# Evil dictators and sitcoms ( silly fun game) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 13, 2001, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evil-dictators-and-sitcoms-silly-fun-game/54382 "2001-02-13T23:48:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Celyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9dc877/32.png) [@Celyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Celyn)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2001, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evil-dictators-and-sitcoms-silly-fun-game/54382/1 "2001-02-13T23:48:15Z")
This is fun, although it gets very smug when it wins, which, sadly, it seems to do a lot. I’m getting sneakier though.🙂 You get to be either an evil dictator or a sitcom character, and it has to guess who you are by asking questions. [http://208.177.130.81/dictator/](http://208.177.130.81/dictator/) ---
**Author:** ![HomeSlice](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/9d8465/32.png) [@HomeSlice](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HomeSlice)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2001, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evil-dictators-and-sitcoms-silly-fun-game/54382/2 "2001-02-14T03:40:33Z")
It got Android 18 but it didn’t get Beavis. Go figure. ---
**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:** [February 14, 2001, 11:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evil-dictators-and-sitcoms-silly-fun-game/54382/3 "2001-02-14T11:23:46Z")
I was one of 18 people to pick Mr. Ferly from ‘Three’s Company’. It got me pretty easily. ---
**Author:** ![Celyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9dc877/32.png) [@Celyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Celyn)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2001, 11:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evil-dictators-and-sitcoms-silly-fun-game/54382/4 "2001-02-14T11:50:16Z")
Yes, it’s good at winning. 🙂 I was really surprised that it had heard of “Father Ted” (Irish sitcom), although it was fun to find that Margaret Thatcher is an evil dictator. BTW, when I’ve played it, it often asks “do you live in Chacago?” so I find myself wondering pointlessly what is this world-famous (to everyone but me) sitcom set in Chicago? Or, indeed, evil dictator of Chicago? ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2001, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evil-dictators-and-sitcoms-silly-fun-game/54382/5 "2001-02-14T12:51:56Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Celyn \* > \*\*BTW, when I’ve played it, it often asks “do you live in Chacago?” so I find myself wondering pointlessly what is this world-famous (to everyone but me) sitcom set in Chicago? Or, indeed, evil dictator of Chicago? \*\* **Oprah** , obviously. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![HomeSlice](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/9d8465/32.png) [@HomeSlice](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HomeSlice)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2001, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evil-dictators-and-sitcoms-silly-fun-game/54382/6 "2001-02-14T15:03:29Z")
I beat it again with Nightcawler from X-Men. ---
**Author:** ![BiblioCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BiblioCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BiblioCat)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2001, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evil-dictators-and-sitcoms-silly-fun-game/54382/7 "2001-02-14T15:16:41Z")
I got Lois from “Malcolm In The Middle.” What does that mean? I’ve never watched it. Celyn, Pointless trivia…I think “Family Matters” (think Urkel) and the one with Bronson Pinchot as Cousin Balki were both set in Chicago. I have no idea why I know that. ---
**Author:** ![BiblioCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BiblioCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BiblioCat)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2001, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evil-dictators-and-sitcoms-silly-fun-game/54382/8 "2001-02-14T15:25:47Z")
Ok, duh. I didn’t read the directions the first time, and answered as myself. Still, Lois from “Malcolm In The Middle” ? ---
**Author:** ![Spritle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Spritle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spritle)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2001, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evil-dictators-and-sitcoms-silly-fun-game/54382/9 "2001-02-14T15:31:18Z")
well, it got _ALF_, and I had to guess at some of the answers! (I never really watched the show.) I’ll keep trying. ---
**Author:** ![HomeSlice](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/9d8465/32.png) [@HomeSlice](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HomeSlice)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2001, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evil-dictators-and-sitcoms-silly-fun-game/54382/10 "2001-02-14T15:52:34Z")
It says if you aren’t sure about an answer, then put NO. ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2001, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evil-dictators-and-sitcoms-silly-fun-game/54382/11 "2001-02-14T15:52:45Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Kinsey \* > \*\*I didn’t read the directions the first time, and answered as myself. Still, Lois from “Malcolm In The Middle” ? \*\* Hey, answering it as yourself makes for a pretty nifty variant game: “What Sitcom Character or Dictator Am I Most Like?” It said I was Steven Keaton from FAMILY TIES. I’ve never watched it. Is that a good thing? Is it better than being Mussolini? ---
