Mr. Mike's Least-Loved Bedtime Tales: "The Enchanted Thermos"

Michael O'Donoghue, for those of you not familiar with this site, is a personal hero of mine: first as a writer for the National Lampoon (1970-1973), and then as a writer and performer on the first three seasons of Saturday Night Live.

During SNL's second and third seasons, O'Donoghue was featured in "Mr. Mike's Least-Loved Bedtime Tales," in which, as his evil alter-ego, Mr. Mike (though he uses his full name for the first installment), he goes a few steps beyond the Brothers Grimm, to say the least. These bedtime tales have no moral (and, some would argue, no point), but I think they're all timeless classics.

"The Enchanted Thermos" was the very first in the series. Hope you enjoy it.

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