# 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:** 15\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Mona\_Lott](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ee7513/32.png) [@Mona\_Lott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mona_Lott)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2010, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-your-five-favorite-sitcom-characters-in-order/528815/61 "2010-02-15T20:38:32Z")
Hard to select only five, so here goes: Emily Hartley–The Bob Newhart Show Carol Kester Bondaurant–The Bob Newhart Show Peg Bundy–Married. . .With Children Aunt Clara–Bewitched Gladys Kravitz–Bewitched The first actress, Alice Pearce. I tried to select characters who had not yet been mentioned. ---
**Author:** ![RainGrowsBrite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ed655f/32.png) [@RainGrowsBrite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RainGrowsBrite)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2010, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-your-five-favorite-sitcom-characters-in-order/528815/62 "2010-02-15T20:46:38Z")
1. Chandler 2. Joey 3. Pheobe 4. Racheal 5. Monica Screw Ross. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![BigNik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/73ab20/32.png) [@BigNik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigNik)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2010, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-your-five-favorite-sitcom-characters-in-order/528815/63 "2010-02-15T21:39:40Z")
Only five? 1. John Clarke (the Games) 2. Hal (Malcolm in the Middle) 3. Martin di Stasio (Frontline) 4. Arthur (The Larry Sanders Show) 5. Robert Beare (Mother and Son) Honourable mentions to Sharon Strzlecki (Kath & Kim), Tim Canterbury (the Office) and Ja’mie King (We Can Be Heroes, Summer Heights High). ---
**Author:** ![zamboniracer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e9a140/32.png) [@zamboniracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zamboniracer)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2010, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-your-five-favorite-sitcom-characters-in-order/528815/64 "2010-02-15T21:57:51Z")
I’ve posted in this thread already, but it is clearly needs some diversity: 1. Venus Flytrap, WKRP 2. George Jefferson, The Jeffersons 3. J.J. Evans, Good Times 4. Maxine Shaw, Living Single 5. Heathcliff Huxtable, The Cosby Show ---
**Author:** ![Gail](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Gail](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gail)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2010, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-your-five-favorite-sitcom-characters-in-order/528815/65 "2010-02-15T22:31:37Z")
Ellie Mae Klampett ( What–No love for the Beverly Hillbillies?) Lillith Sternin Crane (Cheers and Frasier) Sheldon Cooper (The Big Bang Theory) Dr. Perry Cox (Scrubs) Rose Nyland (The Golden Girls) ---
**Author:** ![Wargamer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/df705f/32.png) [@Wargamer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wargamer)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2010, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-your-five-favorite-sitcom-characters-in-order/528815/66 "2010-02-15T22:36:56Z")
Dr. Perry Cox Rev. Jim Ignatowski Mork Hawkeye Pierce The Fonz - (He’s so iconic it’s easy to forget how good his character was in the beginning of Happy Days) ---
**Author:** ![Chum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3ab097/32.png) [@Chum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chum)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2010, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-your-five-favorite-sitcom-characters-in-order/528815/67 "2010-02-15T23:16:47Z")
1. Jack Donaghy, _30 Rock_. Just seeing him in the into brings me pure joy. 2. Rudy Huxtable, _The Cosby Show_. The most adorable little girl ever, a great kid actor, and she got a lot of good story lines. I love the episode where Cliff lets her stay up all night on a school night. 3. Jerri Blank, _Strangers with Candy_. I love it that Amy Sedaris was willing to be so completely ugly inside and out for this character. 4. Elaine Benes, _Seinfeld_. I’m always impressed by the small choices Julia Louis-Dreyfus made with Elaine - facial expressions, hand gestures, messing with props. She’s hilarious when she goes big, too. I love when she’s frantically trying to get that guy out of bed so he can make his flight. 5. G.O.B. Bluth, _Arrested Development_. Largely because of the Segway. ---
