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To ask you for your top 3 sitcom characters ever?

372 replies

CheapSausagesAndSpam · 01/02/2018 12:08

3 isn't many is it?

Here's mine

Jill Tyrell-Nighty Night
David Brent even though he annoys me so much
Basil Fawlty

Now people will come along with theirs and I'll think I've chosen the wrong ones!

OP posts:
kateandme · 01/02/2018 20:35

judy dench and hub need a mention to from as time goes by

Katedotness1963 · 01/02/2018 20:38

Victor Meldrew

Geraldine, the vicar of Dibley

Niles Crane

Averyyounggrandmaofsix · 01/02/2018 20:44

Victor Meldrew
Hyacinth Bucket
Captain Mainwaring.

SoftBlocks · 01/02/2018 20:51

I can’t narrow it down!

Lucille and GOB Bluth
Liz and Jenna from 30 Rock
Alan Partridge
Mrs Doyle
Grumio from Plebs
Joanna Clore from Green Wing

Redcrayons · 01/02/2018 20:53

Leslie Knope (if I could make one TV character real and move in with them it would be Leslie)
Me too.
Ann Perkins has the perfect sitcom life. Leslie Knope is her best friend and she's shagging Rob Lowe.

loobyloo1234 · 01/02/2018 21:02

Uncle Albert
Phoebe from Friends
Bryn from Gavin and Stacey

MakeMineAStrongOne · 01/02/2018 21:06

Another vote for Niles. Gloria from Modern Family. Malcolm Tucker!

AdultHumanFemale · 01/02/2018 21:08

Fez from That 70s Show
Niles!
Darlene from Roseanne was my favourite when I was a kid.

Itsallamysterytome · 01/02/2018 21:08

I am married to a Victor Meldrew, so grumpy it makes us laugh
Victoria Wood in anything
The Ab Fab girls

spankhurst · 01/02/2018 21:12

Father Dougal
Norman Stanley Fletcher
Blackadder

MedicinalGin · 01/02/2018 21:33

I love this!
Mine are, in no particular order:

Chandler Bing
Queenie from Blackadder
Malcolm Tucker from In the Thick of It

RussellTheLoveMuscle · 01/02/2018 21:37

Moira "let's not and say we did" Rose - Schitt's Creek

Margo "well thank you very much Jerry" Leadbetter - The Good Life

Sue White - Green Wing

PrivateParkin · 01/02/2018 21:43

Aw yeah goforkyourself I love Godber too. That episode where he tries to replace the pineapple chunks is a classic. RIP Richard Beckinsale Sad

longta · 01/02/2018 22:10

Richard Beckinsale, in Rising Damp.
Judy Dench, As Time Goes By.
Paul Nicholas, Just Good Friends.

ThatsWotSheSaid · 01/02/2018 22:15

Elaine - Seinfeld
Basil Fawlty
Micheal Scott - the American office

stickytoffeevodka · 01/02/2018 22:19

Definitely got a few others after reading this:

Lionel from As Time Goes By.
Bernard Black (Black Books).
Nick and Susan from My Family.

SleepOhHowIMissYou · 01/02/2018 22:28

Moss (IT Crowd)
Sheldon (Big Bang Theory)
Jim (Friday Night Dinner)

SleepOhHowIMissYou · 01/02/2018 22:32

Laura (Him and Her)
Patsy (Ab Fab)
Niles (Fraiser)

Eltonjohnssyrup · 01/02/2018 22:34

Dorothy off of the Golden girls
Trigger
Samantha off SATC

Eltonjohnssyrup · 01/02/2018 22:35

Oh scratch Samantha. I prefer Denise off Royle Family.

Tessliketrees · 01/02/2018 22:41

Oh bollocks I for Nessa off of Gavin and Stacey....

Tessliketrees · 01/02/2018 22:41

Forgot not For

NewMinouMinou · 01/02/2018 22:53

Oh blimey

Susie Green from Curb “...she’s at home, HYSTERICAAAAAALLL!” and “...carwash cunt...”.

Peter Mannion from The Thick Of It, rather than Malcolm.

Saul Goodman

FinnegansCake · 01/02/2018 22:55

Basil Fawlty
Sybil Fawlty
Fletcher (Porridge)

SabineUndine · 01/02/2018 23:03

Audrey in To the manor born and everyone in Just good friends.