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Me and a couple of friends were discussing who the most likable characters on TV are. Not necessarily the coolest, or even the nicest, but most likable. The kind of people that if you met them, you would like them instantly.
We came up with:
Buddy #1
Hiro Nakamura
Buddy #2
Dan Conner
Me
Lt. Columbo
Any other suggestions?
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Off the top of my head:
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wow, I think you're way off on your number 1: I could hardly stand watching Heroes when that character was on...very annoying.
I like your number 2, though. Number 3 would depend on whether or not I had recently committed a felony.
As for my pick:
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who the hell is that??
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who the hell is that??
That's one very cool guy that's who that is! Tim from the UK Office. (He's crushingly aware of the pointlessness of his life.)
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Tim from UK Office is awesome. I just started watching UK Office - I think I like it more than US Office. Makes me realize how stupid the US censors are.
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I'm not sure a modern show will have as much of a following, but this guy deserves a nomination:
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I'm so glad the winner was posted in the first response.
and for me, second place is clearly
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Either of these gentlemen would do.
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As The Fonz is already done, I'm going with:
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Okay, this isn't a character as such, but I really, really like this guy. I'm an TV age of mealy-mouthed, slacker, PC-oriented, whiny non-personalities (in the non-fiction TV dept), he says what he thinks, he's a man of action and doing, and HE GETS [censored] DONE!
So I like him a lot
I also like this lady for similar reasons (and other reasons we won't go into):
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Scooby and Shaggy.
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Dominic
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Okay, this isn't a character as such, but I really, really like this guy. I'm an TV age of mealy-mouthed, slacker, PC-oriented, whiny non-personalities (in the non-fiction TV dept), he says what he thinks, he's a man of action and doing, and HE GETS [censored] DONE!
So I like him a lot
I hate hate HATE this guy with a passion. Horrible person. He doesn't lead, he doesn't inspire or motivate, he bullies, berates and terrorizes. He's lucky he hasn't gotten a cleaver to the back of the head.
How the HELL do you put him in this thread???
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I hate hate HATE this guy with a passion. Horrible person. He doesn't lead, he doesn't inspire or motivate, he bullies, berates and terrorizes. He's lucky he hasn't gotten a cleaver to the back of the head.
How the HELL do you put him in this thread???
Watch the British Kitchen Nightmares or the F Word. Both are shown on BBC America. He's actually a very likable guy. Very funny and inspiring. Also, try the scrambled eggs with chives and creme fraishe that he makes in a YouTube video.
But this thread is seemingly about fictional TV characters, and the monkey show Ramsay puts on for Fox is pure fiction. I can't hold it against the guy for trying to get paid, but the Foxified Ramsay is a disgrace. I understand he's giving the network what they want (in the yelling and carrying on), but you'd think that by now he'd have enough pull with the network to have himself portrayed like an actual human being and not some Scottish psycho.
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lol at George Micheal
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I hate hate HATE this guy with a passion. Horrible person. He doesn't lead, he doesn't inspire or motivate, he bullies, berates and terrorizes. He's lucky he hasn't gotten a cleaver to the back of the head.
How the HELL do you put him in this thread???
Watch the British Kitchen Nightmares or the F Word. Both are shown on BBC America. He's actually a very likable guy. Very funny and inspiring. Also, try the scrambled eggs with chives and creme fraishe that he makes in a YouTube video.
But this thread is seemingly about fictional TV characters, and the monkey show Ramsay puts on for Fox is pure fiction. I can't hold it against the guy for trying to get paid, but the Foxified Ramsay is a disgrace. I understand he's giving the network what they want (in the yelling and carrying on), but you'd think that by now he'd have enough pull with the network to have himself portrayed like an actual human being and not some Scottish psycho.
Yeah I'm talking about when he's in real businesses and dealing with real people.
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Ramsay and Bourdain shenanigans:
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4158/is_20011216/ai_n14434815
I'd get along with these guys just fine.
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Kaylee
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Kaylee
Good call. What a sweetie.
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Shane,
I could maybe see Bunk, but McNulty is pretty damn unlikeable. In fact, the only season where he gained "moral" qualities, he became boring. My two cents.
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I tried to keep my replies restricted to pics that would not inspire a reaction of, "Who the hell is that?"
But since we're going down that road, I'll add these two guys:
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Either of these gentlemen would do.
Bunk yes, McNulty no.
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Lem!! Not sure I'd call him highly likeable. Certainly the most likeable Strike Team member, and a pretty sympathetic character. Then again, he's gone along with a lot of Vic's "crooked cop" schemes over the years.
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Michael Landon, not the mom. She was a beotch.
