# What TV character would you HATE having to be around in reality? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 30, 2010, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-character-would-you-hate-having-to-be-around-in-reality/545126 "2010-06-30T22:10:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![hopesperson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e95f7d/32.png) [@hopesperson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hopesperson)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2010, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-character-would-you-hate-having-to-be-around-in-reality/545126/61 "2010-07-01T19:24:44Z")
Sam Drummond, the character that was introduced to try to save the then-flagging _Diff’rent Strokes_ franchise. Nails on a chalkboard. ---
**Author:** ![villa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/bc79bd/32.png) [@villa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/villa)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2010, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-character-would-you-hate-having-to-be-around-in-reality/545126/62 "2010-07-01T19:28:10Z")
Detective Holland Wagenbach, aka Dutchboy, from The Shield. God he is an annoying little weasel. ---
**Author:** ![Wargamer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/df705f/32.png) [@Wargamer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wargamer)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2010, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-character-would-you-hate-having-to-be-around-in-reality/545126/63 "2010-07-01T19:37:25Z")
Anyone with the last name ‘Barrone’. ---
**Author:** ![Alma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecd19e/32.png) [@Alma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alma)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2010, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-character-would-you-hate-having-to-be-around-in-reality/545126/64 "2010-07-01T20:08:30Z")
Call me Grimey, but I’m gonna say Homer Simpson. That man would drive me to drinking and punching. ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2010, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-character-would-you-hate-having-to-be-around-in-reality/545126/65 "2010-07-01T20:31:30Z")
> [@Wargamer](#): > > Anyone with the last name ‘Barrone’. Debra’s hot, and I’m fairly certain she sleeps around and has simply never been caught. My cite is her husband’s personality. ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2010, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-character-would-you-hate-having-to-be-around-in-reality/545126/66 "2010-07-01T20:36:43Z")
> [@Zsofia](#): > > What’s wrong with poor Booth? He has a tough row to hoe, character-wise, playing against incomprehensibly written Brennan. The fact that every episode that’s involved sex (which has always been less than vanilla) has involved him doing a speech about how it’s icky to have kinks kind of makes him intolerable. (Oh, and Sir Siete - I actually kind of like Rory. A bit of a doofus, but not a bad one.) ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2010, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-character-would-you-hate-having-to-be-around-in-reality/545126/67 "2010-07-01T21:01:14Z")
Newman ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2010, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-character-would-you-hate-having-to-be-around-in-reality/545126/68 "2010-07-01T21:10:20Z")
David Meyer. (LA Law) ---
**Author:** ![teela\_brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2010, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-character-would-you-hate-having-to-be-around-in-reality/545126/69 "2010-07-01T22:05:26Z")
Doc Martin started out as vaguely sympathetic to other human beings, but as the series has worn on he has become a Major Dick. Although I still like to watch him, he truly needs a good slapping. Of course, so do several other characters on his show, in particular, his original receptionist Elaine. ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2010, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-character-would-you-hate-having-to-be-around-in-reality/545126/70 "2010-07-01T22:08:27Z")
> [@teela\_brown](#): > > Doc Martin started out as vaguely sympathetic to other human beings, but as the series has worn on he has become a Major Dick. Although I still like to watch him, he truly needs a good slapping. Of course, so do several other characters on his show, in particular, his original receptionist Elaine. What show is this from? ---
**Author:** ![TWDuke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e495f1/32.png) [@TWDuke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TWDuke)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2010, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-character-would-you-hate-having-to-be-around-in-reality/545126/71 "2010-07-01T22:56:47Z")
That would be **Doc Martin**. ---
**Author:** ![Wargamer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/df705f/32.png) [@Wargamer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wargamer)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2010, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-character-would-you-hate-having-to-be-around-in-reality/545126/72 "2010-07-02T02:46:18Z")
> [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](#): > > Debra’s hot, and I’m fairly certain she sleeps around and has simply never been caught. My cite is her husband’s personality. I’ll grant you that she’s hot, BUT anyone who would not leave that train wreck of a family dynamic within 6 months… Well, let’s just say you shouldn’t put your dick in The Crazy. ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2010, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-character-would-you-hate-having-to-be-around-in-reality/545126/73 "2010-07-02T02:57:42Z")
