# Which TV husband or wife would you most want as your spouse? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 26, 2011, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-tv-husband-or-wife-would-you-most-want-as-your-spouse/600816 "2011-10-26T03:15:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**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:** [October 26, 2011, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-tv-husband-or-wife-would-you-most-want-as-your-spouse/600816/61 "2011-10-26T14:51:20Z")
> [@elfkin477](#): > > Duke Crocker from Haven. What? We found out that he was married this season, and now he’s been conviently widow(er)ed. 😛 Attractive, sarcastic yet helpful, and from nearby Maine, what’s not to love? Plus, he has a lot of, um, hobbies, so I could get writing done without him guilting me for not spending every waking minute with him. He’s perfect as long as I don’t have to provide too many alibis… Damn, you beat me to him. We can share =) [I love the apartment above the bar and the boat, can’t decide where I would prefer to live …but the boat is sort of leading the pack. Flip you for the boat too :D] ---
**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2011, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-tv-husband-or-wife-would-you-most-want-as-your-spouse/600816/62 "2011-10-26T14:55:24Z")
> [@zamboniracer](#): > > … > I’d pick Emily Hartley, Dr. Bob Harley’s wife on “The Bob Newhart Show”. Smart, funny and sexy as all get out. [Link](http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_xGU3W7Ugqn4/TUW7foqYN9I/AAAAAAAAF4I/wNoY5-K71SM/s1600/suzanne+pleshette+a.jpg) Amen! ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2011, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-tv-husband-or-wife-would-you-most-want-as-your-spouse/600816/63 "2011-10-26T14:59:27Z")
My vote also goes June Cleaver. She can speak JIVE! And I bet she was a handful in bed. If I wanted a capable wife, Olivia Walton. She could do anything. cook, sew, design dresses, sing, teacher, nurse, mid-wife and even work in the saw mill when it was required. She was a little too preachy though. ---
**Author:** ![LH75](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lh75/32/4438_2.png) [@LH75](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LH75)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2011, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-tv-husband-or-wife-would-you-most-want-as-your-spouse/600816/64 "2011-10-26T15:17:48Z")
Morticia Addams, as played by Anjelica Houston! ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2011, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-tv-husband-or-wife-would-you-most-want-as-your-spouse/600816/65 "2011-10-26T15:21:00Z")
> [@Malacandra](#): > > [Barbara Good](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Good_Life_(1975_TV_series)) - bright, resourceful, loyal, hard-working, impishly witty, assertive, kind, and played by Felicity Kendal whom I personally would nail like a loose floorboard. Oh, yeah! [She](http://www.wearysloth.com/Gallery/ActorsK/9267.gif) beats Laura Petrie by a [furlong](http://photos.lucywho.com/richard-briers-photo-gallery-c16616547.html). ---
**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:** [October 26, 2011, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-tv-husband-or-wife-would-you-most-want-as-your-spouse/600816/66 "2011-10-26T15:29:34Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > Oh, yeah! [She](http://www.wearysloth.com/Gallery/ActorsK/9267.gif) beats Laura Petrie by a [furlong](http://photos.lucywho.com/richard-briers-photo-gallery-c16616547.html). Never heard of her. Looked at the photos. You’re joking, right?\* mmm \*I realize that physical appearance is but part of the total package…but still! ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_Lowry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e95f7d/32.png) [@Sam\_Lowry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Lowry)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2011, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-tv-husband-or-wife-would-you-most-want-as-your-spouse/600816/67 "2011-10-26T15:35:02Z")
I’d say Chris from the new show Up All Night. He’s smart, funny, good with his daughter, devoted to his wife, and secure enough to be a stay-at-home dad while his wife works. And he’s played by Will Arnett, who I find very attractive, with his gravelly sexy voice. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2011, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-tv-husband-or-wife-would-you-most-want-as-your-spouse/600816/68 "2011-10-26T15:40:49Z")
Dharma from Dharma and Greg. Kind of an odd choice but reminds me of someone I used to pine for. Cute as hell, kinda quirky and has that whole hippy chick/country girl thing going. ---
**Author:** ![Maggie\_the\_Ocelot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/df705f/32.png) [@Maggie\_the\_Ocelot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maggie_the_Ocelot)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2011, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-tv-husband-or-wife-would-you-most-want-as-your-spouse/600816/69 "2011-10-26T15:41:48Z")
Addendum: if Gomez Addams isn’t available, I vote Ricky Ricardo. ---
**Author:** ![Washoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ecae2f/32.png) [@Washoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Washoe)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2011, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-tv-husband-or-wife-would-you-most-want-as-your-spouse/600816/70 "2011-10-26T15:49:28Z")
Peg Bundy. Or Gemma Teller Morrow, for that matter. ---
