Count Jim Moriarty

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Count Jim "Thighs" Moriarty is a character from the 1950s BBC Radio comedy The Goon Show. He was voiced by Spike Milligan.

Also known as the "the Great Continental Steamer", 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 nabolis!", "Sapristi Nyuckles!"

Over the years, Moriarty changed from a rather debonair French mastermind to a cringing sidekick to Grytpype-Thynne who is often disparaging of his manic behaviour, referring to him as a "Steaming French Nit".

There is some suggestion that the character is a parody of the Sherlock Holmes villain, Professor Moriarty.^{[[Citing sources citation needed]]}

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