He's Nothing but a "Flim-Flam" Man!

[darkshadow0001]

As you guys probably know already, but I've been watching a lot of season one lately (WGN America has been showing it alot) and I was watching the episode where Q gave Riker his powers, and Picard responded somewhat with:

"He's Nothing but a 'Flim-Flam' Man!"

I mean, where did the writers come up with this stuff? This season had a lot of potential, but that is what I love about Trek, the humor. I don't think this one was forced, humor, either but it was rather funny I almost can't wait to watch the rest of season one...

 

[Hober Mallow]

I may be wrong, but I believe Stewart screwed up the delivery of the line, to much comedic affect. Instead of saying, "He's nothing but a flim-flam man!" he says, "He's nothing but a flim-flam, man!" I giggle every time I hear it.

 

[KirkPicard]

Then Worf''s subsequent mouthing of the word under his breath was quite amusing.

Picard: "Don't you see Riker? He's nothing but a flim flam man, he's been that ever since we met him at Farpoint!"

Worf: "Flim flam?"

 

[jwb]

Well, it beats "shut up, Wesley" I guess.

 

[A beaker full of death]

What's wrong with flim-flam?

 

[RandyS]

Well, it beats "shut up, Wesley" I guess.

No it doesn't. Everybody should have said that every time the little shit spoke.

 

[Hober Mallow]

What's wrong with flim-flam?

Nothing's wrong with it, it's Stewart's delivery that's wrong. It's suppoosed to be "flim flam man." "Man" is supposed to be a noun. Stewart says, "He's nothing but a flim flam, (comma) man." As in "What's up, man?" At least, that's my recollection. Heven't seen the episode in forever.

 

[KirkPicard]

Here is the scene featuring that flim flam, man.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LF0gnIaD_Cc

 

[Hober Mallow]

"Q, go on wit yo bad self!"

 

[The Mighty Monkey of Mim]

I don't think Stewart messed up the delivery at all. He deliberately enunciated so that the trailing "m" in flim-flam didn't get garbled together with the leading "m" in man, as is prone to happen when the same consonant sound ends and begins adjacent syllables. I never heard it as anything other than what it was supposed to be.

 

[A beaker full of death]

Right - he doesn't say, "he's a 'flim-flam' man" -- he says, "he's a 'flim-flam man'".

 

[darkshadow0001]

Then Worf''s subsequent mouthing of the word under his breath was quite amusing.

Picard: "Don't you see Riker? He's nothing but a flim flam man, he's been that ever since we met him at Farpoint!"

Worf: "Flim flam?"

LoL, I remember that. When I saw it the remark reminded me of the remark he made in "All Good Things..." when Picard asked where Q was. "What is a Q?" This is what I always loved about Star Trek, the attempted humor

 

[Danny99]

Then Worf''s subsequent mouthing of the word under his breath was quite amusing.

Picard: "Don't you see Riker? He's nothing but a flim flam man, he's been that ever since we met him at Farpoint!"

Worf: "Flim flam?"

LoL, I remember that. When I saw it the remark reminded me of the remark he made in "All Good Things..." when Picard asked where Q was. "What is a Q?" This is what I always loved about Star Trek, the attempted humor

And Yar's answer of: "It's a letter of the alphabet as far as I know" in All Good Things.

I didn't hear a comma; I think he was just over enunciating to make sure nothing got lost.

 

[22 Stars]

I would pronounce it 'flim-fla-man'. (using the last m for both) Only people who overly enunciate (or british stage actors) whould realistically say flim-flam (full stop) man. IMO

 

[Hober Mallow]

I would pronounce it 'flim-fla-man'. (using the last m for both) Only people who overly enunciate (or british stage actors) whould realistically say flim-flam (full stop) man. IMO

Stuffy Redcoats.

 

[Kirby]

In my mind it sounds better with a Jimmy Stewart accent, not a Patrick Stewart accent.

"Why he's nothing but a flim-flam man!"

 

[22 Stars]

Clarence! Zu-Zu's petals! There they are!

 

[Hober Mallow]

In my mind it sounds better with a Jimmy Stewart accent, not a Patrick Stewart accent.

"Why he's nothing but a flim-flam man!"

You're right, it sounds much better. "Look, Harvey, w-w-w-w-why he's nothing but a-a-a-a-a... a flim-flam maaaaaan!"

 

[Tan Ru]

oh great, now I can't get Jimmy Stewart's voice out of my head.