# Is it wrong to feel sorry for Gil?
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-wrong-to-feel-sorry-for-gil/224143
**Category:** Cafe Society
**Created:** [January 12, 2004, 7:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-wrong-to-feel-sorry-for-gil/224143 "2004-01-12T07:37:47Z")
**Posts on this page:** 8
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### Author:  [@Poetgrrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Poetgrrl)
#### Post date: [January 12, 2004, 7:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-wrong-to-feel-sorry-for-gil/224143/1 "2004-01-12T07:37:47Z")
I really like this character but he really needs a turn of luck. It seems like the Simpsons writers took the Lionel Hutz character (who often slept in dumpsters and had a very obvious drinking problem) and tried to come up with something similar in a ‘hopless individual’ type of character.
Some funny Gil quotes
“Oh, why did you bet the company payroll?! Oh, Gil’s in trouble now!” _after losing at Roulette_
“Hey I was living in that Balloon! And there was a hot plate in there!” _Hot plate smashes on ground_ “Awww I had two payments left on that thing!”
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### Author:  [@MrSarcasticus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrSarcasticus)
#### Post date: [January 12, 2004, 9:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-wrong-to-feel-sorry-for-gil/224143/2 "2004-01-12T09:04:51Z")
That’s crazy talk. What’s next? Barney clean and sober?
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### Author:  [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)
#### Post date: [January 12, 2004, 9:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-wrong-to-feel-sorry-for-gil/224143/3 "2004-01-12T09:26:02Z")
I think the writers saw _Glengarry Glen Ross_ and found Gil there.
And don’t knock his bad luck. If it wasn’t for that he’d have no luck at all.
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### Author:  [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)
#### Post date: [January 12, 2004, 11:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-wrong-to-feel-sorry-for-gil/224143/4 "2004-01-12T11:25:23Z")
Wrong? I think it’s absolutely his raison d’etre.
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### Author:  [@TPWombat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TPWombat)
#### Post date: [January 12, 2004, 11:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-wrong-to-feel-sorry-for-gil/224143/5 "2004-01-12T11:42:30Z")
I agree with **don’t ask** , definitely Shelley Levene from _Glengarry Glen Ross_.
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### Author:  [@Cat\_Fight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Fight)
#### Post date: [January 12, 2004, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-wrong-to-feel-sorry-for-gil/224143/6 "2004-01-12T15:08:32Z")
I feel sort of uncomfortable when ol’ Gil is on. I know I should be laughing, but all I can do is cringe. A bit like the scene where Mr. Burns drills a hole in Hans Moleman’s head (offscreen, natch) to get his lucky charms. Very borderline…
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### Author:  [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)
#### Post date: [January 12, 2004, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-wrong-to-feel-sorry-for-gil/224143/7 "2004-01-12T15:35:32Z")
And let’s not forget ol’ Gil, huh? The wolf’s at old Gil’s door.
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### Author:  [@elf6c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elf6c)
#### Post date: [January 12, 2004, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-wrong-to-feel-sorry-for-gil/224143/8 "2004-01-12T15:49:03Z")
Poor Gil, walls are for closers.
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