"So I want you to get up now. I want all of you to get up out of your chairs. I want you to get up right now and go to the window. Open it, and stick your head out, and yell, 'Great, kid…don't get cocky!'"

Flaherty is an underrated improv genius, and where it shows is not just in the mockaholism but in the shambling, nearly-running-off-the-rails trains of thought of many of his characters, Count Floyd being but one.  There was a one-off he did, I can't remember the character's name, but he was an "esteemed historian"…

Boy, I'd love to chew her Charleston.

Boy, I'd love to chew her Charleston.

Why then, you're old enough to remember this!

Why then, you're old enough to remember this!

If you prefer a dripping yellow mattress, ain't no way no how I'm sleeping over at your abode, @avclub-fb3deea8bff8902a6a092a4b532b4a68:disqus .

If you prefer a dripping yellow mattress, ain't no way no how I'm sleeping over at your abode, @avclub-fb3deea8bff8902a6a092a4b532b4a68:disqus .

It's Grrrrreat!

It's Grrrrreat!

I come to the AV Club thinking it'll be the last place in the world I'll hear about bugnuts Saskatchewan politics, but nope.  Thanks, @avclub-500e75a036dc2d7d2fec5da1b71d36cc:disqus !

I come to the AV Club thinking it'll be the last place in the world I'll hear about bugnuts Saskatchewan politics, but nope.  Thanks, @avclub-500e75a036dc2d7d2fec5da1b71d36cc:disqus !

I am picturing Ronald McDonald delivering this delirious rant in the place of Shrugger and now I am in my happy place for the rest of today.

I am picturing Ronald McDonald delivering this delirious rant in the place of Shrugger and now I am in my happy place for the rest of today.

Yeah, I can see some influence, but it's not like the laser/rocket threatening a city/country/globe trope in Bond ever goes out of style.  It's kinda too bad that the Brosnan Bonds cherry-picked so much stuff from Colonel Sun because there was enough material there to get a decent movie.  Maybe they could take your…

Yeah, I can see some influence, but it's not like the laser/rocket threatening a city/country/globe trope in Bond ever goes out of style.  It's kinda too bad that the Brosnan Bonds cherry-picked so much stuff from Colonel Sun because there was enough material there to get a decent movie.  Maybe they could take your…

My serious suggestion for the next Bond film: remake "Moonraker".  But
hew to the book, updating its references when necessary (for instance,
find a contemporary parallel to "Drax is a secret Nazi").  Fleming's
"Moonraker" wasn't the best Bond book, but I think it has serious
potential to bridge the 21st century…

My serious suggestion for the next Bond film: remake "Moonraker".  But
hew to the book, updating its references when necessary (for instance,
find a contemporary parallel to "Drax is a secret Nazi").  Fleming's
"Moonraker" wasn't the best Bond book, but I think it has serious
potential to bridge the 21st century…

Funny thing is, "Sherlock"'s Moriarty (Andrew Scott) is almost a dead ringer for Epstein.

Funny thing is, "Sherlock"'s Moriarty (Andrew Scott) is almost a dead ringer for Epstein.