I'm surprised that neither the article nor comments here to date point out that the original setting was the cartoon shorts series "Milton"[0], where Milton and

I'm surprised that neither the article nor comments here to date point out that the original setting was the cartoon shorts series "Milton"[0], where Milton and Lumbergh are the central characters. The film's climax with Milton's breakdown is foreshadowed in the Milton series ("I could put strychnine in the guacamole...") [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milton_(cartoon) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milton_(cartoon) I think Gary Cole was underrated; he was awesome in "American Gothic".