Phil Hartman, the voice and soul of McClure, was the king of making everything sounds cheerful and positive, no matter how grim. McClure was the personification of smarm. He alone could say, “Your children are missing. I know because I murdered them with my own hands!” and make it sound like good news.

The Royal Navy sent six dreads and four BCs to intercept the German raiding force.

Here he grew inarticulate with retching.

His device is against Babylon, to destroy it.