Best sitcom supporting characters

[MSOrange]

People that weren't the stars of the show but just the sight of them on screen made you start cracking up because you knew something funny was about to happen. My list, not necessarily in order.

1. Arthur Spooner - King of Queens
2. Cliff Clavin - Cheers - Norm was really good too but I think we all have a little bit of Cliff in us.
3. George Costanza - Seinfeld.
4. Eddie Haskell - Leave it to Beaver
5. Fred Rutherford - Leave it to Beaver - What a blowhard. The way the Cleavers played off the supporting cast made that show hilarious. For that matter, Richard Deacon was also hilarious as Mel Cooley on the Dick Van Dyke Show.
6. Ralph Furley - Three's Company
7. Frank Barone - Everybody Loves Raymond
8. Ted Baxter- Mary Tyler Moore Show
9. Dwight Schrute - The Office
10. Kramer - Seinfeld

Who's your list?

 

[MiniCuse]

Latka and Jim from Taxi.
The two weirdo brothers on It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia.

 

[upperdeck]

not a sitcom but still
tim conway - carol burnett

phil hartman - Billy Mcneal - news radio
tom poston - George - newhart
david schram - roy - wings
ryan stiles - lewis - the drew cary show
craig ferguson - nigel - the drw carey show
anyone on MASH
John Larroquette - Dan - Night Court
Christopher Lloyd - Reverand Jim - Taxi
rays parents - Everybody loves Raymond

 

[MSOrange]

not a sitcom but still
tim conway - carol burnett

phil hartman - Billy Mcneal - news radio
tom poston - George - newhart
david schram - roy - wings
ryan stiles - lewis - the drew cary show
craig ferguson - nigel - the drw carey show
anyone on MASH
John Larroquette - Dan - Night Court
Christopher Lloyd - Reverand Jim - Taxi
rays parents - Everybody loves Raymond

George from Newhart, Roy from Wings and Dan from Night Court are excellent calls. I didn't watch a ton of Drew Carey or Newsradio.

 

[OttoinGrotto]

It's not a sitcom, but Carl on Aqua Teen Hunger Force was great.

Starburns on Community was also good.

 

[donniesyracuse]

Senor Chang

 

[Cowtown]

In no particular order and with no disrespect to the lists above ...

Art Carney in The Honeymooners
Bob Denver in Dobie Gillis
Danny DeVito in Taxi
Loretta Swit and Larry Linville in MASH
David Lander and Michael McKean in Laverne and Shirley
Ed Asner in the MTM Show
John LaRoquette in Night Court
Jim Backus in Gilligan's Island
Nicholas Colosanto and Shelley Long in Cheers
Howard Hesseman in WKRP
Polly Holliday in Alice
Nancy Pynchon in Lou Grant
Delta Burke in Designing Women

 

[Capt. Tuttle]

In no particular order and with no disrespect to the lists above ...

Art Carney in The Honeymooners
Bob Denver in Dobie Gillis
Danny DeVito in Taxi
Loretta Swit and Larry Linville in MASH
David Lander and Michael McKean in Laverne and Shirley
Ed Asner in the MTM Show
John LaRoquette in Night Court
Jim Backus in Gilligan's Island
Nicholas Colosanto and Shelley Long in Cheers
Howard Hesseman in WKRP
Polly Holliday in Alice
Nancy Pynchon in Lou Grant

Larry Linville for me. Once Frank was gone, arguably the greatest sitcom ever went decidedly down hill. (Coincided with a move towards becoming politically correct, more than simply comical/anti-war.).

 

[orangenauburn]

People that weren't the stars of the show but just the sight of them on screen made you start cracking up because you knew something funny was about to happen. My list, not necessarily in order.

