Crazy Larry is in fact a misnomer. He started his acting career as a momentary distraction from insipient syphilitic dementia, staring in 1975's Magnum Torch Song Trilogy, playing himself as a vigilante, chanteuse and pyromaniac. The whirlwind of publicity, instant stardom and elevation of Crazy Larry to a pop culture archetype took everyone - including Larry himself - by surprise. As the first of the sound byte action heroes everyone from mailmen to presidential candidates were spouting his catch phrases "Wanna get lucky, punk?" , "Make me a drink" and "Hey, Sailor!"