Top 5 television characters

Dan - off topic: I saw an Oregon license plate that was dark yellow and said “ TRANSPORTER” at the bottom. What the heck is that? Thanks in advance.

 

On Topic:

Eddie Haskell

 

Early MASH doesn’t work without Frank Burns.

 

Transporter plates are used by the transportation industry to transport unregistered vehicles from one point to another (usually from the manufacturer to a dealer lot). These plates may be moved from vehicle to vehicle.

 

For secondary characters, I was a big fan of Tim Gutterson in Justified.

 

The one I saw was driving in Maryland like an asshole.

 

Mork from Ork

 

Agreed, but Winchester was a good change up. I thought BJ was a huge bring down from Trapper.

 

My personal list:

• Hawkeye Pierce (MASH): I still quote him often. Very often.
• Jed Bartlet (The West Wing): Still wish he had actually served as POTUS.
• DCS Christopher Foyle (Foyle’s War): Michael Kitchens did so much with just a *look.*
• Jethro Gibbs (NCIS): Flawed hero. A stoic one. Great character.
• Thomas Magnum (original Magnum PI): Action hero with a helluva toe-in-the-samd sense of humor.
• Frank Reagan (Blue Bloods): The perfect “top cop.”

 

Glad there were a couple of Gibbs mentions. He is indeed a great character.

 

Hawkeye Pierce
Archie Bunker
Thomas Magnum
Greg House
J.R. Ewing

(Will have to watch "Veep" just to see Julia Louis-Dreyfus' Selina Meyer ... )

 

Fred Sanford