# List your five favorite sitcom characters, in order. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 13, 2010, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-your-five-favorite-sitcom-characters-in-order/528815 "2010-02-13T04:01:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2010, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-your-five-favorite-sitcom-characters-in-order/528815/1 "2010-02-13T04:01:43Z")
1. **Archie Bunker** - _All in the Family_ 2. **Arthur Dietrich** - _Barney Miller_ 3. **Rob Petrie** - _The Dick Van Dyke Show_ 4. **Frank Burns** - _M_A_S_H\* 5. **Felix Unger** - _The Odd Couple_ ---
**Author:** ![F.U.Shakespeare](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aca169/32.png) [@F.U.Shakespeare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/F.U.Shakespeare)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2010, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-your-five-favorite-sitcom-characters-in-order/528815/2 "2010-02-13T04:17:27Z")
1. **Ed Norton** - _The Honeymooners_ 2. \*\*Homer Simpson \*\*- _The Simpsons_ 3. **Eliot Carlin** -\* The Bob Newhart Show\* 4. **Dwight Schrute** - _The Office (USA version)_ 5. **Otis Campbell (aka Otis the Drunk)** - _The Andy Griffith Show_ ---
**Author:** ![Nzinga\_Seated](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b5ac83/32.png) [@Nzinga\_Seated](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nzinga_Seated)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2010, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-your-five-favorite-sitcom-characters-in-order/528815/3 "2010-02-13T04:21:16Z")
George Jefferson Dorothy Zbornack Sophia Patrillo Rose Nylan Fred Sanford ETA: Ed Norton and Archie Bunker are great choices. ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Credible](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a8b319/32.png) [@Justin\_Credible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Credible)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2010, 10:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-your-five-favorite-sitcom-characters-in-order/528815/4 "2010-02-13T10:59:17Z")
Fry Bender Homer Kramer Lowell from Wings ---
**Author:** ![Zakalwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zakalwe/32/270_2.png) [@Zakalwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zakalwe)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2010, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-your-five-favorite-sitcom-characters-in-order/528815/5 "2010-02-13T13:27:26Z")
1. **Norm Peterson** - _Cheers_ 2. **Archie Bunker** -_All In The Family_ 3. \*\*Homer Simpson \*\*- _The Simpsons_ 4. **Barney Stinson** - _How I Met Your Mother_ 5. **Larry, his brother Darryl, and his other brother Darryl** - _Newhart_ ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2010, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-your-five-favorite-sitcom-characters-in-order/528815/6 "2010-02-13T13:29:17Z")
Hawkeye Pierce Jack Tripper Snyder Montgomery Burns Arnold Drummond ---
**Author:** ![Nzinga\_Seated](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b5ac83/32.png) [@Nzinga\_Seated](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nzinga_Seated)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2010, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-your-five-favorite-sitcom-characters-in-order/528815/7 "2010-02-13T14:09:49Z")
Justin Credible, I have never seen a single episode of wings, but the rest of your choices are so awesome, I have to seek out Wings on line, now. ---
**Author:** ![Erdosain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/erdosain/32/7284_2.png) [@Erdosain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Erdosain)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2010, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-your-five-favorite-sitcom-characters-in-order/528815/8 "2010-02-13T14:17:12Z")
1. Homer Simpson 2. George Costanza 3. G.O.B. Bluth (Arrested Development) 4. Liz Lemon (30 Rock) 5. Bender Bending Rodriguez (Futurama) ---
**Author:** ![DSYoungEsq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c6cbf5/32.png) [@DSYoungEsq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSYoungEsq)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2010, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-your-five-favorite-sitcom-characters-in-order/528815/9 "2010-02-13T14:22:12Z")
1. Jessica Tate - _Soap!_ 2. Sir Humphrey Appleby - _Yes, Minister_ & _Yes, Prime Minister_ 3. Charles Emerson Winchester III - _M_A_S_H\* 4. Les Nessman - _WKRP in Cincinnati_ 5. Detective Sergeant Arthur Dietrich - _Barney Miller_ Special mention to Dharma Freedom Montgomery - _Dharma & Greg_ I order them the way I do because, although Maj. Winchester is a funnier character in many respects than Sir Humphrey, both Sir Humphrey and Jessica Tate are prime characters, _sine qua non_s of the series they were part of. Les Nessman may be one of the funniest, and best acted sit com characters EVER. Oh the humanity! ---
