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Richter, though, is widely beloved or at least enjoyed, whether that’s due to his consistent improvement or his association with late-night at a time when that genre is politically imperiled, or his “gosh golly” affability.

Golly, I thought, either I’m getting better or the Turbo S is.

“At first I was thinking, ‘Golly, this is going to be a challenge,’” she replies.

“I am a loyal person,” Harris writes, which is not only self-justifying but has the slightly off-putting whiff of someone declaring, by golly, I’m just too honest.

And golly does he love compliments.