**Author:** ![Omega\_Glory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/7c8e57/32.png) [@Omega\_Glory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omega_Glory)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2010, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-your-five-favorite-sitcom-characters-in-order/528815/68 "2010-02-16T03:27:12Z")
Niles Crane - Frasier Turk - Scrubs Jackie - Roseanne Fred - Sanford and Son Roz - Frasier ---
**Author:** ![crypto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b3f665/32.png) [@crypto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crypto)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2010, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-your-five-favorite-sitcom-characters-in-order/528815/69 "2010-02-16T03:47:48Z")
> [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > It’s sitcom characters, blondebear. > > Wanna give us a couple more? Boy, you \*\*ARE \*\*Mean, Mr. Mustard! ---
**Author:** ![Invisible\_Chimp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/f05b48/32.png) [@Invisible\_Chimp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Invisible_Chimp)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2010, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-your-five-favorite-sitcom-characters-in-order/528815/70 "2010-02-16T05:37:36Z")
Alex P. Keaton from _Family Ties_ Zach Morris from _Saved by the Bell_ Perry Cox from _Scrubs_ Barney Stinson from \*How I Met Your Mother \* Frasier Crane from _Frasier_(not _Cheers_) ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2010, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-your-five-favorite-sitcom-characters-in-order/528815/71 "2010-02-16T12:48:00Z")
1- Wilberforce Clayborn Humphries 2- Archie Bunker 3- Ralph Kramden 4- Ted Baxter 5- Barney Fife ---
**Author:** ![Windwalker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/5e9695/32.png) [@Windwalker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Windwalker)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2010, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-your-five-favorite-sitcom-characters-in-order/528815/72 "2010-02-17T05:50:15Z")
1. Charlie Kelly ( **It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia** ) 2. Cosmo Kramer ( **Seinfeld** ) 3. Bill McNeal ( **Newsradio** ) 4. Tim Bisley ( **Spaced!** - great, great show from the UK) 5. Dwight Shrute ( **The Office - USA** ) Dennis and Dee Reynolds from It’s Always Sunny almost made the list as well. I guess I just realized what my favorite sitcom of all-time is. ---
**Author:** ![Sleeps\_With\_Butterflies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@Sleeps\_With\_Butterflies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sleeps_With_Butterflies)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2010, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-your-five-favorite-sitcom-characters-in-order/528815/73 "2010-02-17T06:13:32Z")
> [@Markxxx](#): > > 3 Leopold “Butters” Stotch - Matt Stone (“Ah gee fellas”) [_South Park_] I can’t even tell you how much I love you for including Butters. I know he’s just a cartoon character but I love that little guy! ---
**Author:** ![Foma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/77aa72/32.png) [@Foma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Foma)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2010, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-your-five-favorite-sitcom-characters-in-order/528815/74 "2010-02-17T13:43:57Z")
Aww, man. **Windwalker** and **GreatStuffMan** beat me to my sleepers. 1. Liz Lemon (30 Rock) 2. Bob Kelso (Scrubs) 3. Tim Bisley (Spaced) 4. Hedonism-bot, Robot Devil or Morbo. (Futurama. Since they’re all tertiary characters, can I have all three in that spot?) 5. Dick Solomon (3rd Rock from the Sun) Honorable Mentions: Randy Marsh (Southpark) Buster Bluth (Arrested Development) ---
**Author:** ![In\_Winnipeg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a8b319/32.png) [@In\_Winnipeg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/In_Winnipeg)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2010, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-your-five-favorite-sitcom-characters-in-order/528815/75 "2010-02-18T02:25:56Z")
1. Basil Fawlty, _Fawlty Towers_ 2. Jim Rockford, \*The Rockford Files \*\* 3. Robin Tripp, _Man About the House_\*\* 4. Archie Bunker, _All in the Family_ 5. Hawkeye Pierce, _M_A_S_H\* - Yes, I know that _The Rockford Files_ was nowhere near being a sitcom, but there were times, I am sure you will agree, that it played like one. 'Nuff said. \*\* The British show that was ripped off to create the very much inferior _Three’s Company_, a virtual travesty of the original. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-your-five-favorite-sitcom-characters-in-order/528815.md?page=3)