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Wow, never seen this one before!! Can't we make it 20? laugh.gif

 

Dr Who (Tom Baker)

George Castanza (Seinfeld)

Kramer (Seinfeld)

Eric Cartman (South Park)

Mr Garrison (South Park)

Norm Peterson (Cheers)

Chris Stevens (Northern Exposure)

Joel Fleishman (Northern Exposure)

Al Bundy (Married with Children)

Hawkeye Pierce (MASH)

Sherman Potter (MASH)

Charles Winchester (MASH)

Radar (MASH)

Henry Blake (MASH)

Alexis (Dynasty)

Godfrey (Dad's Army)

Mainwaring (Dad's Army)

Reggie Perrin (Fall and Rise of RP)

Victor Meldew (One Foot in Grave)

Del Trotter (Only Fools and Horses)

 

That should do it for now, so much more though biggrin.gif

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Crap, I forgot Detective Elliott Stabler (SVU), Mack (Night Court), and Lt. Frank Drebin from Police Squad!
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Picard, Riker, Data, and Worf from Star Trek: TNG

Ben Sisko, Odo, Kira, Garak, Quark, Rom, O'Brien, Gowron, and Martahg (sp?) from Star Trek: DS9

Kirk, Spock, and McCoy!

 

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Non-Star trek characters:

 

Edmund Blackadder (all incarnations, from The Black Adder)

Baldrick! (all incarnations, also from The Black Adder)

Jack Marshak (from Friday the 13th: The Series)

Ryan Dallion (also from Friday the 13th: The Series)

Chairman Kaga (Iron Chef)

Lex Luthor (Michael Rosenbaum's from Smallville)

Jack Tripper (Three's Company)

Chris Elliot from 'Get a Life.' This has to be one of the funniest shows ever.

Ross Geller (Friends, he's the best one IMO)

Roseanne (some seasons were good)

Arnold Jackson (Differn't Strokes)

Al Bundy! (Married: With Children)

Ralph Kramden (The Honeymooners)

Ed Norton (also from The Honeymooners)

 

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Geez, I sure watched a lot of TV back then..

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The crew of Red Dwarf

The Janitor - Scrubs

The Doctor (Baker, Davidson, Eccleston and Tennant are faves) - Doctor Who

Dr. Zoidberg - Futurama

Vyvian - The Young Ones

Bob Louis and Dave Briggs - The Detectives

Queenie - Blackadder II

Zaphod Beeblebrox and Ford Prefect - Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy (series)

Manny Bianco - Black Books

Francis - Malcolm In The Middle

 

Just out of the top 10:

 

Adrian Monk

Jonathan Creek

Neelix - Star Trek: Voyager

Richie and Eddie - Bottom

Daniel Jackson - Stargate SG-1

Sam Beckett and Al Calavichi (sp?) - Quantum Leap

Brian and Stewie Griffin - Family Guy

The Storyteller (John Hurt)

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QUOTE (Del_Duio @ Aug 30 2008, 10:10 AM)
Chris Elliot from 'Get a Life.' This has to be one of the funniest shows ever.

Hell yes! I loved that show! I have four episodes on VHS; I'll have to go see if the complete series is available on DVD...

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QUOTE (GeddyRulz @ Aug 31 2008, 02:50 PM)
QUOTE (Del_Duio @ Aug 30 2008, 10:10 AM)
Chris Elliot from 'Get a Life.' This has to be one of the funniest shows ever.

Hell yes! I loved that show! I have four episodes on VHS; I'll have to go see if the complete series is available on DVD...

It's not. They're still only selling four episodes. They should release the whole series.

 

BTW, the character's name was "Chris Peterson."

