# What one object would you most strongly associate with a tv character? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** tv-shows-scripted\ **Created:** [January 19, 2022, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-one-object-would-you-most-strongly-associate-with-a-tv-character/958084 "2022-01-19T23:37:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![GreysonCarlisle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a87d85/32.png) [@GreysonCarlisle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreysonCarlisle)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2022, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-one-object-would-you-most-strongly-associate-with-a-tv-character/958084/21 "2022-01-20T00:12:28Z")
Kolchak’s tape recorder (or maybe his camera). Kojak’s lollipop. ---
**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:** [January 20, 2022, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-one-object-would-you-most-strongly-associate-with-a-tv-character/958084/22 "2022-01-20T00:13:18Z")
Dick van Dyke’s ottoman. ---
**Author:** ![GreysonCarlisle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a87d85/32.png) [@GreysonCarlisle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreysonCarlisle)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2022, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-one-object-would-you-most-strongly-associate-with-a-tv-character/958084/23 "2022-01-20T00:13:32Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > Dick van Dyke’s ottoman.  Definitely! ---
**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:** [January 20, 2022, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-one-object-would-you-most-strongly-associate-with-a-tv-character/958084/24 "2022-01-20T00:15:59Z")
Hoss Cartwright’s ten-gallon hat. Steve McGarrett’s blue suits. ---
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2022, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-one-object-would-you-most-strongly-associate-with-a-tv-character/958084/25 "2022-01-20T00:21:07Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > Dick van Dyke’s ottoman. Good one! Bugs - carrot ---
**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:** [January 20, 2022, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-one-object-would-you-most-strongly-associate-with-a-tv-character/958084/26 "2022-01-20T00:22:27Z")
Batman’s (Adam West’s) bat-bulge. ---
**Author:** ![GreysonCarlisle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a87d85/32.png) [@GreysonCarlisle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreysonCarlisle)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2022, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-one-object-would-you-most-strongly-associate-with-a-tv-character/958084/27 "2022-01-20T00:23:23Z")
> [@Lucas\_Jackson](#): > > Bugs - carrot Yosemite Same – Six-shooters Elmer Fudd – A shotgun Porky Pig – The end credits on a TV screen ---
**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:** [January 20, 2022, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-one-object-would-you-most-strongly-associate-with-a-tv-character/958084/28 "2022-01-20T00:24:35Z")
Wile E. Coyote—any product marked ACME. ---
**Author:** ![E-DUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/e-dub/32/403_2.png) [@E-DUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-DUB)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2022, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-one-object-would-you-most-strongly-associate-with-a-tv-character/958084/29 "2022-01-20T00:25:47Z")
Carl Kolchak’s hat. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2022, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-one-object-would-you-most-strongly-associate-with-a-tv-character/958084/30 "2022-01-20T00:27:43Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > Jim Rockford’s Pontiac. Also, his telephone answering machine. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2022, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-one-object-would-you-most-strongly-associate-with-a-tv-character/958084/31 "2022-01-20T00:32:27Z")
Les Nessman’s invisible walls around his desk. [![](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/ETuIBjKXgAELyOU.jpg) ](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/ETuIBjKXgAELyOU.jpg) ---
**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:** [January 20, 2022, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-one-object-would-you-most-strongly-associate-with-a-tv-character/958084/32 "2022-01-20T00:32:49Z")
Col. Hogan’s crushed garrison hat. Col. Klink’s Pikhelm. Gen Burkhalter’s dueling scar. LeBeau’s beret and scarf. Carter’s sheepskin cap and jacket. ---
**Author:** ![peccavi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peccavi/32/388_2.png) [@peccavi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peccavi)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2022, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-one-object-would-you-most-strongly-associate-with-a-tv-character/958084/33 "2022-01-20T00:55:12Z")
Jamie Hyneman’s beret ---
**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:** [January 20, 2022, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-one-object-would-you-most-strongly-associate-with-a-tv-character/958084/34 "2022-01-20T01:02:47Z")
Ted Baxter’s Conquistador boots. Jerry Seinfeld’s green bicycle. Cosmo Kramer’s vintage clothing. George Costanza’s bald spot(s). ---
**Author:** ![DPRK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4491bb/32.png) [@DPRK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DPRK)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2022, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-one-object-would-you-most-strongly-associate-with-a-tv-character/958084/35 "2022-01-20T01:06:22Z")
> [@GreysonCarlisle](#): > > Dr. Gregory House: A cane His iconic thing was more the bottle of Vicodin pills he would constantly swallow, IMO. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2022, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-one-object-would-you-most-strongly-associate-with-a-tv-character/958084/36 "2022-01-20T01:13:19Z")
Jessica Fletcher’s typewriter Sheldon Cooper’s spot Hawkeye’s still Miss Mamie’s and Miss Emily’s Recipe Machine Peggy Bundy’s couch ---
**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:** [January 20, 2022, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-one-object-would-you-most-strongly-associate-with-a-tv-character/958084/37 "2022-01-20T01:28:16Z")
Peggy Bundy’s adjustable showerhead “Geoffrey.” Al Bundy’s remote control. Barth Gimbel’s leisure suits. ---
**Author:** ![Lamoral](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lamoral/32/16078_2.png) [@Lamoral](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamoral)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2022, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-one-object-would-you-most-strongly-associate-with-a-tv-character/958084/38 "2022-01-20T01:44:12Z")
I can’t see a maroon 1990s Chevy Suburban without thinking of Tony Soprano. ---
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Dean Winchester’s Chevy Impala. ---
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