# Any sitcom characters you'd like to be friends with? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 11, 2012, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-sitcom-characters-youd-like-to-be-friends-with/627942 "2012-07-11T23:44:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![well\_he\_s\_back](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/3ab097/32.png) [@well\_he\_s\_back](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/well_he_s_back)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2012, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-sitcom-characters-youd-like-to-be-friends-with/627942/1 "2012-07-11T23:44:51Z")
Most Big Bang Theory threads mention how no one would want to be friends with Sheldon. This got me thinking about sitcom characters - and how most of them (even the ones I enjoy watching on TV) I wouldn’t be friends with in real life. Of course the exaggeration of neurotic tics is part of what makes them funny. But is there anyone in sitcom world you’d actually be friends with? I think I could put up withe Marshall, from How I Met Your Mother; or maybe J.D. or Carla from Scrubs. That’s it. I’d sooner be friends with Sheldon than with Ross from Friends or Frazier from Frazier. ---
**Author:** ![newcomer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/e5b9ba/32.png) [@newcomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/newcomer)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2012, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-sitcom-characters-youd-like-to-be-friends-with/627942/2 "2012-07-11T23:52:11Z")
Larry David ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2012, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-sitcom-characters-youd-like-to-be-friends-with/627942/3 "2012-07-11T23:53:28Z")
Balky Bartarkumus (sp?). But not his uptight cousin. And Larry David for sure. ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2012, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-sitcom-characters-youd-like-to-be-friends-with/627942/4 "2012-07-11T23:58:16Z")
Phil and Claire from _Modern Family_ would be fun friends. ---
**Author:** ![Truman\_Burbank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecc23a/32.png) [@Truman\_Burbank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Truman_Burbank)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2012, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-sitcom-characters-youd-like-to-be-friends-with/627942/5 "2012-07-12T00:01:27Z")
The dad from _Suburgatory_ would be a good for me, buddy-wise, I think. ---
**Author:** ![DataZak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ea666f/32.png) [@DataZak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DataZak)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2012, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-sitcom-characters-youd-like-to-be-friends-with/627942/6 "2012-07-12T00:13:28Z")
> [@Procrustus](#): > > Phil and Claire from _Modern Family_ would be fun friends. Cam and Mitchell for me. ---
**Author:** ![Max\_the\_Immortal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6de8d8/32.png) [@Max\_the\_Immortal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_the_Immortal)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2012, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-sitcom-characters-youd-like-to-be-friends-with/627942/7 "2012-07-12T00:16:28Z")
Hawkeye. ---
**Author:** ![Babale](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/babale/32/15666_2.png) [@Babale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Babale)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2012, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-sitcom-characters-youd-like-to-be-friends-with/627942/8 "2012-07-12T00:19:31Z")
Barney Stinson? He might be annoying, but hanging out with him would be legen… Dary! ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2012, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-sitcom-characters-youd-like-to-be-friends-with/627942/9 "2012-07-12T01:47:51Z")
I wouldn’t mind being friends with Ted Mosby. ---
**Author:** ![Scumpup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce73a5/32.png) [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2012, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-sitcom-characters-youd-like-to-be-friends-with/627942/10 "2012-07-12T02:11:16Z")
It’d be a hoot to pal around with Uncle Arthur. The Clampetts seem like a lot of fun. If I could, i’d buy the place right next to Oliver and Lisa. ---
**Author:** ![oreally](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/7ab992/32.png) [@oreally](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/oreally)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2012, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-sitcom-characters-youd-like-to-be-friends-with/627942/11 "2012-07-12T02:18:11Z")
Hot Lips in her early years. I’d done a Colonel uniform and be all set. 🙂 Samantha Stevens. Oh wait, this is just friends…sigh…OK: Frank Barone Fonz (and I have to admit, maybe Richie) Roz from Frasier (yeah even as just a friend if possible) Oscar Madison ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2012, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-sitcom-characters-youd-like-to-be-friends-with/627942/12 "2012-07-12T02:51:31Z")
Robin Scherbatsky. Ross Geller (one of my friends was just like him). Chandler Bing (ditto). Lewis Kiniski (Ryan Stiles’s character on _Drew Carey_). Elliot Reid (Sarah Chalke’s character from _Scrubs_). ---
**Author:** ![Fionn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a587f6/32.png) [@Fionn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fionn)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2012, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-sitcom-characters-youd-like-to-be-friends-with/627942/13 "2012-07-12T03:02:04Z")
Dwight from the Office has a bunch of fun hobbies. I’d like to have him as my neighbor, since you know he would watch your place like a hawk when you were out of town. Dr. Cox from Scrubs Cam and Mitchell from Modern Family ---
**Author:** ![Arkcon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/96bed5/32.png) [@Arkcon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arkcon)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2012, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-sitcom-characters-youd-like-to-be-friends-with/627942/14 "2012-07-12T03:13:25Z")
I would house sit for the Griffins if they all had to go somewhere and leave Stewie and Brian behind. 'Tho they generally don’t need someone to watch the both of them. I’d really like to have long conversations about high fiance, genetics, quantum physics and literature with a talking one-year old and a talking dog. It appears the Doctor really wants feminine eye-candy. But if a he wanted some guy to travel in time and space with, I’m up for it. ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2012, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-sitcom-characters-youd-like-to-be-friends-with/627942/15 "2012-07-12T03:24:51Z")
Mr. Feeny from Boy Meets World (I was just watching that show this morning and I’d forgotten how much I liked it) ---
**Author:** ![davidm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidm/32/225_2.png) [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2012, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-sitcom-characters-youd-like-to-be-friends-with/627942/16 "2012-07-12T03:30:39Z")
When I was a kid, I thought it would be fun to live next door to Gomez and Morticia Addams. ---
**Author:** ![BeeDubU2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@BeeDubU2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BeeDubU2)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2012, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-sitcom-characters-youd-like-to-be-friends-with/627942/17 "2012-07-12T03:35:35Z")
Does squidward count? I’d love to be his neighbor. Hmmm, I think I’d just like to live in bikini bottom. I used to want to be friends with blossom, and I think everyone wanted to hang out with the golden girls. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2012, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-sitcom-characters-youd-like-to-be-friends-with/627942/18 "2012-07-12T03:38:37Z")
Turk from Scrubs. Sue from The Middle. ---
**Author:** ![Cazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cazzle/32/75_2.png) [@Cazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cazzle)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2012, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-sitcom-characters-youd-like-to-be-friends-with/627942/19 "2012-07-12T03:38:56Z")
Chandler Bing. Chris Turk. Ron Swanson. Robin Sherbatsky. Penny. Or Bernadette. Roy Trenneman (The IT Crowd). ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2012, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-sitcom-characters-youd-like-to-be-friends-with/627942/20 "2012-07-12T03:50:27Z")
I think I could be friends with: Dan Connor Norm Peterson Colonel Potter could be my Doctor. I think Aunt Bee would be a nice neighbor to have. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-sitcom-characters-youd-like-to-be-friends-with/627942.md?page=2)