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RandySF
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Rastapopoulos
(700 posts)But I hated the Great Gazoo
debm55
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tanyev
(46,344 posts)Last edited Wed Apr 23, 2025, 09:35 PM - Edit history (2)
My favorite episodes were the ones that spent a lot of time on the supporting cast.
debm55
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Mad_Dem_X
(9,914 posts)I can't stand the character of Erin (the receptionist after Pam). She's so goofy and air-headed.
debm55
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Phoenix61
(18,342 posts)He was just such an uptight ass.
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efhmc
(15,440 posts)Has always driven me crazy.
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Rizen
(870 posts)He's an ultra conservative control freak who's borderline abusive to the kids. He does stuff like take away a 6 year old girl's doll, smack the boy and put secret cameras in the smoke detectors to spy on his family. He did mellow out a bit in season 5 at least.
debm55
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LudwigPastorius
(12,402 posts)He's just a dick, and apparently Chase didn't have to do much acting to pull that off.
Glad they got rid of that asshole.
debm55
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ProfessorGAC
(72,584 posts)I still watch MASH, but couldn't stand Trapper or Henry.
When MeTV runs their episodes i quit watching until BJ & Potter got there.
debm55
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JoseBalow
(7,428 posts)I never liked Frank Burns
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regnaD kciN
(27,042 posts)so I dont think that counts, since most villains are supposed to be unlikable. I think the original question was more like which character that was supposed to be sympathetic did you find unlikeable?
Norrrm
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Dorothy V
(321 posts)Bones herself often rubs me the wrong way. Her insistence in her own superiority can get infuriating.
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nuxvomica
(13,302 posts)A smug and conniving little mind-game player.
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regnaD kciN
(27,042 posts)the show was fun, but they were each intolerable.
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MIButterfly
(360 posts)with Vicki a close second. Julie was such a Little Miss Perfect goody two-shoes and Vicki was annoying. She was cute, but annoying. I think they were trying to make her into a mini-Julie.
I never watched The Love Boat when it was on because I worked nights. I only saw it years later in reruns. I didn't love the show, but I watched it because I like cruising and I would get a kick out of seeing some of the guest stars when they were just starting out.
debm55
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Ziggysmom
(3,783 posts)the others.
MIButterfly
(360 posts)I always watched the show because although it was not consistently funny, it was hilarious more often than not. I used to think Mike was the weakest character, but he eventually grew on me.
I think every character was funny in their own way.
I wasn't too impressed with Molly quitting her teaching job to become a writer, though.
Archae
(47,127 posts)They were just plain annoying.
LogDog75
(430 posts)Diane Chambers was middle-class and, although graduating from college, was a pretentious intellectual. She reminds me of Hyacinth Bucket from the British TV program Keeping Up Appearances. Hyacinth was born into a working class family, married a man who was middle class, and thought of herself as being upper middle class. She pronounced her married last name as "Bouquet" because "Bucket was too common.
Diane Chambers is the same as Hyacinth Bucket in that she she pretends and believes she's someone above everyone else..
What make for good comedy in both characters is when they get knocked down when they try to show their superiority over others.
some_of_us_are_sane
(1,230 posts)That's EXACTLY why I was always annoyed by Diane. Her badly hidden snobbery without any real basis.
sakabatou
(44,714 posts)Earl_from_PA
(259 posts)Dr. Julia Ogden.
Annoying beyond belief.
Dem2theMax
(10,664 posts)I'm pretty sure that character was universally hated.
I wanted to reach through the TV and kill him, just to get him off my screen.
He was so bad, it was like watching fingernails on a chalkboard.
MIButterfly
(360 posts)Everyone liked him because he showed his butt, but not me. He had absolutely no personality whatsoever and besides, I think David Caruso is a terrible actor. I much preferred Andy Sipowitz. And Bobby Simone (Jimmy Smits) - oh baby! He definitely did not hurt the eyes.