# 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:** 5
**Author:** ![Ibn\_Warraq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e19b73/32.png) [@Ibn\_Warraq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ibn_Warraq)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2011, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-tv-husband-or-wife-would-you-most-want-as-your-spouse/600816/81 "2011-10-26T17:33:45Z")
Elizabeth Burke from _White Collar_, AKA Mrs. Suit. Gorgeous, funny, supportive and doesn’t go for the really tired cliche of the TV cop’s wife constantly complaining about her husband’s hours or begging him to stop risking his life. ---
**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:** [October 26, 2011, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-tv-husband-or-wife-would-you-most-want-as-your-spouse/600816/82 "2011-10-26T17:37:38Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > You know, I never would have thought of him, but now that you mention him, yeah, he might be the one. Of course, being Gomez, he’d never leave Morticia so I’d have to bump her off. Killing Morticia’s not going to be easy,and on the off chance you succeed, Gomez is going to murder you mercilessly and without warning the second he realizes what you’ve done. ---
**Author:** ![GargoyleWB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gargoylewb/32/199_2.png) [@GargoyleWB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GargoyleWB)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2011, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-tv-husband-or-wife-would-you-most-want-as-your-spouse/600816/83 "2011-10-26T17:41:18Z")
**Lilith Crane** from Cheers. Successful, beautiful, and subversively torments the world for our amusement. ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2011, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-tv-husband-or-wife-would-you-most-want-as-your-spouse/600816/84 "2011-10-26T17:45:10Z")
> [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > 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! The first photo doesn’t really do her justice, except to hint that Barbara is not a woman to cross even if you’re a lot bigger than her, but yes, when the series was shot Felicity was just turning 30 and was a total biscuit. Is [this](http://photos.lucywho.com/felicity-kendal-and-richard-briers-photo-gallery-c16616544.html) any better? ---
**Author:** ![Mrs.Cake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/2acd7d/32.png) [@Mrs.Cake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mrs.Cake)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2011, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-tv-husband-or-wife-would-you-most-want-as-your-spouse/600816/85 "2011-10-26T17:56:16Z")
George Jetson, but only so I can have a robot maid. ---
**Author:** ![Lare](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/53a042/32.png) [@Lare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lare)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2011, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-tv-husband-or-wife-would-you-most-want-as-your-spouse/600816/86 "2011-10-26T18:05:07Z")
Did Elly May Clampet (Beverly Hillbillies) ever get married? ---
**Author:** ![Wilson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/96bed5/32.png) [@Wilson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wilson)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2011, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-tv-husband-or-wife-would-you-most-want-as-your-spouse/600816/87 "2011-10-26T18:07:32Z")
I can’t believe I’m the first to mention Abbey Bartlet. ---
**Author:** ![BrotherCadfael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@BrotherCadfael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrotherCadfael)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2011, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-tv-husband-or-wife-would-you-most-want-as-your-spouse/600816/88 "2011-10-26T18:45:46Z")
> [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > This took about a half-second of thought for me: > > **Laura Petrie** > [@Starving\_Artist](#): > > Laura Petrie, hands down. Guys, have you seen her [lately](http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-EM65pDPlwdc/TlPhSWTbb5I/AAAAAAAAVBk/ZWcmANBFLYs/s400/600full-mary-tyler-moore.jpg)?? you might want to rethink… ---
**Author:** ![BrotherCadfael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@BrotherCadfael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrotherCadfael)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2011, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-tv-husband-or-wife-would-you-most-want-as-your-spouse/600816/89 "2011-10-26T18:49:56Z")
My choice? [Joyce Summers](http://www.vampires.com/buffy-the-vampire-slayer-joyce-summers/). Of course, there is the slight problem that she’s dead nowadays… ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2011, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-tv-husband-or-wife-would-you-most-want-as-your-spouse/600816/90 "2011-10-26T18:59:47Z")
> [@PunditLisa](#): > > 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. Yeah, but he’ll keep you pregnant, broke, and always fighting fires and tornadoes and droughts while taking in that year’s orphans. ---
