"Nobody's ever gone the distance with Creed, and if I can go that distance, you see, and that bell rings and I'm still standin', I'm gonna know for the first time in my life, see, that I weren't just another bum from the neighborhood."
Basil Fawlty - Fawlty Towers
Colonel Henry Blake - MASH
Coach Ernie Pantusso - Cheers
Frank Costanza - Seinfeld
Hal - Malcolm in the Middle
Jimmy James - NewsRadio (not really, but Stephen Root is the funniest actor of all time and deserves a shout out)
Michael Scott - The Office
This is for you @thisistheshow - Jim Rice was actually a pretty good player.
PS Hope you guys don't mind me posting "cartoons". I actually only watch a few, but the few I watch I consider rather legendary and epic- so I like to sometimes add them into the mix....
@thisistheshow said:
Stephen Root is the voice of a couple characters on "King of the Hill" one being Bill Dauterive. Awesome work.
Everything Root does is awesmoe. Milton in Office Space, the blind radio guy in O Brother, Fuches in Barry, the bank teller in The Ballad of Buster Scruggs are Stephen Root at his best, and nobody does it better.
This is for you @thisistheshow - Jim Rice was actually a pretty good player.
@thisistheshow said:
I don't know all of that work, so you gave me some things to look for. Thanks!
Edit to add: His Office Space character is so legendary. It transcends. It is perfect.
Milton may be the funniest movie character of all time. Root's roles in O Brother Where Art Thou and The Ballad of Buster Scruggs are short but absolutely hysterical. Barry is on HBO now and is a great show. His character, Fuches, is pure scum, but Root finds ways to make him funny.
This is for you @thisistheshow - Jim Rice was actually a pretty good player.
Ralph Kramden
Archie Bunker
Sam Malone
Fred Sanford
Jerry Seinfeld
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Kramer adopting a stretch of highway episode of Seinfeld still makes me laugh when I think about it.
Hanging out his car door with a paint brush changing the lanes.
@Darin said:
Kramer adopting a stretch of highway episode of Seinfeld still makes me laugh when I think about it.
Hanging out his car door with a paint brush changing the lanes.
He was the only thing really funny on that show. The other characters were simply annoying, or was that the point?
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@Darin said:
Kramer adopting a stretch of highway episode of Seinfeld still makes me laugh when I think about it.
Hanging out his car door with a paint brush changing the lanes.
He was the only thing really funny on that show. The other characters were simply annoying, or was that the point?
You're definitely in the minority with that opinion. Seinfeld was one of the funniest shows in TV history.
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@Darin said:
Kramer adopting a stretch of highway episode of Seinfeld still makes me laugh when I think about it.
Hanging out his car door with a paint brush changing the lanes.
He was the only thing really funny on that show. The other characters were simply annoying, or was that the point?
You're definitely in the minority with that opinion. Seinfeld was one of the funniest shows in TV history.
Yes I am.
I love sit-coms. I have watched quite a bit of Seinfeld, some of the episodes were amusing, but to put it the top 20-30 comedy shows ever? Without Richards it would have been unwatchable.
I just don't see it.
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@Darin said:
Kramer adopting a stretch of highway episode of Seinfeld still makes me laugh when I think about it.
Hanging out his car door with a paint brush changing the lanes.
He was the only thing really funny on that show. The other characters were simply annoying, or was that the point?
You're definitely in the minority with that opinion. Seinfeld was one of the funniest shows in TV history.
Yes I am.
I love sit-coms. I have watched quite a bit of Seinfeld, some of the episodes were amusing, but to put it the top 20-30 comedy shows ever? Without Richards it would have been unwatchable.
I just don't see it.
I found Seinfeld to be an irritating straight man, but that was his roll and he played it expertly. Elaine was good enough to stay within her range and not mes things up. George was the star, Kramer a good back up and if the producers had more sense, Newman would have been a regular.
