Denny Crane might just be a starship captain who now plays on Boston Legal, the TV show. Must be mad cow is a line from the show I think.

Funner quote, from a departed friend, was what he screamed during a firefight. In Latin it was "eat shit and die". Had to get it translated later to be sure of what I suspected he was saying. Where a hillbilly learned that Latin is what I never figured out.