Favourite TV Comedy Character?

Potential Underachiever

As it says on the tin!

It's obviously very hard to name just one , so feel free to post a Top 5 or just 5 in no particular order... I'll go for...

Dwight K Schrute (US Office)
Del Boy (OFAH)
Brian Potter (Phoenix Nights)
Senor Chang (Community)
Larry David (Curb Your Enthusiasm)

jimgoose

Arnold Judas Rimmer (RD).

somesoldiers

Jim Royle
Inspector Fowler
Del Trotter
Edmund Blackadder
Jay Cartwright

The Backwards Man

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bPXn63fxdfI

The Th!ng

Paul Hogan:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hu2YzYG0b98

Chancer3001

David Brent
Jez from peep show
Joel from arrested development
Homer Simpson
Captain zap brannigan futurama
Johnny bravo
Stewie griffin

One of the three 'D's

Del, Dwight, or Daffyd.

Littlekittylou

Haven't watched TV in so long.

Potential Underachiever

The Backwards Man

Nice shot!

LowOdour

Bernard Black

Links234

Blackadder

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Potential Underachiever

Links234 wrote: »

Blackadder

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This is MY thread buddy! I'll end it when I see fit, K?

CJ Haughey

The Th!ng wrote: »

Paul Hogan:

He has fine cleavage.

Eutow

Edmund Blackadder
Homer Simpson
Del Trotter
Alf
Craig (South Park)
Larry David (CYE)
Roy Trenneman & Maurice Moss (IT Crowd)
Basil Fawlty

hollster2

It has to be del boy. Mange tout lol

Few others I liked growing up
Harry Enfield, Paul Whitehouse.

More recent Keith lemon.

Potential Underachiever

hollster2 wrote: »

It has to be del boy. Mange tout lol

Few others I liked growing up
Harry Enfield, Paul Whitehouse.

More recent Keith lemon.

Bonnet de douche Rodney, Bonnet de douche!

A couple more I thought of....

Leon (Curb Your Enthusiasm)
Mac (It's Always Sunny In Philly)
Max & Paddy (Phoenix and Max & Paddy!)

ancapailldorcha

Father Dougal McGuire. O'Hanlon manages to perfectly capture the character. Even when he's inert, he manages to convey this sense of perpetual confusion about the world around him.

Desolation Of Smug

Basil, Del or Frank.

Crack me up, priceless.

Potential Underachiever

What about a comedy mash-up?

We have Moss for IT crowd, with Sheldon from Big Bang also featuring Dwight Schrute for The Office and a few other what you'd call oddball characters that you like, throw them all in the same show and see how they act around each other! Sounds good in my mind anyway, a SUPER COMEDY!

Karl Stein

ancapailldorcha wrote: »

Father Dougal McGuire.

The scene where him and Fr. Ted are in the hospital after Fr. Stone got struck by lighting is probably my favourite comedy scene of all time.

Dougal: Father Stone's been in there a long time hasn't he? Do you think he's dead?
Ted: Probably doing tests.
Dougal: What sort of tests? General knowledge?

Ted: God I hate hospitals.
Dougal: Do you ever notice it's usually sick people who end up in hospitals?


Dougal: Who would have thought being hit by lightening would land you in hospital?
Ted: What? What are you talking about? Of course it can land you in hospital
Dougal: Well it's not usually serious is it Ted. I mean, I was hit by lightening a few times and I never had to go to hospital.
Ted: Yes Dougal, but you're different from most people. All that happened to you was that balloons kept sticking to you.

Dougal: Did you ever see that film, Ted, where your man has his head transplanted onto a fly, and the fly's head was transplanted onto the man?
Ted: Oh, yes... what was it called...?
Dougal: "Out Of Africa", I think. Anyway, your man has the head of the fly and he's chasing his wife all over the place and she's hiding the jam and everything so he won't get stuck in it...
Ted: I'll have to stop you there, Dougal.
Dougal: Yes, Ted?
Ted: No reason. I just have to stop you.

irish son

George Costanza (Seinfeld), not even close for me.

hollster2

Potential Underachiever wrote: »

What about a comedy mash-up?

