# 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:** 2
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2010, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-your-five-favorite-sitcom-characters-in-order/528815/21 "2010-02-13T17:27:01Z")
Frasier and Niles, Frasier. (each is good, both are great!) Chris in the Morning, Northern Exposure. Andy Travis, WKRP. Hank, King of the Hill. Hawkeye, M.A.S.H. honorable mention: Martin Tupper, Dream On. Molly, Days and Nights of Molly Dodd. the whole cast of Married With Children. the whole cast of Taxi. ---
**Author:** ![Nars\_Glinley](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nars_glinley/32/8177_2.png) [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2010, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-your-five-favorite-sitcom-characters-in-order/528815/22 "2010-02-13T17:55:03Z")
1. Barney Fife 2. Archie Bunker 3. Fred Sanford 4. Homer Simpson 5. Chico Rodriguez (Just because nobody has mentioned him and I don’t want him to be forgotten.) ---
**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, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-your-five-favorite-sitcom-characters-in-order/528815/23 "2010-02-13T17:57:39Z")
> [@middleman](#): > > Nice old school Fox reference. Is it too shaming and aging to admit I watched and enjoyed the first 3 years or so of FOX’s sit com programing? Herman’s Head was my favorite even though none of the actors jumped out at me. Not even Lisa Simpson. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2010, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-your-five-favorite-sitcom-characters-in-order/528815/24 "2010-02-13T18:08:07Z")
Monty Burns Homer Simpson Basil Fawlty George Costanza David Brent ---
**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, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-your-five-favorite-sitcom-characters-in-order/528815/25 "2010-02-13T18:38:20Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > Is it too shaming and aging to admit I watched and enjoyed the first 3 years or so of FOX’s sit com programing? Herman’s Head was my favorite even though none of the actors jumped out at me. Not even Lisa Simpson. I loved early Fox. It was such an exciting time for me as I didn’t have cable and this meant a new channel with first run tv. Beans Baxter. Martin Lewis. Werewolf. Of course, 21 Jumps Street and Married With Children. I even liked the short lived post-apocalyptic sitcom “Whoops!” Hermans Head was great. There were TWO standouts for me. Not top five maybe, but very respectable. Hank Azaria as Herman’s sleaze ball brother. And Molly Hagan as Angel. Jason Bernard and Jane Sibbett were also decent. ---
**Author:** ![crypto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b3f665/32.png) [@crypto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crypto)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2010, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-your-five-favorite-sitcom-characters-in-order/528815/26 "2010-02-13T19:15:43Z")
1. Fred G. Sanford 2. Homer J. Simpson 3. Frank Burns 4. Archie Bunker 5. Larry David ---
**Author:** ![psychonaut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/psychonaut/32/4655_2.png) [@psychonaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychonaut)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2010, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-your-five-favorite-sitcom-characters-in-order/528815/27 "2010-02-13T19:38:06Z")
[ol] [li]Richard Richard (_Bottom_)[/li][li]Sally Solomon (_Third Rock from the Sun_)[/li][li]Donna Pinciotti (_That '70s Show_)[/li][li]Homer Simpson (_The Simpsons_)[/li][li]Sophia Petrillo (_The Golden Girls_)[/li][/ol] ---
**Author:** ![GESancMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gesancman/32/2923_2.png) [@GESancMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GESancMan)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2010, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-your-five-favorite-sitcom-characters-in-order/528815/28 "2010-02-13T20:13:31Z")
Jim Ignatowsky Tom Servo Frasier Crane (Cheers only) Darlene Conner Kevin Arnold ---
**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, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-your-five-favorite-sitcom-characters-in-order/528815/29 "2010-02-13T20:57:02Z")
> [@blondebear](#): > > Jim Rockford > Artemus Gordon It’s sitcom characters, blondebear. Wanna give us a couple more? ---
**Author:** ![Milossarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Milossarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Milossarian)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2010, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-your-five-favorite-sitcom-characters-in-order/528815/30 "2010-02-13T20:59:45Z")
Hawkeye Pierce on “M.A.S.H.” George Costanza on “Seinfeld” Fred Sanford on “Sanford and Son” Ralph Cramden on “The Honeymooners” Frank Burns on “M.A.S.H.” ---
**Author:** ![Simplicio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c37758/32.png) [@Simplicio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simplicio)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2010, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-your-five-favorite-sitcom-characters-in-order/528815/31 "2010-02-13T21:04:17Z")
1. Homer Simpson - Comedically stupid characters have basically been done to death. But Homer was the best. 2. Dwight Shrute - The best sitcom characters are ones that make fun of types of weird people you’ve probably met in real life, but are rare enough that you don’t really have a label for that kind of person. Making fun of established stereotypes is easy and kinda lazy humor, making a character who isn’t a stereotype but still someone who is kind of recognizable is difficult, but also far funnier and more original. 3. Jan Itor (from scrubs) - Best sitcom nemesis. Sort of the opposite of Dwight, in that no one like the Janitor could really exist, he doesn’t seem to have any purpose in life except to torment JD in extremely round-about and overly complicated ways. 4. Chris (from Northern Exposure) - Is Northern Exposure even a sitcom? Well, whatever, Chris is one of my favorite characters from vaguely sit-com like shows anyways. 5. Kramer. Zany neighbor has also been done to death, but Kramer was the best. ---
