# Which TV Wife/Husband would you like as a mate? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [September 5, 2001, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-tv-wife-husband-would-you-like-as-a-mate/79864 "2001-09-05T15:16:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Iguana\_Boy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/ed655f/32.png) [@Iguana\_Boy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iguana_Boy)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2001, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-tv-wife-husband-would-you-like-as-a-mate/79864/21 "2001-09-05T21:05:40Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by BunnyGirl \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > \*Originally posted by EVO95 \* > > \*\*Gotta go with Barbara Eden from I Dream of Beav…um, Jeannie. (she was a wife eventually) Just the outfit alone is enough for me. I saw her in a play a few years ago, and she still looks damn good…_SPROING_ \*\* > > I believe the correct word is “Schwing!” \*\* No, I believe “SPROING” is correct in this instance! I’m another one for Samantha from “Bewitched”, and also for Darma. ---
**Author:** ![Lightnin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lightnin/32/180_2.png) [@Lightnin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lightnin)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2001, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-tv-wife-husband-would-you-like-as-a-mate/79864/22 "2001-09-05T21:32:21Z")
Laura Petrie. No contest. Rob is one lucky sumbitch. I think I could steal 'er, though. ---
**Author:** ![Creaky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e68b1a/32.png) [@Creaky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Creaky)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2001, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-tv-wife-husband-would-you-like-as-a-mate/79864/23 "2001-09-05T21:40:39Z")
Hmmm… Well my vote goes to Rob Petrie. And yeah, the way he tripped over that ottoman and made that _great_ recovery every time jes’ made my lil heart go pitter patter! Athletic and handsome, whatta combo. (And remember, I always _did_ want to be Mary Tyler Moore…!) ---
**Author:** ![Lightnin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lightnin/32/180_2.png) [@Lightnin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lightnin)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2001, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-tv-wife-husband-would-you-like-as-a-mate/79864/24 "2001-09-05T21:52:33Z")
**Creaky** : How YOU doin’? Just this morning I did a two-and-a-half gainer over the living room ottoman. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![DoZ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/838e76/32.png) [@DoZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DoZ)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2001, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-tv-wife-husband-would-you-like-as-a-mate/79864/25 "2001-09-05T21:56:28Z")
Now that “ThirtySomething” is starting over, I realize I wouldn’t like any of those characters. None of them seemed to care about anything but work. Did they ever shoot a trip to the beach, or skiing? ---
**Author:** ![DoZ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/838e76/32.png) [@DoZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DoZ)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2001, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-tv-wife-husband-would-you-like-as-a-mate/79864/26 "2001-09-05T21:58:10Z")
The guy that Dharma’s got, Greg, is a winner though. Nothing she does fazes him. Now that’s an attitude I can use! ---
**Author:** ![katiekilldare](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/838e76/32.png) [@katiekilldare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/katiekilldare)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2001, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-tv-wife-husband-would-you-like-as-a-mate/79864/27 "2001-09-06T00:01:35Z")
Fred Mertz, hands down. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2001, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-tv-wife-husband-would-you-like-as-a-mate/79864/28 "2001-09-06T01:06:50Z")
The mom from Family Ties Merideth Baxter Birney (sp?) Oh yeah! ---
**Author:** ![okielady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/fbc32d/32.png) [@okielady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/okielady)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2001, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-tv-wife-husband-would-you-like-as-a-mate/79864/29 "2001-09-06T01:33:20Z")
Dan Connor from Roseanne. Because he’s sweet, funny, affectionate, and devoted to his wife, despite the fact that she’s a total bitch. Plus, he’s simple…I couldn’t handle a rich snotty guy. He wouldn’t care if I didn’t always have the house clean, and he’d get himself and the kids the hell out of my way when I’ve got PMS! And his Halloween pranks would be loads of fun. I likes dem funny guys! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![bernse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a9a28c/32.png) [@bernse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bernse)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2001, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-tv-wife-husband-would-you-like-as-a-mate/79864/30 "2001-09-06T01:39:14Z")
