I snickered in response, but I felt the ol’ spidey sense tingle. Hugh’s occasional attempts at bonhomie never really rang true. It wasn’t an Original Bob behavior, and the Skippies didn’t strike me as having drifted into the glad-handing used-car-salesman domain. In movie terms, it was like he was leaning against the furniture and whistling while examining the ceiling. The question was, why?