Sadly, there doesn’t appear to be any video of his greatest hits, but this article has a nice rundown. Read the whole thing, but here are some choice moments:

Neither [of Klein's predecessors as Premier] ever gave a protester the finger. Ralph did it as environment minister during a 1990 meeting about a contentious pulp mill project.

One agitated protester advanced in front of Klein and flipped him the middle digit. Klein didn’t miss a beat, glaring and flipping it right back at him.

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He then got his chance to shock the country by complaining in January 1982 about “eastern creeps and bums” driving up the crime rate in Calgary.

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“I WASN’T SUPRISED [sic] THAT SHE CROSSED OVER TO THE LIBERALS. I DON’T THINK SHE EVER DID HAVE A CONSERVATIVE BONE IN HER BODY. WELL, MAYBE ONE.”
Klein at a charity roast, talking about Tory turncoat Belinda Stronach — who used to date Foreign Affairs Minister Peter MacKay — on Nov. 7, 2006.

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“YOU GET A LOT OF FREE DINNERS BUT AFTER THAT YOU GET SORT OF TIRED, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU QUIT DRINKING, AND THEN IT’S NO FUN AT ALL, SO I DON’T KNOW WHY THEY WOULD WANT TO DO IT.”
Klein talking to reporters at the Calgary Stampede on July 10, 2006 about his potential successors.

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“I OUGHT NOT TO HAVE THROWN THE LIBERAL HEALTH POLICY AT OUR PAGE JENNIFER, AND TO JENNIFER, I APOLOGIZE MOST SINCERELY. … AND I ALSO APOLOGIZE FOR REFERRING TO THE DOCUMENT AS CRAP, MR. SPEAKER.”
Klein apologizing in the Alberta legislature on March 1, 2006 after throwing a Liberal Party health policy booklet and narrowly missing a legislature page.

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“THEY DIDN’T LOOK SEVERELY HANDICAPPED TO ME, I TELL YOU THAT FOR SURE. THEY BOTH HAD CIGARETTES DANGLING FROM THEIR MOUTH AND COWBOY HATS.”

Klein speaking to a Tory provincial election campaign rally in Calgary on Oct. 27, 2004. He was talking about two women who were “yipping about AISH payments,” which go to Albertans who are severely handicapped.

He later followed up on that in Grande Prairie by saying: “I’m sure none of you want to talk to me about AISH. No, because you’re normal — severely normal people.”

And his most famous incident, and my personal favourite, is when he drunkenly wandered into a homeless shelter — at Christmas time! — and told the residents to “get a job” (italics mine to highlight the awesome):

“I’M GOING TO TRY AND STAY CLEAN AS LONG AS I CAN, BUT IF FROM TIME TO TIME I HAVE A GLASS OF WINE, DON’T MAKE A MOUNTAIN OUT OF A MOLE HILL.”
Ralph Klein after an infamous December 2001 incident in which he showed up inebriated at a homeless shelter in Edmonton, berated some of the residents for not having jobs, then throwing money on the floor and leaving.

And another account:

At around 1am December 12, a visibly intoxicated Klein had his chauffeur drive him to the Herb Jamieson Centre, a government-supported shelter for homeless men. Witnesses say that soon after entering the 249-bed Centre, Klein began shouting and swearing at a number of the homeless. Slurring his words, the Tory premier yelled repeatedly at them to get jobs, then threw money on the lobby floor and stormed out.

Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, I rest my case.

In entirely unrelated and no-doubt coincidental news, Lady Edwina Bryll hasn’t been seen for about four days. You don’t think….? Nah. Couldn’t be.