Your favorite sitcom characters.

Coinstartled · October 7, 2019 5:40PM

Not much going on in sports so here is a diversion. List up to ten.

Eddie Haskell --Leave it to Beaver.
Ralph Kramden -- Honeymooners.
Newman -- Seinfeld. The best of a great cast. Used sparingly which made his appearances memorable.
Louie DePalma -- Taxi
Grandpa Munster -- Munster
Barney Fife -- Andy Griffith Show.
Maj Winchester -- MASH
Mr. Haney -- Green Acres. Terrible show but Pat Butram played the Haney charachter well.
Laverne DeFazio -- Laverne and Shirley. Found her to be one of the few really funny lady comics.
Mel Cooley -- Dick Van Dyke show. Splendid straight man.

Realized that I missed many sitcom runs entirely, especially the more recent ones. This is what i got.

lightningboy · October 7, 2019 6:07PM

Michael Scott - The Office - The Robert Deniro of sitcoms conveying a vast array of emotions with facial expressions alone
Larry David - Curb your Enthusiasm
Jim Halpert - The Office
Ryan Howard - The Office
Alex P Keaton - Family Ties
Jerry Seinfeld - Seinfeld
Darryl Philbin - The Office
Frank Costanza - Seinfeld (George's father always yelling out a word while he spoke)

Last 2 can be anyone other than characters from 2-1/2 Men or Big Bang Theory - 2 of the most inexplicably successful shows in history with "days ahead of time" telegraphed punchlines.

bronco2078 · October 7, 2019 6:14PM

@lightningboy said:
Michael Scott - The Office - The Robert Deniro of sitcoms conveying a vast array of emotions with facial expressions alone
Larry David - Curb your Enthusiasm
Jim Halpert - The Office
Ryan Howard - The Office
Alex P Keaton - Family Ties
Jerry Seinfeld - Seinfeld
Darryl Philbin - The Office
Frank Costanza - Seinfeld (George's father always yelling out a word while he spoke)

Last 2 can be anyone other than characters from 2-1/2 Men or Big Bang Theory - 2 of the most inexplicably successful shows in history with "days ahead of time" telegraphed punchlines.

I hope you mean the real office not the american version. Why is it even a thing to copy a hit show with american actors , just show the episodes that are already made.

Coinstartled · October 7, 2019 6:27PM

Cool...an argument on the second reply.

doubledragon · October 7, 2019 6:30PM

Kramer all the way. "Hey Buddy"

hammer1 · October 7, 2019 6:53PM

Fonzarelli

Coinstartled · October 7, 2019 6:55PM

Crap...I forgot Al Bundy.

I am thinking #4 and dropping Mel Cooley.

Darin · October 7, 2019 7:09PM

I'll never forget Cliff Clavin and his Jeopardy dream board. And how he clutched at final Jeopardy.

LarkinCollector · October 7, 2019 8:09PM

Beckett - Castle couldn't survive without her (even though that Fillion sissy blocked me on Twitter, it was still an entertaining detective show)
(Whatever JLHs character was on Ghost Whisperer) - the series wouldn't exist without her "accoutrements"
Finch or Reese - Person on Interest was just a bit ahead of it's time, both were fantastic and the rest of the cast pretty incredible also
Elliot Anderson - perfectly timed, but Mr Robot has to move on to bigger things and the series will end far before it's time (sorry Slater)

JoeBanzai · October 7, 2019 8:36PM

Morey Amsterdam on the Dick Van Dyke Show.

Christopher Lloyd on Taxi

Peter Boyle on Everybody Loves Raymond

Larry Linville on MASH

Alvy Moore on Green Acres (Hank Kimball)

DIMEMAN · October 7, 2019 8:41PM

Alf on ALF.

artee · October 7, 2019 9:14PM

Roger - American Dad

keets · October 8, 2019 2:22AM

Edith Bunker.

stevek · October 8, 2019 6:01AM

Uncle Fester or Grandpa Munster.

1951WheatiesPremium · October 8, 2019 6:06AM

Stars
Lucy Ricardo (Lucille Ball) - I Love Lucy
Alex P. Keaton - Michael J Fox - Family Ties
Kevin Arnold (Fred Savage) - The Wonder Years
Ralph Kramden (Jackie Gleason) - The Honeymooners
David Addison (Bruce Willis) - Moonlighting

Supporting
Ted Baxter (Ted Knight) - The Mary Tyler Moore Show
Ernie ‘Coach’ Pantuso (Nick Colasanto) - Cheers
Moe Szyslak, Apu Nahasapeemapetilon, Chief Wiggum, Comic Book Guy, Carl Carlson, Professor Frink, et al (Hank Azaria) - The Simpsons
Bill McNeill (Phil Hartman) Newsradio
Lt. Bookman (Philip Baker Hall) - Seinfeld*

*I am a massive fan of the show and this is perhaps the first GREAT guest performance of the series. And _The Library_ is one of the best written and performed episodes - without a doubt.

