# Is Andy Sipowitz the most unlikable "good guy" on a tv series?

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**Created:** [April 22, 2022, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-andy-sipowitz-the-most-unlikable-good-guy-on-a-tv-series/963207 "2022-04-22T00:55:23Z")\
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**Author:** ![gre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d78d45/32.png) [@gre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gre)\
**Post date:** [April 23, 2022, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-andy-sipowitz-the-most-unlikable-good-guy-on-a-tv-series/963207/22 "2022-04-23T21:11:13Z")

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> [@Kent\_Clark](#):
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> All of these shows were short-lived, mostly because Coleman’s characters were irredeemably unlikable.

Those were all during my childhood, and I remember it as the promos making a big deal about him, and yet it just all seemed like him being… yes, unlikable. Maybe I was too young to get whatever subtlety there was to it, but not so long ago I saw some mention of him as a comedian and I ended up watching some clip on youtube from some movie where he’s trying to die for insurance reasons, IIRC (what’s more American than needing to die for insurance reasons?) and so he’s in this endless car chase where the car loses most of itself from constant smashes along the way, and I didn’t find that funny either. Someday I’ll find out whether he’s done anything enjoyable.

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**Author:** ![TCMF-2L](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tcmf-2l/32/16553_2.png) [@TCMF-2L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TCMF-2L)\
**Post date:** [April 23, 2022, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-andy-sipowitz-the-most-unlikable-good-guy-on-a-tv-series/963207/23 "2022-04-23T21:56:44Z")

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I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again. Can’t stand **The Fresh Prince of Bel Air**. Smug, bullying, ungrateful…

TCMF-2L

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**Author:** ![Banksiaman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/banksiaman/32/3334_2.png) [@Banksiaman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Banksiaman)\
**Post date:** [April 23, 2022, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-andy-sipowitz-the-most-unlikable-good-guy-on-a-tv-series/963207/24 "2022-04-23T22:00:15Z")

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> [@Kent\_Clark](#):
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> Coleman’s characters were irredeemably unlikable

And it was a superpower that he took into and used to great effect in his movie roles - I’m thinking of _9 to 5_, and _Meet the Applegates_. Under-rated as an excellent comic actor because he played the bad / unpleasant boss or official so well.

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