# Ginger? or Mary Ann? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 26, 2002, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ginger-or-mary-ann/134033 "2002-10-26T22:34:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**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:** [October 26, 2002, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ginger-or-mary-ann/134033/1 "2002-10-26T22:34:46Z")
My vote is for Mary Ann. shorts, halter top, braids, pie making ability… Ginger was too vain and obviously high maintenence. feel free to comment on other shows, too. like, I prefer Baily to that Loni Anderson character on WKRP I prefer Picard to Sisko, tho both beat Janeway. Come to think of it, Archer’s dog beats Janeway… Jar Jar or Chewie? Phoebe or Rachel? (I’ll stop now…, for a while) All of that leads up to my real post: Sometimes, it seems that the character the show’s creators think will be a superstar falls flat and a minor character becomes the fans fave. Know of any other examples? * * * I’d rather spend eternity eating shards of broken glass, than spend one more minute with you. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2002, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ginger-or-mary-ann/134033/2 "2002-10-26T22:35:21Z")
Willow!!! also Mary Ann. ---
**Author:** ![KidCharlemagne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ed8c4c/32.png) [@KidCharlemagne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KidCharlemagne)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2002, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ginger-or-mary-ann/134033/3 "2002-10-26T23:27:51Z")
MA ---
**Author:** ![DrFidelius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drfidelius/32/3447_2.png) [@DrFidelius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrFidelius)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2002, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ginger-or-mary-ann/134033/4 "2002-10-26T23:27:51Z")
Mary Ann, as Ginger is a drag queen. Who else would carry that many evening gowns on a three-hour tour? ---
**Author:** ![Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troy_mcclure_sf/32/4150_2.png) [@Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troy_McClure_SF)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2002, 8:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ginger-or-mary-ann/134033/5 "2002-10-27T08:24:07Z")
Jar Jar or Chewie? Phoebe or Rachel? Mary Ann. Chewie (we’re not talking sexiness here, are we?) Rachel. From **That 70s Show:** Donna or Jackie? My vote goes to Jackie. ---
**Author:** ![Mockingbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c68b51/32.png) [@Mockingbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mockingbird)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2002, 8:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ginger-or-mary-ann/134033/6 "2002-10-27T08:39:03Z")
Mary Ann ---
**Author:** ![JThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2002, 9:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ginger-or-mary-ann/134033/7 "2002-10-27T09:12:19Z")
Monica, Bailey, and Mary Ann. In fact, something tells me that if the WWW were around in the early 1980’s, Jan Smithers would have become a much bigger star. ---
**Author:** ![Bob\_Scene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e19adc/32.png) [@Bob\_Scene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bob_Scene)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2002, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ginger-or-mary-ann/134033/8 "2002-10-27T14:31:16Z")
Mrs. Howell, DUH! ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2002, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ginger-or-mary-ann/134033/9 "2002-10-27T15:11:21Z")
Baily Quarters. ---
**Author:** ![PatrickM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7feea3/32.png) [@PatrickM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PatrickM)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2002, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ginger-or-mary-ann/134033/10 "2002-10-27T19:45:20Z")
The real question here is: Mary Ann, Bailey, Willow, Rachel, Phoebe, Jackie, Donna or Heidi the Tool Time Girl? I vote for Heidi 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Patricinus\_Scriblerus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f07891/32.png) [@Patricinus\_Scriblerus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patricinus_Scriblerus)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2002, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ginger-or-mary-ann/134033/11 "2002-10-27T20:48:26Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by jjtm \* > \*\*. > > From **That 70s Show:** Donna or Jackie? > My vote goes to Jackie. \*\* It’s gotta be MaryAnn , Bailey and from that 70’s Show you GOTTA take Donna…hmmmmm big red:p ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2002, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ginger-or-mary-ann/134033/12 "2002-10-28T01:12:42Z")
> [@](#): > > Chewie (we’re not talking sexiness here, are we?) Heck, even if we are. I mean, did Leia ever say that she’d rather kiss a Gungan? On the Island, it’d Mary Ann, definitely, 100%, without a doubt. Ginger never really did anything for me, but Mary Ann, woo-hoo! Unfortunately, I’m not familiar enough with the other shows to comment. ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2002, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ginger-or-mary-ann/134033/13 "2002-10-28T01:33:02Z")
I have to say Mary Ann, as I dressed as Ginger, and my husband dressed as “The Professor and Mary Ann” for Dope-A-Ween.