# Best TV Show Character Name **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 20, 2007, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-tv-show-character-name/412469 "2007-07-20T00:38:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Smitty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e274bd/32.png) [@Smitty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smitty)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2007, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-tv-show-character-name/412469/1 "2007-07-20T00:38:33Z")
What’s your favorite TV show character name? **My Name is Earl** has several good ones - Creepy Rodney, Patty the daytime hooker, and Nescobar-A-Lop-Lop, but I think the winner has to be: **Arrested Development** ’s Bob Loblaw ---
**Author:** ![kalex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/dfb087/32.png) [@kalex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kalex)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2007, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-tv-show-character-name/412469/2 "2007-07-20T00:45:08Z")
Patty the Daytime Hooker is my favorite. Slight hijack - I was in the elevator at work today and someone busted out, “An Yong!” ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2007, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-tv-show-character-name/412469/3 "2007-07-20T00:45:26Z")
I love the names and nicknames on “Sopranos.” Like, Salvatore “Big Pussy” Bonpensiero, Phil Leotardo (which should’ve been Lenoardo), Bobby “Bacala” Baccalieri. ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2007, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-tv-show-character-name/412469/4 "2007-07-20T00:48:05Z")
Oh, c’mon. There cannot ever be a better name for a character on television than: Beaver Cleaver. ---
**Author:** ![SSG\_Schwartz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@SSG\_Schwartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SSG_Schwartz)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2007, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-tv-show-character-name/412469/5 "2007-07-20T00:48:06Z")
If we can include characters of TV shows that choose names, I would nominate George Costanza. Buck Naked as his porn name and Art Vandelay as his alter ego both strike me as funny. If not, then I gotta go with Eunice “Lovey” Wentworth Howell. SSG Schwartz ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2007, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-tv-show-character-name/412469/6 "2007-07-20T00:56:55Z")
[QUOTE=Sgt Schwartz] If we can include characters of TV shows that choose names, I would nominate George Costanza. Buck Naked as his porn name and Art Vandelay as his alter ego both strike me as funny. If not, then I gotta go with Eunice “Lovey” Wentworth Howell. SSG Schwartz [/QUOTE] Art Vandelay and Martin Van Nostrand (Kramer’s alter-ego) were the inspiration for the latter half of my username-- long, awkward and made-up-sounding names. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2007, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-tv-show-character-name/412469/7 "2007-07-20T01:03:30Z")
Murray Mouse, the accountant, on **He and She**. And his wife, Minnie. Sabalom Glitz, from **Doctor Who**. Band name! Chad Pfefferle from **Bob**. ---
**Author:** ![Frostillicus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Frostillicus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frostillicus)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2007, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-tv-show-character-name/412469/8 "2007-07-20T02:29:04Z")
Dwight Schrute. David Puddy. Apu Nahasapeemapetalon. Dr. Mickhead. ---
**Author:** ![Rubystreak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Rubystreak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rubystreak)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2007, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-tv-show-character-name/412469/9 "2007-07-20T02:31:55Z")
[QUOTE=Frostillicus] Dwight Schrute. [/QUOTE] Even better, his full name is Dwight **Kurt** Schrute. ---
**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 20, 2007, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-tv-show-character-name/412469/10 "2007-07-20T02:33:24Z")
Joe Friday ---
**Author:** ![VernWinterbottom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/c67d28/32.png) [@VernWinterbottom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VernWinterbottom)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2007, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-tv-show-character-name/412469/11 "2007-07-20T02:38:37Z")
The second brother Daryl. ---
**Author:** ![snowmaster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e99b99/32.png) [@snowmaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snowmaster)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2007, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-tv-show-character-name/412469/12 "2007-07-20T02:38:53Z")
Hi, Im your attourney, Tad Disingenuous… ---
**Author:** ![Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hey_It_s_That_Guy)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2007, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-tv-show-character-name/412469/13 "2007-07-20T02:39:04Z")
To go along with Bob Loblaw, the incompetent attorney Barry Zuckerkorn. George Michael Bluth. Just saying it is hilarious! Wesley Wyndham-Pryce lets you know almost everything about the character, especially in his early days (before he started growing and changing through constant suffering.) ---
**Author:** ![Sefton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Sefton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sefton)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2007, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-tv-show-character-name/412469/14 "2007-07-20T03:03:40Z")
From **Benson** , Clayton Runamede Endicott III ---
**Author:** ![AdmiralCrunch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6f9a4e/32.png) [@AdmiralCrunch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AdmiralCrunch)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2007, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-tv-show-character-name/412469/15 "2007-07-20T04:00:14Z")
Socrates Poole from Brisco County Jr. Or hell, Brisco County Jr. ---
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2007, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-tv-show-character-name/412469/16 "2007-07-20T04:02:34Z")
Nostradamus “Bull” Shannon ---
**Author:** ![bbs2k](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e495f1/32.png) [@bbs2k](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bbs2k)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2007, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-tv-show-character-name/412469/17 "2007-07-20T04:22:57Z")
Nobody snuggles with **Max Power**. You strap yourself in and feel the "G"s! 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![BabaBooey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/dfb087/32.png) [@BabaBooey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BabaBooey)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2007, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-tv-show-character-name/412469/18 "2007-07-20T04:32:33Z")
I loved all of the newscaster names from Mr. Show, but my favorite was the PotUS’s name on one of the news stories, Whitey Corngood. ---
**Author:** ![Hung\_Mung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a88e4f/32.png) [@Hung\_Mung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hung_Mung)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2007, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-tv-show-character-name/412469/19 "2007-07-20T05:48:28Z")
Balky. eta: I forgot Latka. Silly me. ---
**Author:** ![denquixote](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9bd4f/32.png) [@denquixote](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/denquixote)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2007, 7:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-tv-show-character-name/412469/20 "2007-07-20T07:56:38Z")
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