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Characters that caught my interest as a lad... wub.gif

 

Agent 99 (Get Smart)

Isis (Isis)

Jamie Sommers (Bionic Woman)

Mrs. McMillen (McMillen & Wife)

Marsha (Brady Bunch)

Samantha (Bewitched)

MaryAnn (Gilligan's Island)

Crissy (Three's Company)

Mrs. Livingston (Portrait of Eddie's Father)

Daphne (Scooby Doo)

 

 

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Homer Simpson

Peter Griffin

Brian

Kenny McCormick

Gilligan

Stewy Griffin

Steve Austin

Butters

Benny (LA Law)

Bart Simpson

 

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QUOTE (gleamingalloyaircar81 @ Sep 1 2008, 04:28 AM)
Paul Hennesey (8 SImple Rules For Dating MY Teenage Daughter)
Jack Tripper (Threes COmpany)

John Ritter is my all-time favorite actor and he takes the top 2 spots for me

What, no mention of Tim Taylor?? ohmy.gif

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Father Ted - Father Ted

Father Jack - Father Ted

Father Dougal - Father Ted

Mrs Doyle - Father Ted

Bishop Brennan - Father Ted

Graham Lister - Vic Reeves' Big Night Out

The Man With the stick - Vic Reeves' Big Night Out

Les - Vic Reeves' Big Night Out

The Living Carpets - Vic Reeves' Big Night Out

The Ponderers - Vic Reeves' Big Night Out

Mulligan and O'Hare - The Smell of Reeves And Mortimor

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Archie Bunker

 

Jack Tripper

 

Get Smart( Don Adams)

 

Do cartoons count?....All of Family Guy...

 

Eddie Haskel from Leave It To Beaver

 

The whole cast the first 2 seasons of " Happy Days", after that they became watered down IMO

 

Mary Ann, hands down the biggest tease in television history

 

Mr. T

 

Fred Sanford

 

Daisy Duke

 

Larry from " Threes Company" as well

 

Bill Bixby on " The Incredible Hulk", always a great emotional performance on that show

 

The main characters on " Freaks and Geeks".....anyone else catch that show?...was only on for 1 season i believe, 99-2000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Willow Rosenberg (Buffy)

Mal Reynolds (Firefly)

Andy Sipowicz (NYPD Blue)

Rodney Mackay (Stargate Atlantis)

Vic Mackey (The Shield)

Jayne Cobb (Firefly)

Shane Vendrell (The Shield)

Silvio Dante (The Sopranos)

Omar Little (The Wire)

 

 

 

These ones are inseparable:

 

John Crichton & Aeryn Sun (Farscape)

Fox Mulder & Dana Scully (The X Files)

Londo Mollari & G'Kar (Babylon 5)

Jim Kirk, Spock & Leonard McCoy (Star Trek)

 

 

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QUOTE (-D-RocK- @ Aug 31 2008, 06:26 PM)
Homer Simpson
Peter Griffin
Brian
Kenny McCormick
Gilligan
Stewy Griffin
Steve Austin
Butters
Benny (LA Law)
Bart Simpson

I can't believe I forgot Gil Grissom.......and Catherine Willows...I LOVE HER!!!

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I forgot about Adrian Monk (Monk) and Michael Weston (Burn Notice)
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My favs already metioned :

 

Fred Sanford

Roscoe P. Coltrane

Sargeant Schultz

Leopold "Butters" Stotch

Daffy Duck

Cosmo Kraemer

Hawkeye Pierce

Barney Fife

James T. Kirk

Spock

Jim Ignatowski

Great Gazoo

Corporal Klinger

Ed Norton

Gilligan

Lucy

 

I'll add the Dad (Luther?) from "King of Queens"

and John Boy from Walton's Mountain

 

 

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QUOTE (-D-RocK- @ Aug 31 2008, 06:26 PM)

Steve Austin

(Bionic Man, not Wrestler)

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From childhood - Steve Mc Garrett

Frank Spencer (Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em)

Wile E Coyote

Judge (Wanderly Wagon)

Pippy Longstockings

 

More recently - Hiro Nakamura (Good call Goobs)

Dana Scully

Charlie Pace (Lost)

Podge (particularly as the psychotic postman on The Den)

 

Fr Dougal Maguire

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