Coinstartled · October 8, 2019 6:24AM

I may add a plus one for the entire cast of Barney Miller. Drier and funnier than hell and no one actor really stook out. They worked well together.

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doubledragon · October 8, 2019 6:41AM

Also have to add Barney Fife- I grew up watching The Andy Griffith Show re-runs, and he really made that show what it is. Also Ralph Kramden and Norton - I couldn't wait to see what kind of hair brained scheme they would come up with to get rich.

thisistheshow · October 8, 2019 7:03AM

@1951WheatiesPremium said:

Lt. Bookman (Philip Baker Hall) - Seinfeld*

*I am a massive fan of the show and this is perhaps the first GREAT guest performance of the series. And _The Library_ is one of the best written and performed episodes - without a doubt.

https://youtu.be/D9tP9fI2zbE

Coinstartled · October 8, 2019 7:10AM

Never watched the show until a friend recommended it well into the run. First episode I saw, said WTF and was hooked.

bronco2078 · October 8, 2019 7:30AM

@LarkinCollector said:
Beckett - Castle couldn't survive without her (even though that Fillion sissy blocked me on Twitter, it was still an entertaining detective show)

Do you watch Fillion's new show the Rookie? Episode 1 of this season he looks deathly ill, like he lost 30 pounds over the summer break.

stevek · October 8, 2019 7:39AM

@Coinstartled said:
Never watched the show until a friend recommended it well into the run. First episode I saw, said WTF and was hooked.

And Steinbrenner still wouldn't fire him. LOL

LarkinCollector · October 8, 2019 9:27AM

@bronco2078 said:

@LarkinCollector said:
Beckett - Castle couldn't survive without her (even though that Fillion sissy blocked me on Twitter, it was still an entertaining detective show)

Do you watch Fillion's new show the Rookie? Episode 1 of this season he looks deathly ill, like he lost 30 pounds over the summer break.

No, the preview I saw looked pretty awful.

lightningboy · October 8, 2019 9:45AM

@bronco2078 said:

I hope you mean the real office not the american version. Why is it even a thing to copy a hit show with american actors , just show the episodes that are already made.

If you actually watched the British version, you would recognize that the character names I listed were not from that show.

BLUEJAYWAY · October 8, 2019 10:49AM

1)Col. Flagg on the early original cast of MASH. He was the paranoid, patriot CID/CIA, intelligence officer. P.S. any character from the original cast of MASH (TV). 2)Barney Fyfe. 3)Archie Bunker. Never fail to watch these reruns of the reruns of the reruns.

JoeBanzai · October 8, 2019 10:50AM

Flagg was good.

thisistheshow · October 8, 2019 12:52PM

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bronco2078 · October 8, 2019 1:24PM

@lightningboy said:
@bronco2078 said:

I hope you mean the real office not the american version. Why is it even a thing to copy a hit show with american actors , just show the episodes that are already made.

If you actually watched the British version, you would recognize that the character names I listed were not from that show.

I didn't actually watch either !

bronco2078 · October 8, 2019 1:25PM

@BLUEJAYWAY said:
1)Col. Flagg on the early original cast of MASH. He was the paranoid, patriot CID/CIA, intelligence officer. P.S. any character from the original cast of MASH (TV). 2)Barney Fyfe. 3)Archie Bunker. Never fail to watch these reruns of the reruns of the reruns.

Funfact he is also rumored to be the current whistleblower at the whitehouse

Bullsitter · October 8, 2019 2:05PM

SanctionII · October 8, 2019 2:07PM

Lumpy and Eddie Haskel on Leave It To Beaver.

1951WheatiesPremium · October 8, 2019 2:10PM

While not personal favorites, it is always worth mentioning that the best friends of brothers Ben and Mike Seaver on Growing Pains were nicknamed (and referred to almost exclusively as) Stinky and Boner.

JoeBanzai · October 8, 2019 2:54PM

@1951WheatiesPremium said:
While not personal favorites, it is always worth mentioning that the best friends of brothers Ben and Mike Seaver on Growing Pains were nicknamed (and referred to almost exclusively as) Stinky and Boner.

