# What TV/movie/other fictional character live most under their incomes? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 1, 2010, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-movie-other-fictional-character-live-most-under-their-incomes/552249 "2010-09-01T13:15:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2010, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-movie-other-fictional-character-live-most-under-their-incomes/552249/41 "2010-09-03T16:28:58Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > Nora Bing, Chandler’s mother, is a successful romance novelist. Portrayed by Morgan Fairchild. > > Charles Bing, Chandler’s transvestite father, is a Vegas entertainer. Portrayed by Kathleen Turner. > > With two such gorgeous parents, Chandler sure got gypped in the gene pool. I never understood why people would say stuff like that. I always thought he was way hotter than Joey. ---
**Author:** ![SciFiSam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/47e85d/32.png) [@SciFiSam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SciFiSam)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2010, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-movie-other-fictional-character-live-most-under-their-incomes/552249/42 "2010-09-03T17:31:10Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > > [@scifisam2009](#): > > > > Correction: Transexual, not transvestite. > > No, I think it has been stated that Charles Bing is a transvestite homosexual with all of his original equipment intact. I thought that character identified as female and wanted to be called Mom. ---
**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:** [September 3, 2010, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-movie-other-fictional-character-live-most-under-their-incomes/552249/43 "2010-09-03T17:59:25Z")
IIRC correctly, Chandler always called him Dad and introduced him as Charles. ---
**Author:** ![SciFiSam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/47e85d/32.png) [@SciFiSam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SciFiSam)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2010, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-movie-other-fictional-character-live-most-under-their-incomes/552249/44 "2010-09-03T18:12:52Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > IIRC correctly, Chandler always called him Dad and introduced him as Charles. That doesn’t really mean anything, though. I’ve Googled a little, but can’t find a definitive answer - maybe a hardcore Friends fan will come along and let us know. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![PunditLisa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/4af34b/32.png) [@PunditLisa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PunditLisa)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2010, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-movie-other-fictional-character-live-most-under-their-incomes/552249/45 "2010-09-03T18:45:44Z")
The characters on “Grey’s Anatomy.” Let’s see, McDreamy either shacks up with his girlfriend, who inherited her house from her mom and runs it like a flop house, or he’s living in his trailer. Not very impressive for a world-famous neurosurgeon. McSteamy, who should be raking in the dough as a plastic surgeon, lived in an apartment, and we’re not talking Frasier Crane type apartments. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Second\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbe5ce/32.png) [@The\_Second\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Second_Stone)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2010, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-movie-other-fictional-character-live-most-under-their-incomes/552249/46 "2010-09-03T19:29:06Z")
I think that Alan Harper is just really, really, really cheap. The marriage to Kandi was short and would not have had long spousal support. Yeah, he pays child support, but Judith never spills the beans on how much it is and they had a really nice house. Alan is really cheap with himself and everyone around him. I suspect that he has saved a pretty penny. ---
**Author:** ![joebuck20](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/74df32/32.png) [@joebuck20](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joebuck20)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2010, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-movie-other-fictional-character-live-most-under-their-incomes/552249/47 "2010-09-04T13:58:41Z")
How about Homer Simpson. I’d imagine that in really life a nuclear safety technician would make some good coin. Yet his family has never seemed to be anything more than lower middle class. ---
**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:** [September 4, 2010, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-movie-other-fictional-character-live-most-under-their-incomes/552249/48 "2010-09-04T15:08:17Z")
> [@Freudian\_Slit](#): > > > [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > > > Nora Bing, Chandler’s mother, is a successful romance novelist. Portrayed by Morgan Fairchild. > > > > Charles Bing, Chandler’s transvestite father, is a Vegas entertainer. Portrayed by Kathleen Turner. > > > > With two such gorgeous parents, Chandler sure got gypped in the gene pool. > > I never understood why people would say stuff like that. I always thought he was way hotter than Joey. Early seasons Chandler is definitely better looking than Joey. Joey probably comes off as more attractive because he’s a lot more confident. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2010, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-movie-other-fictional-character-live-most-under-their-incomes/552249/49 "2010-09-04T16:06:43Z")
> [@joebuck20](#): > > How about Homer Simpson. I’d imagine that in really life a nuclear safety technician would make some good coin. Yet his family has never seemed to be anything more than lower middle class. Homer is not always the most… responsible consumer. ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2010, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-movie-other-fictional-character-live-most-under-their-incomes/552249/50 "2010-09-04T17:31:47Z")
John Carter on _ER_ was part of an extremely wealthy family, but I believe he chose to live solely off his hospital salary. I quit watching ER after season 6, I think, so I’m not sure if that changed. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2010, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-movie-other-fictional-character-live-most-under-their-incomes/552249/51 "2010-09-04T17:39:22Z")
> [@joebuck20](#): > > How about Homer Simpson. I’d imagine that in really life a nuclear safety technician would make some good coin. Yet his family has never seemed to be anything more than lower middle class. Bart’s hobbies (vandalism, anarachy, arson, overthrowing Western Civilization, etc) tend to be a wee tad _pricey_. ---
**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:** [September 4, 2010, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-movie-other-fictional-character-live-most-under-their-incomes/552249/52 "2010-09-04T17:44:45Z")
> [@Tangent](#): > > John Carter on _ER_ was part of an extremely wealthy family, but I believe he chose to live solely off his hospital salary. I quit watching ER after season 6, I think, so I’m not sure if that changed. John went back and forth. In the earliest seasons I think he used family money but didn’t flaunt it. When he left the surgery department and had to repeat his internship, he agreed to work at the hospital for free, only to be cut off by his grandmother; I think he had a very hungry year. By the time he was with off fulfilling the White Man’s Burden in Africa he had access to the family millions but still didn’t flaunt it, and he had to be pressured into taking control of the family foundation after his grandmother died. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2010, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-movie-other-fictional-character-live-most-under-their-incomes/552249/53 "2010-09-05T13:59:18Z")
Oliver and Lisa Douglas. New York Lawyer living in a dilapidated old farmhouse. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-movie-other-fictional-character-live-most-under-their-incomes/552249.md?page=2)