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The 100 Greatest TV Characters
Bravo TV ^ | November 2004

Posted on 11/27/2004 9:46:45 AM PST by ConservativeStatement

This comprehensive five-part series will focus its critical eye on famous television characters that have become a part of the fabric of American pop culture. Blending classic moments, rare photos and interview with both stars and show creators, the series will spotlight how our favorite TV characters broke out of the pack to emerge as pop icons.

(Excerpt) Read more at bravotv.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: bravo; characters; entertainment; television; tv
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To: MassRepublicanFlyersFan

Who the heck is Carrie Bradshaw? WTG Capt Kirk!


401 posted on 11/27/2004 4:56:36 PM PST by KillTime (Western Civilization herself breathes a sigh of relief as President Bush wins 4 more years.)
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To: MassRepublicanFlyersFan

Where's Larry, his brother Daryl, and his other brother Daryl?


402 posted on 11/27/2004 4:59:13 PM PST by LRS
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To: 4kids dad

You are right...Little Joe is a must.


403 posted on 11/27/2004 5:03:28 PM PST by DaughterofEve (W...AGAIN!!!! :)
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To: ChicagoHebrew
Ok, well: you're wrong about that. But oh well.

Dan
(c;

404 posted on 11/27/2004 5:15:29 PM PST by BibChr ("...behold, they have rejected the word of the LORD, so what wisdom is in them?" [Jer. 8:9])
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To: MassRepublicanFlyersFan
Miss Kitty from Gunsmoke. I never really got into Gunsmoke until recently but started watching it a lot the past couple of months. I still can't get over the fact that Miss Kitty was running a saloon and a bunch of ho's. Yeah, Miss Kitty was engaged in PROSTITUTION at the Long Branch Saloon so how did this "little" fact escape the TV censors of the time? Weirdest of all is how nobody on Gunsmoke seemed to think it was a big deal. There was upright Matt Dillon talking to Miss Kitty in the Long Branch (talk about double entendre) saloon and Hookers were plying their trade all around them. I just think the whole thing is bizarre.
405 posted on 11/27/2004 5:21:49 PM PST by PJ-Comix (Join the DUmmie FUnnies PING List for the FUNNIEST Blog on the Web)
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To: vetvetdoug
James Arness in Gunsmoke should have been in the top ten.

Only because Matt Dillon never seemed to notice that Miss Kitty was operating a House of Prostitution.

406 posted on 11/27/2004 5:23:16 PM PST by PJ-Comix (Join the DUmmie FUnnies PING List for the FUNNIEST Blog on the Web)
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To: MistrX

Arnold the pig was the star of Green Acre's. Don't believe me, just watch a rerun. ROFLMAO, what a great family show. We should be making captured terrorist watch Green Acre's, 24/7 to get informationn out of them.


407 posted on 11/27/2004 6:30:13 PM PST by herkbird (Kerry was a JOKE, and he still got a lot of votes. There's SUCKERS born every day.)
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To: the_Watchman
"This is a sham! They missed Captain Kangaroo!!"

Where is Buffalo Bob, Howdy Doody and Clarabelle!

408 posted on 11/27/2004 6:35:31 PM PST by fuzzthatwuz
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To: MassRepublicanFlyersFan
Barney Fife


409 posted on 11/27/2004 6:38:01 PM PST by Jackknife (.......Land of the Free,because of the Brave.)
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To: MassRepublicanFlyersFan
West's Batman of course is a top 10 choice, it's one of my fave tv shows of all-time.

Some others off the top of my head:

Phil Silvers - Sgt Bilko
Don Adams - Maxwell Smart
Mary Tyler More - Mary Richards
Ted Knight - Ted Baxter
Ross Martin - Artemus Gordon
Barbara Eden - Jeannie
Redd Foxx - Fred Sanford
William Shatner - Captain Kirk
Leonard Nimoy - Mr Spock
Elizabeth Montgomery - Samantha Stevens
Jim Backus - Thurston Howell III
Chloris Leachman - Phylis Lindstrom
Tony Randall - Felix Unger
Jack Klugman - Oscar Madison
Lynda Carter - Wonder Woman
Jason Alexander - George Costanza
410 posted on 11/27/2004 6:48:06 PM PST by HitmanLV (HitmanNY has a brand new Blog!! Please Visit! - http://www.goldust.com/weblog -)
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To: BibChr

Ted Knight ruled on MTM - Ted Baxter had loads more entertainment value than Lou Grant (who was good too but not top 10 in my book).


