# Guess the dictator or sitcom character! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 27, 2002, 6:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-dictator-or-sitcom-character/134082 "2002-10-27T06:10:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Jorel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f19dbf/32.png) [@Jorel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jorel)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2002, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-dictator-or-sitcom-character/134082/21 "2002-10-28T17:35:56Z")
I love this site. I have only stumped it once (I was Jamie Bucman from Mad About YOu and it thought I was Dharma from Dharma and Greg) It guessed I was CLive Howard from Gentle Ben (only two people were) ---
**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2002, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-dictator-or-sitcom-character/134082/22 "2002-10-29T03:14:28Z")
Well, apparently I’m Joan from _What About Joan?_ Whoever _that_ is… ---
**Author:** ![Kyla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/eada6e/32.png) [@Kyla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyla)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2002, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-dictator-or-sitcom-character/134082/23 "2002-10-29T04:32:10Z")
Despite repeatedly insisting that I do not work in radio, I am apparently Lisa from _News Radio_. But that’s okay. _News Radio_ was a great show with a kickass cast. Phil Hartman, zt"l. ---
**Author:** ![Mehitabel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8797f3/32.png) [@Mehitabel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mehitabel)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2002, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-dictator-or-sitcom-character/134082/24 "2002-10-29T05:04:06Z")
Heh. It took a while, but I was #63 to get Steve Rhoades from ‘Married With Children’. Playing the game, not as myself. Let me get back to you. ---
**Author:** ![Badtz\_Maru](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e36b37/32.png) [@Badtz\_Maru](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Badtz_Maru)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2002, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-dictator-or-sitcom-character/134082/25 "2002-10-29T05:04:34Z")
I was the ‘Your Company’s Computer Guy’ character from SNL. Pretty creepy, since I do technical support. ---
**Author:** ![Badtz\_Maru](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e36b37/32.png) [@Badtz\_Maru](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Badtz_Maru)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2002, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-dictator-or-sitcom-character/134082/26 "2002-10-29T05:06:54Z")
Do you know what’s really fun to do with this (I did this when it was up over a year ago)? Go through and answer the questions as if you are a particular friend of yours. When it gets to the end and asks you if you are a certain character, answer no, input your friend’s name and where they are from, and give it a question to distinguish your friend from the fictional character it thought they were. Then show your friend the site, and suggest they answer the questions as themselves and see what fictional character they are. Enjoy the reaction when it guesses who they are correctly. ---
**Author:** ![Mehitabel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8797f3/32.png) [@Mehitabel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mehitabel)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2002, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-dictator-or-sitcom-character/134082/27 "2002-10-29T05:08:04Z")
Myself is Carol from ‘Growing Pains’, a show I have never watched a second of. It took a long time, but it got Norman from ‘It’s Your Move’ right. ---
**Author:** ![BZ00000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/47e85d/32.png) [@BZ00000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BZ00000)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2002, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-dictator-or-sitcom-character/134082/28 "2002-10-29T05:14:52Z")
Hey, it George W. Bush ---
**Author:** ![BZ00000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/47e85d/32.png) [@BZ00000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BZ00000)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2002, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-dictator-or-sitcom-character/134082/29 "2002-10-29T05:17:22Z")
Should say it got George W. Bush. ---
**Author:** ![BZ00000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/47e85d/32.png) [@BZ00000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BZ00000)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2002, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-dictator-or-sitcom-character/134082/30 "2002-10-29T05:20:31Z")
It thought the Pope was Kaiser Wilhelm II. ---
**Author:** ![Caffeine.addict](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f475e1/32.png) [@Caffeine.addict](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caffeine.addict)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2002, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-dictator-or-sitcom-character/134082/31 "2002-10-29T06:20:29Z")
Apparently I’m _Adam_ from _Northern Exposure_. That’s just great. ---
**Author:** ![Lok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e8c25b/32.png) [@Lok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lok)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2002, 9:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-dictator-or-sitcom-character/134082/32 "2002-10-29T09:22:34Z")
Wow, it thinks I am Agent Cooper from Twin Peaks. Kind of makes me want to see the show. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Zyada](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zyada/32/3028_2.png) [@Zyada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zyada)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2002, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-dictator-or-sitcom-character/134082/33 "2002-10-29T13:05:53Z")
If I’m rich, I’m Julia Sugerbaker from Designing Women If I’m not rich, I’m Marla (?) from Boston Public. ---
**Author:** ![Celyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9dc877/32.png) [@Celyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Celyn)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2002, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-dictator-or-sitcom-character/134082/34 "2002-10-29T13:16:03Z")
I’ve played this before, this time, following someone’s clever idea, I played it as myself, and I am now confused. Who the heck is Alice Richards from Fawlty Towers? I thought I remembered all of it pretty well, but that name does not ring any bells. More caffeine needed. ---
**Author:** ![Celyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9dc877/32.png) [@Celyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Celyn)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2002, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-dictator-or-sitcom-character/134082/35 "2002-10-29T13:37:16Z")
Ah - I am a “deaf old bat guest”, it seems. ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_Wright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@Steve\_Wright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_Wright)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2002, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-dictator-or-sitcom-character/134082/36 "2002-10-29T13:37:39Z")
Mrs Richards was the obnoxious woman with the hearing aid. **Celyn** , sometimes I worry about you. Me? Apparently, I’m Lou Grant. Thank goodness they got someone better looking to play me in the TV show… ---
**Author:** ![easy\_e](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/eb8c5e/32.png) [@easy\_e](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/easy_e)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2002, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-dictator-or-sitcom-character/134082/37 "2002-10-29T19:00:16Z")
When answering as myself, it guessed I was Buffy the Vampire Slayer. I don’t watch the show regularly, but I guess that’s cool and all. However, I said I lived in the Midwest (doesn’t she live in California) and that I did _not_ like “wooden steaks.” 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Balance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Balance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balance)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2002, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-dictator-or-sitcom-character/134082/38 "2002-10-29T23:07:19Z")
When I answered as myself, it guessed “Sam Beckett”, which I suppose I can live with. On the “guess the show” game, it got _Inu Yasha_ right after a great many questions, including “Is the main character named Sam Beckett?” What’s with the _Quantum Leap_ fixation? ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2002, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-dictator-or-sitcom-character/134082/39 "2002-10-29T23:24:42Z")
It got Chris from Northern Exposure, and revealed me answering as myself to be Drew Carey from the Drew Carey Show. Sweet! ---
**Author:** ![Daerlyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/898d66/32.png) [@Daerlyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daerlyn)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2002, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-dictator-or-sitcom-character/134082/40 "2002-10-30T02:00:56Z")
Apparently I’m Buffy as well. Feh. I hate that show. 🙂 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-dictator-or-sitcom-character/134082.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-dictator-or-sitcom-character/134082.md?page=3)