# Great comedic Bad Guys **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 30, 2005, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-comedic-bad-guys/310566 "2005-06-30T18:54:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Don\_Draper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b2d939/32.png) [@Don\_Draper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_Draper)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2005, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-comedic-bad-guys/310566/1 "2005-06-30T18:54:36Z")
C. Montgomery Burns - “the Simpsons” Dr. Praetorius - “the Bride of Frankenstein” Nurse Diesel - “High Anxiety” Dr. Strangelove - (eponymous) Dr. Frank’n’Furter - “the Rocky Horror Picture Show” Mimi - “the Drew Carey Show” Marvin the Martian Yosemite Sam the Martians - “Mars Attacks!” Dabney Coleman in almost anything he’s ever done. ---
**Author:** ![Ponder\_Stibbons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponder_stibbons/32/343_2.png) [@Ponder\_Stibbons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponder_Stibbons)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2005, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-comedic-bad-guys/310566/2 "2005-06-30T18:57:27Z")
What? Just a list, no great quotes? Throw me a frickin’ bone, here … ---
**Author:** ![photopat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e95f7d/32.png) [@photopat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/photopat)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2005, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-comedic-bad-guys/310566/3 "2005-06-30T19:01:08Z")
Heddy Lamar - “Blazing Saddles” 3…2…1… ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2005, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-comedic-bad-guys/310566/4 "2005-06-30T19:02:03Z")
Blazing Saddles - Harvey Korman as Hedley Lamar ---
**Author:** ![Draelin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce73a5/32.png) [@Draelin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Draelin)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2005, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-comedic-bad-guys/310566/5 "2005-06-30T19:07:24Z")
> [@photopat](#): > > 3…2…1… That’s _Hedley_. ---
**Author:** ![Iguana\_Boy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/ed655f/32.png) [@Iguana\_Boy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iguana_Boy)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2005, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-comedic-bad-guys/310566/6 "2005-06-30T19:08:12Z")
> [@photopat](#): > > Heddy Lamar - “Blazing Saddles” > > 3…2…1… “That’s Hedley!” There ya go! ---
**Author:** ![Draelin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce73a5/32.png) [@Draelin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Draelin)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2005, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-comedic-bad-guys/310566/7 "2005-06-30T19:12:52Z")
Ahh, the beloved simulpost. And for good measure–Rick Moranis as Dark Helmet in _Spaceballs_. “Now that I have my coffee, I’m ready to watch radar.” ---
**Author:** ![Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hey_It_s_That_Guy)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2005, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-comedic-bad-guys/310566/8 "2005-06-30T19:12:54Z")
> [@photopat](#): > > Heddy Lamar - “Blazing Saddles” > > “That’s _Hedley_!” > > 3…2…1… More: David Brent (Ricky Gervais) and Michael Scott (Steve Carrell), the bosses from the two versions of The Office. Orin Scrivello, DDS (Steve Martin) in Little Shop of Horrors. Dark Helmet (Rick Moranis) in Spaceballs. Dr. Cox (John C. McGinley) and Dr. Kelso (Ken Jenkins) from Scrubs (although both are more jerks than “bad guys”). Newman (Wayne Knight) from Seinfeld. Christopher Walken in almost every role he’s ever had. ---
**Author:** ![Don\_Draper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b2d939/32.png) [@Don\_Draper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_Draper)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2005, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-comedic-bad-guys/310566/9 "2005-06-30T19:13:29Z")
So sorry, I inserted quotes. Here ya go! C. Montgomery Burns - “the Simpsons” - “This slackjawed family of troglodytes ruin my chances of getting elected, yet if I were to have them killed I’D be the one to go to jail. That’s democracy for you, Smithers!” Dr. Praetorius - “the Bride of Frankenstein” - “Alcohol, my one & only vice.” “Tobacco, my one & only vice.” etc. etc. Nurse Diesel - “High Anxiety” - “Those who are tardy do not get a fruitcup.” Dr. Strangelove - (eponymous) - “Of course, the whole point of a Doomsday Machine is lost, if you _keep_ it a _secret_! Why didn’t you tell the world, EH?” Dr. Frank’n’Furter - “the Rocky Horror Picture Show” - “It’s not easy having a good time” (Audience = “When your friends are all stoned!”) Mimi - “the Drew Carey Show” - " I have obsessive compulsive disorder. I have to do everything in threes. That’s kinda how I got my reputation in school as a slut." Marvin the Martian - “Oh you needn’t worry about getting back to the Earth. I’m going to blow it up.” Yosemite Sam - “First I’ll marry the old bat, then take all her money, burn down the liberry and throw the orphans out of the orphanage! a heh heh heh hee.” the Martians - “Mars Attacks!” - “grabble rabble rak rak-rak-rak! Ark! Ak! Ak! Ak!” Dabney Coleman in almost anything he’s ever done. - “Oh excuse me, Violet, I guess I thought my next move was obvious. I’m going to have you three bitches thrown in jail!” (from “Nine to Five”) ---