1. Arthur Spooner - King of Queens
2. Cliff Clavin - Cheers - Norm was really good too but I think we all have a little bit of Cliff in us.
3. George Costanza - Seinfeld.
4. Eddie Haskell - Leave it to Beaver
5. Fred Rutherford - Leave it to Beaver - What a blowhard. The way the Cleavers played off the supporting cast made that show hilarious. For that matter, Richard Deacon was also hilarious as Mel Cooley on the Dick Van Dyke Show.
6. Ralph Furley - Three's Company
7. Frank Barone - Everybody Loves Raymond
8. Ted Baxter- Mary Tyler Moore Show
9. Dwight Schrute - The Office
10. Kramer - Seinfeld

Who's your list?

I think Jerry Stiller wins

Arthur Spooner and Frank Costanza. Two great character performance

 

[moqui]

GOB Bluth, Arrested Development
Darren Lamb, Extras
Hank Kingsley,The Larry Sanders Show
Erlich Bachman, Silicon Valley

 

[kuethstheman]

In no particular order and with no disrespect to the lists above ...

Art Carney in The Honeymooners
Bob Denver in Dobie Gillis
Danny DeVito in Taxi
Loretta Swit and Larry Linville in MASH
David Lander and Michael McKean in Laverne and Shirley
Ed Asner in the MTM Show
John LaRoquette in Night Court
Jim Backus in Gilligan's Island
Nicholas Colosanto and Shelley Long in Cheers
Howard Hesseman in WKRP
Polly Holliday in Alice
Nancy Pynchon in Lou Grant
Delta Burke in Designing Women

Good call on Dobie Gillis (Maynard) but it indicates you're pretty freekin old!

 

[Cowtown]

Good call on Dobie Gillis (Maynard) but it indicates you're pretty freekin old!

Reruns, my man!

 

[orange79]

Reruns, my man!

Nice recovery.

 

[OttoMets]

Night Court (in my memory, at least) is seriously underrated. Why no Netflix exposure for this show?

 

[OttoinGrotto]

Darren Lamb, Extras

The criminally underrated Stephen Merchant.

 

[MSOrange]

In no particular order and with no disrespect to the lists above ...

Art Carney in The Honeymooners
Bob Denver in Dobie Gillis
Danny DeVito in Taxi
Loretta Swit and Larry Linville in MASH
David Lander and Michael McKean in Laverne and Shirley
Ed Asner in the MTM Show
John LaRoquette in Night Court
Jim Backus in Gilligan's Island
Nicholas Colosanto and Shelley Long in Cheers
Howard Hesseman in WKRP
Polly Holliday in Alice
Nancy Pynchon in Lou Grant
Delta Burke in Designing Women

Designing Women? I think I'm going to have to consult with the man card review board about possible revocation of yours.

 

[Cowtown]

Designing Women? I think I'm going to have to consult with the man card review board about possible revocation of yours.

I've always loved Annie Potts.

edit: but I'm drawing the line at Young Sheldon. Ain't gonna happen. And meanwhile my staircase wit alter ego tells me I should have said, "But coach, I'm delicate."

 

[Briancuse]

Costanza hands down.

 

[OrangeDW]

Frank Costanza. Guy was a riot every time he was on.

Obviously the show is named Seinfeld, but I always considered Jerry, George, Kramer, and Elaine all as co-leads as they all basically got the same screen time and and amount of story lines.

Mr. Belding - Saved By the Bell

 

[DeGrozz]

It's not a sitcom, but Carl on Aqua Teen Hunger Force was great.

Starburns on Community was also good.

If we're throwing cartoons into the mix, Randy Marsh on South Park!

 

[OttoinGrotto]

Anybody say the janitor from Scrubs?

 

[Capt. Tuttle]

If we're throwing cartoons into the mix, Randy Marsh on South Park!

If cartoons, then it's gotta be Daffy Duck.

 

[bevosu]

Barbara Feldon- Get Smart

 

[Alsacs]

 

[STEVEHOLT]

Nick: Family Ties
Grady: Sanford and Son.
Mr. Bentley: Jeffersons (who I think turned out to be a wacko human being?)