote:I am definitely a drinker and I can accurately state that I have never gotten drunk and started hiccuping.
Ummm, because you tend to hiccup while drunk. I know you’re not a drinker, but when you get shithoused hiccuping isn’t uncommon and you get pissed off about it.
You can get hiccups from drinking anything, but it doesn’t exactly correlate specifically with alcohol.
This post was edited on 6/17/20 at 9:09 am
Posted on 6/17/20 at 9:12 am to Scruffy
Sorry, for some reason I mistook you for Sentrius. I’d had some drinks as well.
The only time I really get hiccups is when I’m drunk. Not sure if I’ve had sober hiccups since high school.
quote:
You can get hiccups from drinking anything, but it doesn’t exactly correlate specifically with alcohol
The only time I really get hiccups is when I’m drunk. Not sure if I’ve had sober hiccups since high school.
This post was edited on 6/17/20 at 9:14 am
Posted on 6/17/20 at 9:22 am to Ace Midnight
Think about Fields almost every day because I get a lot of Chickadees on my bird feeders. They are my favorite bird, because they are fearless. One was on a peanut butter cake at the same time a woodpecker was on the other side yesterday. Most of the other larger birds wouldn't be near a woodpecker.
Posted on 6/17/20 at 10:02 am to Scruffy
My wife hiccups like a cartoon mouse that fell in a barrel of booze, but only when she drinks wine. Nothing else makes her do that.
Posted on 6/17/20 at 10:59 am to Scruffy
Some doctors believe that hiccups are related to brain chemistry, There's the possibility that alcohol may "fire off a tripwire" that effects the vagus nerve, which connects the brain to various organs, including the diaphragm.
Posted on 6/17/20 at 3:24 pm to Scruffy
If you drink or eat too fast, you can get the hiccups. Oddly enough, the best way to get rid of them is to drink something fast.
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