# Post Office employees in film and TV **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 26, 2019, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-office-employees-in-film-and-tv/833099 "2019-04-26T21:51:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Zyada](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zyada/32/3028_2.png) [@Zyada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zyada)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2019, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-office-employees-in-film-and-tv/833099/1 "2019-04-26T21:51:01Z")
What movies and TV shows have mail men/postal clerks/etc in them? There was the Night Court episode with the clerk who was a really really slow talker: [Night Court - S4E15 Tuttle Clip - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2A78DhtH544) And MIB II had all the people in the post office be aliens. Also, Cliff Claven from Cheers. What else? ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2019, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-office-employees-in-film-and-tv/833099/2 "2019-04-26T22:00:08Z")
[The Postman](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0110877/), although the character is Italian, not USPS. Not to be confused with [The Postman released three years later](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119925/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_33), with Kevin Costner as the last person with any semblance of a link to the former government in a post-apocalyptic America. The postal employees in _Miracle on 34th Street_ end up being vital to the plot. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2019, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-office-employees-in-film-and-tv/833099/3 "2019-04-26T22:11:06Z")
Hello? Neuman. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2019, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-office-employees-in-film-and-tv/833099/4 "2019-04-26T22:18:24Z")
Also [Mike Wobbles](https://bobs-burgers.fandom.com/wiki/Mike_Wobbles) and [David McFeely](http://www.neighborhoodarchive.com/mrn/characters/mr_mcfeely/). ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2019, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-office-employees-in-film-and-tv/833099/5 "2019-04-26T22:25:30Z")
George Wilson from _Dennis the Menace_ is a retired mailman. (Okay, it’s primarily a comic strip but it’s been adapted for television and movies.) ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2019, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-office-employees-in-film-and-tv/833099/6 "2019-04-26T22:27:01Z")
[Dear God](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0116059/) > [@](#): > > Choosing to stay out of jail, he gets a job at the post office working in their Dead Letter Office helping to sort Dead Letters (i.e. mail which, for whatever reason, can’t be delivered). Some of the mail he recieves can’t be delivered because it’s addressed to God, and he accidentally answers (sending them money in the process). ---
**Author:** ![DB\_Coopa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9d8465/32.png) [@DB\_Coopa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DB_Coopa)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2019, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-office-employees-in-film-and-tv/833099/7 "2019-04-26T22:38:28Z")
Jacobs Ladder ---
**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:** [April 26, 2019, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-office-employees-in-film-and-tv/833099/8 "2019-04-26T23:29:08Z")
Jack Albertson (uncredited, but essential) in _Miracle on 34th Street_ ---
**Author:** ![campp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@campp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/campp)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2019, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-office-employees-in-film-and-tv/833099/9 "2019-04-26T23:38:04Z")
[Three Days of the Condor](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RW8VVxA4Jsk) shows the darker side of Mr Zip. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2019, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-office-employees-in-film-and-tv/833099/10 "2019-04-27T00:19:23Z")
Newman (first name unknown). My favorite Newman quote: “I’ll tell you a little secret about ZIP codes: they’re meaningless.” ---
**Author:** ![skdo23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a5b964/32.png) [@skdo23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/skdo23)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2019, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-office-employees-in-film-and-tv/833099/11 "2019-04-27T00:25:13Z")
Who could forget Mr. McFeely, from Mr. Rogers, perhaps the most inappropriate name for a children’s show character in television history. ---
**Author:** ![Mr\_Downtown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Mr\_Downtown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr_Downtown)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2019, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-office-employees-in-film-and-tv/833099/12 "2019-04-27T04:41:32Z")
For about the last 20 years, none seem to _technically_ be American letter carriers. USPS, like Amtrak and Scouting USA, seems to be fiercely protective of its trademarks, so the uniforms always have to be knockoffs or incomplete. ---
