lets put it to a vote, and see who is one of TV Land's most appreciated
my nomination: Al "The King" Bundy
Posted by Chris the CandyFanMan (Member # 3197) on :
Adrian Monk for me.
Posted by Lovers with Cassie (Member # 7794) on :
This is my vote.
Tamara "Tammy" Henderson from "The Henderson Kids" on top of "The Henderson Kids 2."
Posted by aTomiK (Member # 6575) on :
No question about it, J.R. Ewing.
Posted by Leo Logan (Member # 9206) on :
I'm going with Mick Belker from "Hill Street Blues".
Posted by johnny76 (Member # 8174) on :
I say The Fonzzzzz !!!! Heyyyyyyyy
Posted by kevdugp73 (Member # 5978) on :
Archie Bunker for me....
Posted by Kash (Member # 297) on :
I pity the fools who don't say Mr.T!
Posted by Helen_S (Member # 5804) on :
Lucas Buck!
Posted by Crash (Member # 7484) on :
A fan of "American Gothic."
It's too hard to pick just one, but I might have to say Dale Cooper from "Twin Peaks."
Posted by Helen_S (Member # 5804) on :
Yeah, one of my faves Watched the series through 7 times I think since its original airing. Lucas is such a *******. Gary Cole really was great in that role, some of the lines he had to say and his expressions just crack me up something rotten Posted by Crash (Member # 7484) on :
Gary Cole is always great, in everything--movies, TV, heck his cartoon voice work is great. Have you ever seen the forgotten 80's TV gem that he was in "Midnight Caller"? Just a terrific series that is still not out on DVD...
Posted by Helen_S (Member # 5804) on :
Yes, I watched that when I was a kid. I wish they'd put it out.
Posted by Pittsburghgirl (Member # 7514) on :
Helen S.- great pick! "Maybe you oughtta lay off a little of the cholesteroooollll". lmao.
My favorite would be Tommy Gavin from Rescue Me, because we have so much in common- disfunctional family, likes to drink, etc.
Posted by Kash (Member # 297) on :
quote:Originally posted by Helen_S: Lucas Buck!
Good choice Miss Emory...buggin' me, buggin' you.
Posted by Helen_S (Member # 5804) on :
Hahaha Posted by pettyfan (Member # 2260) on :
I'll have to add my vote to Balki, also!
Posted by P_a_u_l (Member # 1022) on :
Far too many great characters to single them out - and I doubt my favorites will be from the 80s, but here's a very abridged list:
Lt. Reginald Barclay (Star Trek The Next Generation). This is exactly how we would act, faced with such technology.
Latka Gravas (Taxi). Just a wonderful performance by Andy Kaufman.
Howard Cunningham (Happy Days). Utterly convincing, he always knew that despite his position in the family, he wasn't in any sort of control.
Posted by noikz (Member # 1000) on :
Another vote for JR Ewing. So good at being bad. Posted by Chris the CandyFanMan (Member # 3197) on :
If the moderators would prefer this thread stay 80s, then my alternate choice would be Bull Shannon, a wonderfully entertaining, complex creation.
Posted by oneyedwilly (Member # 8730) on :
i loved Tony Danza's character in Whos the Boss but who can go past the briliant MJFox in Family Ties enter the one, the only . . . Posted by Megaforce (Member # 7183) on :
There are so many... but if i can say two of them... it would probably be: Larry Appleton and Balki Bartokomous from Perfect Strangers.
Posted by Johnny Roarke is reckless (Member # 9826) on :
Laura Palmer !
She still puzzles me to this day.
Posted by Pyro (Member # 7658) on :
Well, if we're talking of all time. I think my pick would have to be Lucy Ricardo "I Love Lucy." I mean, she's the queen of comedy. Come On. And still very funny.
But if we're talking just from the 80's. Then I'd say both Larry Appleton & Balki Bartokomous from "Perfect Strangers" would share the crown on my list. What can I say? I loved watching sitcoms growing up.
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Posted by Megaforce (Member # 7183) on :
Pyro...I couldnīt agree with you more...I hope they can release the third season soon.
Posted by cindymancini (Member # 679) on :
Alexis Carrington Jack Tripper Blair Warner
Posted by Devolution (Member # 1731) on :
Devolution here,
Al Bundy
We are DEVO
Posted by The Good Package (Member # 9492) on :
devo
let's rock
Posted by Bernie_Lomax (Member # 8571) on :
KITT
Posted by Devolution (Member # 1731) on :
Devolution here,
Package, thanks.
It takes a certain type of person to realize the greatness that is the Bundy's. Easily the most quoted TV show of my life.