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Wondercall
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I happen to sympathize with all the members of the strike team  .
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Okay, this isn't a character as such, but I really, really like this guy. I'm an TV age of mealy-mouthed, slacker, PC-oriented, whiny non-personalities (in the non-fiction TV dept), he says what he thinks, he's a man of action and doing, and HE GETS [censored] DONE!
So I like him a lot
I hate hate HATE this guy with a passion. Horrible person. He doesn't lead, he doesn't inspire or motivate, he bullies, berates and terrorizes. He's lucky he hasn't gotten a cleaver to the back of the head.
How the HELL do you put him in this thread???
I like him a lot too. Anthony Bourdain in a book of collected short pieces says he's actually a tremendously nice guy and gets along absolutely great with his staff, goes out drinking with them like a regular guy and is very down to earth. He says, if I recall correctly, something on the order of his staff basically loving him and it being an outrage that he is played up as a mean guy by the media. Of course, now Ramsay has parlayed that mean guy image into presumably even more millions than he already has, but Bourdain angrily insists the guy is a total pussycat.
He convinced me. I'm going to go with the idea that a show is a show, "reality" t.v. or not, and that Ramsay knows some of his appeal is in playing a holy terror. FWIW, he seems often quite nice on his shows too, like when he said he would put that short-order cook, who wasn't always the easiest person to work with, through culinary school at his own expense because he recognized her talent and he knew she would be great some day. And for all his yelling, it quite often seems to be on point, and he seems to skip some opportunities to hand people their arse that I can see other bosses would certainly take. I mean, some of the messed up stuff he sees contestants or host restaurants do on his various shows are absolutely ridiculously bad.
I can feel for him all the way when he says, "Your food, my standards." If something is going out with your name and reputation attached to it, how bad would you want it to be? It's different if you're just the guy punching the clock and the outcome of the enterprise is more or less indifferent to you as long as you can show up for work again tomorrow.
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Very good t.v. actor, but vastly better, funnier, and a much more interesting character on The Mary Tyler Moore show.
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Coach
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Good one.
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Shane,
I could maybe see Bunk, but McNulty is pretty damn unlikeable. In fact, the only season where he gained "moral" qualities, he became boring. My two cents.
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Bunk yes, McNulty no.
Good God, my worst fears have come true. At the Lounge, much unlike the city of Boston, I am alone as a self-destructive, Irish-American recovering alcoholic. At least the Season Five teaser promises us that McNulty is drinking again.
Titus Pullo was a fantastic choice.
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heh some good ones here, willow and esp donna moss were great.
i'll throw in josh lyman, matt saracen, and jim halpert.
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heh some good ones here, willow and esp donna moss were great.
i'll throw in josh lyman, matt saracen, and jim halpert.
I forgot about Saracen. If this was a contest, he'd probably win.
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Yeti,
Yeah, I'm surprised Jim wasn't mentioned earlier. He's a great pick.
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wookie, i think a lot of people just didn't bother after seeing tim mentioned immediately. jim was the first name in my head as i opened this thread.
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oops, forgot one
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I came across this when I was looking for another image to post. One of the best openings to a TV show
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zb2V9OAhM40
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I came across this when I was looking for another image to post. One of the best openings to a TV show
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zb2V9OAhM40
What a freaking cast. Wow.
Is this show out on DVD? I never watched it during its original run, and it never made it big in syndication later. Does it hold up after all these years?
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It seems that the first two seasons are out on DVD, but no more.
With all the crap that is on endless repeat nowdays I have no idea why this show is not on at all.
I haven't seen it on in years - but I think it would not only hold up, it would put most cop shows since to shame.
Hopefully I will get hold of a few episodes real soon.
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JD scrubs obviously
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How can you not like an illiterate guy who won't admit it?
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Going back a bit.
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Both Gilmore girls.
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His Ghandi suicide hotline episode was tops.
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JD scrubs obviously
i think turk is more likable...
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One of my favorites:
Leopold "Butters" Stotch
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I tried to keep my replies restricted to pics that would not inspire a reaction of, "Who the hell is that?"
But since we're going down that road, I'll add these two guys:
I could see umm, the one on the left. Jeeze, I can't remember his name. Not the one on the right though, he was a jerk, generally.
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katyseagull
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So who the hell are they? I don't recognize them.
I need recognizable characters, like Diebitter's Herman Munster pic
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Lucius Vorenus (right) and Titus Pullo (left) from HBO's Rome.
Both were pretty likable, though more so because they were surrounded by some pretty ire inspiring characters. It was a great show overall. The set/costume design and writing are among the best I've seen on TV.
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Never seen the show, but she is sexy as hell.
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