Seinfeld was good in it's day, but is pretty difficult to watch most episodes now. Much of the humor didn't age well and it's really targeted to NY'ers/NE coast.
@LarkinCollector said:
Seinfeld was good in it's day, but is pretty difficult to watch most episodes now. Much of the humor didn't age well and it's really targeted to NY'ers/NE coast.
Best (?) episode "The Soup Nazi" was supposedly inspired by the owner "Mayslacks", a bar/restaurant in NE Minneapolis.
The guy was an ex professional wrestler and would get upset if you didn't know exactly what you wanted. I went there once and no sandwich is so good I am going to have to take crap from the guy selling it to me.
By the way, I managed to get my meal without incident. Good roast beef sandwich.
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@MLBdays said:
Hawkeye Pierce in Mash.... Alan Alda. A one of a kind.
Also starred in a splendid movie with Ellen Burstyn, Same Time Next Year.
just a phenomenal actor, one of the best shows ever on TV. That was an excellent movie as well; didn't get a lot of publicity but still very good and entertaining
@LarkinCollector said:
Seinfeld was good in it's day, but is pretty difficult to watch most episodes now. Much of the humor didn't age well and it's really targeted to NY'ers/NE coast.
Best (?) episode "The Soup Nazi" was supposedly inspired by the owner "Mayslacks", a bar/restaurant in NE Minneapolis.
The guy was an ex professional wrestler and would get upset if you didn't know exactly what you wanted. I went there once and no sandwich is so good I am going to have to take crap from the guy selling it to me.
By the way, I managed to get my meal without incident. Good roast beef sandwich.
The character was actually based on Ali Yeganeh who owned and operated Soup Kitchen International in NYC.
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One of my favorite comedic actors was Tim Conway.
Although 'The Carol Burnett show' might not be classified as a sitcom, Conway was brilliant.
It was one of the few shows back in the day my whole family watched, along with 'Happy Days'.
@LarkinCollector said:
Seinfeld was good in it's day, but is pretty difficult to watch most episodes now. Much of the humor didn't age well and it's really targeted to NY'ers/NE coast.
Best (?) episode "The Soup Nazi" was supposedly inspired by the owner "Mayslacks", a bar/restaurant in NE Minneapolis.
The guy was an ex professional wrestler and would get upset if you didn't know exactly what you wanted. I went there once and no sandwich is so good I am going to have to take crap from the guy selling it to me.
By the way, I managed to get my meal without incident. Good roast beef sandwich.
@Darin said:
One of my favorite comedic actors was Tim Conway.
Although 'The Carol Burnett show' might not be classified as a sitcom, Conway was brilliant.
It was one of the few shows back in the day my whole family watched, along with 'Happy Days'.
The Dentist.
Outrageous
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@LarkinCollector said:
Seinfeld was good in it's day, but is pretty difficult to watch most episodes now. Much of the humor didn't age well and it's really targeted to NY'ers/NE coast.
Best (?) episode "The Soup Nazi" was supposedly inspired by the owner "Mayslacks", a bar/restaurant in NE Minneapolis.
The guy was an ex professional wrestler and would get upset if you didn't know exactly what you wanted. I went there once and no sandwich is so good I am going to have to take crap from the guy selling it to me.
By the way, I managed to get my meal without incident. Good roast beef sandwich.
@Darin said:
One of my favorite comedic actors was Tim Conway.
Although 'The Carol Burnett show' might not be classified as a sitcom, Conway was brilliant.
It was one of the few shows back in the day my whole family watched, along with 'Happy Days'.
The Dentist.
Outrageous
Are you an anti-dentite, LOL..
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@Darin said:
One of my favorite comedic actors was Tim Conway.
Although 'The Carol Burnett show' might not be classified as a sitcom, Conway was brilliant.
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Ralph Kramden and Ed Norton. Nuff said.