**Author:** ![Melbourne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5e925/32.png) [@Melbourne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Melbourne)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2019, 7:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-office-employees-in-film-and-tv/833099/13 "2019-05-05T07:39:17Z")
Does an Adam Sandler film count? “I now pronounce you Chuck and Larry” > [@](#): > > ``` > Mailman : I heard you mentioned to the gentleman that you thought I was a hottie. > Larry Valentine : Oh, yeah, you know, sorry if I came off a little weird. > Mailman : No, no, no, there's nothing to worry about, sir. I don't bite. Listen, just so you know, if you're ever home alone in the afternoons, I make drop-offs and I always deliver. > Larry Valentine : You know, I am pretty loyal to Chuck. > Mailman : Right, I understand, I'm just saying if you ever wanna explore other feelings, there's no extra postage, and it's always first class. > Larry Valentine : Alright, Anything else you feel you need to say there? > Mailman : I handle with care. > Larry Valentine : Ok Ron, thank you very much, I appreciate it. > Mailman : I'd be happy to come in through the back door. > Larry Valentine : I'm sure you would. > [Shuts door in Ron's face] > Mailman : I'm used to holding large packages. > > ``` ---
**Author:** ![Treppenwitz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treppenwitz/32/3445_2.png) [@Treppenwitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Treppenwitz)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2019, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-office-employees-in-film-and-tv/833099/14 "2019-05-05T19:00:14Z")
> [@DB\_Coopa](#): > > Jacobs Ladder Extreme nitpick. Oooooh this is tricky - no he _isn’t_ a postman. Because: Whilst a lengthy chunk of Jacob’s life is portrayed, in which he _is_ a postman, this life does not in fact occur. (The film uses the same device as Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge by Ambrose Bierce. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Jeffrey\_Lebowski](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_jeffrey_lebowski/32/215_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Jeffrey\_Lebowski](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Jeffrey_Lebowski)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2019, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-office-employees-in-film-and-tv/833099/15 "2019-05-05T21:04:48Z")
[Taylor Negron in Better off Dead.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fozWFjV86FA) ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Q](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/898d66/32.png) [@Johnny\_Q](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Q)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2019, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-office-employees-in-film-and-tv/833099/16 "2019-05-05T21:04:54Z")
> [@skdo23](#): > > Who could forget Mr. McFeely, from Mr. Rogers, perhaps the most inappropriate name for a children’s show character in television history. Remember the time Hannibal Lecter filled in for him? His version of “Speedy Delivery” involved fava beans and a nice Chianti. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2019, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-office-employees-in-film-and-tv/833099/17 "2019-05-05T21:15:46Z")
> [@The\_Other\_Jeffrey\_Lebowski](#): > > [Taylor Negron in Better off Dead.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fozWFjV86FA) [Here](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rshaG1oYkDs&feature=youtu.be&t=38) is the same actor playing a mailman in How I Got Into College, by the same director as Better Off Dead. ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2019, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-office-employees-in-film-and-tv/833099/18 "2019-05-05T21:18:13Z")
**OP:** What a completely bizarre question. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2019, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-office-employees-in-film-and-tv/833099/19 "2019-05-05T22:45:23Z")
> [@skdo23](#): > > Who could forget Mr. McFeely, from Mr. Rogers, perhaps the most inappropriate name for a children’s show character in television history. “McFeely” was Fred Rogers’ middle name and the last name of his maternal grandfather. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2019, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-office-employees-in-film-and-tv/833099/20 "2019-05-05T22:49:45Z")
> [@RealityChuck](#): > > Jack Albertson (uncredited, but essential) in _Miracle on 34th Street_ Came to post this. He’s the one who decided to forward all the “Dear Santa” letters to Kris Kringle in the courtroom. Great scene when they bring in dozens of bags of mail and pile them on the judge’s bench! 😃 This is the original version – haven’t watched any of the others. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-office-employees-in-film-and-tv/833099.md?page=2)