Hmm. I was going to say Ted from HIMYM - I prefer the show when it’s dealing with Marshall, Lily, Robin or Barney much more than when Ted is center stage. Barney knows that he’s a jerk and is okay with it - Ted often is a jerk without ever realizing it.
Cookie in Ned’s Declassified School Survival Guide. If you’ve seen the show, I don’t think I need to say anything else. If you haven’t, then…well, I’m not suprised.
Current shows:
Marc St. James on Ugly Betty- he used to be one of the best characters, but the actor (Michael Urie) really needs to get his agent to shake the writers because they’re making him a caricature ala Jack from Will and Grace.
Catalina on My Name is Earl. Of course one thing that irks me is they can’t keep her back story straight (though this may be intentional), but other than jiggling jugs and an accent (which admittedly if I were straight would probably be enough because she’s hot- the song Jump is sexy just because of her) she doesn’t add much.
A few from all time favorites:
Sanford and Son- actually most were strong characters, but they wasted Nancy Kulp as Hoppy’s mother when they brought her on as a recurring character towards the end.
Northern Exposure- I think the character of Ed (the half-Inuit film buff) would have been a great addition if the actor had been worth a damn, but he wasn’t. He just seemed like a stoner with Aspergers.
Arrested Development- would love to have seen more of Liza Minnelli (how often does one read that sentence anymore?)
Barney Miller- he had a couple of moments, but ultimately Levitt (or Levine as Inspector Luger called him) could have been left at home. Ditto Dietrich.
WKRP- they never really found an interesting angle on Bailey.
I know it’s his show, but there have been stonings for lesser heresies than that. And rightfully so.
I’ve actually wondered if O’Neill’s decision not to do the show had anything to do with the fact the character was an amoral misogynistic bastard named Al. It would have given an awkward unwanted image of Peg’s overly sprayed faux red head going up and down while Al talks of how his mother “knocked one two three four on the fucking orphanage door til Mrs. Fatass Fuckin’ Anderson opened it… Peg are you asleep?” (I suppose Marci could have played Jewel and Ted McGinley Cy Tolliver.)
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That is the second-gayest thing I have read on the Dope this week, exceeded only by my discourse on the greatness of Sondheim and the insipidity of Lloyd Webber.
Bailey needs no “angle,” librarian! She is sufficient unto herself. To make a scene with 1970s-Jan Smithers interesting, one need merely bring her on screen. to make it more interesting one canend Jennifer Marlowe, who is clearly thinking, at all times, “How is it that I have spent $9,000,000 on acquiring this bionic body, and dedicate four hours a day to its cosmetic upkeep, and yet this bespectacled woman is 67 times hotter than I? Why, Lord? How have I offended thee?”
I take it you’re not prepared to pardon her tits.
FEZ on That 70s show. Dull and annoying. Who on earth that that “Good day! I said good day!” was comedy?
Willie Wonka?
Agreed on everything except “sweet.” Frankly, I think he’s a tool.
In fairness, I find every character on Entourage pretty one-note (which is why the show lost me after the second season), but Vince isn’t even interesting or entertaining. They need him for the rest of the characters to revolve around, but I’d have liked it better had he been less of a presence in the actual show.
My nomination would be Danny DeVito on It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia. At best, his character is inoffensive and unnecessary; more frequently he disrupts the chemistry among the four original leads and is simply distracting and obviously shoe-horned in.
That said, the show wouldn’t currently exist without him. So I suppose it’s a trade-off.
Ray Suarez from *The News Hour *and **David Lynch ** (as writer) from Twin Peaks.
“Isn’t the Bible pretty clear about killin’?” “Quite clear. It is, however, somewhat fuzzy on the concept of kneecaps.”
Badass.
I’m going to regret this, but what have you got against Ray Suarez?
Everybody except Darrin, Samantha, Uncle Arthur, and Endora on the Bewitched TV series.
Agreed. And they have the potential to flesh him out a bit more this season.
But hey, he was a friend of the producer, and they needed a “walk-on” guy for an episode or two in the beginning, so David Rees Snell got the nod.
Not bad: 6+ seasons of steady work from a non-speaking walk-on in the pilot.