# Which Years were better? Diane Or Rebecca? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 14, 2015, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-years-were-better-diane-or-rebecca/737552 "2015-11-14T13:46:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Ranger\_Jeff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranger_jeff/32/2065_2.png) [@Ranger\_Jeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranger_Jeff)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2015, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-years-were-better-diane-or-rebecca/737552/21 "2015-11-15T06:00:52Z")
I always enjoyed the [Normisms](https://www.netjeff.com/humor/item.cgi?file=Normisms). ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2015, 7:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-years-were-better-diane-or-rebecca/737552/22 "2015-11-15T07:42:46Z")
> [@Ranger\_Jeff](#): > > I think near and during her last seasons, Nick Colasanto was her only friend in the cast. Unfortunately, Nick died long before Diane’s final seasons. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Alma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecd19e/32.png) [@Alma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alma)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2015, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-years-were-better-diane-or-rebecca/737552/23 "2015-11-16T19:33:44Z")
If we didn’t have Rebecca we’d never have had Robin Colcord, so despite my preference of Diane as a character, I’m going to have to go with the Rebecca years. ---
**Author:** ![Mudshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Mudshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mudshark)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2015, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-years-were-better-diane-or-rebecca/737552/24 "2015-11-17T03:55:32Z")
I always found Diane annoying, and could never understand how anyone could find her likeable. Rebecca was a much more likeable character, and seemed to get along better with the characters in the bar. She “fit”, Diane did not. And Rebecca was _way_ more attractive. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2015, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-years-were-better-diane-or-rebecca/737552/25 "2015-11-17T04:22:41Z")
> [@Mudshark](#): > > I always found Diane annoying, and could never understand how anyone could find her likeable. Rebecca was a much more likeable character, and seemed to get along better with the characters in the bar. She “fit”, Diane did not. Yes, Diane _was_ annoying. I wonder if anyone actually found her likable as a person–I certainly didn’t. But that’s what I liked about her character. Well, not that exactly, but the tension between the somewhat condescending pseudo-intellectual college grad playing off the working class sensibilities of the bar folk created a fun dynamic for me. ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2015, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-years-were-better-diane-or-rebecca/737552/26 "2015-11-18T15:09:23Z")
Dianne, both the character and the actress who played her, were quite annoying. But it worked within the show. It added significant depth. Once she left, there was pretty much nothing left. It got really sad and pathetic quite quickly. Kirstie Alley had done some terrible TV shows and movies and has acted badly far more often than well. But I admit she can actually do something once in a great while. E.g., _Drop Dead Gorgeous_ and a small but interesting role in [Nevada](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119774/). On _Cheers_, though, she was doing a really crappy job. ---
**Author:** ![Enright3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/enright3/32/2897_2.png) [@Enright3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enright3)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2015, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-years-were-better-diane-or-rebecca/737552/27 "2015-11-18T15:54:19Z")
To quote Olivia de Havilland: “Must I choose between a sapphire and an emerald?” I pretty much agree with everyone above. 😉 Diane was the better foil, but she was so freaking annoying that I couldn’t stand to look at her sometimes! Rebecca was way hotter. Overall, I enjoyed the Rebecca shows a lot more. This is one of only a few shows where I felt like it never really jumped the shark. It was a great series from beginning to end. Furthermore it stands my ultimate test of good entertainment: I could sit down today and watch them again with no problem. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-years-were-better-diane-or-rebecca/737552.md?page=1)