RIP Joe Flaherty

[Della9250]

I guess Heaven needed a heckling Western Union courier who schemed to turn Big Bird into a traveling carnival attraction

 

[garrow]

Damn shame. Such a great comedic actor.

Favorite bit of his from SCTV

 

[Driftwood]

 

[maumann]

RIP.

So many great characters from SCTV. Big Jim McBob -- "they blowed up real good!" Wheelchair-bound station manager Guy Caballero. They did a memorable parody of the Andy Griffith Show -- with Merv Griffin as Andy -- and he was Barney Fife.

And of course, his Western Union courier in "Back to the Future" and jeering fan in "Happy Gilmore."

 

[User 149557]

I just remembered the show “Maniac Mansion” from the 1990s. Hadn’t thought about that in 30 years.

 

[garrow]

Freak and Geeks too. Had forgotten he was in One Crazy Summer.

 

[da man]

RIP.

So many great characters from SCTV. Big Jim McBob -- "they blowed up real good!" Wheelchair-bound station manager Guy Caballero. They did a memorable parody of the Andy Griffith Show -- with Merv Griffin as Andy -- and he was Barney Fife.

And of course, his Western Union courier in "Back to the Future" and jeering fan in "Happy Gilmore."

I still use "blowed up real good" whenever possible.

 

[mpcincal]

RIP. I remember when SCTV was on late Friday nights on NBC (after Carson) and I didn't get to see it much because parents wouldn't let me stay up all night. However, when I did get a chance to watch, I loved it and at the time wished they would put it on Saturday instead of SNL.

I loved Sammy Maudlin and his "Rat Pack" (Go find "Maudlin's Eleven" on YouTube if you haven't seen it before). Also, newsman Floyd Robertson with his partner, Eugene Levy's Earl Camenbert.

And, of course, he also popped up in about a million movies and TV shows I've watched. The courier in "BTTF" and golf heckler in "Happy Gilmore" have been mentioned, but don't forget the Czech border guard in "Stripes."

Anyway, I hope him and John Candy are having a wonderful reunion.

 

[MTM]

Just saw him while rewatching Stripes. He was never not funny.

 

[Smallpotatoes]

This was my favorite sketch of his.

 

[Slacker]

Also, newsman Floyd Robertson with his
partner, Eugene Levy's Earl Camenbert.

“That’s CAMEMBERT ... ”

 

[Smallpotatoes]

“That’s CAMEMBERT ... ”

 

[Scout]

A Pittsburgh DJ tweeted that Flaherty went MIA from SCTV to attend Clemente’s funeral.

That’s some serious Pittsburgh street cred.

 

[YMCA B-Baller]

 

[Sea Bass]

His turn as Al Bundy’s dentist was pretty damn good too. He also had Traci Lords as his hygienist.

 

[mpcincal]

Bump! I may look like an idiot for admitting this, but it didn't hit me until after Flaherty's death, that his characters Floyd Robertson and Count Floyd were the same person, because staffers at the rinky-dink station would have to fill multiple roles.

 

[garrow]

My favorite Count Floyd bit: he's a vampire, but he howls like a wolf.