Favorite sitcom character. Non animated sitcoms please.

[maveric]

Mine are Ed Norton (The Honeymooners), Jim Ignatowski (Taxi) and Frank Costanza (Seinfeld).

[Cocoa]

1. Ted Baxter

from the Mary Tyler Moore show.

[Catch22Dem]

2. good topic

Haykeye Pierce (M*A*S*H)
Jack Tripper (Three's Company)
Samantha Micelli (Who's the Boss...I was a teenage boy at the time.)

[Not Me]

3. Bea Arthur

in either role as Maude Finley (Maude) or as Dorothy Spornak (Golden Girls).

[Not Me]

5. And in the male category

John Stamos (Joey) from Full House. Mostly b'cuz he's hot.

[Celeborn Skywalker]

54. John Stamos

was Jessie.:)

[LDS Jock]

51. I second Dorothy on Golden Girls

She was just incredible.

[patchdickens]

4. Cosmos Kramer (Seinfeld)

[galadrium]

21. ill second that

[patchdickens]

30. i guess either

no one watched seinfeld or no one knows who kramer was. he had me laughing from the time he entered the room til the time he left just from his body language!! he was awesome...george and elaine were great also. i miss that show.

[galadrium]

35. Seinfeld was the best show of the 1990s

I can't think of a show nowdays that everybody talks about the next day.

[mitchum]

46. It was the greatest show of all time...

nothing else comes close. "No hugs, no lessons"
Oddly enough, Cosmo Kramer was my least favorite on the show. For the most part, he was just the stock "wacky neighbor" character.

[BlackVelvetElvis]

50. That was a great show

I LOVED George's parents. That constant conflict and the arguements reminded me of an aunt and uncle.
It's a shame the networks are so gunshy about taking chances on shows today.

[SmileyBoy]

6. Luther Van Damme from Coach.

Also: Woody Boyd from Cheers.

[Van Helsing]

15. Luther rules!

I also like Dauber Dabinski. That duo from Coach was probably the best comedy duo ever on tv!

[wyldwolf]

7. The Fonz!

[skooooo]

8. Hawkeye on M*A*S*H*

[toddzilla]

9. larry david

curb your enthusiasm.

he's just so incredibly believable that it's hard to think he's acting. I know most of it is improvised, but damn he's just too funny.

[KittyWampus]

10. Mary From Mary Tyler Moore

Cliff from the Cosby Show

[KittyWampus]

11. Ed From Northern Exposure

Was that considered a sitcom? I miss that show. ALOT.

[SarahB]

12. Herb Tarlek on WKRP

I don't completely know why either. I think it had something to do with his cool clothes.

I love that show though.

[BlackVelvetElvis]

13. How about duos? Lenny and Squiggy.

[patchdickens]

19. thats what i call

my boss and his partner. i work for a primary care physician and nurse practitioner. the doc walks in to the room and says "hello" and less than a second later the np walks in and says "heelloooo"!
"lenny and squiggy" is exactly the way i look at them!!!!!!!!!!!!!
one is tall and the other is shorter

[BlackVelvetElvis]

23. They sound like naturals!

As I've gotten older, I've developed more of an appreciation for those two.
I remember one episode where they asked to borrow Laverne and Shirley's sheets.
"Why, what's wrong with yours?" "They're hard".

[patchdickens]

28. exactly....gross

[BlackVelvetElvis]

14. Barney Fife

especially when he gets ahold of some hard cider.

[maveric]

16. He's one of mine too.

That show was to highlight Andy Griffith and his down home humor but Don Knotts came in and took the show away from Andy. There are some very memorable episodes of "Ole Barn".

[NightTrain]

17. Why ain't none o' you meatheads mentioned Archie Bunker?!

"Adam and Eve was happy in the garden. They didn't even know they was naked!"

[BlackVelvetElvis]

27. How could anyone forget?

Funny thing, I loved Archie and hated Meathead. What kind of liberal am I?

[patchdickens]

29. i agreed with you completely

but for some reason it came out under ilsa's post

[Catshrink]

44. Edith Bunker was my favorite on that show...

[Ilsa]

18. Niles Crane from Frasier.

I think he's funnier than Frasier, especially his offhand comments about his former wife, Mareth (Maris?), whom we never saw.

[patchdickens]

25. i was a little girl but

i remember sitting in my fathers lap watching archie, edith, gloria and meathead....one of my fathers favorite show's (as well as mine}. what is really funny....i married someone who's father is exactly like archie! cant sit in his chair or anything!!!

[LividLiberal]

20. So many I can't settle on one.

Estelle (last name?) on Golden Girls.
Ted Baxter on Mary Tyler Moore.
Bill Cosby
All the women of Atlanta - what's the name of that show! Suzzane, Charlene, et all

Remember the sitcom SOAP? They were all a HOOT!
And Benson?

Carol Burnette was never in a sitcom, exactly, but she was always a favorite of mine.