**Author:** ![Kal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9de053/32.png) [@Kal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kal)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2010, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-your-five-favorite-sitcom-characters-in-order/528815/10 "2010-02-13T14:28:30Z")
1. Anthony Aloysius St. John Hancock - Hancock’s Half Hour/Hancock. 2. Harold Steptoe - Steptoe & Son. 3. Dr. Frasier Crane - Cheers/Frasier. 4. Gary Strang - Men Behaving Badly. 5. Sheldon Cooper - The Big Bang Theory. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2010, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-your-five-favorite-sitcom-characters-in-order/528815/11 "2010-02-13T14:43:35Z")
Rob Petrie Peter Dragon (Action) Jeff Murdoch (Coupling – UK version) George Bluth (Arrested Development – though I could also add several others in the cast) Randy Hickey (My Name is Earl) ---
**Author:** ![zamboniracer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e9a140/32.png) [@zamboniracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zamboniracer)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2010, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-your-five-favorite-sitcom-characters-in-order/528815/12 "2010-02-13T15:57:59Z")
Dr. Johnny Fever - WKRP in Cincinnati Deputy Barney Fife - The Andy Griffith Show Agent 86 Maxwell Smart - Get Smart Jim Ignatowski - Taxi Eldin the live in house painter - Murphy Brown ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2010, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-your-five-favorite-sitcom-characters-in-order/528815/13 "2010-02-13T16:04:01Z")
Chandler Bing (Friends-- screw you all, I LOVED that show) Evelyn William McNeal (Newsradio) Linda (Jesse) Christine Hughes (Yes, Dear-- O.K., Liza Snyder should be on all sit coms at all times) Toss up between Alison Laplaca in Open House or Duets and Christine Baranski in anything ever. I like acerbic women in my sit coms. ---
**Author:** ![FordTaurusSHO94](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f07891/32.png) [@FordTaurusSHO94](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FordTaurusSHO94)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2010, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-your-five-favorite-sitcom-characters-in-order/528815/14 "2010-02-13T16:08:25Z")
Philip J. Fry Homer J. Simpson George Costanza Cosmo Kramer Bender Bending Rodriguez ---
**Author:** ![AWB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bb73d2/32.png) [@AWB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AWB)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2010, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-your-five-favorite-sitcom-characters-in-order/528815/15 "2010-02-13T16:14:10Z")
1. Dr. Perry Cox - “[Scrubs]” 2. Dr. Benjamin Franklin “Hawkeye” Pierce - “M_A_S\*H” 3. Steve Taylor - “Coupling” (UK version) 4. Chandler Bing - “Friends” 5. Freddie Benson - “iCarly” ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2010, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-your-five-favorite-sitcom-characters-in-order/528815/16 "2010-02-13T16:40:13Z")
1. Col. Potter - MASH \* 2. Tobias Funke - Arrested Development 3. Jack Donaghy - 30 Rock 4. GOB Bluth - Arrested Development 5. John Dorian - Scrubs \*\* - I just love his character. Not super funny, but likeable. \*\* I know, he’s annoying. But I find him funny more frequently than irritating. ---
**Author:** ![Serenata67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/serenata67/32/10646_2.png) [@Serenata67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Serenata67)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2010, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-your-five-favorite-sitcom-characters-in-order/528815/17 "2010-02-13T16:42:15Z")
1. Dr. Perry Cox, _Scrubs_ 2. Basil Fawlty, _Fawlty Towers_ 3. Murphy Brown,\* _Murphy Brown_ 4. Chandler Bing, _Friends_ 5. Barney Stinson, _How I Met Your Mother_ \*Although, I doubt she would have been nearly as funny without her fantastic supporting cast. I think without the great cast, she would have been a cynical liberal with some jokes instead of a comedienne making cynical liberal jokes. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2010, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-your-five-favorite-sitcom-characters-in-order/528815/18 "2010-02-13T16:45:30Z")
A lot of my favorites already mentioned so I will name a couple not already nominated. Henry Blake Floyd the Barber Carla Tortelli Jackie Harris Louie DePalma ---
**Author:** ![middleman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9a140/32.png) [@middleman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/middleman)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2010, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-your-five-favorite-sitcom-characters-in-order/528815/19 "2010-02-13T16:46:18Z")
This is much harder than I thought it would be! 1. Barney Fife 2. Dan Fielding 3. George Costanza 4. Barney Stinson 5. Bender Bending Rodriguez (Futurama) Tons of Honorable Mentions: Alex P. Keaton Ari Gold Cliff Clavin Dale Gribble Daria Morgandorfer GOB Johnny Drama Lilith Sternen-Crane Lucy Ricardo Mimi (Drew Carey) Moe Szcylslak Niles Crane Nina Van Horn Phoebe Buffay Roger the Alien Sophia Petrillo Ted the Lawyer That Fat White Kid from the Cosby Show The Todd Tobias Fuenke > [@Biggirl](#): > > Toss up between Alison Laplaca in Open House or Duets … Nice old school Fox reference. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2010, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-your-five-favorite-sitcom-characters-in-order/528815/20 "2010-02-13T17:12:06Z")
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