Cerina 2,611 Posted March 27 Share Posted March 27 Who do you think is/are the best character(s) to ever grace the small screen? My top 3 in no particular order are: Karen Walker (Will & Grace) Ron Swanson (Parks & Rec) David Rose (Schitt's Creek) Link to post Share on other sites
Fozzie 6,499 Posted March 27 Share Posted March 27 That's hard. Really, I think Parks and Rec could take all three places. So many great characters. Link to post Share on other sites
Dark Wader 218 Posted March 27 Share Posted March 27 Tony Soprano Walter White Michael Scott Carrie Mathieson Starbuck (Reimagined BSG) Lucille Bluth. . . Jessica Walter passing meant there was a lot of tributes to her recently and forgot how much she owned that role. Tyrion Lannister Jimmy McNulty Link to post Share on other sites
Darth Krawlie 5,510 Posted March 27 Share Posted March 27 Al fucking Bundy Link to post Share on other sites
Tank 3,342 Posted March 27 Share Posted March 27 This is way to open. I need something— genre, era, drama vs sitcom. I just can’t! How do I put Agent Cooper, Spock, BoJack Horseman, Darlene Connor, and Saul Goodman on the same list? Link to post Share on other sites
Zathras 499 Posted March 27 Share Posted March 27 Spock Kirk McCoy Worf Data Garrick Sisko Gul Dukat Teal'c Starbuck (Kara) Admiral William Adama Saul Goodman Walter White Jesse Pinkman Tony Soprano Paulie Walnuts Johnny Sac Lenny Brisco Don Draper Roger Sterling Peggy Olson Joan Harris Londo G'Kar AND>>>>ZATHRAS! Link to post Share on other sites
Rogue 3 124 Posted March 28 Share Posted March 28 Agree with all of the above - especially Zathras! Still remember being excited to hear that character was coming back for series 3 to resolved the excellent Babylon Squared storyline! Good times! But a glaring omission. My favourite is: The Doctor Love that show! Link to post Share on other sites
Metropolis 701 Posted March 29 Share Posted March 29 Archie Bunker George Jefferson George Costanza Urkle Link to post Share on other sites
Darth Krawlie 5,510 Posted March 29 Share Posted March 29 I was about to praise George until I realized you listed two. And listen, this is serious. A George divided against itself, CANNOT STAND. Link to post Share on other sites
Metropolis 701 Posted March 29 Share Posted March 29 Oh yeah!?! Well the life support machine called and........ Link to post Share on other sites
Darth Krawlie 5,510 Posted March 29 Share Posted March 29 I wanna add Hyde, but man, he’s such a shitty person in real life, it’s so hard to give him credit. But he was by far the best character in an underrated show. Red Foreman is close, though Link to post Share on other sites
Darth Krawlie 5,510 Posted March 29 Share Posted March 29 I was gonna say “right behind him” but I couldn’t think of a quality foot in the ass joke quick enough Link to post Share on other sites
Gamevet 193 Posted March 29 Share Posted March 29 My #1 is Al "Freaking" Bundy! Kramer Sheldon Spock Gilligan Scooby Doo Herman Munster JR Ewing Eric Cartman Red Foreman Steve Urchel Wayne Campbell Beavis and Butthead Fred Flintstone Jack Tripper Link to post Share on other sites
Gamevet 193 Posted March 29 Share Posted March 29 9 minutes ago, Darth Krawlie said: I wanna add Hyde, but man, he’s such a shitty person in real life, it’s so hard to give him credit. But he was by far the best character in an underrated show. Red Foreman is close, though Red Foreman's foot in ass comments are Youtube gold! Link to post Share on other sites
Iceheart 1,927 Posted March 29 Share Posted March 29 On 3/26/2021 at 8:06 PM, Cerina said: Who do you think is/are the best character(s) to ever grace the small screen? My top 3 in no particular order are: Karen Walker (Will & Grace) Ron Swanson (Parks & Rec) David Rose (Schitt's Creek) No Benedict Cumberbatch as Sherlock Holmes? Reese. Link to post Share on other sites
The Choc 1,578 Posted March 29 Share Posted March 29 The Fonz Tommy Shelby Alfie Solomons Link to post Share on other sites
