My Favorite Characters-Eunice Higgins

I said I was done with these but couldn’t pass this one up. It amazes me how a silly sketch show managed to give us one of the most complex characters you’ll see on TV (from the old days). The show of course was "The Carol Burnett Show". It's even more amazing that she didn't appear until Season 6. "The Family" segments replaced the lame "sister" segments and were, obviously, a lot more memorable. 

Eunice Higgins

 

Eunice is made funny of course because Carol Burnett is a funny lady. With her exploding temper and the way she could convey things just with her eyes. But she was also a actress so there is always some drama within the comedy. The sketches, and there a few of them, did a lot more than just give us something to laugh at for fifteen minutes. This felt like a genuine dysfunctional family and the laughs came not from jokes but from the situation. Little wonder it seemed obvious making a sitcom out of it.

My Favorite Characters-Superman & Batman

This is going to be my last favorite character article for awhile, I’ve kind of run out new characters to talk about (aside from the one’s I’ve discussed at length elsewhere), so decided to conclude for now with two heroes I’ve spent a lot of time discussing over the years…

Superman & Batman

My Favorite Characters-The Golden Girls

Gonna try something a little different today. So far I have talked about single characters that I liked. Now when we have ensemble tv or movies, very often it’s that one character that stands out. Sometimes however, you get an ensemble where the characters need each other to be good characters. For example, when Gabe Kaplan left Welcome Back, Kotter the show sucked. The Sweathogs were the same, but without Kotter the characters didn’t click the same. Another sitcom that you can argue is like is one of my favorite sitcoms ever…. 

The Golden Girls

My Favorite Characters-Rey

I commented last time that just because what the creators did with a certain character may not work for you, doesn’t mean the character is irreparably damaged. I got to thinking of a character that I feel that way for. While what they established in the most recent story was weak, does that mean I no longer like the character? Let's talk about…

Rey

My Favorite Characters-Kermit, The Frog

So let's move on from the world of sitcoms to another genre. One of the greatest characters I've loved for ages isn't a man or woman. He started out as a puppet made from an old raincoat. A green raincoat. How can a puppet mange to be one of the best characters ever? Let's talk about...

Kermit The Frog

Kermit is "just a frog", as he himself would put it, but he's really so much more. Now to be fair, the his early days on Sesame Street and The Muppet Show his characters wasn't as defined. In those days he was pretty much the straight man in a world of insanity. Trying desperately to keep it under control. Of course you go further back to when he got started, he doesn't even resemble the character we know today.

My Favorite Characters-George Costanza

There aren’t to many characters that have no endeaing qualities, that go through a series refusing to improve themselves, and yet we love to watch anyway. This is..

George Costanza

My Favorite Characters-Sheldon Cooper

Last time I talked about a sitcom character who can come off cold and distance, but really has a good heart. The thing is with Benson is, it’s not that hard to see what a nice guy he really is. Some sitcom characters, you have to look a little deeper. Let’s talk today about…

Sheldon Cooper

I’ve talked a lot about him so will keep it short. Let’s put aside all the “controversy” on The Big Bang Theory and just talk about this character. Even though it had been explicitly stated that Sheldon does not have Autism, he really does act like it. So let’s see, Sheldon is pompous, arrogant, rude, a germaphobe and is only happy when he gets his way no matter what. He is a nice guy??

My Favorite Characters-Benson DuBois

So let’s go to the world of sitcoms and discuss a character I loved for years. Yeah he is saecastic and always has a joke ready, but is that all I like about him? I’m talking about..

Benson DuBois

Of course Benson, played of course by Robert Guillaume, got his start as the Butler to the Tate family on “Soap”. I’ve only seen bits of that show but it seems like he played the straight man, commenting on the craziness around him while giving a few shots at his employer along the way. Think Geoffrey from “Fresh Prince”.

My Favorite Characters-Marty McFly

Back to the Future was one of my favorite movies ever. It’s one of those films that comes together perfectly and does everything right. Today I wanted to take a look at the main character of the movie, and discuss what made that character work so well. Of course I am talking about..

Marty McFly

While it’s more than fair to point out that one of the reasons the character is so popular is because Michael J Fox 100% nailed the performance. He feels so natural, you feel like he’s just a regikar kid. He sells every scene where Marty is supposed to be looking in awe or disbelief at whatever he is seeing. Not to mention the emotional stuff he has to carry. And I always thought one reason for his friendship with Doc was that Doc gave Marty something George couldn’t, like guidance? Let’s discuss that a second.