Sorry if this has been done elsewhere, but I couldn't find it recently, so please don't close this thread.
So who are your top three sitcom characters? Here are mine:
1. George Mainwaring - Dad's Army
2. Victor Meldrew - One Foot in the Grave
3. Basil Fawlty - Fawlty Towers
1: Captain Mainwaring - Dad's Army
2: Arthur Dent - The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
3: Norman Stanley Fletcher - Porridge/Going Straight
Without thinking about it:
Alan Partridge
George Costanza
Rimmer
But then what about GOB? Or Bernard Black? Or Tobias? Or-(and so on, and so forth)
Quote: Matthew Stott @ February 10 2009, 10:24 AM GMTAlan Partridge
George Costanza
Rimmer
Too hard, but that sounds good.
Norman Stanley Fletcher springs to mind too.
Quote: Ian Wolf @ February 10 2009, 10:20 AM GMT3: Norman Stanley Fletcher - Porridge/Going Straight
Ah.
1. Sir Humphrey Appleby - Yes Minister
2. Richard Richard - Bottom
3. Eric Cartman - South Park
Def.
Quote: Deferenz @ February 10 2009, 10:30 AM GMT1. Sir Humphrey Appleby - Yes Minister
Very good call!
Off the top of my head...
1. Blackadder
2. David Brent
3. Alan Partridge
Ooo -- too many to mention. Probably
1. Rimmer
2. Malcolm Tucker
3. Dan Ashcroft
but I've changed that so many times before submitting it's probably wrong...
Definitely Rimmer though -- Red Dwarf fell apart when he left and the chemistry was back when he returned.
Dan
1) Alan Partridge
2) Basil Fawlty
3) Bernard Black
Arnold Rimmer
Margot Ledbetter
Count Arthur Strong
1. Alan Partridge
2. George Costanza
3. Ross (Friends)
Alf Garnett
Rigsby
Anthony Aloysius Hancock
1. Blackadder
2. Rene Artois
3. Victor Meldrew
American?
1. tie: Hawkeye Pierce / 1. Niles Crane
3. Chandler Bing
Quote: Aaron @ February 10 2009, 10:45 AM GMTVery good call!
For me, Appleby is forever twinned with Jim Hacker, they cannot exist without each other. If you mention one, there's got to be the other.
See? Chandler Bing! I forgot Chandler Bing! I want to change mine now!
Dan