# What TV character would you most like to be friends with? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 30, 2010, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-character-would-you-most-like-to-be-friends-with/545071 "2010-06-30T15:12:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![furryman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/furryman/32/99_2.png) [@furryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furryman)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2010, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-character-would-you-most-like-to-be-friends-with/545071/1 "2010-06-30T15:12:01Z")
Most sitcom characters are too snarky all the time. If your friends with an action hero your likely to die. If you freinds with a drama character your life is likely to be filled with drama. I think I’d pick Bill Crosby. Yeah sure he’s pretty self righteous, but at least he’s funny most of the time. ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2010, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-character-would-you-most-like-to-be-friends-with/545071/2 "2010-06-30T15:16:28Z")
How about The Most Interesting Man in the World … that is, if commercials count. ---
**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2010, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-character-would-you-most-like-to-be-friends-with/545071/3 "2010-06-30T16:14:03Z")
I like Ducky, Gibbs and Ziva on NCIS. Luckily I know how to use hand woodworking tools =) and have an interest in forensics and Britihs history. Dinner would be a blast with all of them. ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2010, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-character-would-you-most-like-to-be-friends-with/545071/4 "2010-06-30T16:21:46Z")
> [@Jack\_Batty](#): > > How about The Most Interesting Man in the World … that is, if commercials count. Seconded. ---
**Author:** ![Frazzled](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frazzled/32/3368_2.png) [@Frazzled](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frazzled)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2010, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-character-would-you-most-like-to-be-friends-with/545071/5 "2010-06-30T16:32:46Z")
> [@Jack\_Batty](#): > > How about The Most Interesting Man in the World … that is, if commercials count. I was going to say Vincent Chase from Entourage but I’ll third The Most Interesting Man in the World - if only so I can thank him for punching me in the face! ---
**Author:** ![MTCicero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a4c791/32.png) [@MTCicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MTCicero)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2010, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-character-would-you-most-like-to-be-friends-with/545071/6 "2010-06-30T16:34:49Z")
Without question or hesitation, Titus Pullo from **Rome**. First runner-up: Bobby “Bacala” Baccalieri (I get to play with choo-choo trains and consume mountains of ziti and peppers-and-eggs sangwiches!) ---
**Author:** ![Hook](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ecae2f/32.png) [@Hook](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hook)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2010, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-character-would-you-most-like-to-be-friends-with/545071/7 "2010-06-30T16:35:51Z")
There is only one answer to this question - Jim Rockford. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2010, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-character-would-you-most-like-to-be-friends-with/545071/8 "2010-06-30T16:45:38Z")
Connor Temple, because you’ve got to love a smart funny guy with access to dinosaurs. But it’d be one of those friends I’d also sleep with deals. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2010, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-character-would-you-most-like-to-be-friends-with/545071/9 "2010-06-30T17:00:42Z")
Jim Rockford. ---
**Author:** ![Nzinga\_Seated](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b5ac83/32.png) [@Nzinga\_Seated](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nzinga_Seated)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2010, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-character-would-you-most-like-to-be-friends-with/545071/10 "2010-06-30T17:00:54Z")
> [@Frazzled](#): > > I was going to say Vincent Chase from Entourage but I’ll third The Most Interesting Man in the World - if only so I can thank him for punching me in the face! Is it me, or has the Most Interesting Man in the World started to get a bit Chuck Norris-y? I mean, he used to be just straight up cool, but now, the commercials have started adding things like, “If he punches you in the face, you’ll have to resist the urge to thank him” and corny stuff like that. I liked him back when he was a cool cat, not a mythical superhero. My choice will be Anthony Bourdain. Is he a character? He gets to travel, eat great food, he is smart, funny, direct, just great fun. Is that cheating? If it has to be a fictional character, then I will go with Huey Freeman from the Boondocks. ---
**Author:** ![MeanOldLady](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanoldlady/32/10737_2.png) [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2010, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-character-would-you-most-like-to-be-friends-with/545071/11 "2010-06-30T17:01:40Z")
Bret from “Flight of the Conchords.” And by “be friends with” I mean “have sex with.” ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2010, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-character-would-you-most-like-to-be-friends-with/545071/12 "2010-06-30T17:07:24Z")
> [@MeanOldLady](#): > > Bret from “Flight of the Conchords.” And by “be friends with” I mean “have sex with.” Carol Brown? Is that you? ---
**Author:** ![MeanOldLady](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanoldlady/32/10737_2.png) [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2010, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-character-would-you-most-like-to-be-friends-with/545071/13 "2010-06-30T17:16:43Z")
No, Carol Brown took the bus out of town. Mel is the creepy girl who wants to do them, so I’d be her. I’m fine with just Bret, though. ---
**Author:** ![multimediac17](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/839c29/32.png) [@multimediac17](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/multimediac17)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2010, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-character-would-you-most-like-to-be-friends-with/545071/14 "2010-06-30T17:18:07Z")
Rose Nylund from The Golden Girls, although that might fit more into “which TV character would you most like as your Nana”. Hmm… probably Fran Fine. ---
**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:** [June 30, 2010, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-character-would-you-most-like-to-be-friends-with/545071/15 "2010-06-30T17:23:11Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > Jim Rockford. Me too. Maybe we can all hang out at that little taco stand and have lunch together. ---
**Author:** ![lost4life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c4cdca/32.png) [@lost4life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lost4life)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2010, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-character-would-you-most-like-to-be-friends-with/545071/16 "2010-06-30T17:46:45Z")
Let’s see: **Bender** , from Futurama. Even though he wants to kill all humans, he wouldn’t be talking about me. **Sam Malone**. He does own a bar! **Jim Halpert**. Seems like a nice, all-around guy, but now that he’s married with child, he might not be available. **Davis McAlary** from Treme. Even though he’s a bit of an ass, he knows where the party’s at! And of course, The Most Interesting Man in the World and Jim Rockford (but I get to drive the Firebird). ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2010, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-character-would-you-most-like-to-be-friends-with/545071/17 "2010-06-30T18:11:43Z")
> [@MeanOldLady](#): > > No, Carol Brown took the bus out of town. Mel is the creepy girl who wants to do them, so I’d be her. I’m fine with just Bret, though. “But what if he’s dead?” “What if he’s did what?” ---
**Author:** ![umop\_ap\_sdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/dbc845/32.png) [@umop\_ap\_sdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/umop_ap_sdn)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2010, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-character-would-you-most-like-to-be-friends-with/545071/18 "2010-06-30T18:13:24Z")
Phoebe Buffet. ---
**Author:** ![crypto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b3f665/32.png) [@crypto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crypto)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2010, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-character-would-you-most-like-to-be-friends-with/545071/19 "2010-06-30T18:20:18Z")
David Puddy Jim Rockford is a close second, but if you were friends with Rockfish, you’d also have to run into Gandy and Angel. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Excellent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f19dbf/32.png) [@Mr.Excellent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Excellent)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2010, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-character-would-you-most-like-to-be-friends-with/545071/20 "2010-06-30T18:28:05Z")
> [@MTCicero](#): > > Without question or hesitation, Titus Pullo from **Rome**. Seriously? “Mad, bad, and dangerous to know” doesn’t begin to do Pullo justice. It would be interesting to have a drink with the man - but for the love of God, walk away briskly after that. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-character-would-you-most-like-to-be-friends-with/545071.md?page=2)