Mrs. Cleaver was pretty hot. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Ennui](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ennui/32/3396_2.png) [@Ennui](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ennui)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2001, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-tv-wife-husband-would-you-like-as-a-mate/79864/31 "2001-09-06T01:49:23Z")
Morticia Adams, Carolyn Jones, not whoever the hell butchered the role in the movies. She was my first love and I have spent more years than I chose to count on winsome brunets with dark obsessions. It hasn’t always proved to be the best template for selecting a girlfriend, but I’m seldom bored. ---
**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2001, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-tv-wife-husband-would-you-like-as-a-mate/79864/32 "2001-09-06T02:09:20Z")
I call dibs on Gomez then. Good thing I remember some French… ---
**Author:** ![CrankyAsAnOldMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crankyasanoldman/32/11670_2.png) [@CrankyAsAnOldMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CrankyAsAnOldMan)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2001, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-tv-wife-husband-would-you-like-as-a-mate/79864/33 "2001-09-06T02:09:50Z")
Ellie Walker… Do you mean Florida Walker? ---
**Author:** ![Ennui](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ennui/32/3396_2.png) [@Ennui](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ennui)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2001, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-tv-wife-husband-would-you-like-as-a-mate/79864/34 "2001-09-06T02:21:02Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Kat \* > \*\*I call dibs on Gomez then. Good thing I remember some French… \*\* I’d be glad if he were out of the way, I hate to face him across dueling sabers. ---
**Author:** ![Zappo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b3f665/32.png) [@Zappo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zappo)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2001, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-tv-wife-husband-would-you-like-as-a-mate/79864/35 "2001-09-06T02:21:03Z")
Hmmm. . .gotta go with Dharma (Jenna Elfman) on this one. She’s blonde, she’s funny, she’s tall (I’m 6’4" so it’ll be nice to dance with someone who’s not a chin rest for once), and with all that yoga and stuff. . .well. . .you know. . . Ahem. . .'scuse me. . . \ Your friend in fins, Zappo ---
**Author:** ![Creaky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e68b1a/32.png) [@Creaky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Creaky)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2001, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-tv-wife-husband-would-you-like-as-a-mate/79864/36 "2001-09-06T02:37:21Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Lightnin’ \* > \*\ ***Creaky** : How YOU doin’? > > Just this morning I did a two-and-a-half gainer over the living room ottoman. > > 🙂 \*\* Cool! Now let’s just get Ritchie off to school, and we’ll get this little party started. Who says they don’t have fun in New Rochelle?! ---
**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 6, 2001, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-tv-wife-husband-would-you-like-as-a-mate/79864/37 "2001-09-06T02:46:57Z")
I’d go with Mike Stivic from “All in the Family.” 🙂 And I’ve always been partial to Lionel, of “The Jeffersons.” I do mean the original one, not that other guy. Now the real Lionel…I was always envious of Jenny. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Mudshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Mudshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mudshark)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2001, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-tv-wife-husband-would-you-like-as-a-mate/79864/38 "2001-09-06T03:43:38Z")
Here are my top five women in no particular order. [list=1] [li]Weezie Jefferson[/li][li]Laura Petrie[/li][li]Lucy Ricardo[/li][li]Edith Bunker[/li]Gloria Stivic ---
**Author:** ![Mercutio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/51bf81/32.png) [@Mercutio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mercutio)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2001, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-tv-wife-husband-would-you-like-as-a-mate/79864/39 "2001-09-06T05:42:10Z")
Archie bunker would make the perfec gay man bitch for me. ---
**Author:** ![AbbySthrnAccent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eb9ed0/32.png) [@AbbySthrnAccent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AbbySthrnAccent)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2001, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-tv-wife-husband-would-you-like-as-a-mate/79864/40 "2001-09-06T06:13:50Z")
I know **jarbabyj** already picked Doug from King of Queens, but umm she picked more than one, so I get Doug. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-tv-wife-husband-would-you-like-as-a-mate/79864.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-tv-wife-husband-would-you-like-as-a-mate/79864.md?page=3)