# 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:** 2
**Author:** ![koeeoaddi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/koeeoaddi/32/408_2.png) [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2012, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-sitcom-characters-youd-like-to-be-friends-with/627942/21 "2012-07-12T04:14:55Z")
Maynard G. Krebbs Emily Newhart Dr. Johnny Fever Gomez Addams 86 Buddy Sorrell Mr. Haney Jack Benny ---
**Author:** ![Lochdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/edb3f5/32.png) [@Lochdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lochdale)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2012, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-sitcom-characters-youd-like-to-be-friends-with/627942/22 "2012-07-12T04:27:09Z")
The Fonz. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2012, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-sitcom-characters-youd-like-to-be-friends-with/627942/23 "2012-07-12T04:38:53Z")
Phoebe Mister Ed For reasons that sounds similar, tho would be different in practice: fun to ride! ---
**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2012, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-sitcom-characters-youd-like-to-be-friends-with/627942/24 "2012-07-12T04:43:35Z")
Earl and his brother, from My Name Is Earl. I would love to go around helping him finish his list. I also wouldn’t mind hanging out with the gang from How I Met Your Mother, or with Creed from The Office. ---
**Author:** ![Tibby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tibby/32/17030_2.png) [@Tibby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tibby)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2012, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-sitcom-characters-youd-like-to-be-friends-with/627942/25 "2012-07-12T04:54:18Z")
Me and the “chimp” from “_[Me and the Chimp](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Me_and_the_Chimp)_” ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2012, 7:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-sitcom-characters-youd-like-to-be-friends-with/627942/26 "2012-07-12T07:24:13Z")
_Frazier_: Roz _Dick Van Dyke_: Sally _Modern Family_: Cam and Mitch _MASH_: Hawkeye and BJ _Mary Tyler Moore_: Rhoda _Roseanne_: Jackie ---
**Author:** ![Becky2844](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@Becky2844](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Becky2844)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2012, 7:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-sitcom-characters-youd-like-to-be-friends-with/627942/27 "2012-07-12T07:58:39Z")
The family from _Raising Hope._ ---
**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, 11:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-sitcom-characters-youd-like-to-be-friends-with/627942/28 "2012-07-12T11:12:52Z")
> [@Fionn](#): > > Dwight from the Office uh I think I’ll stick with Jim, thx. Also Andy Griffith would make an excellent neighbor. ---
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2012, 12:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-sitcom-characters-youd-like-to-be-friends-with/627942/29 "2012-07-12T12:06:13Z")
I would definitey hang out with Joey and Chandler. The other four would probably be exhausting, though. Howard Borden from the \*Bob Newhart Show \*would make a good friend, I think. He was often befuddled, sure, but he was a good guy who enjoyed his life, and his heart always seemed to be in the right place. We would get along great. Cosmo Kramer wouldn’t be a great friend, but I sure would love to socialize with him on occasion just for the entertainmnet value. And I’ll second Phil and Claire as couples friends. Just chilling around the kitchen table with a few bottles of wine would be a hoot. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2012, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-sitcom-characters-youd-like-to-be-friends-with/627942/30 "2012-07-12T13:14:00Z")
> [@Procrustus](#): > > Phil and Claire from _Modern Family_ would be fun friends. Wouldn’t work out. I would have to try and sleep with her. I couldn’t help myself. I would have to go with Joey. He’s not too bright but he is a great friend with a big heart. Lots of eligible sisters and friends of hot girls he sleeps with too. ---
**Author:** ![Agent\_Foxtrot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc29f/32.png) [@Agent\_Foxtrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Agent_Foxtrot)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2012, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-sitcom-characters-youd-like-to-be-friends-with/627942/31 "2012-07-12T13:23:06Z")
Cosmo Kramer. Definitely. I’d much rather be friends with Leonard and Howard than Sheldon. Leonard’s just a decent guy who I think I would share a lot of hobbies with. Howard for sheer comedic value. Sheldon would be insufferable after a week. Also, let’s not forget Barney from _How I Met Your Mother_. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2012, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-sitcom-characters-youd-like-to-be-friends-with/627942/32 "2012-07-12T13:25:24Z")
Phoebe - One of my best friends is sort of a free spirit like her. Bob Newhart. Howard Borden. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2012, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-sitcom-characters-youd-like-to-be-friends-with/627942/33 "2012-07-12T13:33:05Z")
I would like Marty Crane but his annoying sons would get on my nerves. I would like Ray Barrone but couldn’t take his wife. ---
**Author:** ![timid1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a9a28c/32.png) [@timid1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/timid1)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2012, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-sitcom-characters-youd-like-to-be-friends-with/627942/34 "2012-07-12T13:34:36Z")
I second Oscar Madison. My type of guy. Hank Kimball. Actually my best friend is just like him. Well not really like him… ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2012, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-sitcom-characters-youd-like-to-be-friends-with/627942/35 "2012-07-12T13:36:33Z")
I’d be friends with Sheldon, he’s … not that dissimilar to one of my IRL friends (except he’s a philosophy PhD) Leonard & Penny, of course - again, just like some of my IRL friends Robin Sherbatsky, for sure, she seems like a fun time. Eddie and Joy Stark from 'Til Death I know he’s also a real person, but the Harry Anderson Dave Barry from Dave’s World seemed cool ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2012, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-sitcom-characters-youd-like-to-be-friends-with/627942/36 "2012-07-12T13:41:55Z")
Marshall from HIMYM. Ted too probably. Chandler from Friends. I already have a friend like that. I am not sure about being friends but I would like to have conversations with Frasier and Niles. I could see myself hanging out with the Big Bang Theory guys. We have tons of interests in common and I think messing with Sheldon would be entertaining. 🙂 Leslie Knope seems like she would be a awesome friend. ---
**Author:** ![Bass\_Chick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/43a26b/32.png) [@Bass\_Chick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bass_Chick)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2012, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-sitcom-characters-youd-like-to-be-friends-with/627942/37 "2012-07-12T13:49:56Z")
Sophia - Golden Girls Julia Sugarbaker - Designing Women Judge Harry Stone - Night Court Venus Flytrap - WKRP Fred Sanford - Sanford and Son ---
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2012, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-sitcom-characters-youd-like-to-be-friends-with/627942/38 "2012-07-12T14:19:10Z")
Zelda Gilroy. ---
**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2012, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-sitcom-characters-youd-like-to-be-friends-with/627942/39 "2012-07-12T14:41:36Z")
Mike and Molly - maybe not when they are really hungry, but otherwise a fun couple. The British writing couple on Episodes. Larry David Pretty much everyone in Raising Hope (Putting all those people in one room would also be interesting…) ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2012, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-sitcom-characters-youd-like-to-be-friends-with/627942/40 "2012-07-12T14:57:58Z")
I would like to share a birthday dinner with Ron Swanson. (big steak, bottle of booze, war movies, and no talking) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-sitcom-characters-youd-like-to-be-friends-with/627942.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-sitcom-characters-youd-like-to-be-friends-with/627942.md?page=3)