We have Moss for IT crowd, with Sheldon from Big Bang also featuring Dwight Schrute for The Office and a few other what you'd call oddball characters that you like, throw them all in the same show and see how they act around each other! Sounds good in my mind anyway, a SUPER COMEDY!

Oh how could I forget Sheldon Bazinga

Merkin

Lois Griffin

Potential Underachiever

hollster2 wrote: »

Oh how could I forget Sheldon Bazinga

Easily done, there's just so many quality characters out there!

emma9

Barney Stinson (How I Met Your Mother)

droidman123

Frasier

Vicky Pollard, my teenage role model :P

the_monkey

David Brent
Del Boy
Larry David
Saul Goodman!!!
Eddie Hitler

Wide Load

Super Hans

Benteke

Trigger

CJ Haughey

Miley byrne

Potential Underachiever

Ashley and Jerwayne (phoneshop)

e_e

George Costanza, no contest.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=usN3rpfFoGA

hollster2

Benteke wrote: »

Trigger

Trigger was class one of my favorites is when Cassandra finds out she was pregnant and there all talking about names for the baby.

Trigger the eejit turns around and says " I think they should name the baby Rodney after Dave" his blank expression gets me everytime.

Potential Underachiever

hollster2 wrote: »

Trigger was class one of my favorites is when Cassandra finds out she was pregnant and there all talking about names for the baby.

Trigger the eejit turns around and says " I think they should name the baby Rodney after Dave" his blank expression gets me everytime.

Or if it's a girl Sigourney after some actress!

lazybones32

Homer Simpson
Ron Swanson

efb

I liked Grandpa in OFAH
Fcuk it they were all great!
Rigsby in Rising Damp
Margo in the good life
Norm in Cheers
Fr Ted
Scottish Landlord in Little Britain
Niles in Frasier
Louis in Taxi

I'll think off lots more

Steve Carells Michael Scott is great too, and I have to say I prefer Niles to Frazier for his many neuroses and petty snobberies.

My name is URL

Both Blackadder and Ron Swanson have already been mentioned

I have nothing further to contribute

Charlie Kelly might deserve a mention though

weldoninhio

Stanley Norman Fletcher (Porridge)
Arkwright (Open All Hours)
Fr Dougal (Fr Ted)
The Cat (Red Dwarf)
Trigger (Only Fools and Horses)

CJ Haughey

Trigger was a legend, the time he got the award for his broom

dastardly00

For me, it has to be Del Trotter.

efb

I liked Kryton in Red Dwarf
Moss in IT crowd
Bernard in Black Books
Blackadder

I like British comedy

Trebor176

- Cosmo Kramer from Seinfeld
- Homer Simpson (an obvious choice)
- Niles Crane (Frasier), especially in earlier episodes.
- Basil Fawlty
- Del Boy, Uncle Albert, Grandad and Trigger (OFAH)
- Peter Griffin

brevity

Joey from Friends.

syklops

droidman123 wrote: »

Frasier

No, Niles.

RayM

A slightly obscure one, but Martin Bryce from Ever Decreasing Circles was a great character.

Potential Underachiever

brevity wrote: »

Joey from Friends.

Have you seen him in episodes? Thoughts? I liked it myself.

I'm surprised of all the OFAH mentions no one has said Boycie, what a character he was!

ArnoldJRimmer

jimgoose wrote: »

Arnold Judas Rimmer (RD).

Me too

Dirty Dingus McGee

Niles Crane

Ruu

Frank Spencer.
Rick (Rik Mayall) in the Young Ones.

I loved Trigger in OFAH.

Always take care of your broom.
This old broom has had 17 new heads and 14 new handles.

Watched him in The Old Guys with Clive Swift as well.