[maveric]

24. "Soap" had so many quirky and bizzare characters...

its hard to name them all. That show was cutting edge AFAIC. Great writing and acting.

Who was your favoroite character from "Soap"?
Mine was Bert - Richard Mulligan.

[LividLiberal]

31. He was a kook! LOL!

I don't know, I think I liked them all because it was so ridiculous. There was Jody, the gay brother, then there was the weird mother, someone always boinking someone, and Benson was the only sane character of the bunch! LOL!

[maveric]

33. "Jody" was Billy Crystal.

His first big break in show biz.

[LividLiberal]

41. Yes, I remember ;)

[Rowdyboy]

22. Aunt Clara from Bewitched and Alice Ghostley from Designing Women

Actually, Ms Ghostly was a character in Bewitched too.

Both women play delighfully offbeat elderly ladies who simply live in a different, better world than the rest of us.

[oxymoron]

38. I've always thought

Alice Ghostley was Paul Lynde in drag.

[lucidmadman]

26. Lowell on WINGS always cracked me up...n/t

[patchdickens]

32. yeh, he was cool

he was stupid but funny

[BlackVelvetElvis]

34. How about Britcoms?

Baldric. Need I say more?

[lucidmadman]

40. He has a cunning plan! n/t

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

52. You are a God! - BLACK ADDER - BEOTCH!!! The best of the best!!

Wow - it makes me want to say "thingy" but it's just because my gourd is shaped that way!

[BlackVelvetElvis]

55. I gather you have enjoyed the show!

I love this quote (from a MP to the Prince Regent): "There are bits of lemon peel floating in the Thames that would make a better regent than you!"

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

61. Hee hee hee - thanks!

Great avatar, btw!!!

[proud patriot]

36. Exador from Mork and Mindy

always kept me skeptical of religion :hi:

[oxymoron]

37. Either Rhoda or Ethel Mertz.

I've always wanted a sidekick.

[UrbScotty]

39. Wilson Wilson on Home Improvement

Wilson was both his first name and his surname on Home Improvement.

RIP Earl Hindman. :-(

[BrotherBuzz]

42. Gunther Toody

Joe E. Ross in 'Car 54 where are you?'

[mitchum]

43. George Costanza...

the petty, vain, scared person in ALL of us. Uncomfortable, but true.

[Catshrink]

45. Hyacinth Bucket .... and her husband Richard and B-I-L Onslow

[EstimatedProphet]

47. Johnny Fever on WKRP

I never saw Howard Hesseman as anyone else after that show...

[opiate69]

48. Al Friggin' Bundy!

Also gotta agree with the poster who picked Jim Ignatowski..

on edit: almost forgot about the king of 'em all... Basil Fawlty

[SheWhoMustBeObeyed]

53. I second that vote for Al followed by Basil Fawlty

I also love Peggy and Kelly Bundy, and Basil's Sybil.

[opiate69]

56. Hehe.. Sybil... "Dragon Lady".

That settles it.. I'm not putting it off any longer.. I'm going out tomorrow, and I won't come home until I have the entire Fawlty Towers set on DVD.

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

49. Jeannie! (nt)

[Celeborn Skywalker]

57. John Goodman

as Dan Conner in "Roseanne" He had me laughing every time that show was on.

[Rowdyboy]

62. He was really great!

He and Roseann had freally great chemistry. They were a highly believable couple...

[lpbk2713]

58. Fred Sanford and Aunt Esther

You better watch it Sucka!

[BlackVelvetElvis]

59. Funny!

I remember when he was saying that Esther "was so ugly, I could push your face in some dough and make gorilla cookies".
Didn't those two do stand up together before S&S?

[Raenelle]

60. Big Al Bundy

Let's rock!

[terrya]

63. Arthur (Jerry Stiller) from "The King of Queens"

Consistently funny (and no, Stiller isn't doing the same character as Frank Costanza). My favorite (current) sitcom character.

Terry

[DS1]

64. I'd say Al Bundy, but I can't because I'd

fuck Peg, and fuck her hard, hard enough to make her want to learn how to cook :grr:

*runs*

[Parrcrow]

65. Sgt Dietrich on Barney Miller. n/t

[Paradise]

66. Doug on King of Queens! :):):) n/t

[welshTerrier2]

67. Colonel Flagg - M.A.S.H. and ...

Dietrich, Wojo, and Harris from Barney Miller
Jim Ignatowski from Taxi
Coach from Cheers
Johnny Fever from WKRP
Adam from Northern Exposure

[Kat45]

68. Archie Bunker tops my list. There are so many:

Jim Ignatowski and Louie DiPalma (Taxi)
Aunt Esther (Sanford & Son)
Sgt. Schultz (Hogan's Heroes)
Rhoda
Eddie Haskell (Leave It To Beaver)

And I wouldn't be surprised if there are a couple of more I'm forgetting.

[bigwillq]

69. Roseanne (Roseanne), Karen Walker (Will & Grace)

Rose Nyland (Golden Girls), Phoebe (friends), Cosmo Kramer (Seinfeld)