Ed Grimley
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Edward Mayhoff 'Ed' Grimley was a character introduced on the television series SCTV and later used in Saturday Night Live. He was devised and played by Martin Short.
He is a hyperactive, neurotic nerd with a large frontal cowlick who is obsessed with banal popular culture, especially Wheel of Fortune and its host, Pat Sajak. He also loves to play the triangle, which for him consists of playing a recorded musical piece, striking the triangle once, and then wildly dancing to the recording. His catch phrases include "totally decent" and "I must say."
After achieving popularity on SNL, Grimley became a cartoon character on Hanna-Barbera's animated show The Completely Mental Misadventures of Ed Grimley (1988). In each episode, Grimley would have an adventure of some sort, interspersed with science lessons from The Amazing Gustav Brothers, named Roger and Emil, and a 'scary story' presented as a show-within-a-show by Grimley's favourite television host, Count Floyd.
Ed Grimley makes an extremely brief onstage appearance in Martin Short's Broadway show Martin Short: Fame Becomes Me, triangle in hand.
A Grimley reference can be found in the 2006 Homestar Runner Halloween Special, Happy Hallo-day, in which Homsar is dressed as the character.
[edit] The Completely Mental Misadventures of Ed Grimley episodes
- Tall, Dark & Hansom
- Ed's Debut
- E.G., Go Home
- Ed's In Hot Water
- Crate Expectations
- Grimley, P.F.C.
- Moby Is Lost
- Good Neighbor Ed
- Driver Ed
- Blowin' In The Wind
- Eyewitness Ed
- Eddy, We Hardly Know Ye
- The Irving Who Came To Dinner