**Author:** ![Celyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9dc877/32.png) [@Celyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Celyn)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2001, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evil-dictators-and-sitcoms-silly-fun-game/54382/12 "2001-02-14T16:00:24Z")
**Ukulele Ike** Yes! That could be a fun way to do it. Or perhaps a worrying way. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Spritle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Spritle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spritle)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2001, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evil-dictators-and-sitcoms-silly-fun-game/54382/13 "2001-02-14T16:02:51Z")
It did not guess **Fred Mertz** from “I Love Lucy” (how’d it miss _that_ one?) and did not guess **Algonquin J. Calhoun** from “Amos and Andy”. ---
**Author:** ![Dragwyr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dragwyr/32/2855_2.png) [@Dragwyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dragwyr)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2001, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evil-dictators-and-sitcoms-silly-fun-game/54382/14 "2001-02-14T16:03:39Z")
I picked Lewis from Drew Carey, and had it guessing for about a good 10 minutes. I’m impressed. It also guessed Evie Garland from Out of this world correctly. I didn’t think it was that detailed. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2001, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evil-dictators-and-sitcoms-silly-fun-game/54382/15 "2001-02-14T16:08:41Z")
Apparently I’m most like Meathead from All in the Family, although I suspect that’s largely based on my having a blond wife. ---
**Author:** ![Necronom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/54ee81/32.png) [@Necronom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Necronom)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2001, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evil-dictators-and-sitcoms-silly-fun-game/54382/16 "2001-02-14T16:11:45Z")
This is a nifty little game! Loved the Oprah answer, but I think what it was trying to find out was if you were one of the characters from **Bob Newhart**. ---
**Author:** ![Celyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9dc877/32.png) [@Celyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Celyn)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2001, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evil-dictators-and-sitcoms-silly-fun-game/54382/17 "2001-02-14T16:13:50Z")
Huh, I’m beginning to see what my problem is here - I haven’t heard of most of these characters (except Beavis and “I Love Lucy”) that you are all being, and **Kinsey** , thanks for the Chicago explanation. Interestingly, you all seem to be sitcom characters: I must be the only one to have been a dictator or two. And it guessed each time, dammit. I don’t feel very clever now, tho’ I did win with a couple of deliberately obscure Britcoms. ---
**Author:** ![xizor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xizor/32/102_2.png) [@xizor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xizor)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2001, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evil-dictators-and-sitcoms-silly-fun-game/54382/18 "2001-02-14T16:36:52Z")
I pretended to be Pol Pot and it guessed: “Are you pots from Cambodia?” So I guess that’s counted as a win for it, but barely. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2001, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evil-dictators-and-sitcoms-silly-fun-game/54382/19 "2001-02-14T16:37:31Z")
> [@](#): > > Loved the Oprah answer, but I think what it was trying to find out was if you were one of the characters from Bob Newhart. Or Steve Urkell (sp?), who was born in Chicago. > [@](#): > > What Sitcom Character or Dictator Am I Most Like? Evidently, I’m Richard from “Friends”. ---
**Author:** ![Yardstick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8c91f0/32.png) [@Yardstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yardstick)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2001, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evil-dictators-and-sitcoms-silly-fun-game/54382/20 "2001-02-14T16:44:30Z")
First time with a Dictator I kept it thinking… > [@](#): > > **It wasn’t easy, but I won this time.** You are player number 2 to have chosen Pol Pot from Cambodia. Pol Pot from Cambodia was a tough one, but I’ve had a lot of practice. Thanks for giving me something to do. Please visit again soon. Second Time I stumped it with Larry Almada from The Drew Carey Show. It thought I was Jefferson D’Arcy from Married with Children …It’s pure genius!..It then asks the user for the question that would differentiate who you were from who it incorrectly guesssed…This must be one monster Database. Afterwards it gives a nice concillatory (although vaguely menacing) statement: > [@](#): > > Your valuable replies have been added to my database. With your help the database is now vast enough to guess any evil dictator or sit-com character that anyone can ever think of ever! Next time you will not find me nearly as inadequate. Please come back and visit me often so that I don’t grow sad and lonely. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evil-dictators-and-sitcoms-silly-fun-game/54382.md?page=2)