**Author:** ![BlinkingDuck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/eada6e/32.png) [@BlinkingDuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlinkingDuck)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2011, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-tv-husband-or-wife-would-you-most-want-as-your-spouse/600816/71 "2011-10-26T16:17:09Z")
Did Mindy ever marry Mork? If so…Mindy 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![kelly5078](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/6f9a4e/32.png) [@kelly5078](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kelly5078)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2011, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-tv-husband-or-wife-would-you-most-want-as-your-spouse/600816/72 "2011-10-26T16:17:13Z")
> [@Malacandra](#): > > [Barbara Good](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Good_Life_(1975_TV_series)) - bright, resourceful, loyal, hard-working, impishly witty, assertive, kind, and played by Felicity Kendal whom I personally would nail like a loose floorboard. Yep ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2011, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-tv-husband-or-wife-would-you-most-want-as-your-spouse/600816/73 "2011-10-26T16:24:35Z")
Ma Walton [cleaned up purty good](http://www.allstarpics.net/0023388/016641359/michael-learned-pic.html), by the way. Emily Hartley was not only smart, funny and hot, but she took Bob back after his dalliance with the blond who wore the sweaters. Shirley Partridge would be fun (if I could get rid of those annoying kids) and she has a [dark side](http://www.flickr.com/photos/29185076@N05/3784428315/) I’d like to explore. ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2011, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-tv-husband-or-wife-would-you-most-want-as-your-spouse/600816/74 "2011-10-26T16:31:03Z")
> [@kunilou](#): > > Emily Hartley was not only smart, funny and hot, but she took Bob back after his dalliance with the blond who wore the sweaters. How could she hold a dream against him? ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2011, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-tv-husband-or-wife-would-you-most-want-as-your-spouse/600816/75 "2011-10-26T16:38:52Z")
> [@BlinkingDuck](#): > > Did Mindy ever marry Mork? > > If so…Mindy 🙂 Yep, Mork and Mindy _DID_ get married, and then Mork laid a giant egg, and Merth was born. ---
**Author:** ![PunditLisa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/4af34b/32.png) [@PunditLisa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PunditLisa)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2011, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-tv-husband-or-wife-would-you-most-want-as-your-spouse/600816/76 "2011-10-26T17:01:57Z")
While Dexter Morgan rocks my boat, my heart belongs to **Charles Ingalls**. He was handsome, handy, and hard working. He could play a fiddle. He was a good father. He was honorable, faithful, good-hearted, and fair without being stuffy. He had a sense of adventure and wasn’t afraid to take risks. He had a great sense of humor. And he had a twinkle in his eye that tells me he was wicked good in the sack. Oh, and he could ride a horse. Mmm Mmm. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Devil\_s\_Grandmother](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/74df32/32.png) [@The\_Devil\_s\_Grandmother](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Devil_s_Grandmother)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2011, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-tv-husband-or-wife-would-you-most-want-as-your-spouse/600816/77 "2011-10-26T17:02:50Z")
Jonathan Hart from _[Hart to Hart](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0078622/)_. Smart, funny, rich, loves to travel, adored his wife and let her have a dog. I have a deep and abiding love for Gomez Adams, but I’d rather have the movie version. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2011, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-tv-husband-or-wife-would-you-most-want-as-your-spouse/600816/78 "2011-10-26T17:05:49Z")
> [@PunditLisa](#): > > While Dexter Morgan rocks my boat, my heart belongs to **Charles Ingalls**. > > He was handsome, handy, and hard working. Just bear in mind that he’s quite possibly the worst farmer ever. ---
**Author:** ![PunditLisa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/4af34b/32.png) [@PunditLisa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PunditLisa)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2011, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-tv-husband-or-wife-would-you-most-want-as-your-spouse/600816/79 "2011-10-26T17:18:21Z")
> [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](#): > > Just bear in mind that he’s quite possibly the worst farmer ever. I blame the locusts. ---
**Author:** ![D\_Odds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/d_odds/32/2882_2.png) [@D\_Odds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Odds)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2011, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-tv-husband-or-wife-would-you-most-want-as-your-spouse/600816/80 "2011-10-26T17:22:54Z")
> [@Evil\_Captor](#): > > Jeannie from “I Dream of Jeannie.” (She counts because she married Tony in the final season, the “Completely out of ideas” season.) Fun, upbeat, happy, adores her liberator and has magic powers out the wazoo. Doesn’t even have to wriggle her nose. This was my first choice too, and though I’d prefer Jeannie’s sister as I am not a gentleman and therefore prefer brunettes. No points to whomever points out the obvious. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-tv-husband-or-wife-would-you-most-want-as-your-spouse/600816.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-tv-husband-or-wife-would-you-most-want-as-your-spouse/600816.md?page=5)