Basil Fawlty - Fawlty Towers
Colonel Henry Blake - MASH
Coach Ernie Pantusso - Cheers
Frank Costanza - Seinfeld
Hal - Malcolm in the Middle
Jimmy James - NewsRadio (not really, but Stephen Root is the funniest actor of all time and deserves a shout out)
Michael Scott - The Office
Stephen Root is the voice of a couple characters on "King of the Hill" one being Bill Dauterive. Awesome work.
PS Hope you guys don't mind me posting "cartoons". I actually only watch a few, but the few I watch I consider rather legendary and epic- so I like to sometimes add them into the mix....
Everything Root does is awesmoe. Milton in Office Space, the blind radio guy in O Brother, Fuches in Barry, the bank teller in The Ballad of Buster Scruggs are Stephen Root at his best, and nobody does it better.
@dallasactuary I don't know all of that work, so you gave me some things to look for. Thanks!
Edit to add: His Office Space character is so legendary. It transcends. It is perfect.
Milton may be the funniest movie character of all time. Root's roles in O Brother Where Art Thou and The Ballad of Buster Scruggs are short but absolutely hysterical. Barry is on HBO now and is a great show. His character, Fuches, is pure scum, but Root finds ways to make him funny.
As we are on to page two, this "Raymond" scene deserves an honorable mention.
Jack Tripper (John Ritter) - Three’s Company
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Ralph Kramden
Archie Bunker
Sam Malone
Fred Sanford
Jerry Seinfeld
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Jason Alexander
Christopher Lloyd. Iggy was just hilarious. I laugh inside just thinking about the episode where he has to retake his driver test.
Kramer adopting a stretch of highway episode of Seinfeld still makes me laugh when I think about it.
Hanging out his car door with a paint brush changing the lanes.
He was the only thing really funny on that show. The other characters were simply annoying, or was that the point?
You're definitely in the minority with that opinion. Seinfeld was one of the funniest shows in TV history.
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The Bizarro Jerry is one of the funniest half hours ever.
Currently teaches classes at Stonybrook on Long Island...
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the episode where Kramer goes dumpster diving and rebuilds the Merv Griffin set in his apartment slays me every time
has anyone mentioned JJ Evans?
Newman and Kramer in the mail truck ducking golf clubs was classic television.
Yes I am.
I love sit-coms. I have watched quite a bit of Seinfeld, some of the episodes were amusing, but to put it the top 20-30 comedy shows ever? Without Richards it would have been unwatchable.
I just don't see it.
I found Seinfeld to be an irritating straight man, but that was his roll and he played it expertly. Elaine was good enough to stay within her range and not mes things up. George was the star, Kramer a good back up and if the producers had more sense, Newman would have been a regular.
Seinfeld was good in it's day, but is pretty difficult to watch most episodes now. Much of the humor didn't age well and it's really targeted to NY'ers/NE coast.
Best (?) episode "The Soup Nazi" was supposedly inspired by the owner "Mayslacks", a bar/restaurant in NE Minneapolis.
The guy was an ex professional wrestler and would get upset if you didn't know exactly what you wanted. I went there once and no sandwich is so good I am going to have to take crap from the guy selling it to me.
By the way, I managed to get my meal without incident. Good roast beef sandwich.
just a phenomenal actor, one of the best shows ever on TV. That was an excellent movie as well; didn't get a lot of publicity but still very good and entertaining
The character was actually based on Ali Yeganeh who owned and operated Soup Kitchen International in NYC.
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Don Knotts I loved in Three's Co. and Barney Fife.....
One of my favorite comedic actors was Tim Conway.
Although 'The Carol Burnett show' might not be classified as a sitcom, Conway was brilliant.
It was one of the few shows back in the day my whole family watched, along with 'Happy Days'.
Snyder ........ from One Day at a Time.
The Dentist.
Outrageous
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Are you an anti-dentite, LOL..
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This (Conway)
https://youtu.be/-2OkR35ketA
and this (not Conway)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fW5j8I4uaZU
are still the funniest things I've ever seen on television.