Boardsies Decide: Greatest Sitcom Character (US & Canada)

Irish Aris · 01-05-2020 2:47pm

I am a huge Friends fine, so I will predictably vote for Ms Chanandler Bong!!

His comic timing is great, and although his character didn't change much through the seasons, he had the best one liners of all the characters!

Plus he could have been part of Chandler and Janice!!! I'm probably in the minority here but I like Janice, she's so funny!!

Necro · 01-05-2020 2:47pm

Chandler.

Friends is just an iconic show, and the quintessential sitcom.

A fitting finale would be two of the beloved 6 facing off, though my personal fave Ross got dumped out in round 1

Bandana boy · 01-05-2020 2:48pm

I really like miss Chanandler Bong but Gotta go For Ron .

his motto of only rich woman on diets drink clear alcohol are words to live by.

Omackeral · 01-05-2020 2:49pm

Chandler for his clearly superior mustache

PsychoPete · 01-05-2020 2:52pm

Ron! Ron and Nick Offerman are pretty similar. Nick does a fantastic job as the stone faced meat loving Ron

abff · 01-05-2020 2:53pm

Niles, because he was such a perfect foil to his brother and father and his romance with Daphne was the most mismatched couple ever

quickbeam · 01-05-2020 2:58pm

Ron, because he's iconic, and he never went downhill the way Muriel did.

Yester · 01-05-2020 3:09pm

Tough one but I'm going to go Ron. In these uncertain times I have started to look at my survival skills and I think there is a lot more to be learned from Ron than Chandler.

Trigger · 01-05-2020 3:34pm

eldamo · 01-05-2020 3:39pm

I don't see no Bing Pyramid of Greatness,

Ron for the win

Barney92 · 01-05-2020 3:41pm

That has been my desktop in work for the last couple of years eldamo

eldamo · 01-05-2020 3:41pm

abff wrote: »

Niles, because he was such a perfect foil to his brother and father and his romance with Daphne was the most mismatched couple ever

2 things,

1: What?
2: Have you ever seen Christina Hendricks now ex husband?

CandyBar? Seriously?

Also Starring LeVar Burton · 01-05-2020 4:00pm

Your second finalist by a very close 8-7 vote is Ron Swanson, and we must say one last farewell to Chandler Muriel Bing

Don't. Go. Anywhere.
The Grand Final is coming up literally any second now!

Also Starring LeVar Burton · 01-05-2020 4:00pm

The One With The Finale

Most votes by 8pm is the overall winner and will be crowned by the good people of Boards as The Greatest Sitcom Character (of North America anyway)
Don't forget to give a reason or your vote won't count! Stronger the reason the better!

Defeated Previously
Round 1: Captain Raymond Holt (Brooklyn Nine-Nine)
Round 2: Claire Dunphy (Modern Family)
Round 3: Jack Donaghy (30 Rock)
Round 4: Daphne Moon (Frasier)
Quarter Final: Dr Perry Cox (Scrubs)
Semi-Final: Niles Crane (Frasier)

Rachel Karen Green (Friends)

vs

Ron Ulysses Swanson (Parks & Recreation)

Defeated Previously
Round 1: The Janitor (Scrubs)
Round 2: Rosa Diaz (Brooklyn Nine-Nine)
Round 3: Michael Scott (The Office)
Round 4: Dwight Schrute (The Office)
Quarter Final: Benjamin Franklin "Hawkeye" Pierce (M*A*S*H)
Semi Final: Chandler Bing (Friends)

Remember to give a Reason for your vote. Reasons to be taken in to consideration in the event of a tie-break.
Most Votes by 8pm wins

BigBlackDog · 01-05-2020 4:02pm

Ron.
Lowes Clerk: “Hi there, is there a project your workin' on?” Ron Swanson: “I know more than you."
Gets me everytime.

quickbeam · 01-05-2020 4:05pm

Also Starring LeVar Burton wrote: »

Defeated Previously
Round 1: Captain Raymond Holt (Brooklyn Nine-Nine)
Round 2: Clair Dunphy (Modern Family)
Round 3: Jack Donaghy (30 Rock)
Round 4: Daphne Moon (Frasier)
Quarter Final: Dr Perry Cox (Scrubs)
Semi-Final: Niles Crane (Frasier)

Rachel Karen Green (Friends)

vs

Ron Ulysses Swanson (Parks & Recreation)

Defeated Previously
Round 1: The Janitor (Scrubs)
Round 2: Rosa Diaz (Brooklyn Nine-Nine)
Round 3: Michael Scott (The Office)
Round 4: Dwight Schrute (The Office)
Quarter Final: Benjamin Franklin "Hawkeye" Pierce (M*A*S*H)
Semi Final: Chandler Bing (Friends)

Whoever wins, it'll be a very worthy winner. They both defeated some serious heavyweights on the way here.

Kolido · 01-05-2020 4:08pm

Rachel, she is cute, caring and can sail.

Yermander · 01-05-2020 4:13pm

Ron, one of my favourite characters of all time, embodiment of a man’s man!

