# "THE WIRE": Your Favorite Characters from: OMAR **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 5, 2010, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wire-your-favorite-characters-from-omar/549287 "2010-08-05T16:17:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2010, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wire-your-favorite-characters-from-omar/549287/1 "2010-08-05T16:17:23Z")
The poll will be for the sub-group: \*\*“OMAR.” \*\* This poll involves characters from the series named Omar. Vote as many times as you’d like. 😛 ====================================== Per the discussion of HBO’s “The Wire” in [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=573059), as well as the discussion in [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=573352)regarding polling to find out who people’s favorite characters from the show are, here is the first poll of several that Zeldar and I will be posting in the near future. The idea was to break the entire cast (over 300 people have appeared on the show) by sub-groups based on how they fit into the story. We then we narrowed those groups down a bit by cutting out characters that appeared in under 10 episodes. Of course, there are many recognizable and unforgettable characters in that under-10 range (Brother Mouzone was only in seven episodes, for example) so we cherry picked the ones that we thought should be included in the poll. We were pretty liberal w/ the choices but if you feel we missed somebody, feel free to post your thoughts in the thread for the group that character belongs to. Characters will only be included in a single sub-group each, based on our best judgement as to which groups/storylines their character best fit into. Lastly, in case your memory is fuzzy (I know mine was when we started working on this) [here is a Wiki page](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_The_Wire_characters)that will help refresh your memory on who somebody is. Here are the characters that will be voted on in this poll. Please note that the character’s name appears first, followed by the actor’s name and the number of episodes they appeared in. Omar Little - Michael K. Williams (51 episodes) ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2010, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wire-your-favorite-characters-from-omar/549287/2 "2010-08-05T16:21:27Z")
I can dig it! You feel me? ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2010, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wire-your-favorite-characters-from-omar/549287/3 "2010-08-05T16:53:30Z")
Indeed. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Jas09](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d07c76/32.png) [@Jas09](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jas09)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2010, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wire-your-favorite-characters-from-omar/549287/4 "2010-08-05T17:26:56Z")
Even if I miss I can’t miss. ---
**Author:** ![LawMonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d6d6ee/32.png) [@LawMonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LawMonkey)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2010, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wire-your-favorite-characters-from-omar/549287/5 "2010-08-05T18:42:14Z")
This was a tough one, but I think I’m gonna vote for Omar. Omar comin’! ---
**Author:** ![Brad\_the\_Impaler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8dc957/32.png) [@Brad\_the\_Impaler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brad_the_Impaler)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2010, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wire-your-favorite-characters-from-omar/549287/6 "2010-08-05T18:47:49Z")
Man, I can’t believe you had Omar Little, but didn’t manage to get Omar Little. Just what kind of two bit operation is this? ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2010, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wire-your-favorite-characters-from-omar/549287/7 "2010-08-05T23:25:17Z")
You do it with a poll, I do it with a shot gun. That’s the only difference. ---
**Author:** ![woodstockbirdybird](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/woodstockbirdybird/32/7905_2.png) [@woodstockbirdybird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/woodstockbirdybird)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2010, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wire-your-favorite-characters-from-omar/549287/8 "2010-08-06T01:14:45Z")
This is going to be a tough one. It’s neck and neck. ---
**Author:** ![Crawlspace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Crawlspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crawlspace)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2010, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wire-your-favorite-characters-from-omar/549287/9 "2010-08-06T01:21:46Z")
Yo, where the Honey Nut at! ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2010, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wire-your-favorite-characters-from-omar/549287/10 "2010-08-06T02:17:41Z")
If you have 38 minutes to spare and want to get some straight talk from Omar as interviewed by Terry Gross on _Fresh Air_ in January 2008, check out [Michael K. Williams: He's Only Playing Tough : NPR](http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=18299087) Or [http://www.npr.org/templates/player/mediaPlayer.html?action=1&t=1&islist=false&id=18299087&m=18299085](http://www.npr.org/templates/player/mediaPlayer.html?action=1&t=1&islist=false&id=18299087&m=18299085) ---
**Author:** ![Cyberhwk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7993a0/32.png) [@Cyberhwk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cyberhwk)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2010, 6:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wire-your-favorite-characters-from-omar/549287/11 "2010-08-06T06:35:07Z")
“Boxa New-pohs.” ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2010, 6:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wire-your-favorite-characters-from-omar/549287/12 "2010-08-06T06:48:29Z")
Come at the king, you best not miss. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2010, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wire-your-favorite-characters-from-omar/549287/13 "2010-08-07T15:27:15Z")
In case you missed it, you might find some fun in [Omar](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=569472) which was active from 07-03-2010, 07:16 AM until 07-09-2010 11:21 PM, and which is summarized in [this post](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=12775699&postcount=114) for its relevance to this thread. Comments about that thread are probably more appropriate in this one if you care to make them. It’s mostly to help make sense of the strong voter turnout here, in case that has puzzled anybody. ---
**Author:** ![DigitalC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ebca7d/32.png) [@DigitalC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalC)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2010, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wire-your-favorite-characters-from-omar/549287/14 "2010-08-07T20:21:03Z")
I had this conversation with my brother last night: Brother: Hey that new HBO show i told you about with Steve Buschemi looks cool, we should watch it. Me: Cool, who else is in it? Brother: The black guy from the Wire is in it Me: there was a whole lot of black guys on the wire… Brother: ugh… the AWESOME one Me: Aww hell yeah, I’ll watch anything with Omar on it. ---
**Author:** ![Frostillicus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Frostillicus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frostillicus)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2010, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wire-your-favorite-characters-from-omar/549287/15 "2010-08-10T03:00:40Z")
Raise a spoonful of Honey Nut Cheerios to the baddest badass there ever was!