Michael O'Donoghue, for those of you not familiar with this site, is a personal hero of mine: first as a writer for the National Lampoon (1970-1973), and then as a writer and performer on the first three seasons of Saturday Night Live.
During SNL's second and third seasons, O'Donoghue was featured in "Mr. Mike's Least-Loved Bedtime Tales," in which, as his evil alter-ego, Mr. Mike (though he uses his full name for the first installment), he goes a few steps beyond the Brothers Grimm, to say the least. These bedtime tales have no moral (and, some would argue, no point), but I think they're all timeless classics.
"The Enchanted Thermos" was the very first in the series. Hope you enjoy it.
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Thanks. There really isn't much out there as far as Michael O'Donoghue's concerned. I'm just glad SNL put out the second season so we actually get to see some of this stuff again. Hopefully, someone will put out Mondo Video on DVD before the apocalypse.
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Excellent post, thanks. Just finished reading "Mr. Mike" and was trolling for videos. Not much out there though.
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