Cerina 2,611 Posted March 29 Author Share Posted March 29 4 hours ago, Iceheart said: No Benedict Cumberbatch as Sherlock Holmes? Reese. Definitely in my top 5. Link to post Share on other sites
zambingo 182 Posted March 30 Share Posted March 30 Lucy Ricardo Spock Doctor Who Mary Richards Archie Bunker Cliff Huxtable Dorothy Zbornak Kermit the Frog J.R. Ewing Dale Cooper — There are ten of my favorites, granted one of them is tainted by IRL. Really it should have been Cliff and Claire on the list together because I adored them as a couple and parents. Similarly idealized parental and couple goals go to Gomez and Morticia Addams, although more of my affection for them happened because of the silver screen performances by Angelica and Raul. There are really just so many characters I could have named from ages gone to modern times. I both loved and was greatly perturbed by this narrowing down process I had to do. LOL I don’t want to choose. Also, like do non-characters count? Like Fred Rogers? I love that man. Who doesn’t tho right? And if someone doesn’t, what the fork happened to them as kids. Anyway. The fictional ones I landed on tho, at least for me, are like iconic and many are arguably the originators of their type on the television screen. I also love David Rose and the entire Rose family. Also I was really annoyed I couldn’t take someone off that list for Frasier Crane. Also I was conflicted over leaving Rob Petrie off the list in the classic way the suits were worried Mary Richards could feel like she had divorced him. Link to post Share on other sites
monkeygirl 1,743 Posted March 30 Share Posted March 30 In no particular order: Dr. Who-who can't love a character that can die and be reborn as anyone?? Walter White-I tired of the show early on but was there ever another character like him? Jax Teller-I just found the character HAWT and I don't even care for blondes. Melinda Gordon-okay, not really. I just want to own an antique store and wear designer clothes every day and have everyone around me help me with my ghost problems in my candle-lit home with my fabulous, attentive doctor husband. The Connors-all of them individually and with each other. Darlene was probably my favorite-they gave her the darkest lines but the best. Dan and Roseanne together were the best couple on TV IMHO but they all played so well with each other I forgot they were actors frequently. Jackie was so real to me, the sister who hung out constantly and never had a real job. Now I'm gonna read all of yours. Link to post Share on other sites
monkeygirl 1,743 Posted March 30 Share Posted March 30 On 3/26/2021 at 5:06 PM, Cerina said: Who do you think is/are the best character(s) to ever grace the small screen? My top 3 in no particular order are: Karen Walker (Will & Grace) Ron Swanson (Parks & Rec) David Rose (Schitt's Creek) I just watched a couple episodes of Will and Grace on purpose and I don't know how you could deal with Karen's voice. Link to post Share on other sites
monkeygirl 1,743 Posted March 30 Share Posted March 30 On 3/26/2021 at 11:04 PM, Tank said: This is way to open. I need something— genre, era, drama vs sitcom. I just can’t! How do I put Agent Cooper, Spock, BoJack Horseman, Darlene Connor, and Saul Goodman on the same list? Darlene Connor!!! I'm thinking of the episode in which Fisher beats up Jackie and Dan walks into the house, asking Darlene what's going on and she says something about Jackie upstairs after the doctor gave her something to make her sleep. Dan asks 'what about DJ?" and Darlene says "I didn't know I had that option" Link to post Share on other sites
R.CAllen 697 Posted April 2 Share Posted April 2 zambingo already said Kermit but I'd add Piggy, Fozzie, Gonzo and his chicken wife, Rowlf, Scooter, Pepino Rodrigo Serrano Gonzales, the entirety of The Electric Mayhem, Dr. Honeydew and Beaker, Sam the Eagle, Lew Zealand, the Swedish Chef, Sweetums, everyone, all the Muppets really. Link to post Share on other sites
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