[davem4616]

We don't watch a lot of TV anymore, but every once and a while a certain television character, or a scene from an old sitcom will come to mind, and bring a smile...

I'm not sure who my all time favorite character is...but, the following stand out:

The stoic/gruff performance of Ed Asner as Lou Grant in the Mary Tyler Moore show

Peter Faulk as Columbo

James Garner as Jim Rockford in the Rockford Files

George Wendt as Norm on Cheers

Carol Burnett...in her variety show

Goldie Hawn as the airhead blonde in Laugh-In

Lucy and Ethel, working on the chocolate candy assembly line

Audrey Meadows, just standing there, with her hand on her hip, watching Ralph rant and rave


And who didn't belly laugh at Harvey Korman and Tim Conway in that skit in the dentist chair?

Or the "Elephant Story" on the Carol Burnett show when Conway went totally off script when they were live, and the rest of the cast couldn't keep a straight face

"The Music Box"...Laurel and Hardy won an Academy Award for Best Short Subject Comedy for this one...The boys struggle to deliver a piano up a long flight of stairs. The stairs are still there...I climbed them while on a trip to Hollywood a few years back

[manaboutown]

Jack Tripper on Three's Company

Alex P. Keaton on Family Ties

Laura Petrie in Dick Van Dyke show

Frazier Crane, Martin Crane and Daphne Moon on Frazier

Jerry Seinfeld and Elaine Benes on Seinfeld

[tophcfa]

Hands down, Al Bundy, Married With Children. Honorable mention, Archie Bunker, All In the Family.

[BigSteph]

Larry, Daryl, and,.... that other guy...

Originally Posted by davem4616

We don't watch a lot of TV anymore, but every once and a while a certain television character, or a scene from an old sitcom will come to mind, and bring a smile...

I'm not sure who my all time favorite character is...but, the following stand out:

The stoic/gruff performance of Ed Asner as Lou Grant in the Mary Tyler Moore show

Peter Faulk as Columbo

James Garner as Jim Rockford in the Rockford Files

George Wendt as Norm on Cheers

Carol Burnett...in her variety show

Goldie Hawn as the airhead blonde in Laugh-In

Lucy and Ethel, working on the chocolate candy assembly line

Audrey Meadows, just standing there, with her hand on her hip, watching Ralph rant and rave


And who didn't belly laugh at Harvey Korman and Tim Conway in that skit in the dentist chair?

Or the "Elephant Story" on the Carol Burnett show when Conway went totally off script when they were live, and the rest of the cast couldn't keep a straight face

"The Music Box"...Laurel and Hardy won an Academy Award for Best Short Subject Comedy for this one...The boys struggle to deliver a piano up a long flight of stairs. The stairs are still there...I climbed them while on a trip to Hollywood a few years back

[JMintzer]

Originally Posted by tophcfa

Hands down, Al Bundy, Married With Children. Honorable mention, Archie Bunker, All In the Family.

Al Bundy was reincarnated as "Jay" on Modern Family...

He is my "Spirit Animal" and the grandfather I hope to be...

[Stu from NYC]

Norm on Cheers, followed by Coach
Newman on Seinfeld
Archie on All in the Family

[Boomer]

My favorite of all time? — the entire cast of 3rd Rock from the Sun.

When we see Lithgow as Winston Churchill in The Crown or a serial killer in Dexter, we can see what a brilliant dramatic actor he is.

But Lithgow’s comedic genius as Dick, the alien in his human form — as an arrogant, confused college professor — makes me laugh out loud. The rest of his “family” does, too.

And Mrs. Dubcek, their aging, horny landlady, with her cigarette holder and her tacky, exotic wardrobe is a classic.

I think 3rd Rock from the Sun has one of the best casts ever put together for a sitcom. And some of the topics will take you down memory lane to the 1990s.

Thanks for the question, OP. I am a fan of sitcoms, but there are not many good ones anymore. Young Sheldon is the only sitcom I watch now. I always liked Big Bang Theory, maybe because I know some people like those lovable, clueless geeks.

Boomer

[New Englander]

George Costanza on Seinfeld.

[fdpaq0580]

My drastically pared down group.
Al and Peggy Bundy
Fred Sanford
The Kingfish
Hyacinth Bucket (pronounced "Bouquet")
Rose (second incarnation on Keeping Up Appearances)
Entire cast of The I. T. Crowd
Miranda
Compo and Nora Batty (Last of the Summer Wine)
Almost forgot Captain Binghamton

[CWGUY]

Gladys Kravitz and her husband Abner from "Bewitched". Understand she retired and moved to The Villages.

[ThirdOfFive]

Originally Posted by tophcfa

Hands down, Al Bundy, Married With Children. Honorable mention, Archie Bunker, All In the Family.

Archie for sure. Also Col. Potter of M.A.S.H.

[Decadeofdave]

Uncle Joe Petticoat Junction
Jim Rockford
Danny Devito on Taxi
Arnold Ziffel on Green Acres
Hank Kimball on Green Acres
Huggy Bear on Starsky and Hutch
Ernest T. Bass on Andy Griffith
Gruber (Carl Ballantine) McHales Navy
Bob Conrad on Wild West
Vic Morrow on Combat
Robert Stack on the Untouchables
Mr. Petterman on Seinfeld aka John O Hurly
And on and on.....

[CFrance]

Bob Newhart on both of his sitcoms, pus the pilot on the first one.

[GpaVader]

Red from That's 70's Show
The cast of Taxi...

[jbartle1]

Two and a half men, Rose, Alan, Berta, hilarious