Actually, I think it was bugging him that nobody cared that he was back. Then he resorted to the same old Ted-tactics so that someone would finally get tired of him again. He should just give it up and try out for the latest Three Stooges Revival.
That may be it. I even told him, in post 1879, that his current persona wasn't objectionable. So I guess he had to push the pedal to the floor.