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  • Falldog, on 04/12/2009, -3/+7020. Jeff Spicoli, Fast Times At Ridgemont High
    19. John ‘Bluto’ Blutarsky, Animal House
    18. Alvy Singer, Annie Hall
    17. Steve McCroskey, Airplane!
    16. Nigel Tufnel, This Is Spinal Tap
    15. Murray Hewitt, Flight Of The Conchords
    14. Vince Noir, The Mighty Boosh
    13. Peter Venkman, Ghostbusters
    12. Homer Simpson, The Simpsons
    11. Larry David, Curb Your Enthusiasm
    10. Happy Gilmore, Happy Gilmor
    9. The Black Knight, Monty Python and the Holy Grail
    8. Frank Drebin, Police Squad!/The Naked Gun
    7. Eric Cartman, South Park
    6. Inspector Clouseau, The Pink Panther (Peter Sellers's version, not the ***** remake)
    5. Father Dougal, Father Ted
    4. Alan Partridge, The Day Today/Knowing Me, Knowing You/I’m Alan Partridge
    3. David Brent, The Office
    2. Edmund Blackadder, Blackadder
    1. Ron Burgundy, Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy

    There, I saved you seven pages to reveal what they gave away on the first page. Oddly enough, it was a decent list until it got to number one.

  • barryiggins, on 04/12/2009, -1/+38Ron Burgundy at #1? Really?

    ...and no Dude from the Big Lebowski??(actually, pretty much any character from that movie could top this list, imo)
  • qwerty1024, on 04/13/2009, -2/+30Where is George Costanza?
  • Kuci06, on 04/12/2009, -5/+24where is Al Bundy???? list fails
  • TheBigBad, on 04/13/2009, -0/+14Exactly. No Costanza or Kramer makes this list moot.
  • luketullos, on 04/13/2009, -1/+14Why isn't Gob from Arrested Development on there?
    ...or anyone from Arrested Development for that matter!
  • OutAndAbout, on 04/12/2009, -1/+12My vote is for "The Dude" as well.
    Bunny Lebowski: Uli doesn't care about anything. He's a Nihilist.
    The Dude: Ah, that must be exhausting.
  • kingofinternet, on 04/12/2009, -1/+12Not a single Marx brother. Sad.
  • skidork, on 04/13/2009, -1/+12Buried for no Simon Pegg.
  • seltaeb4, on 04/13/2009, -0/+8Basil Fawlty?
  • T8erT0T, on 04/13/2009, -0/+8The Internet List - (n) A marketing vehicle designed to attract readers to view a poorly compiled list--intentionally or unintentionally crafted to leave some significant entities out with in order to elicit responses from its viewers. These lists are typically not from an authority or educated procurer of the information compiled.
  • newfrickinshow, on 04/13/2009, -0/+8Someone less known but still really good to those who have taken the time to watch MST3K. Crow T. Robot.
  • Pillage, on 04/13/2009, -0/+8Dugg for Blackadder
  • SRSco, on 04/12/2009, -0/+7A few of those characters are very funny (i.e. Alvy Singer, Homer Simpson, Larry David [is he really considered fictitious?] & David Brent) but this list is stupid as hell.
  • redsoxmb545, on 04/13/2009, -0/+6fail
  • theysayjump, on 04/13/2009, -0/+6Dugg for Alan Partridge. I'd say switch him with Ron Burgundy and knock Father Ted up a couple of spots.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n5jpVbEL0jc
  • Kero1116, on 04/13/2009, -0/+5No Cosmo Kramer from Seinfeld?
  • Perdido, on 04/13/2009, -0/+5If you're gonna with chris tucker, you gotta go with Ruby from Fifth Element...
  • magoo403, on 04/13/2009, -1/+6The pope should be on this list, with his hilarious 'Africa and condoms' routine. That was classic. Oh wait.

    Happy Easter everyone!
  • wafflesomd, on 04/13/2009, -0/+4Father Ted is on the list.

