Count Jim Moriarty
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Count Jim Moriarty is a character from the 1950s BBC Radio comedy The Goon Show. He was voiced by Spike Milligan.
Moriarty is an impoverished member of the French aristocracy who has turned to crime to support his lifestyle. Despite having carried out many high-paying cons and robberies during the series, he and his criminal counterpart Hercules Grytpype-Thynne always appear to be permanently destitute. With his thick faux-French accent, he is often found scavenging in dustbins looking for food and uttering meaningless foreign-sounding curses like "Sapristi nabolas!", "Sapristi nyuckoes!" or "Sapristi bombpetts!" as well as a distorted form of actual French exemplified by "Sacre Fred!" from "Lurgi Strikes Britain".
Moriarty travels closely with Grytpype-Thynne, often in the same suit or (in "The Jet Propelled Guided NAAFI") by hiding in the lining of Grytpype's underpants. In "The Call of the West", Grytpype announces that Moriarty is travelling west by fish crate because of the...
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