# Carlton, Henry, Gus, or Shawn? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 7, 2008, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carlton-henry-gus-or-shawn/436647 "2008-02-07T04:13:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![JThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2008, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carlton-henry-gus-or-shawn/436647/1 "2008-02-07T04:13:13Z")
Ladies? ---
**Author:** ![thirdwarning](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecccb3/32.png) [@thirdwarning](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thirdwarning)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2008, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carlton-henry-gus-or-shawn/436647/2 "2008-02-07T05:04:19Z")
Am I admitting my age if I ask who these guys are? ---
**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2008, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carlton-henry-gus-or-shawn/436647/3 "2008-02-07T05:05:13Z")
No, just that you aren’t a fan of a particular show. And as a non-lady, I’ll stay out of this. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![BellRungBookShut-CandleSnuffed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bcef8e/32.png) [@BellRungBookShut-CandleSnuffed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BellRungBookShut-CandleSnuffed)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2008, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carlton-henry-gus-or-shawn/436647/4 "2008-02-07T05:15:20Z")
Gus. I’d rub his head a whole lot. Though my non-ladyitude may be showing here. ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Bean](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_bean/32/1760_2.png) [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2008, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carlton-henry-gus-or-shawn/436647/5 "2008-02-07T05:21:03Z")
Shawn AND Gus. At the same time. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2008, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carlton-henry-gus-or-shawn/436647/6 "2008-02-07T06:17:50Z")
Who? ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2008, 6:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carlton-henry-gus-or-shawn/436647/7 "2008-02-07T06:34:15Z")
For the hopelessly confused (like me): [Psych](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psych) is the TV show being referenced here. Also, definitely Gus. ---
**Author:** ![hawksgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ed655f/32.png) [@hawksgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hawksgirl)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2008, 6:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carlton-henry-gus-or-shawn/436647/8 "2008-02-07T06:57:07Z")
Shawn all the way. The only way I’d pass on Shawn would be if the other option was Shawn and his twin, Shawn. He can do a reading on me anytime. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![h.sapiens](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e0b2c6/32.png) [@h.sapiens](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/h.sapiens)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2008, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carlton-henry-gus-or-shawn/436647/9 "2008-02-07T14:01:05Z")
I’m gonna have to say Gus. But I like the way **Green Bean** thinks. ---
**Author:** ![Judith\_Prietht](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b19c9b/32.png) [@Judith\_Prietht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Judith_Prietht)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2008, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carlton-henry-gus-or-shawn/436647/10 "2008-02-07T14:13:50Z")
[QUOTE=h.sapiens] I’m gonna have to say Gus. But I like the way **Green Bean** thinks. [/QUOTE] Likewise, but it’s all Shawn for me. ---
**Author:** ![DaphneBlack](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/daphneblack/32/5389_2.png) [@DaphneBlack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DaphneBlack)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2008, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carlton-henry-gus-or-shawn/436647/11 "2008-02-07T14:19:56Z")
Shawn! Oh boy, yes. With a side order of Gus. ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2008, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carlton-henry-gus-or-shawn/436647/12 "2008-02-07T14:30:18Z")
Would that be the back side? ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2008, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carlton-henry-gus-or-shawn/436647/13 "2008-02-07T16:42:13Z")
Though Jules is the resident female cutie, I’ve got to admit that the Chief can be pretty hot herself (in a slowburn, authoritarian kind of way). ---
**Author:** ![Skara\_Brae](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f0a364/32.png) [@Skara\_Brae](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skara_Brae)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2008, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carlton-henry-gus-or-shawn/436647/14 "2008-02-07T16:51:52Z")
I’ll be different and say Carlton. There’s just something about angry, straightlaced, repressed men that gets my motor running… (On TV, of course - not in real life) ---
**Author:** ![SkeptiJess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea666f/32.png) [@SkeptiJess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkeptiJess)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2008, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carlton-henry-gus-or-shawn/436647/15 "2008-02-07T20:05:04Z")
Henry. It’s funny, too, 'cuz 20 years back (LA Law era) when he was supposed to be mega-hot, he did nothing for me. Now? Ding- _dong_! Carlton isn’t unattractive, but he just seems so pissed off all the time. Shawn and Gus are nice boys, but too young to register with me sexually. ---
**Author:** ![jackdavinci](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackdavinci/32/3259_2.png) [@jackdavinci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackdavinci)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2008, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carlton-henry-gus-or-shawn/436647/16 "2008-02-07T20:08:13Z")
Gus and Shawn at the same time 😃 Can’t have the yin without the yang 😉 I find neither Henry nor Lassie to be particularly attractive, and Henry is way too grumpy and bossy, and Lassie is way too uptight. ---
**Author:** ![Lynne\_kilii](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d26b3c/32.png) [@Lynne\_kilii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynne_kilii)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2008, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carlton-henry-gus-or-shawn/436647/17 "2008-02-07T21:55:25Z")
First impulse? Shawn, Gus, my place, 10:00, please. If I could only pick one, it’d be Shawn, cause Gus and I would just sit there and worry and fuss the whole time. I could just go out and have fun with Shawn. Or stay in. Ahem.