[diogenes ghost]

"Ol' Sparky is a scary way to be terminated....

Many, many years ago a TV show called "The Damon Runyan Theater" was a favorite of mine.

One episode had a couple of his typical third level goombahs lamenting the recent demise of one of their associates on "the old hot squatteroo."

[Seaplaner]

I sometimes listen to old radio broadcasts on Siriusxm, and I can always tell if it's a Damon Runyan script...

...no contractions in the dialog. (And often, quite entertaining.)