Information I did not need to know. ;-)

Coinstartled · October 8, 2019 3:07PM

@bronco2078 said:

@lightningboy said:
@bronco2078 said:

I hope you mean the real office not the american version. Why is it even a thing to copy a hit show with american actors , just show the episodes that are already made.

If you actually watched the British version, you would recognize that the character names I listed were not from that show.

I didn't actually watch either !

POTD!!

Darin · October 8, 2019 6:28PM

@doubledragon said:
Also have to add Barney Fife- I grew up watching The Andy Griffith Show re-runs, and he really made that show what it is. Also Ralph Kramden and Norton - I couldn't wait to see what kind of hair brained scheme they would come up with to get rich.

I never saw an episode of the Andy Griffith show that wasn't funny if Don Knotts was in it, then after he
left the show I never again saw a funny episode of Andy Griffith. And no Howard was not funny, neither
was the deputy that took Barney's place.

bronco2078 · October 8, 2019 7:23PM

no one wants to hear the story of the nickname stinky boner

bronco2078 · October 8, 2019 7:24PM

@Darin said:

@doubledragon said:
Also have to add Barney Fife- I grew up watching The Andy Griffith Show re-runs, and he really made that show what it is. Also Ralph Kramden and Norton - I couldn't wait to see what kind of hair brained scheme they would come up with to get rich.

I never saw an episode of the Andy Griffith show that wasn't funny if Don Knotts was in it, then after he
left the show I never again saw a funny episode of Andy Griffith. And no Howard was not funny, neither
was the deputy that took Barney's place.

huh ? yeah huh? yeah huh? yeah huh? , you mean that guy?

artee · October 8, 2019 7:32PM

George Glass.

Coinstartled · October 8, 2019 7:36PM

@bronco2078 said:

@Darin said:

@doubledragon said:
Also have to add Barney Fife- I grew up watching The Andy Griffith Show re-runs, and he really made that show what it is. Also Ralph Kramden and Norton - I couldn't wait to see what kind of hair brained scheme they would come up with to get rich.

I never saw an episode of the Andy Griffith show that wasn't funny if Don Knotts was in it, then after he
left the show I never again saw a funny episode of Andy Griffith. And no Howard was not funny, neither
was the deputy that took Barney's place.

huh ? yeah huh? yeah huh? yeah huh? , you mean that guy?

Warren. He was only in about six episodes. They knew they were screwed.

I liked Howard, and still watched the now in living color, show. Ir was different but still decent.

bronco2078 · October 8, 2019 7:44PM

Remember when they took poor paralyzed floyd and propped him up with a board like a scarecrow ?

Andy was kind of a jerk

Coinstartled · October 8, 2019 7:57PM

Andy was a jerk. Always lying to the townsfolk to get ahead/

Coinstartled · October 8, 2019 7:59PM

Locked up a whole band to get his buddy an audition.

https://youtu.be/lu3r3qesCrs

bronco2078 · October 8, 2019 8:08PM

and on guitar , mr roscoe P coltrain

emeraldATV · October 8, 2019 10:15PM

Moe, Larry, Curly, Shemp, Joe...
"Now go away son you bother me"
LOL...What?

doubledragon · October 9, 2019 12:36AM

@Coinstartled said:
Locked up a whole band to get his buddy an audition.

https://youtu.be/lu3r3qesCrs

I always loved that episode, especially at the end, when Jim Lindsey gets ticked off and starts playing the heck out of that guitar, and then the band members join in. Great stuff!

doubledragon · October 9, 2019 12:41AM

One of my favorite episodes of The Andy Griffith Show is the case of the punch in the nose, when Barney re-opens that old case between Mr. Foley and Floyd about the shave Mr. Foley didn't want. Everyone starts punching each other in the nose. I always get a kick out of watching Andy get riled up because of Barney.

DrBuster · October 9, 2019 5:19AM

bronco2078 · October 9, 2019 9:39AM

I'm tellin momma on you ....... unless you give me a quarter

Coinstartled · October 9, 2019 10:13AM

Phil Silvers as Sgt. Bilko certainly deserves an honorable mention.

JRR300 · October 9, 2019 10:53AM

The Big Ragoo, Carmine Ragusa. Don't remember his real name.
Jake from Two and a half men.
Ensign Parker, Tim Conway from McHales Navy

SDSportsFan · October 9, 2019 3:53PM

Mork!

and Mindy too!!!!!

Steve

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