Be interested to see peoples favourite sitcom characters from TV shows past/present. It could be your fav,worst,sexiest,ugliest etc

The following 2 are my fav characters ever on a show.

Del Trotter-Only Fools and Horses 1980-2003


Derek Trotter, or Del Boy, is a loveable Cockney rogue and wheeler dealer. He spent the 1980s and early 1990s slaving away in the Peckham badlands with his market stall creaking under the weight of dodgy gear.

However his luck changed in 1996 when an antique watch hidden in his garage made him an overnight millionaire. He lived the high life for 5 years before losing it all in 2001 due to a stock market crash.BBC

Famous Quotes

Lovely Jubbly
Cushty
Rodney, you plonker
This time next year we'll be millionaires!
And all manner of Cockney rhyming slang.


David Brent-The Office 2001-2003


David Brent was the Regional Manager based at the Slough Office of Wernham Hogg. He is a philosopher to rival Descartes, a musician to rival Texas, a dancer to rival MC Hammer - and has an acute grasp of political correctness. Yet the BBC documentary crew that filmed him at work in The Office stitched him up and portrayed him as the 'boss from hell'. BBC

Famous Quotes
Avoid employing unlucky people - throw half of the pile of CVs in the bin without reading them.

If at first you don't succeed, remove all evidence you ever tried.

If you treat the people around you with love and respect, they will never guess that you're trying to get them sacked.

Being more into tv drama than comedy, there are only a handful of characters I truly love and the very first one that came to mind after reading this thread is Reverend Jim Ignatowski of "Taxi". I just loved that character. Week after week, and with him being only a co-star, I waited for the sometimes only one hilarious line, but he kept me in stitches. The kind of character you just look at and crack up (hence, the picture I posted)

TIS

Cant see to see you picture

Can you see a picture now? I don't know what happened. I previewed and the picture showed and then when I submitted it, it didn't. I just got another picture.


TIS

Thats better,isn't that Christopher Lloyd.

There were some great sitcoms. One of the funniest ever was Redd Foxx as Fred Sanford. He and the woman who played Aunt Esther could make me pee my pants.

Best line ever? Fred to Aunt Esther - You're so ugly that we could press your face in some dough and make gorilla cookies!

I love watching the reruns on Lifetime. Sophia cracks me up.

Dorothy: Blanche, are you sure you're pregnant?
Blanche: I just did a home pregnancy test - it's right here.
Rose: It looks like a perfume sample.
Dorothy: Put it behind your ears, Rose
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Dorothy: Hi, ma. Where are you going?
Sophia: To the boardwalk. I like to watch the old guys rearrange themselves when they come out of the water.
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Sophia: My hiney's asleep.
Dorothy: Fine, we'll keep our voices down



Sanford and Son was great SB.
Aunt Esther: Woodrow and I are going to have a baby.
Fred Sanford: Well somebody better call the zoo.
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Aunt Esther: Today is my lucky day.
Fred Sanford: Why? Did you look at yourself in the mirror and it didn't break?

Del Boy-Only fools and horses
David Brent-The office
Alan Partridge-Im Alan Partridge
Kevin James- in King of queens
Ted danson-Cheers
Ray Romano-Everybnody loves Raymond
Kelsy Grammer-Fraiser
Martin Clunes-Men Behaving Badly

TIS, great character! I wish I thought of him first. My favorite moment was when he was at a fancy party Elaine was hosting and the piano player didn't show up. So Jim offers to play. Elaine is freaking out but when he sits down he starts to play a beautiful classical song, then pauses and says "I must have taken lessons"

Two characters that pop into my mind right away are Norm and Cliff from Cheers. I loved all the characters on that show, but I was always waiting for one of Norm's funny comments, or Cliff's ridiculous trivia for everyone to laugh at.

i love cheers its a classic i recently purchased the first series on DVD so i am in the process of watching it now, im going to try and collect every series, does anybody know how many there were?

11 seaasons (270)eps according to IMDB.

Cheers mate

i was going to buy King of Queens season 1 until i saw the price 55 pounds just for season 1!!

i like it but not that much

Good topic DE NIRO!

For me, I'll break it down a bit.

For a comedy sitcom I'm going with The Italian Stallionette on that one -




Jim Ignatowski from Taxi. The guy would crack me up just by walking into the scene. Christopher Loydd was just incredible. "What does a yellow light mean?"