411 posted on 11/27/2004 6:49:06 PM PST by HitmanLV (HitmanNY has a brand new Blog!! Please Visit! - http://www.goldust.com/weblog -)
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To: MassRepublicanFlyersFan

How could they have forgotten Bob Einstein's Officer Judy?


412 posted on 11/27/2004 6:49:45 PM PST by william clark
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To: herkbird
"Arnold the pig was the star of Green Acre's.">

I think Mr. Kimball was....


413 posted on 11/27/2004 6:52:17 PM PST by Jackknife (.......Land of the Free,because of the Brave.)
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To: Mr. Mojo

There are far better sitcoms than All in the Family - Sgt Bilko comes to mind immediately, for example. The Mary Tyler Moore Show and The Bob Newhart Show are also standouts.

I consider the last truly 'great' sitcom to be 'The Odd Couple,' which had tons more depth and wit than All in the Family.

Modern sitcoms have devolved into rapid-fire put-downs and bathroom humor. Even Seinfeld, which I consider to be one of the more recent consistently very good tv sitcoms, lacked the wit of 'The Odd COuple' or the 'situation' aspect of 'sitcom' of the old sgt Bilko show.

Also, All in the Family's big mistake after a few seasons was the same mistake other programs made with 'mean' characters. People naturally enjoy the mean characters and over time, the producers soften them up so that they barely resemble the characters they started as. Norman Lear's folks did this with both Archie Bunker and George Jefferson, and the 'softening' hurt both shows.

Back to Seinfeld, they thankfully never softened any of their characters. I am cursed through life that most of my friends consider me to be a cross between George Costanza and Kramer, even though I have been that way for decades!

That being said, I enjoyed 'The Jeffersons' more than 'All in the Family' and always maintained that George Jefferson was the first successful relatively conservative black character on televison!

Of course it's all a matter of taste. I own bootleg DVD copies of every Odd Couple episode and I swear I wear those 14 discs out! So we all enjoy what we like, but comedy on tv for the last 2 or 3 decades has been awful.


414 posted on 11/27/2004 6:57:09 PM PST by HitmanLV (HitmanNY has a brand new Blog!! Please Visit! - http://www.goldust.com/weblog -)
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To: Freebird Forever

Any list without Ben & Hoss Cartwright is bogus. This list is bogus, I don;t agree with over 1/2 of their selections and I don't care for 'ganging' of entries like 'the cast of Friends' or 'the Barone family.'


415 posted on 11/27/2004 6:59:49 PM PST by HitmanLV (HitmanNY has a brand new Blog!! Please Visit! - http://www.goldust.com/weblog -)
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To: Mr. Mojo

The whole 'the cast of' thing is bogus - individual characters, I say.

And Maxwell Smart is one of my fave characters in tv history - easily top 10.

Ernie Bilko is only top 40? Did these people even watch the show?

And in case anyone thinks I am am old-timer, I'm 36, and old enough to distinguish great tv shows from simply good ones. :-)


416 posted on 11/27/2004 7:01:39 PM PST by HitmanLV (HitmanNY has a brand new Blog!! Please Visit! - http://www.goldust.com/weblog -)
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To: MassRepublicanFlyersFan

I don't know who half these names are. Wish the shows were listed, too, so I'd know. And where's Lenny & Squiggy??!?!!?!


417 posted on 11/27/2004 7:02:07 PM PST by Cinnamon Girl (OMGIIHIHOIIC ping list)
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To: sonsofliberty2000

I kind of actually agree with that list. Although Captain Picard & no Scotty?


418 posted on 11/27/2004 7:04:43 PM PST by Tribune7
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To: JustaCowgirl

And where is Niles Crane? At Number 70.


419 posted on 11/27/2004 7:05:31 PM PST by Tribune7
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To: Tribune7

Missed him. Oh, well.


420 posted on 11/27/2004 7:07:12 PM PST by JustaCowgirl (Terrorists will "global test" us right off the planet)
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