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Old 11-09-2001, 09:46 AM   #1 of 28
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Your All Time Top-Ten Favorite Sit-Com TV Characters


They can be major or minor roles. My top ten, in order:

1. Archie Bunker (All in the Family)
2. Frank Burns (M*A*S*H)
3. Homer Simpson (The Simpsons)
4. Inspector Luger (Barney Miller)
5. Niles Crane (Frasier)
6. Larabie (Get Smart)
7. Lumpy Rutherford (Leave it to Beaver)
8. Groundskeeper Willy (The Simpsons)
9. Louie DePalma (Taxi)
10.Mr. Haney (Green Acres)

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Old 11-09-2001, 10:24 AM   #2 of 28
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Hmm, I'm reluctant to try and answer, because I know I'm gonna miss someone, and then ruin my whole weekend thinking about it

1. Al Bundy, Married... with children
2. Homer Simpson, The simpsons
3. Basil Fawlty, Fawlty towers
4. Mr. Bean, Mr. Bean (Maybe not a TV sitcom but too good to ignore)
5. Woody Boyd, Cheers
6. Chandler Bing, Friends
7. Cosmo Kramer, Seinfeld
8. Dick Solomon, 3rd rock from the sun
9. David Lister, Red dwarf
10. Hawkeye Pierce, M*A*S*H




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Old 11-09-2001, 10:45 AM   #3 of 28
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In no particular order:

Ted Baxter, Mary Tyler Moore
Sue Anne Nivens, Mary Tyler Moore
Manuel, Fawlty Towers
Bulldog, Frasier
the Mail Boy, Just Shoot Me
Lucy Ricardo, I Love Lucy
Dr. Hartley, the Bob Newhart Show
Lilith, Cheers and Frasier
Michael Harris, Newhart
Antonio Scarpacci, Wings


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Old 11-09-2001, 11:21 AM   #4 of 28
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1. Homer Simpson (The Simpsons)
2. Al Bundy (Married With Children)
3. Archie Bunker(All In The Family)
4. Agarn(F Troop)
5. Maxwell Smart (Get Smart)
6. Krusty the Clown (The Simpsons)
7. Louie DePalma (Taxi)
8. Dick Solomon (3rd Rock From The Sun)
9. Burt(Soap)
10.Sideshow Bob,Groundskeeper Willie,Moe,Mr Burns(Tie) (The Simpsons)

Honorable Mention:
Mr Howell, The Professor, Steve Rhodes,Mr Jefferson,Benson,Kelly Bundy,Carlton

Holy Crap! I forgot about The Odd Couple and The Honeymooners


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Old 11-09-2001, 11:43 AM   #5 of 28
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Homer (The Simpsons)
Stewie (The Family Guy)
Ted (Mary Tyler Moore)
Kramer (Seinfeld)
John Cage (Ally McBeal)
Phoebe (Friends)
Archie Bunker (All in the Family)
Maude (Maude)
Edina (Absolutely Fabulous)
Basil Fawlty (Fawlty Towers)

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Old 11-09-2001, 12:36 PM   #6 of 28
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Ralph Kramden
Cosmo Kramer
Fred Sanford
Jack Tripper
Frasier Crane
Mike Stivic
Richie Cunningham
Felix Unger
Alex Keaton


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Old 11-09-2001, 01:12 PM   #7 of 28
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Lucy Ricardo-I Love Lucy
Ethel Mertz-I Love Lucy
Ruby Romaine - Tracey Takes On
Mrs. Noh Nan Ning- Tracey Takes On
Linda Granger - Tracey Takes On
Fern Rosenthal - Tracey Takes On
All the rest of Tracey Ullman characters
Suzanne Sugarbaker - Designing Women
Dorothy,Rose,Blanche & Sophia - Golden Girls
The Fisher Family - Six Feet Under

If you couldn't tell IMHO Tracey Ullman can do almost no wrong.

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Old 11-09-2001, 03:04 PM   #8 of 28
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Jack Tripper
Ralph Furley
George Costanza
Elaine Benes (for personal reasons)
The Fonz
Parker Lewis
Cliff Clavin
Al Bundy


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Old 11-09-2001, 03:05 PM   #9 of 28
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1. George Costanza(seinfeld)
2. Cosmo Kramer(seinfeld)

3. The sea captin on The Simpsons
4. The comic book guy on The Simpsons
5. Heathcliff Huxtable(the cosby show)
6. Mayor Quimby(the simpsons)
7. Bill McNeal(news radio)
8. Cliff Clavin(cheers)
9. Chandler Bing(friends)
10. Alex P. Keaton(family ties)


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Old 11-09-2001, 04:40 PM   #10 of 28
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Jack Tripper(Three's company)
Fonzie(Happy Days)
Lucy Ricardo(I love Lucy)
Mr. Roper(Three's company)
The whole Blooming Brady Bunch
Daisy Duke(Dukes of Hazzard)
Roscoe P. Coltrane(Dukes of Hazzard)
Boss Hogg(Dukes of Hazzard)
Archie Bunker(All in the Family)
Fred Mertz(I love Luc