# 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:** 9\ **Page:** 9
**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 28, 2011, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-tv-husband-or-wife-would-you-most-want-as-your-spouse/600816/161 "2011-10-28T01:29:47Z")
> [@A\_Dodgy\_Dude](#): > > Shirley Partridge - my first case of puppy love. > > Charlotte from Sex and the City … she did marry Charlie Runkle by the end of the series, didn’t she? You seriously directed your young hormones at Ma Partridge when sweet young Laurie Partridge was right there fingering her keyboard?!? mmm ---
**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 28, 2011, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-tv-husband-or-wife-would-you-most-want-as-your-spouse/600816/162 "2011-10-28T01:32:39Z")
> [@SmartAleq](#): > > If Emma Peel counts, so does Mal. I said, BACK OFF, he’s MINE! As a heterosexual male, you will get absolutely no competition from me. And it was _Mrs._ Emma Peel nee Knight, wife of Peter Peel. ---
**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2011, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-tv-husband-or-wife-would-you-most-want-as-your-spouse/600816/163 "2011-10-28T03:57:14Z")
Laura Petrie Barbara Goode Gloria Stivic (what, I’m the first one to mention her?) Agent 99 Jeannie the genie > [@FairyChatMom](#): > > \*\*Eve \*\*- I think Alan’s sister was married to Mel Cooley, but I don’t recall every hearing about a Mrs. Brady. Yes, he’s married. She was mentioned at the end of the episode “Obnoxious, Offensive, Egomaniac, Etc.” where the staff accidentally sends Alan the script that included their insults of him. Mel says, “His wife’s name is Margaret”. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2011, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-tv-husband-or-wife-would-you-most-want-as-your-spouse/600816/164 "2011-10-28T05:41:10Z")
> [@chela](#): > > Yes you are but i suggested Mr. Kotter already. 🆒 > > And the happily married Hart’s, Jonathan and Jennifer. Pa Ingalls would be welcome too.😉 Jennifer was Stephanie Powers. Yum! Since I don’t want to be in constant fights over Jeannie or Laura Petrie, I’ll settle for Stephanie. I see that Anne Archer has been in a few TV series, so I’m gonna pretend she was married on at least one of them and take her as my second wife. Did I mention I’m a polygamist? ---
**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 28, 2011, 6:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-tv-husband-or-wife-would-you-most-want-as-your-spouse/600816/165 "2011-10-28T06:01:26Z")
Ooh, add another one to my list: [Sun from LOST](http://gallery.lost-media.com/albums/userpics/10002/normal_season2-promo06.jpg). ---
**Author:** ![Slade](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5ac83/32.png) [@Slade](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slade)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2011, 8:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-tv-husband-or-wife-would-you-most-want-as-your-spouse/600816/166 "2011-10-28T08:59:12Z")
> [@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. I doubt Barbara means much to the Americans here, but for British men of a certain vintage, she is the only possible answer to this question. Kendal’s older now, of course, but I’ve seen her on stage a couple of times recently and she’s still a babe. And a damn good actress too. ---
**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:** [October 28, 2011, 10:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-tv-husband-or-wife-would-you-most-want-as-your-spouse/600816/167 "2011-10-28T10:19:31Z")
> [@Tangent](#): > > Ooh, add another one to my list: [Sun from LOST](http://gallery.lost-media.com/albums/userpics/10002/normal_season2-promo06.jpg). While Sun is indeed smart, brave and beautiful, I wouldn’t want to marry into her family. ---
**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 28, 2011, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-tv-husband-or-wife-would-you-most-want-as-your-spouse/600816/168 "2011-10-28T12:26:28Z")
> [@Slade](#): > > I doubt Barbara means much to the Americans here, but for British men of a certain vintage, she is the only possible answer to this question. **Kendal’s older now** , of course, but I’ve seen her on stage a couple of times recently and she’s still a babe. And a damn good actress too. So are we! But this is the “TV wife” at her prime, and Felicity is the only possible answer. ---
**Author:** ![muldoonthief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muldoonthief/32/3188_2.png) [@muldoonthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muldoonthief)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2011, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-tv-husband-or-wife-would-you-most-want-as-your-spouse/600816/169 "2011-10-28T12:31:52Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > Jennifer was Stephanie Powers. Yum! Since I don’t want to be in constant fights over Jeannie or Laura Petrie, I’ll settle for Stephanie. > > I see that Anne Archer has been in a few TV series, so I’m gonna pretend she was married on at least one of them and take her as my second wife. > > Did I mention I’m a polygamist? She was Frank’s wife and Dennis & Dee’s mother in “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia”, though the character Barbara Reynolds probably belongs in the other thread. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-tv-husband-or-wife-would-you-most-want-as-your-spouse/600816.md?page=8)