Remembering Some Great TV Characters

November 25, 2012 | Doc Savage

[Doc Savage]

Just remembering some of the great TV characters from years ago. Perhaps you have a few of your own favorites to add.

Sgt. Vince Carter

Arnold Ziffel

Barney Fife

Jethro Bodine

Gunther Toody

Grandpa Munster

Maynard G. Krebs

Eddie Haskell

Ted Baxter

Maxwell Smart

[LibertarianLiz]

...and Spock... and the whole cast of Barney Miller!

I'll see your Spock and raise with Data. I agree about Barney Miller. Although, I was always partial to Jack Soo's character.

[LibertarianLiz]

Walter Bishop - Fringe

[Slings and Arrows]

Second Archie Bunker. O’Connor played him with a depth rare in television. (Or most other entertainment, these days.)

[saminfl]

John Russell, Peter Brown and Peggie Castle in Lawman. I loved that show.

[SES1066]

I wanna see Jack Webb grilling Maxine Waters about real financial hardship....

You could fill a stadium with that ticket. "Rumble in LA!"

[SC_Pete]

And Midnight the Cat.

[CatherineofAragon]

J.R. Ewing

Jock Ewing

[Big Red Clay]

The characters from my two favorites
Orville “Rick” Wright
TC
Higgins
Thomas Sullivan Magnum

and
Christopher Moltisanti
Paulie “Walnuts” Gualtieri
Sylvio Dante
Corrado “Junior” Soprano
Bobby “Baccala” Bacallieri
Ralph Cifaretto
Salvatore “Big Pussy” Bonpensiero
Tony Soprano

[Joe 6-pack]

Interesting analysis of conservatism in the X-Files here:

http://takimag.com/article/the_truth_about_the_x-files/print#axzz2DGr5jcis

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[Average Al]

Archie Bunker & Edith

[Average Al]

Ernest Borgnine

[bobby.223]

Buzz and Todd.

[Fresh Wind]

That robot was “B9”.

Hmmm, I never knew he (it?) had a name.

[gundog]

Mr. Haney, from Green Acres. A friend described him as “Karl Marx’s worst nightmare”

[cva66snipe]

Moses {Moe}, Jerome {Curly}, Samuel {Shemp} in real life the Howard Brothers, and Larry Fine {Larry} The Original Three Stooges before Curly's death.

[TADSLOS]

A very thoughtful and laid out article. I never put that much intellectual effort into the show, but as a conservative,what the author offers as a theme makes sense.

[jackibutterfly]

The Virginian (James Drury), Trampas (Doug McClure), the Sheriff Emmett Ryker (Clu Gulager), Randy Boone (Randy Benton)
Monolito (High Chapparal)
Nick Barclay (The Big Valley)
Danny Thomas (Make Room for Daddy)
Bonanza - Ben Cartwright (Lorne Greene), Adam (Pernell Roberts), Hoss (Dan Blocker) and Little Joe (Michael Landon)
Rawhide - Rowdy and Ramrod
Magnum P.I. (Tom Selleck & Higgins)
Paladin - Richard Boone
Mash (Harry Morgan, Radar, Jamie Farr, Alan Alda, Frank)
The whole cast of Soap, Laugh-In and Carol Burnett
Andy Williams and Dean Martin
Walter Brennan
Chill Wills, Andy Devine and Slim Pickens

[cva66snipe]

Second Archie Bunker. O’Connor played him with a depth rare in television. (Or most other entertainment, these days.)

Most funny episode was Edith's change of life. That was a classic.

[jackibutterfly]

Oh, and the Bowery Boys