TV Binge Watch (Part 1)

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Stock comedy-sketch characters of TV comedians.

  1. Freddy the Freeloader - Red Skelton
  2. Reginald Van Gleason III - Jackie Gleason
  3. Geraldine Jones - Flip Wilson
  4. Eunice Higgins - Carol Burnett
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Stock comedy-sketch characters of TV comedians.

  1. Freddy the Freeloader - Red Skelton
  2. Reginald Van Gleason III - Jackie Gleason
  3. Geraldine Jones - Flip Wilson
  4. Eunice Higgins - Carol Burnett
  5. Al Sleet, the hippy-dippy weatherman - George Carlin
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Stock comedy-sketch characters of TV comedians.

  1. Freddy the Freeloader - Red Skelton
  2. Reginald Van Gleason III - Jackie Gleason
  3. Geraldine Jones - Flip Wilson
  4. Eunice Higgins - Carol Burnett
  5. Al Sleet, the hippy-dippy weatherman - George Carlin
  6. Ed Grimley - Martin Short
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Stock comedy-sketch characters of TV comedians.

  1. Freddy the Freeloader - Red Skelton
  2. Reginald Van Gleason III - Jackie Gleason
  3. Geraldine Jones - Flip Wilson
  4. Eunice Higgins - Carol Burnett
  5. Al Sleet, the hippy-dippy weatherman - George Carlin
  6. Ed Grimley - Martin Short
  7. Bob and Doug McKenzie - Rick Moranis (Bob) and Dave Thomas (Doug)
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Stock comedy-sketch characters of TV comedians.

  1. Freddy the Freeloader - Red Skelton
  2. Reginald Van Gleason III - Jackie Gleason
  3. Geraldine Jones - Flip Wilson
  4. Eunice Higgins - Carol Burnett
  5. Al Sleet, the hippy-dippy weatherman - George Carlin
  6. Ed Grimley - Martin Short
  7. Bob and Doug McKenzie - Rick Moranis (Bob) and Dave Thomas (Doug)
  8. Burt Reynolds - Norm McDonald
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Stock comedy-sketch characters of TV comedians.

  1. Freddy the Freeloader - Red Skelton
  2. Reginald Van Gleason III - Jackie Gleason
  3. Geraldine Jones - Flip Wilson
  4. Eunice Higgins - Carol Burnett
  5. Al Sleet, the hippy-dippy weatherman - George Carlin
  6. Ed Grimley - Martin Short
  7. Bob and Doug McKenzie - Rick Moranis (Bob) and Dave Thomas (Doug)
  8. Burt Reynolds - Norm McDonald
  9. Roseanne Roseannadanna - Gilda Radner
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Stock comedy-sketch characters of TV comedians.

  1. Freddy the Freeloader - Red Skelton
  2. Reginald Van Gleason III - Jackie Gleason
  3. Geraldine Jones - Flip Wilson
  4. Eunice Higgins - Carol Burnett
  5. Al Sleet, the hippy-dippy weatherman - George Carlin
  6. Ed Grimley - Martin Short
  7. Bob and Doug McKenzie - Rick Moranis (Bob) and Dave Thomas (Doug)
  8. Burt Reynolds - Norm McDonald
  9. Roseanne Roseannadanna - Gilda Radner
  10. “foreign man” - Andy Kaufman

Next: characters who show significant development throughout a series (and I don’t they become 2-dimensional, I mean, they develop as a real person)

  1. Gabrielle – Xena, Warrior Princess
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Characters who show significant development throughout a series (and I don’t mean they become 2-dimensional, I mean they develop as a real person)

  1. Gabrielle – Xena, Warrior Princess
  2. Andy Sipowicz - NYPD Blue
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Characters who show significant development throughout a series (and I don’t mean they become 2-dimensional, I mean they develop as a real person)

  1. Gabrielle – Xena, Warrior Princess
  2. Andy Sipowicz - NYPD Blue
  3. Howard Wolowitz - The Big Bang Theory
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Characters who show significant development throughout a series (and I don’t mean they become 2-dimensional, I mean they develop as a real person)