We are DEVO
Posted by Bernie_Lomax (Member # 8571) on :
Favourite episode....Actually double episode is where they win the supermarket spree and have a face off with With Marcy and Jefferson....
Marcy: Hey wait a minute I was next in line!
Al: Whatta ya complaining about, you still are.
Posted by The Good Package (Member # 9492) on :
too many good ones for me to name a favorite.
velveeta annie, the notorious blue haired cheese bandit
Posted by Bernie_Lomax (Member # 8571) on :
Kid, don't you know that Gilles is the underworld name for cheese booster.
Posted by The Good Package (Member # 9492) on :
in 30 seconds everyone will be as cool as i remember myself being back in high school
Posted by Crash (Member # 7484) on :
Ed O'Neil, a fine, fine actor, was so brilliant as Al Bundy that you always wondered where Ed ended and Al began. Most actors play characters. Ed inhabited Al Bundy. Yet only a few of us, certainly not the Emmy voters, ever recognized what an indelible, iconic character he created.
What was one of his great soliliquies? Something like... "I have a job selling shoes, a family that doesn't respect me, and car with a half a tank of gas--and payments. Yet every morning I don't stick a gun in my mouth. I'm not a loser."
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Posted by The Good Package (Member # 9492) on :
you talking about the one where he returned the little engine that could to the library after so many years?
that is one of my favorites as well
Posted by Crash (Member # 7484) on :
Yes!!! Classic.
Posted by The Good Package (Member # 9492) on :
i was talking to someone a while back about who was better on the show, steve rhoades or jefferson, i may have to side with steve, but i could see steve coming back later in the show and it still working even with jefferson there, actually would have made some great comedic situations, steve could have had the house on the other side of the bundys
Posted by Bernie_Lomax (Member # 8571) on :
Even better. Steve could be doing chores for Marcy, like gardening, shopping and walking the dog
Posted by The Good Package (Member # 9492) on :
that would be funny, a character like steve doing that
could you see rhoades in no maam?
Posted by The Good Package (Member # 9492) on :
they did touch on that on the 200th episode, he was a chauffeur
Posted by Bernie_Lomax (Member # 8571) on :
I actually taped a reunion thingy the other day but haven't watched it yet.
Posted by The Good Package (Member # 9492) on :
they should come back and do a movie
Posted by Bernie_Lomax (Member # 8571) on :
Awesome, awesome show. that's for sure.
Posted by Devolution (Member # 1731) on :
Devolution here,
One of my favorites.
Mmm mmm him. A lot of people think the name of that song is "go with him" but it's not!
Fantastic
We are DEVO
Posted by xchazx (Member # 7158) on :
my favorites growing up: ralph kramden archie bunker henry and kip(hildegard and buffy) sam malone alex p keaton david & maddie al bundy george costanza
Posted by The Good Package (Member # 9492) on :
final vinyl
cracked me up when everyone one else gave a very obsucure piece of the song to the clerk and he told them the exact title
but he never heard of bundy's
Posted by Bernie_Lomax (Member # 8571) on :
As a kid I really looked up to Hannibal Smith
now I think to myself, what was I thinking.
Posted by Bernie_Lomax (Member # 8571) on :
Hey Package, milked any bulls lately?
Posted by The Good Package (Member # 9492) on :
only with the prosthetic hand
Posted by Bernie_Lomax (Member # 8571) on :
The woman's a stone cold liar, I pulled out way early on that one.
Posted by The Good Package (Member # 9492) on :
its a great movie, my favorite farrelly bros one.
Posted by Fostersman (Member # 37345) on :
Burt Campbell from Soap. I know it was mainly in the 70's but it did go into the 80's. Some of the expressions that actor Richard Mulligan made were priceless
Posted by Pittsburghgirl (Member # 7514) on :
I just re-read this whole thread. I'm still going to go with Tommy Gavin as one of my favorites, and we still have so much in common- still the dysfunctional family, I'm still snarky and smart alecky, and I still like to drink, but do it a lot less than I used to. Crash, I see you remembered Gary Cole in. Midnight Caller. I thought I was the only one who watched that show. I wonder if YouTube has any episodes. My husband watched some Hardcastle and McCormck a few weeks ago.
Posted by Chloe (Member # 37365) on :
Jesse (Full House), Fonzie (Happy Days).
Posted by J2ME (Member # 5728) on :
Where's the love for Cheers..
What a classic set of characters! I find it impossible to single any one out; they were all outstanding.
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Watched the series through 7 times I think since its original airing. Lucas is such a *******. Gary Cole really was great in that role, some of the lines he had to say and his expressions just crack me up something rotten 
