Stupid TV Characters

Did you ever notice that TV sit-coms always, always have at least one character who is clueless. And that’s always supposed to mean automatic laughs. Sad thing is that it usually works. Here are just a few because I am not a big sit-com watcher, especially if it has laugh-tracks. I hate laugh-tracks.

Edith Bunker on All in the Family

Roger Healy on I Dream of Jeannie

Chrissy on Three’s Company

Gomer Pyle on Gomer Pyle USMC

Goober Pyle on The Andy Griffith Show

Frank Burns on M*A*S*H

Ted Baxter on The Mary Tyler Moore Show

Cosmo Kramer on Seinfeld

Sgt. Wojo on Barney Ribble

Lorilei Brown on My Favorite Martian

Lovey Howell on Gilligan’s Island

Mr. Bentley on The Jeffersons

Ellie Mae Clampett on The Beverly Hillbillies

J.J. Walker on Good Times

Tim Conway’s character on McHale’s Navy

Aunt Agatha on Bewitched

Vinnie Barbarino on Welcome Back Kotter

Lenny and Squiggy on Laverne and Shirley