For a drama series sitcom,



Tony Soprano hands down. Gandolfini did such a fantastic job with the character, making you like him one week, feel sorry for him the next, despise him the following week, and laugh with him the next one. Definitley a character that kept me interested because while I enjoyed watching him, at the same time I enjoyed trying to figure him out.

Honorable mention for a drama series character :



Jack Bower (Keifer Sutherland) from '24'

and



Sonny Steelgrave (Ray Sharkey) from 'Wiseguy.'



For a comedy -




Danny DeVito as Louie DePalma in 'Taxi.'

Hello, Newman

I hope this works. Here is the "yellow Light" scene with Jim at the DMV. Also, check out the "Lumberjack" scene. I forgot about it. Real short, but hilarious. I'm laughing so hard I'm crying.

TIS



Taxi

In no particular order:

Art Carney as Ed Norton in "The Honeymooners".

Norman Fell as Mr. Roper in "Three's Company" (he used to do a "look" in each episode - usually after he made a joke about Mrs. Roper. It cracks me up every time I see it).

Ed O'Neill as Al Bundy in "Married With Children".

Bob Denver as Maynard G. Krebs in "Dobie Gillis".

Christopher Lloyd as Jim Ignatowski in "Taxi".

Lucille Ball as Lucy Ricardo in "I Love Lucy".

Homer Simpson in "The Simpsons".

Nicholas Colasanto as Coach in "Cheers".

Oh TIS! My sides are hurting from laughing so hard.

I probably posted this once before, but I once watched a show that had the cast being interviewed, and they said that in real life, while shooting the scene, they were really laughing (watch Tony Danza) and because it was so real, the director decided to leave it the way that it was shot!

"What does a yellow light mean?"

"Slow Down"

"WHAAAAAT-------DOEEEESSSSS-------AAAAA-------YEELLLLL------OOOOOO----LIIIIIGHT---------MEAN?"



I still have tears in my eyes from laughing so hard!!

Thank you TIS!

Isn't the word sitcom short for 'situation comedy'? Is it possible to have a drama sitcom?

Elaine Benes from Seinfield and my favorite Elaine moment was her dance in the ep The Little Kicks. Her dance and he fight with George's father later in the episode makes this one my favorite.

i just dont find seinfield funny,whats the attraction?

I'm with you on this one.

Technically you are right, but not 100%.

Derived forms of sitcoms / type of sitcoms are comedy, television program, television show, TV program, TV show, or a humorous drama based on situations that might arise in day-to-day life.

So technically a show like The Sopranos is considered a sitcom.

And for my two runner ups, I did refer to them as drama series. Not sitcoms.

DC, you're erm, corrupting the term, and with it, the thread.

(As good as 24 and The Sopranos are, there's a time and place, yo'! )

BLASPHEMY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I actually go through my every day life and am constantly reminded of stuff joked about in that show. I think because the show makes fun of little things that are apart of all of us, like strange relationship quirks to having difficult bosses, or whatever possible little thing you can think of.

Despite the racist remarks by Michael Richards, I still think Kramer is one of the funniest sitcom characters ever.

Two more great characters I just thought of are from an older British show called Fawlty Towers. I wonder how many here know of this classic short-lived show. John Cleese as Basil Fawlty, the hotel owner, and Andrew Sachs as Manuel, the spanish speaking waiter/bellhop were great sitcom characters!

If anyone hasn't seen this show I suggest trying to rent on dvd. It truly is a classic show!

Hey! I finally get to corrupt a thread!

Maybe it will get locked now?

I give you permission.

Nah, let's wait until SC sees what I've done.

Anyway, for my own input, I'd have to say all six from Friends. There's not a scene goes by in any of that show's episodes where I'm not laughing. Great, consistent acting - and the scripting's good too.

I know it's NOT a sitcom (am I being a corrupting influence ), but Tim Conway and Harvey Corman (sp?) on the old Carol Burnett show. I recently saw this clip of them in a dentist sketch that I found hilarious.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=Q9T8i4FkNVo

And who could forget Carol's defining moment as Scarlett wearing the green velvet drapes?? Can't seem to find a clip of it, but it was unbelievably funny.