Took down some big guns on the way to the final, Rachel picked up a lot of hotness votes along the way

Sawduck · 01-05-2020 4:15pm

Ron, tough choice both are worthy winners but Ron is a one of a kind character and i think we should all live our lives the way ron would, i didn't expect him to get to the final but i'm delighted he did. This has been really fun so thank to Also Starring LeVar Burton for doing it

eldamo · 01-05-2020 4:20pm

i produced the pyramid too soon

Ron Swanson, the peoples champion.

god I had some fun reading that pyramid

maybe not as much fun as watching the jennifer aniston in horrible bosses and we're the whatevers gifs, but damnit man, this is about the sitcoms

Ron Swanson.

TheValeyard · 01-05-2020 4:25pm

Voting Rachel, 90s icon.

Necro · 01-05-2020 4:26pm

Rachel.

Better character, plain and simple.

JP Liz V1 · 01-05-2020 4:26pm

I vote Rachel Karen Green

Friends was iconic and her and her hair contributed to that, she deserves to win also as Brad Pitt gave her a penis

Necro · 01-05-2020 4:31pm

Also just a thanks to LeVar for running this comp. Who knew sitcoms would bring out this level of divide... mainly situated around Frasier :P (Well and Vales utter contempt for The Office)

[Deleted User] · 01-05-2020 4:51pm

Glad Ron made the final; I would have opted for him over Chandler to avoid an all Friends finale, though it would have been a close call.

Very tough final; both fantastic characters. But while Ron arguably has more laugh-out-loud lines, I'm gonna vote for Rachel for pretty much the same reasons I used in the semi-final:

Deleted User wrote: »

Rachel evolves throughout Friends, whereas the rest of the characters....unevolve? (devolve?)

Monica - becomes unbearably loud, shrill and neurotic
Phoebe - becomes bitchy, self-absorbed, not someone anyone would want to be friends with
Joey - literal man child whose selfishness was overindulged, also kind of a creep with women
Ross - petty jealousy and borderline psychopath, although somewhat redeemed by the end of the show
Chandler - more consistent than the other four but he was at his best playing off the rest and mocking them, so when they went downhill he also suffered as a result.

Rachel would actually be a worthy winner of the whole competition, imo.

Jennifer Aniston did a great job with this character for ten seasons. Not only was her comic timing impeccable but she also showed real emotional depth; both her and David Schwimmer were fantastic in the Season Three episodes where they break up.

Even when the show in general was going downhill Rachel was still funny, and crucially was believable as a character (unlike the others who descended into caricatures).

So yeah, voting Rachel Green.

Many thanks LeVar for running; a lot of work put in, hope you've enjoyed it as much as we have.

Omackeral · 01-05-2020 4:51pm

I love Friends but I can't in good conscience consider Rachel the best sitcom character ever. I can't. Ross, Chandler, Eddie the Housemate, Janice, Gunther I'd even put ahead of her! Jennifer Aniston's characters in her later feature films were a lot better actually I think.

I think I'll regretfully abstain here.

Irish Aris · 01-05-2020 4:57pm

A vote for Rachel for me.
Although her character could be annoying at times, there were lots and lots of great moments. And not just the funny ones, but also when things were getting more serious, like the first break up with Ross or when she was pregnant.
And Jennifer Aniston did so many things with this role. She could be funny, hysterical, dramatic, and gave her role a lot of depth

Trigger · 01-05-2020 4:59pm

Ron is the greatest sitcom character ever made, I've been told the writers must have known me as the likeness(bar the tache) is too similar to be a coincidence, so that's why he gets my vote!

Also Starring LeVar Burton · 01-05-2020 5:11pm

Sawduck wrote: »

This has been really fun so thank to Also Starring LeVar Burton for doing it

Necro wrote: »

Also just a thanks to LeVar for running this comp. Who knew sitcoms would bring out this level of divide... mainly situated around Frasier :P (Well and Vales utter contempt for The Office)

Deleted User wrote: »

Many thanks LeVar for running; a lot of work put in, hope you've enjoyed it as much as we have.

Cheers gang.

Yes, I've enjoyed hosting this one a lot. It's fun being on the other side of things for a change, and its been nice to have something different to do while stuck in the house anyway.

A couple of people have asked me over the week who my favourite characters are, so shortly after I've announced the winner this evening, I'm going to give a run down of who my own favourite characters from this competition are, and more importantly why I rate them so highly, so if anyone is interested in hearing my own meandering and irrelevant thoughts, keep an eye out for that, once the tournament is over.

Yester · 01-05-2020 5:20pm

If it was Jennifer Aniston v Nick Offerman I would vote Jennifer as she is a fine actress and continues to do great work. However she was prob only my 4th favorite friend. Therefore my final vote goes to the man with the tashe Mr. Ronald Ulysses Swanson, I don't think we've ever had anything quiet like him.

Thanks a mill Also Starring LeVar Burton for organising all this. It's the most fun I've ever had on Boards.

Boardsies Decide: Greatest Sitcom Character (US & Canada)

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