Lisa Simpson as the moral touchstone/voice of reason/(mostly) sane foil/whatever…
Nah…meh… whatevs.
While Jeffrey Tambor was absolutely perfect as Hank Kingsley, the role was kind of a shleppy bummer to watch in Larry Sanders.
I get it that Smith in Lost in Space was supposed to be a sort of antagonist to give the series motivation for conflict, but he still needed to get tuned up, really badly.
Every episode.
The chimp in Me and the Chimp. Didn’t really do shit. Except that, basically. Ted Bessel, off-camera, was apparently super-pissed.
Not a fantastic, earth-shaking “televisual feast”*, but The Andy Griffith Show had two characters who really required the now-iconic, swooping, over-sized mallet bonk: the character played by Don Knotts (possibly because it was Don Knotts) (ok ok I have a Love God soft spot), and the Floyd the barber character.
Cousin Itt - a hirsuite Hamburglar
SNL’s “Makin’ cop-ies!” dude
*If you get that reference, this makes you ineffably cool.
“Not a fantastic, earth-shaking “televisual feast”*, but The Andy Griffith Show had two characters who really required the now-iconic, swooping, over-sized mallet bonk: the character played by Don Knotts (possibly because it was Don Knotts) (ok ok I have a Love God soft spot), and the Floyd the barber character.”
Oiy!. Nip it in the bud! Who doesn’t love Barney Fife?
“Cousin Itt - a hirsuite Hamburglar”
Did Cousin Itt come first? Wouldn’t that make Hamburglar a bald Cousin Itt?
“SNL’s “Makin’ cop-ies!” dude”
I thought she was a good foil to Dexter. Same family but a very different person, showing it was the early childhood trauma which made Dexter turn out the way he did. Also, she was easy on the eyes.
Deanna Troi had two redeeming features: 1. Her lovely figure. 2. The uniforms that made the most of that lovely figure. Otherwise, she was an annoying drag. I thought of her as their HR specialist. Gak! The only thing in Wesley’s favor was that he, eventually, went off to the Academy and only came back to soil the movies. I never had a gripe with Q as a character.
She has every right not to appreciate the comedic talents of Don Knotts. We all have different tastes. How many people dislike Seinfeld or Friends Or MASH or All in the Family? She wasnt criticizing the genre but the specific actor/character.
Speaking of Law & Order I always found assistant district attorney Serena Southerlyn (played by Elisabeth Röhm) to be annoying. (And no, it’s not because she’s a lesbian.)
I recently did a rewatch of The Andy Griffith Show. I’ve always liked Don. And had fond memories of Barney Fife.
But dude, let me tell ya’. His character has NOT aged well. Rewatching the series I’m reminded he cheats, he’s possessive, and manipulative WRT Thelma Lou.
I have a theory that the producers made Serena a lesbian on the way out the door because it gave her character some depth. Otherwise she would have been just “you’re a bad ADA. You’re fired.”
Max Louis, the character Jon Lovitz played in the fifth season of NewsRadio, was a real turd in the punch bowl. Admittedly, it was a difficult situation Lovitz was stepping into. Not only was he trying to replace a comic legend like Phil Hartman, but his mere presence was a constant reminder of Hartman’s tragic murder. But I just didn’t like the character at all.
Alma’s the one who really gets to me. It’s the supercilious judgey vibe that constantly emanates from her.
Also, that kid. Specifically, the way she sits there like a lump whose only purpose seems to be to get her hair brushed and smile politely . Real kids play
Another contender - Stark from Farscape. I’m not quite sure what it was about him … a touch of melodrama, perhaps. I was mega-pissed when they decided to make him one of the long list of revolving-door brought back from beyond the grave characters, but allowed Zhaan to stay dead :mad:
Andy should have stuck with Ellie Walker—much cuter and upbeat than Crump the Frump. Better still, Andy should have got hitched to Charlene Darling (yowza!), but I s’pose he was scared Ernest T. Bass would busta cap in ‘iz ass.
Speaking of annoying characters, Howard Sprague and Clara Edwards tied for longest stick up their ass. Had Howard played hide the pickle with Clara (not one of Aunt Bee’s prize homemade pickles), their love-child would be Harold “Champ” Baxter.
Andy Bernard on The Office. He was tolerable in the beginning because he didn’t get that much screen time. When Michael Scott left and Andy’s role expanded, it dragged the show down. I can’t stand that guy.
:rolleyes::eek: Don Knotts won 5 Emmys playing Barney Fife and is one of the most beloved comic characters on any tv show.