IYO, who's the best sitcom character of all time?

[Ramathorn]

Costanza.

 

[crackamacgowski]

I tend to agree. He has the best plot lines. The essence of the series was woven through his stories.

 

[smwhorn]

Archie Bunker

His character changed television. Literally.

 

[kbrown]

I always kinda liked the oddballs. People like:
Reverend Jim
Exedor
Otis and Earnest T. Bass
Barney Fife
Kramer
Maxwell Q Clinger
etc...

 

[BA93]

Jack Tripper

 

[BigWill]

toss up between barney fife and costanza.

 

[Ramathorn]

Love Costanza, but I can't imagine Seinfeld without any of the 4 characters. Sum of the parts is greater than the whole? They've all bombed on their own.

 

[vy2005]

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[Math Mudrat]

 

[Orange&White]

 

[YChang]

 

[DoobieWah]

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[pasotex]

YChang wins imo.

 

[Hank_Kingsley]

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[BigWill]

don't forget boomhauer.

 

[Rip76]

Damn Tough...

 

[Benson32]

george costanza.

 

[RollingwoodHorn]

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[vy2005]

My bad I quickly read the post as best tv character of all time, which would be Vic. Best sitcom character of all time has to be this girl:

 

[kujotx]

Any Bluth.

Why did they let the funny die.... why?

 

[longbeau]

GOB has to be up there.

O&W, Charlie is definitely my favorite recent character. Day Man was classic

 

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[formermav43]

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[Not Shinola]

GOB and Franklin Bluth

 

[sanf81]

Frank Burns
Cliff Clavin
Costanza
Charlie
The Todd
Tobias Funke

Hard to beat Homer and Cartman, though.

 

[DRAG69]

Hands down the unquestioned answer to this question is Barney Fife. There are some other great ones but none of them were better than Don Knotts. He won 5 consecutive Emmys for his performance. The show is coming up on it's 50th anniversary soon and it is still the best television show in history.

 

[Smurfette]

Gotta go w/ Hawkeye Pierce myself.... but I'm also a big fan of Al Bundy

 

[bevo_daddy]

Carlton Banks

 

[Uncle Rico]

Either Willis or Homer Simpson.

 

[Perham1]

Um, no way Constanza, imo.

The top 3 would be:

Archie Bunker
Barney Fife
Lucille Ball

not necessarily in that order. In fact, I would put Lucy at the top of the list.

And an honorable mention to Gilligan.