**Author:** ![Rufus\_Xavier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eada6e/32.png) [@Rufus\_Xavier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rufus_Xavier)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2005, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-comedic-bad-guys/310566/10 "2005-06-30T19:18:26Z")
The Duke Brothers from _Trading Places_: Randolph Duke: Mother always said you were greedy. Mortimer Duke: She meant it as a compliment. ---
**Author:** ![want2know](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/50afbb/32.png) [@want2know](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/want2know)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2005, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-comedic-bad-guys/310566/11 "2005-06-30T19:22:20Z")
[ol] [li]Engulf and Devour–“Silent Movie”[/li][li]Dr. Evil–“Austin Powers”[/li][li]Boss Hogg–“Dukes of Hazzard”[/li][li]Dean Wormer–“Animal House”[/li][li]Dr. Smith–“Lost in Space”[/li][li]Stewie–“Family Guy”[/li][li]Klang–“Help!”[/li][/ol] ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2005, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-comedic-bad-guys/310566/12 "2005-06-30T19:43:19Z")
Hades in **Hercules** – Disney had very few comic villains, but this was a great one, mostly due to James Woods. "I’ve got 24 hours to get rid of this bozo, or the entire scheme I’ve been setting up for 18 years goes up in smoke, and you are wearing his merchandise? " Trentino in **Duck Soup** – “You upstart!” ---
**Author:** ![HPL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/3da27b/32.png) [@HPL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HPL)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2005, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-comedic-bad-guys/310566/13 "2005-06-30T19:48:35Z")
Leonardo Leonardo from the Clerks animated series. “Well played, clerks!” "My revenge won’t be swift or entertaining, but rather drawn out so that you’ll wonder wether the misery in your life was manifest or the machinations of Leonardo Leonardo! ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2005, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-comedic-bad-guys/310566/14 "2005-06-30T19:59:39Z")
Kevin Kline as Otto in _A Fish Called Wanda._ “I’m dis-a-POIN-ted!” ---
**Author:** ![Podkayne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/edb3f5/32.png) [@Podkayne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Podkayne)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2005, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-comedic-bad-guys/310566/15 "2005-06-30T20:07:23Z")
The Monarch from _Venture Bros._: “Venture and I have engaged in a deadly game of cat . . . and also cat . . . for years.” ---
**Author:** ![want2know](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/50afbb/32.png) [@want2know](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/want2know)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2005, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-comedic-bad-guys/310566/16 "2005-06-30T20:10:24Z")
Anakin in **ROTS**? 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Rubystreak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Rubystreak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rubystreak)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2005, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-comedic-bad-guys/310566/17 "2005-06-30T20:16:27Z")
Beetlejuice: “I’m the ghost with the most, baby!” The Sta-Puft Marshmellow Man from Ghostbusters Saddam Hussein in _South Park_ Willy Wonka in _Charlie and the Chocolate Factory_ ---
**Author:** ![Meaty\_Beaty\_Big\_and\_Bouncy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c57346/32.png) [@Meaty\_Beaty\_Big\_and\_Bouncy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meaty_Beaty_Big_and_Bouncy)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2005, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-comedic-bad-guys/310566/18 "2005-06-30T20:19:22Z")
Newman-“Seinfeld” (smarmy voice) “Hello, Jerry” Count de Money (de Monet!)-“History of the World Part 1” “Don’t get saucy with me, Bearnaise” ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2005, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-comedic-bad-guys/310566/19 "2005-06-30T20:19:35Z")
**Jack Lemmon** as Professor Fate in _The Great Race_. “Push the button, Max” [On a melting iceberg] Leslie: You better keep it to yourself. Fate: Oh, of course I’ll keep it to myself. [to himself] Fate: Until the water reaches my lower lip, and then I’m going to mention it to _somebody_! ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2005, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-comedic-bad-guys/310566/20 "2005-06-30T20:20:01Z")
The Mikado in, well, Gilbert & Sullivan’s _MIkado_ “I’ve forgotten the punishment for encompassing the death of the Royal Heir, but I believe it has something to do with boiling oil, or melted lead…Yes, boiling oil comes into it somewhere…” [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-comedic-bad-guys/310566.md?page=2)