One of comedy’s greatest stock characters is the guy who’s his own worst enemy. You know the type: Kramer from Seinfeld; Michael Scott from The Office; the fanatical Wile E. Coyote who stalks the desert in perpetual and fruitless pursuit of his nemesis, the Road Runner. Each one embodies the archetype of the self-sabotaging schemer, destined to have their grand and elaborate plans dashed by a potent combination of hubris, ambition, and pure incompetence.
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