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Rex O'Rourke
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BURBANK, CA. – I was flipping the channels the other day and stumbled upon an old “Sopranos” episode from one of the early seasons and it got me to thinking that it must have been fantastic to play that maniac. James Gandolfini must have opened up those scripts every week like a kid at Christmas, wondering what he was going to get to do to further the legend of Tony Soprano. In any given scene he could be crying or killing. Talk about a meaty role! Wanna talk about it? OK we will. This week it’s Rex’s Top Ten TV characters of all time. Now bear in mind this doesn’t necessarily mean the show is an all timer (although many are) but that the character that each of the actors played is an all time great role. Most characters are neurotic or dysfunctional in some way and the parts for them are extremely well written. Remember, to quote the late great George Carlin, “My rules, I make ‘em up”.So without further ado…
Honorable mentions in the vintage division – Ralph Kramden, Lucy Ricardo, Maxwell Smart, Herman Munster, and Laura Petrie and Tony Nelson.
Honorable mentions in the modern era – Jim Ignatowski, Frank Burns, Crockett & Tubbs, Sam Malone, Edith Bunker, and Homer Simpson.
Special Lifetime Achievement – James Tiberius Kirk. Let’s face it, Shatner’s been playing this guy for over forty years no matter what the show’s about.
10 – Burt Campbell from “Soap” – Played the Alien version of himself.
9 – Frasier and Niles Crane – Kelsey Grammer knew a good part and stuck with it. He’s probably hopelessly type-cast now. He and David Hyde Pierce playing neurotic psychologists was pure genius. Very well written.
8 – Samantha Jones, “Sex and the City” and Ari Gold, “Entourage”. Both shows are essentially the same show. One has four women sitting around talking about the sex they did or didn’t have last night, and the other, four men sitting around talking about the sex they did or didn’t have last night. Samantha takes girl power to a new level and Ari is as ruthless as he is loyal. Not great shows, but great parts.
7 – Hank and Artie, “The Larry Sanders Show” – A virtual tie for the best one liners. Hank rapping with the Wu Tang Clan is “pee in your pants” funny. An all time great show as well.
6 – Cliff Huxtable, “The Cosby Show” – Very funny, socially significant, great one-liners, good clean fun.
5 – Al Swearengen, “Deadwood” – I suffered through three seasons of this crap; totally hooked, as I waited for something to happen, and it basically never did, but Al kept me coming back for more. Awful show, great role, great actor.
4 – Tony Soprano – The gold standard of bad guys.
3 – Felix Unger and Oscar Madison, “The Odd Couple”. Can’t have one without the other. Peas and Carrots, Pitching and Defense (there’s the mandatory baseball reference, Matts), Peanut Butter and Jelly.
2 – Jerry, George, Elaine, and Kramer. All four of them were equally hilarious. Probably the best sitcom of all time.
1 – Archie Bunker, “All in the Family”. Hated everyone equally. Said things no one ever uttered on TV before. One of a kind.
So, who’d I miss?
This weeks picks… Seattle +3, Giants -3 on the field where they won it all, Titans -5 against a game but ultimately overmatched Jets squad.
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Cookie
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Wow... I am guessing with all the triva buffs on this website.. there are going to be loads of great additions!
I'd also like to mention that Gandolfini's 'Tony' got to knock the boots a lot on that show. Big, fat, unstable guy with lots of money to buy him some tail.
I'd definitely add Larry from 'Curb Your Enthusiasm.' People don't get more screwed up than this. The part where he went to the ballgame with the hooker is priceless.
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jgclancy
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The Living Legend Al Bundy of course! I miss those No Ma'am meetings.
Any of the cast from Barney Miller, Louie from Taxi as well,The Big Guy from WKRP, so many...so many.....I still believe Laura Petrie(MTM) was the most beautiful woman on tv ever.
Jets win if no Favre INT--guaranteed....this from a man who picked Texas Tech yesterday....Go Vikings! |
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Marty O'B
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| Great post, Rexy. But you all forgot the single best, hands down, no argument about it character - Archie Bunker! Come on. He's a lay up. And T-Tech shook me more then the stock market. Ugh. |
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Manny
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| Rex, do SNL characters count? How about cartoons? Dana Carvey had a handful and Bugs Bunny was the Michael Jordan of animation. They even worked together. |
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Oregon Pete
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| Great column Rex - the fact that different topics are discussed without going totally away from sports is what separates this site from others. How about sports characters? First show that pops to mind is Coach. Hayden Fox, Dobber and Lucas?? (Jerry Van Dyke) were all tremendous. And is Seattle still playing? |
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Plaxico Burress is no longer spokesman for Thigh Master. Chad Pennington is NOT a Brett Favre fan... Hillary Clinton and Don Nelson have never been seen in the same place... Jerry Manuel is not related to Charlie ManuelJerry Manuel is not related to Charlie Manuel... Somebody namd Michel coaches the Pittsburgh Penguins... Tiki Barber quit the Giants. The Giants then won the Super Bowl... The New England Patriots only lost ONE game out of 19!!! Aaron Heilman was actually funny in re to Eli and Plaxico Burress helping the Mets as a pitcher and outfielder, respectively. Repeat, Heilman was funny... Jessica Simpson would rather date Tom Brady - trust us... Eli Manning is better than Archie - now... Alyssa Milano is a Met fan. RRRRR... Rickey Henderson speaks in the 3rd Person... Shawn Green has big ears... Howard Johnson likes to stay at the Holiday Inn, ironically... Sandy Alomar, Sr. is the youngest of 9 kids. That's why he was quick around the dish. Jiminy Cricket was the Philly Phanatic in a previous life…Fred Wilpon is pals with Sandy Koufax... Mike Ditka is a really tough guy.. Buffalo has a Triple A baseball team. They are NOT called The Snowballs... Chan Ho Park has people thinking of naming a ballfield after him - it would be called Chan Ho Park Park... John Maine has never been, oddly enough, to Maine... Curt Gowdy, Jr. has never been to Yellow Knife, Canada... Kevin Mitchell played 6 positions for the Mets in '86 and, according to Doc Gooden's book, didn't like cats... John Olerud & Wayne Gretzky have never been seen in the same place... Kevin McReynolds now makes his living doing laugh tracks for sit-coms... Tony Gwynn is nearing 300 lbs... Carlos Beltran has Mercedes Benz dealerships named for him in Barcelona, Spain... Willie Montanez was called Guillermo by Lenny Randle... Rusty Staub beat Jeff Kent in a race – TODAY... Jay Horwitz is a dynamite Cricket players – somebody said... Jeff Wilpon was a decent minor league catcher... Ziggy Palfy lives in Slovakia and is a big Met fan... Superman Returns, yet still can’t hit Billy Wagner... David Wright will win the Triple Crown – on a horse... Omar Minaya is Tobey McGuire’s stunt-double in Spider Man 3... Hilary Clinton has Mr. Met pajamas – we think... Albert Einstein was a HUGE Met fan... The Metropolitan Opera House was named for the Mets after their 2nd season in ’63... Wally Backman, ’86 sparkplug, considered changing his name to Wally Back-Matt... Neil Allen and Mike Stanton, former Mets, have Allen & Stanton Streets on Lower East Side named for them.
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