[Peter] O'Toole does for this movie [My Favorite Year] what [Alan] Swann does for the cast and crew of Comedy Cavalcade: he swanks in whenever there's a lull in the action and with a dapper flare of his cuffs sets off smiles, sighs, palpitations.

Neither does it bother the floogy on the front seat, in pink slacks and a pseudo-sailor souvenir cap cocked on her synthetic curls.

Being proud of mistreating shortchanged enemies is a likely sign of class consciousness, as well as thinking or speaking ill of them.

Yah, when the temps hit 90°F, the Dindu Nuffins start shootin' each other.