Oh where to begin?.. Robert from Everybody Loves Raymond Cliff from Cheers Puddy from Seinfeld Newman from Seinfeld Ross from Friends Ted from The Mary Tyler Moore Show Joey from Full House Felix from The Odd Couple ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2010, 11:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-character-would-you-hate-having-to-be-around-in-reality/545126/74 "2010-07-02T11:50:17Z")
> [@Wargamer](#): > > I’ll grant you that she’s hot, BUT anyone who would not leave that train wreck of a family dynamic within 6 months… > > Well, let’s just say you shouldn’t put your dick in The Crazy. That doesn’t rule out one-night stands. You don’t REALLY think those kids are Ray’s, do you? ---
**Author:** ![pancakes3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ba9def/32.png) [@pancakes3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pancakes3)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2010, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-character-would-you-hate-having-to-be-around-in-reality/545126/75 "2010-07-02T12:02:15Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > 56 posts before a mention of Wesley Crusher? He should have been #1 with a _bullet_. a loaded god complex cock it and pull it. thanks. guess what song is going to be all up in my head today. at least it’s better than yesterday’s - usher’s new abominable OMG. but i do +1. starfleet this. algorithm that. he should have been executed on the bliss planet back in season 1 and be done with it. puddy? are you kidding me? i’d hang out with warburton and every character manifestation of him in a heartbeat. ---
**Author:** ![Merijeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@Merijeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merijeek)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2010, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-character-would-you-hate-having-to-be-around-in-reality/545126/76 "2010-07-02T12:55:08Z")
> [@pancakes3](#): > > puddy? are you kidding me? i’d hang out with warburton and every character manifestation of him in a heartbeat. Even Brock? You’d be dead in minutes. On a slow day. -Joe ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2010, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-character-would-you-hate-having-to-be-around-in-reality/545126/77 "2010-07-02T13:12:16Z")
If I had to hang out with anyone from That 70’s Show for more than 7 minutes, the 70’s would be dead. ---
**Author:** ![Lust4Life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ecc23a/32.png) [@Lust4Life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lust4Life)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2010, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-character-would-you-hate-having-to-be-around-in-reality/545126/78 "2010-07-02T13:32:46Z")
> [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](#): > > You think Hawkeye was without weakness or fault? You must hvae been watching a different show than me. > > Hawkeye was a gifted battlefield surgeon, but it was clear from the time that Winchester first appeared that the latter was better at surgery overall; and BJ was smarter and more inventive than either of them. Hawk was the best in their specific situation, but not overall. And he himself noted that he was an alcoholic and a lech; he basically hated himself. > > Fonzie had weaknesses too, though those were mostly comic. Hawkeye was a gifted surgeon. All the women fancied him (including Hotlips the Army Barmy). He was a rebel. He was brave. He was admired by just about everybody including his superiors(sometimes grudgingly). He also was very caring both about the war and on a personal level(Radar, the local Koreans etc.etc.) Altogether nauseatingly perfect in a shmaltzy, sentimental way. ---
**Author:** ![Cuckoorex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ad7895/32.png) [@Cuckoorex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cuckoorex)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2010, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-character-would-you-hate-having-to-be-around-in-reality/545126/79 "2010-07-02T13:53:15Z")
Edith and Archie Bunker; Edith for her voice alone, Archie for his intolerance. Mork from Ork. I would want to deliberately fart in a chair then offer it to Mork so he can headstand in my residual butt-gas. Whoever French Stewart played in Third Rock from the Sun. Or any other French Stewart character, ever. He just annoys me. Most recurring SNL characters, but especially Debbie Downer, the “makin’ copies” guy, the Chris Kattan ape-boy, most Will Farrell characters, and Toonces the Driving Cat. Whoever Rosie O’Donnell may have played on TV. Scrappy-Doo. Puppy power, my ass. ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2010, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-character-would-you-hate-having-to-be-around-in-reality/545126/80 "2010-07-02T14:32:12Z")
> [@Merijeek](#): > > Even Brock? You’d be dead in minutes. On a slow day. > > -Joe Unless he liked you (okay, improbable) or was tasked with keeping you alive. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-character-would-you-hate-having-to-be-around-in-reality/545126.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-character-would-you-hate-having-to-be-around-in-reality/545126.md?page=5)