# Comedy TV Characters moved in time or space **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 7, 2017, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comedy-tv-characters-moved-in-time-or-space/788390 "2017-06-07T22:04:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Dale\_Sams](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/779978/32.png) [@Dale\_Sams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dale_Sams)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2017, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comedy-tv-characters-moved-in-time-or-space/788390/1 "2017-06-07T22:04:07Z")
Move Ron Swanson to Seattle and he’s Archie Bunker. Move Archie Bunker to England today…and he’d be in jail. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2017, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comedy-tv-characters-moved-in-time-or-space/788390/2 "2017-06-07T22:14:49Z")
Does this really belong in the Pit? ---
**Author:** ![Dale\_Sams](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/779978/32.png) [@Dale\_Sams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dale_Sams)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2017, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comedy-tv-characters-moved-in-time-or-space/788390/3 "2017-06-07T22:17:01Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > Does this really belong in the Pit? I’m genuinely not sure!?? I’ve posted mini-bites like that before in Mundane…and it was called ranty and was moved to the pit! ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2017, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comedy-tv-characters-moved-in-time-or-space/788390/4 "2017-06-07T22:20:17Z")
> [@Dale\_Sams](#): > > Move Ron Swanson to Seattle and he’s Archie Bunker. > > Move Archie Bunker to England today…and he’d be in jail. In England isn’t a jail called a boot, or something? Also, is this about Muslims? ---
**Author:** ![Dale\_Sams](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/779978/32.png) [@Dale\_Sams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dale_Sams)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2017, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comedy-tv-characters-moved-in-time-or-space/788390/5 "2017-06-07T22:21:15Z")
> [@bobot](#): > > In England isn’t a jail called a boot, or something? Also, is this about Muslims? Nah…it’s about hate speech. Archie uttered words that would promptly land him in court. And isn’t a boot a car trunk in England? ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2017, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comedy-tv-characters-moved-in-time-or-space/788390/6 "2017-06-07T22:21:34Z")
Moved to CS. ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2017, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comedy-tv-characters-moved-in-time-or-space/788390/7 "2017-06-07T22:27:40Z")
> [@Dale\_Sams](#): > > Nah…it’s about hate speech. Archie uttered words that would promptly land him in court. Yeah! Like all them neo-Nazi skinheads that keep getting their rights trampled on! It’s horrible how hatemongers have been hampered! ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2017, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comedy-tv-characters-moved-in-time-or-space/788390/8 "2017-06-07T22:28:12Z")
IIRC, “in jail” is “in jug” in England. ---
**Author:** ![Dale\_Sams](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/779978/32.png) [@Dale\_Sams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dale_Sams)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2017, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comedy-tv-characters-moved-in-time-or-space/788390/9 "2017-06-07T22:28:58Z")
> [@Typo\_Negative](#): > > Yeah! Like all them neo-Nazi skinheads that keep getting their rights trampled on! It’s horrible how hatemongers have been hampered! That strawman will freeze before you reach the first marker!! ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2017, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comedy-tv-characters-moved-in-time-or-space/788390/10 "2017-06-07T22:41:25Z")
“Boot” is a car’s trunk, “bonnet” is a car’s hood. Just sayin’. ---
**Author:** ![Dale\_Sams](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/779978/32.png) [@Dale\_Sams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dale_Sams)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2017, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comedy-tv-characters-moved-in-time-or-space/788390/11 "2017-06-07T22:49:59Z")
Though now that think about it, George Jefferson might get there before Archie…seems I recall George was more open about his views. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2017, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comedy-tv-characters-moved-in-time-or-space/788390/12 "2017-06-07T22:53:40Z")
I think in England a jail is called a Jimmy. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2017, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comedy-tv-characters-moved-in-time-or-space/788390/13 "2017-06-07T23:36:06Z")
> [@bobot](#): > > I think in England a jail is called a Jimmy. Well, we could both be right! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![teela\_brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2017, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comedy-tv-characters-moved-in-time-or-space/788390/14 "2017-06-07T23:38:16Z")
I thought they called it “gaol” in England. ---
**Author:** ![Martini\_Enfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/martini_enfield/32/11123_2.png) [@Martini\_Enfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Martini_Enfield)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2017, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comedy-tv-characters-moved-in-time-or-space/788390/15 "2017-06-07T23:38:22Z")
In vaguely the spirit of the OP, move Walter White to Canada, the UK or Australia and he remains a high school chemistry teacher because we have universal healthcare. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2017, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comedy-tv-characters-moved-in-time-or-space/788390/16 "2017-06-07T23:38:43Z")
I feel confident about my knowledge of British slang because I have watched every episode of The Young Ones multiple times. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Dale\_Sams](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/779978/32.png) [@Dale\_Sams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dale_Sams)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2017, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comedy-tv-characters-moved-in-time-or-space/788390/17 "2017-06-08T00:51:13Z")
I still don’t know who Felicity Kendall is ---
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2017, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comedy-tv-characters-moved-in-time-or-space/788390/18 "2017-06-08T00:58:40Z")
> [@Dale\_Sams](#): > > I still don’t know who Felicity Kendall is Star of Rosemary n Thyme. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2017, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comedy-tv-characters-moved-in-time-or-space/788390/19 "2017-06-08T02:37:32Z")
I’d like to see Flo from “Alice” try that “kiss my grits” crap in a present-day IHOP. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2017, 6:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comedy-tv-characters-moved-in-time-or-space/788390/20 "2017-06-08T06:34:34Z")
> [@madsircool](#): > > Star of Rosemary n Thyme. The \*\*hot \*\*one. :o Also played Barbara Goode in _ **The Good Life** _, known in the USA as _ **Good Neighbors** _. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comedy-tv-characters-moved-in-time-or-space/788390.md?page=2)