Inspired by Bearflag’s post in the thread about the topless breakfast place in Maine.
Bearflag’s post was a link to a picture of the cast of the late unlamented TV sitcom Alice. And I realized that is one group of pretty damn unattractive people for TV, though maybe pretty normal by real life standards.
It got me to thinking what other TV series had casts totally lacking in eye candy. And I couldn’t come up with any.
Julia Louis Dreyfuss is very pretty, but Seinfeld, Alexander, and Richards are all average to ugly, as were the majority of the supporting cast.
I think a lot of 70’s/80’s shows may be the same way. Take for example The Odd Couple, Maude, All in the Family just to name a few.
Barner Miller and, perhaps coincidentally but I have my doubts, Fish.
For current day shows, it’s harder, but how about the Sopranos? A lot of people who are either average to below, not a lot of svelte bodies (esp. after Adriana got the axe).
Honk! Try again. 
There were always plenty of good looking strippers, whores, girlfriends and mistresses hanging around, often topless.
Wasn’t Struthers kind of a hottie before she chunked out? And Maude had Adrienne Barbeau, who was definitely a hottie.
I will grant you The Odd Couple, I think, though I remember they had semi-regular girlfriends. I just don’t remember a hotness factor for them.
Sanford and Son didn’t have any lookers. Grady? :shudder:
Seinfeld was my very first thought when reading the thread title. Kramer, George, Jerry, Jerry and George’s parents? The only regular cast member that is actually attractive was Elaine.
Not that I’m a qualified judge of male hotness, but it seems there were some attractive guys on that show.
Aunt Bea, Barney Fife, Floyd the Barber, Ernest T… Thank a diety that Thelma Lou was on the Andy Griffith show to give it a little vavoom.
Roseanne, perhaps? Sarah Chalke (Becky II) is the only one generally considered to be “hot.” (And no, George Clooney was not hot when he was on.)
Sanford and Son is an excellent example.
Seinfeld is out. Elaine was absolutely eye candy. Maybe even Jerry, though he always struck me as a little squinty. Not Gilbert Gottfried squinty, but squinty nonetheless.
Andy usually had a pretty good hottie as a girlfriend. There was Helen, and at least one other that I can’t recall.
The cast of Laverne & Shirley weren’t exactly lookers.
Hardly ever watched that show, but from what I recall you are right. I’m adding it to the list.
Over on Howard TV, the cast of the Howard Stern Show are bunch of near-trolls.
Yes, I guess it would be stretching it to claim that Shirley was a hottie. On the list it goes.
Shirley Feeney was hot in a spunky, Mattie Ross kinda way. Unfortunately, she did not “vodeo-doe-doe”, which lead to Carmine becoming a serial killer later in life.
I was researching the cast to make sure Lamont didn’t have a hottie girlfriend.
Between Grady and Aunt Esther (remember half the show’s schtick was Fred telling her how ugly she was), if the judging is “cumulative” then they’re off to an almost insurmountable lead.
It’s Barney Miller, y’all. Hands down. I love that show, but between them Abe Vigoda and Jack Soo could have sunk the Bismarck.
Even pre-Alice Linda Lavin couldn’t do much to brighten that cast.