**Author:** ![Starving\_Artist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/aeb1de/32.png) [@Starving\_Artist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Starving_Artist)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2011, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-tv-husband-or-wife-would-you-most-want-as-your-spouse/600816/91 "2011-10-26T19:02:03Z")
> [@BrotherCadfael](#): > > Guys, have you seen her [lately](http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-EM65pDPlwdc/TlPhSWTbb5I/AAAAAAAAVBk/ZWcmANBFLYs/s400/600full-mary-tyler-moore.jpg)?? > > you might want to rethink… Nope, we’re still in the clear because we’re choosing tv wives, not their modern day real life selves. 😉 I would suggest that anyone not familiar with Laura should Youtube “Laura Petrie dancing” - especially the one with Bob Crane (Hogan’s Heroes) on bongos and Rob doing percussion on wood. I’m iPodding it right now and can’t do the link thing, but I think you’ll find looking her up to be well worth the effort. ---
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2011, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-tv-husband-or-wife-would-you-most-want-as-your-spouse/600816/92 "2011-10-26T19:07:28Z")
> [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > I realize that physical appearance is but part of the total package…but still! Are you suggesting that your girl is red hot, but his girl ain’t doodly squat? ---
**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:** [October 26, 2011, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-tv-husband-or-wife-would-you-most-want-as-your-spouse/600816/93 "2011-10-26T19:10:38Z")
> [@Superdude](#): > > Yep, Mork and Mindy _DID_ get married, and then Mork laid a giant egg, and Merth was born. Holy cow! I just realized that _The Curious Case of Benjamin Button_ is a ripoff of _Mork & Mindy_! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2011, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-tv-husband-or-wife-would-you-most-want-as-your-spouse/600816/94 "2011-10-26T19:19:59Z")
I’m the first to mention Emma Peel (Diana Rigg)? So be it. ---
**Author:** ![stanger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7ba0ec/32.png) [@stanger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stanger)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2011, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-tv-husband-or-wife-would-you-most-want-as-your-spouse/600816/95 "2011-10-26T19:24:58Z")
While I appreciate some of the suggestions made above, there can be only one true choice: Emma Peel from _The Avengers_ as played by Diana Rigg. In all ways, the perfect woman, and the epitome of ‘sexy’. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2011, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-tv-husband-or-wife-would-you-most-want-as-your-spouse/600816/96 "2011-10-26T19:34:09Z")
Ha HA! ---
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2011, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-tv-husband-or-wife-would-you-most-want-as-your-spouse/600816/97 "2011-10-26T19:36:18Z")
> [@Lare](#): > > Did Elly May Clampet (Beverly Hillbillies) ever get married? You’d have to sleep with the critters. And Jethrene would visit now and then. ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2011, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-tv-husband-or-wife-would-you-most-want-as-your-spouse/600816/98 "2011-10-26T20:08:25Z")
> [@enipla](#): > > 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. This was what I was going to say. Hot as anything, and with a nice sex drive also. Not that sure about Laura Petrie’s. However Lisa Douglas (Eva Gabor) from **Green Acres** would be a pretty good choice also (thinking of really bad farmers.) I hope the ladies who chose Gomez Addams know that they would have to learn French. ---
**Author:** ![JoelUpchurch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f05b48/32.png) [@JoelUpchurch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JoelUpchurch)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2011, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-tv-husband-or-wife-would-you-most-want-as-your-spouse/600816/99 "2011-10-26T20:12:00Z")
How about Trudy from **The Single Guy**? She was played by Ming Na. ---
**Author:** ![BetsQ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/fbc32d/32.png) [@BetsQ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BetsQ)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2011, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-tv-husband-or-wife-would-you-most-want-as-your-spouse/600816/100 "2011-10-26T20:15:38Z")
> [@Sam\_Lowry](#): > > 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. I whole-heartily endorse this post. I couldn’t think of any TV husbands I’d actually want to have until I saw this. Although, to be honest, I don’t find him all that attractive. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-tv-husband-or-wife-would-you-most-want-as-your-spouse/600816.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-tv-husband-or-wife-would-you-most-want-as-your-spouse/600816.md?page=6)