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The Greatest Breakout Characters in TV History
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Posted on 01/13/2019 5:43:26 AM PST by Leaning Right

When a television show first starts, the writers of the program already have the star in mind. They write for the characters they think the audience will relate to and like the most and design the show around those characters. However, once the show hits the airwaves, the viewers don’t always agree. Sometimes the true star of the show is the unlikeliest candidate. The breakout character is usually a character who was introduced as part of the supporting cast, but for one reason or another became a fan favorite.

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To: Leaning Right

Arnold the pig.


61 posted on 01/13/2019 6:36:48 AM PST by Fresh Wind (Fox News: "We distort, you deride")
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To: Teacher317

As Archie Bunker evolved, he become somewhat of a sympathetic, blue-collar character.

One scene that has always stuck with me was the one were Archie and Meathead were talking about childhood experiences. Archie said that his childhood nickname was “shoe-bootie”. That was because he wore one shoe and one boot. One of his shoes had worn out. And his parents could not afford to buy him a new pair of shoes.

In that moment, Meathead gained some insight into what shaped Archie’s character.


62 posted on 01/13/2019 6:42:16 AM PST by Leaning Right (I have already previewed or do not wish to preview this composition.)
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To: Leaning Right

Sheldon Cooper isn’t breakout. He was always one of the three main characters, along with Leonard and Penny. But Bernadette was.

Some REAL breakout characters, along with Mister Spock:

Alex P. Keaton, by Michael J Fox, Family Ties
Frasier Crane, Cheers
Chloe O’Brien, 24
J.J. Evans, What’s Happening
Teddy Roosevelt, U.S. Presidency (They made him VP to be rid of him.)


63 posted on 01/13/2019 6:42:19 AM PST by dangus ("The floor of Hell is paved with the skulls of bishops" -- St. Athanasius)
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To: albie

I agree with most, but violently disagree with Wally growing up. My favorite episodes are the last 2 seasons with Wally, Eddie and Lumpy getting into teenage trouble. Not so fond of the earlier episodes with ‘cute’ Beaver and his fat little friend Larry Mondello. I will cut some slack for the episodes where Beaver goes up against his greatest nemesis, Creepy Judy Hensler - She’s so great as that goody two shoes tattle tale.


64 posted on 01/13/2019 6:42:53 AM PST by John Milner (Marching for Peace is like breathing for food.)
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To: Leaning Right

“Whoa Wlibur, where am I going?”
SNL


65 posted on 01/13/2019 6:43:55 AM PST by gathersnomoss (Grace and Dignity Will Win The Day)
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To: OrioleFan

Even more crazy than Tim Conway: Vicki Lawrence. Spotlighted for a single episode because Carol Burnett thought it hysterical that she LOST to Vicki Lawrence in a Carol Burnett look-alike contest, she ended up literally stealing the show, taking Burnett’s part in Mama’s family.


66 posted on 01/13/2019 6:45:07 AM PST by dangus ("The floor of Hell is paved with the skulls of bishops" -- St. Athanasius)
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To: John Milner

I got to throw in a mention of one of the greatest side-players in television history.

Evelyn “Angel” Martin played by Stuart Margolin in the Rockford Files series.


67 posted on 01/13/2019 6:45:45 AM PST by John Milner (Marching for Peace is like breathing for food.)
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To: Fresh Wind

Now that you have brought up ‘Green Acres’, did you know that the actor who played Fred Ziffel was deaf (due to old age)?

But the producers of the show really liked him. So they had a guy stand off-screen with a large pole. And when it was time for Fred to say a line, the guy tapped Fred on his foot.


68 posted on 01/13/2019 6:46:53 AM PST by Leaning Right (I have already previewed or do not wish to preview this composition.)
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To: Leaning Right

‘Cause Norton’s a mental case.


69 posted on 01/13/2019 6:47:23 AM PST by del griffith
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To: Leaning Right

Barry Goldberg of The Goldbergs.


70 posted on 01/13/2019 6:48:01 AM PST by Terry Mross (I)
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To: Leaning Right
Poochie!


71 posted on 01/13/2019 6:48:27 AM PST by Larry Lucido
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To: Leaning Right
Married With Chidren - Seven!


72 posted on 01/13/2019 6:49:46 AM PST by Larry Lucido
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To: Teacher317

Totally agree, Archie Bunker was my first thought when I opened the thread. I think you could add Maude and George Jefferson to the list - hated Maude’s politics but loved the back and forth with both.


73 posted on 01/13/2019 6:50:11 AM PST by capydick (“Within the covers of the Bible are the answers for all the problems men face.)
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To: rbg81

Dr. Smith was a total distraction to me. Totally annoying. Would have loved to have seen him die in the pilot episode somehow.


74 posted on 01/13/2019 6:50:16 AM PST by del griffith
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To: Larry Lucido

Chidren = Children


75 posted on 01/13/2019 6:50:33 AM PST by Larry Lucido
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To: Larry Lucido

Mutley


76 posted on 01/13/2019 6:50:46 AM PST by gathersnomoss (Grace and Dignity Will Win The Day)
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To: IronJack

Elliot Gould player Trapper John McIntyre in the movie MASH
Wayne Rogers player Trapper John in the TV Show MASH
Pernell Roberts player Trapper John in the Spin-off “Trapper John, MD”


77 posted on 01/13/2019 6:50:55 AM PST by dsm69 (Boycott News Media/Hollywood Advertisers)
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To: Leaning Right

Didn’t know that. He also appeared in Have Gun Will Travel, Gunsmoke, and a bunch of other westerns.


78 posted on 01/13/2019 6:52:27 AM PST by Fresh Wind (Fox News: "We distort, you deride")
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To: central_va

Same with Major Hockstetter. I liked the few times that Burkhalter and Hockstetter appeared in the same episode.


79 posted on 01/13/2019 6:52:30 AM PST by del griffith
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To: EMI_Guy
I’ve often thought David Hyde Pierce who plays Niles would be a hoot cast as a fussy, prissy uncle to Sheldon Cooper. Birds of a feather, apple-tree and all that.

Never thought of that, but so true.

80 posted on 01/13/2019 6:53:18 AM PST by del griffith
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