    That's all that matters.
  • adremali, on 04/13/2009, -2/+6women that think they have rights are funny.
  • GrooTheWanderer, on 04/13/2009, -0/+4The Goodies should get 1st, 2nd and 3rd place. In any order, I don't care.
  • acephreak, on 04/13/2009, -0/+4The Dude.
  • CrimsonBlur, on 04/13/2009, -1/+5Worst. List. Ever.
  • alexra, on 04/13/2009, -1/+4no borat, come on, he is one of the funniest characters to ever be in a movie, the person who made this list will surely be crushed
  • Hu99, on 04/13/2009, -0/+3What an awful "top 20"? Purely subjective and some of the choices are bizarre.
  • inactive, on 04/13/2009, -0/+3Edina and Patsy are two great characters definitely, the rest not so much, and as much as I love Joan, she's a standup not a character.

    Women are usually cast as the straight guy looking on disapprovingly at the silly things the men do.

    I'm trying to think of some other great female chars..

    Ahh, Elizabeth in Black adder II. Steals the series.
  • RipleyIsDead, on 04/13/2009, -0/+3Buried for Ron Burgundy beating Edmond Blackadder :(
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  • seinman, on 04/13/2009, -2/+5Women generally aren't funny. Of course there's some who are, but I'm not surprised to see zero women on the list at all.
  • protogenxl, on 04/13/2009, -0/+3How could they be missing Tyres from Spaced?

    Ref: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y54jev1Uyao
  • Animal, on 04/13/2009, -0/+3Maybe it's the fanboy in me talking but Homer Simpson should be much higher on that list, and Ron Burgundy? Really? Give me a break, it isn't even Will Ferrell's funniest character.
  • SRSco, on 04/13/2009, -0/+3You are correct about Will Ferrel and Flight of the Conchords. But Ricky Gervais is hilaaaarious.
  • ksgant, on 04/13/2009, -0/+3I liked him better playing the character of Neil Patrick Harris in the "Harold and Kumar" movies.
  • analogkid01, on 04/13/2009, -0/+3Dugg, but I prefer the broad-shouldered big-voiced Tom Servo.
  • inactive, on 04/13/2009, -0/+3thanks for not telling us who you actually find funny.

    Probably the diceman.
  • xaeon, on 04/13/2009, -0/+2Hardly mainstream, is he?
  • Fergawa, on 04/13/2009, -0/+2At #2 no less!
  • jordanlgta, on 04/13/2009, -1/+3GEORGE COSTANZA PLEASE!?!?!?!?!?!?!
  • glberns, on 04/13/2009, -0/+2yes, he does only have one character, but that doesn't mean that it isn't funny the first time you see it. Anchorman is the first time we met that character, thus the success.
  • jimmyp80, on 04/13/2009, -0/+2No Erwin Fletcher from Fletch? Or Tie Webb from Caddyshack?
  • boojoy, on 04/12/2009, -2/+4I was really glad to see Murray from "Flight of the Conchords" in there. He really makes the show for me and Rhys Darby play him perfectly.
  • GalacticRerun, on 04/13/2009, -0/+2Phoebe and Zoidberg are more annoying than they are funny. Phoebe's hardly funny at all.
  • ewsherm, on 04/13/2009, -1/+3Neil Patrick Harris from How I met your mother.
  • analogkid01, on 04/13/2009, -0/+2Yes, dear?
  • ZombieSociety, on 04/13/2009, -0/+2"The word itself makes some men uncomfortable. Vagina."
    "........oh yeah?"
  • Ighuc, on 04/13/2009, -0/+2This has to be the worst pedo bear I have ever ever ever seen.
  • analogkid01, on 04/13/2009, -0/+2"So, uh, youse two 'friends' coming out with us tonight?"
  • jgonzz, on 04/13/2009, -0/+2Web sites without talent create 'page generators' like this list..!

    Ron Burgundy was really ***** lame. This list recognized Dougal from "Father Ted" but chose Burgundy as its number one? It smells. I suspect this was done on purpose, to generate comments, links and (ohmigosh, omigosh, omigosh..!) page views. Gilligan from 'Gilligan's Island' would have been better..

    Anyway additional people to consider...

    Carl from "Caddy Shack"
    Rick from "The Young Ones"
    Archie Bunker from "All in the Family"
    Jim Lahey from "Trailer Park Boys"

    And yes........

    Basil Fawlty from "Fawlty Towers", only 12 episodes, 35 years old and people still remember episode, "THE GERMANS".
  • jordanlgta, on 04/13/2009, -0/+1OH MY GOD. I cannot digg you high enough. Where is Costanza? Your comment should be one of those with 1000+ diggs.
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