  1. Gabrielle – Xena, Warrior Princess
  2. Andy Sipowicz - NYPD Blue
  3. Howard Wolowitz - The Big Bang Theory
  4. Margaret Houlihan - MASH
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Characters who show significant development throughout a series (and I don’t mean they become 2-dimensional, I mean they develop as a real person)

  1. Gabrielle – Xena, Warrior Princess
  2. Andy Sipowicz - NYPD Blue
  3. Howard Wolowitz - The Big Bang Theory
  4. Margaret Houlihan - MASH
  5. Mr. Spock - Star Trek
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Ooh, good one-- I think she’s one of the first characters to have significant story arcs around this. Maybe the first, excluding child characters with stories about their growing up.

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I think in large part it was a reflection of the era. Women characters in popular culture were portrayed a lot differently in 1983 than they were in 1972. Margaret Houlihan happened to be a character who spanned that time period. Her character had to develop because the times were changing.

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Yeah, but the way it changed was significant. “The Nurses” is one of the greatest episodes of any show anywhere. Some of that reflected the show moving from farce to straight up comedy to “dramedy,” but the writers didn’t just say “OK, screw continuity, she’s nice now.” It took a lot of effort and concert on the part of the writers and the actress, that really paid off.

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Characters who show significant development throughout a series (and I don’t mean they become 2-dimensional, I mean they develop as a real person)

  1. Gabrielle – Xena, Warrior Princess
  2. Andy Sipowicz - NYPD Blue
  3. Howard Wolowitz - The Big Bang Theory
  4. Margaret Houlihan - MASH
  5. Mr. Spock - Star Trek
  6. Sheldon Cooper – The Big Bang Theory

Just to get things back on track-- and probably name the king of this category.

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Characters who show significant development throughout a series (and I don’t mean they become 2-dimensional, I mean they develop as a real person)

  1. Gabrielle – Xena, Warrior Princess
  2. Andy Sipowicz - NYPD Blue
  3. Howard Wolowitz - The Big Bang Theory
  4. Margaret Houlihan - MASH
  5. Mr. Spock - Star Trek
  6. Sheldon Cooper – The Big Bang Theory
  7. Thomas Barrow - Downton Abbey
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Characters who show significant development throughout a series (and I don’t mean they become 2-dimensional, I mean they develop as a real person)

  1. Gabrielle – Xena, Warrior Princess
  2. Andy Sipowicz - NYPD Blue
  3. Howard Wolowitz - The Big Bang Theory
  4. Margaret Houlihan - MASH
  5. Mr. Spock - Star Trek
  6. Sheldon Cooper – The Big Bang Theory
  7. Thomas Barrow - Downton Abbey
  8. Elanor Shellstrop - The Good Place
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Characters who show significant development throughout a series (and I don’t mean they become 2-dimensional, I mean they develop as a real person)

  1. Gabrielle – Xena, Warrior Princess
  2. Andy Sipowicz - NYPD Blue
  3. Howard Wolowitz - The Big Bang Theory
  4. Margaret Houlihan - MASH
  5. Mr. Spock - Star Trek
  6. Sheldon Cooper – The Big Bang Theory
  7. Thomas Barrow - Downton Abbey
  8. Elanor Shellstrop - The Good Place
  9. Temperane “Bones” Brennan - Bones
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Characters who show significant development throughout a series (and I don’t mean they become 2-dimensional, I mean they develop as a real person)

  1. Gabrielle – Xena, Warrior Princess
  2. Andy Sipowicz - NYPD Blue
  3. Howard Wolowitz - The Big Bang Theory
  4. Margaret Houlihan - MASH
  5. Mr. Spock - Star Trek
  6. Sheldon Cooper – The Big Bang Theory
  7. Thomas Barrow - Downton Abbey
  8. Elanor Shellstrop - The Good Place
  9. Temperance “Bones” Brennan - Bones
  10. Odo - Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

Next up:

Sidekicks and their shows

  1. Robin/Dick Grayson - Batman
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Sidekicks and their shows

  1. Robin/Dick Grayson - Batman
  2. Willow - Buffy the Vampire Slayer