ToughPigs is saddened to be taught that actor, author, and comic Joe Flaherty has handed away on the age of 82.

A veteran of the Second Metropolis theater troupe, Flaherty broke into tv with SCTV, the place he was one of many present’s longest-serving forged members and writers from 1976 to 1984. There, he introduced life such memorable characters as horror host Depend Floyd, the scummy TV community proprietor Man Caballero, and schmaltzy entertainer Sammy Maudlin. He would additionally seem in such exhibits as Married… with Kids, Freaks and Geeks, and The King of Queens, and movies which included Again to the Future Half II and Completely happy Gilmore.

Flaherty was one in every of a number of SCTV alumni that appeared in Sesame Road Presents: Comply with that Fowl, taking part in Sid Sleaze, of the nefarious Sleaze Brothers. The extra naïve and emotional of the 2, Sid is definitely moved to tears throughout Massive Fowl’s efficiency of “I’m So Blue,” and later bursts out crying after they’re lastly caught by the police, which you’ll see within the video beneath.

However that wouldn’t be Flaherty’s solely work within the artistic worlds of Jim Henson. A number of years later, he would offer the voice of The Chief Elder in two episodes of Dinosaurs, “Inexperienced Card” and “Working Lady.”

Whether or not he was a sleazy politician or only a Sleaze brother, Joe Flaherty provided loads of laughs as he supplied the tears.

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by Matthew Soberman – Matthew@ToughPigs.com