**Author:** ![lee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lee/32/7455_2.png) [@lee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lee)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2010, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-your-five-favorite-sitcom-characters-in-order/528815/32 "2010-02-13T21:45:38Z")
1. Carlton Lassiter, Psych 2. Gracie Allen, The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show 3. Talkie Toaster, Red Dwarf 4. Endora, Bewitched 5. Uncle Charley O’Casey, My Three Sons ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2010, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-your-five-favorite-sitcom-characters-in-order/528815/33 "2010-02-13T22:29:33Z")
It’s very hard to whittle it down. Capt Mainwaring - _Dad’s Army_. Jim Hacker - _Yes, Minister_. Sir Humphrey Appleby - _Yes, Minister_. Del Trotter - _Only Fools and Horses_. Mr Humphries - _Are You being Served_. ---
**Author:** ![Coalcracker0](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b38774/32.png) [@Coalcracker0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coalcracker0)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2010, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-your-five-favorite-sitcom-characters-in-order/528815/34 "2010-02-13T23:39:58Z")
Dan Connor (Roseanne) Marty Crane (Frasier) Eddie Monsoon (Ab Fab) Blanche Devereaux (Golden Girls) Sally Rogers (The Dick Van Dyke Show) ---
**Author:** ![Markxxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2010, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-your-five-favorite-sitcom-characters-in-order/528815/35 "2010-02-13T23:59:37Z")
1 Judy Bryant - Betty Bobbit (“Fat mongrel bitch Bryant”) _Prisoner_ (_Prisoner: Cell Block H_) 2 Basil Fawlty - John Cleese (“I have to put up with from you people. You ponce in here expecting to be waited on hand and foot, while I’m trying to run a hotel here…”) [_Fawlty Towers_] 3 Leopold “Butters” Stotch - Matt Stone (“Ah gee fellas”) [_South Park_] 4 Sheldon Cooper - Jim Parsons (“I’m not insane… my mother had me tested”) [_Big Bang Theory_] 5 Aunt Esther - LaWanda Page (“Watch it Sucka”) [_Sanford & Son_] ---
**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 14, 2010, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-your-five-favorite-sitcom-characters-in-order/528815/36 "2010-02-14T00:15:24Z")
> [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > It’s sitcom characters, blondebear. > > Wanna give us a couple more? :smack: Sure, why not? Robert Hartley Dick Loudon ---
**Author:** ![middleman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9a140/32.png) [@middleman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/middleman)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2010, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-your-five-favorite-sitcom-characters-in-order/528815/37 "2010-02-14T00:22:35Z")
> [@Markxxx](#): > > 3 Leopold “Butters” Stotch - Matt Stone (“Ah gee fellas”) [_South Park_] I CANNOT believe I forgot Eric Cartman! He’s in my top five! Gotta bump Bender. As much as that hurts! ---
**Author:** ![SaharaTea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@SaharaTea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SaharaTea)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2010, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-your-five-favorite-sitcom-characters-in-order/528815/38 "2010-02-14T00:27:08Z")
Niles Crane (Frasier) Blanche Devereaux (Golden Girls) Gareth Keenan (The Office UK) Eliot Reed (Scrubs) Vinnie Barbarino (Welcome Back, Kotter) ---
**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 14, 2010, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-your-five-favorite-sitcom-characters-in-order/528815/39 "2010-02-14T01:53:56Z")
> [@DSYoungEsq](#): > > 1. Charles Emerson Winchester III - _M_A_S_H\* I literally waffled between Hawkeye and Winchester. Charles is such a great character in that show…a perfect snobbish foil to the denizens of The Swamp. The “Fetid and festering sewer” speech ranks waaaay up there for me as one of the funnier moments of MASH all time…as does the episode where Charles starts taking amphetamines and has those hallucinations of being some kind of Super Doctor “I do one thing, I do it well, and move on”. A lot of MASH references in this thread. I still think its one of the best non-cartoon sitcom/drama shows ever made. A really endearing show, and I’ve been watching it since I was about five, because my Dad loved it so much (he’s a retired career Army officer). That show, and also “Baa Baa Black Sheep” or whatever it was called ruled our TV around dinnertime in the late 1970’s… > [@zamboniracer](#): > > Eldin the live in house painter - Murphy Brown Eldin is a really, really good choice too. My college roomate and I had a cat we named in his honor. That was a great role and a very funny show. That show reminds me of “Talk Radio”, which I always felt was an underrated show, and Phil Hartmann’s character was great along with the rest of the cast. ---
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Albert Steptoe (_Steptoe and Son_) Alf Garnett (_Till Death Us Do Part_) Tony Hancock (_Hancock’s Half Hour_/_Hancock_) Sgt Bilko (_Sgt Bilko_) Woody Boyd (_Cheers_) could have chosen Coach Ernie Pantuso Arthur Fonzarelli (_Happy Days_ early on) misses out for becoming so lame later on. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-your-five-favorite-sitcom-characters-in-order/528815.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-your-five-favorite-sitcom-characters-in-order/528815.md?page=3)