TV Character Meme
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admnaismith:
a. Post a list of 10 TV shows you watch (current or cancelled!)
b. Have your friends list guess your favourite CHARACTER from each show
c. When guessed bold the line and write a sentence about why you like that character
d. Post in your own livejournal.
1. Mystery Science Theater 3000 -- it's hard to pick among the members of a perfect cast, but Kevin Murphy's Tom Servo is such a wonderful bundle of song, trivia, vocal impressions, shtick, and neuroses that there's no way the show would be anywhere near as much fun without him.
2. Babylon 5 -- The incredible complexity of Londo Mollari is in many ways the lynchpin of the series (you could easily make the case that, without him and G'Kar and their warring worlds, nothing else would've had the same spice), and his journey from obscurity to monstrosity and, ultimately, to tragic hero of a sort, is breathtaking.
3. American Gothic -- There is talk now and again of an American Gothic movie... but I believe no one could possibly approach the performance of Gary Cole as Sheriff Lucas Buck, my choice for the slickest, sexiest, and most evil character ever created by anybody.
4. Batman: The Animated Series -- this one was sneaky. The first two episodes featuring Roddy McDowall as Jervis Tetch, The Mad Hatter, are heartbreaking in their portrayal of a lonely genius who wants love, wants to fit in, wants what other people have... and if he can't have it, why, he'll make them think his way.... His attempted vengeance on Batman is especially horrific, and to my mind these were the episodes that said, "If you thought this was a kid's show, think again".
5. Batman (live-action, Adam West) -- As portrayed by Frank Gorshin, the Riddler was the total package: madness, brilliance, evil, and style.
6. Iron Chef -- It could've been Sakai, for whom I have immense respect, or Morimoto, who manages to project both haute cuisine and bushido... but Chairman Kaga made you believe that, not only was there a Kitchen Stadium, but it really wasn't worth living in a world without a Kitchen Stadium.
7. Northern Exposure -- Adam, the paranoid hateful bastard who was possibly the greatest chef on the planet, kicked every episode he appeared on into overdrive.
8. The Perils of Penelope Pitstop -- Can't help it. Sylvester Sneakly and his alter-ego, The Hooded Claw. Constantly menacing the gorgeous heroine, wearing a cape, kidnapping the beautiful damsel, evil laughter, tying up the buxom young wench (who doesn't panic, but only asks what's the plot this time, so I suspect she's something of a BD/SM freak herself)... and he's secretly good-looking and well-off himself. What's not to like?
9. Seinfeld -- This is a bit of a ringer, as I loathe Seinfeld. I think Jerry is a barely-talented comic and performer, and I think the show was the only example in the history of the world where a man was paid a million dollars a week for his own therapy. (And, lemme tell you, if I was bringin' down that much cabbage, I'd be cured as all hell.) But Jason Alexander, who has made a career of playing obnoxious, unlikable creeps, perfects it on this show. The man is incredibly talented, and I'd like to see him play someone likable now and then.
10. WWF/WWE Raw -- the most electrifying man in sports entertainment, the Great One, the People's Champion. Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson is as good as it gets on pretty much every level: a top-notch athlete with no fear, possibly the best and most creative microphone man in the history of wrestling, equally good as a heel or a babyface, and a team player who not only knows that it's a show and sometimes he has to lose for the show to go on, but who has no overblown self-image that needs to be fed... but his character does, and that's what really, really makes it work. If the Rock weren't so prone to outrage and reaction, he wouldn't be nearly as much fun.
Thanks to everyone for playing!
admnaismith:a. Post a list of 10 TV shows you watch (current or cancelled!)
b. Have your friends list guess your favourite CHARACTER from each show
c. When guessed bold the line and write a sentence about why you like that character
d. Post in your own livejournal.
1. Mystery Science Theater 3000 -- it's hard to pick among the members of a perfect cast, but Kevin Murphy's Tom Servo is such a wonderful bundle of song, trivia, vocal impressions, shtick, and neuroses that there's no way the show would be anywhere near as much fun without him.
2. Babylon 5 -- The incredible complexity of Londo Mollari is in many ways the lynchpin of the series (you could easily make the case that, without him and G'Kar and their warring worlds, nothing else would've had the same spice), and his journey from obscurity to monstrosity and, ultimately, to tragic hero of a sort, is breathtaking.
3. American Gothic -- There is talk now and again of an American Gothic movie... but I believe no one could possibly approach the performance of Gary Cole as Sheriff Lucas Buck, my choice for the slickest, sexiest, and most evil character ever created by anybody.
4. Batman: The Animated Series -- this one was sneaky. The first two episodes featuring Roddy McDowall as Jervis Tetch, The Mad Hatter, are heartbreaking in their portrayal of a lonely genius who wants love, wants to fit in, wants what other people have... and if he can't have it, why, he'll make them think his way.... His attempted vengeance on Batman is especially horrific, and to my mind these were the episodes that said, "If you thought this was a kid's show, think again".
5. Batman (live-action, Adam West) -- As portrayed by Frank Gorshin, the Riddler was the total package: madness, brilliance, evil, and style.
6. Iron Chef -- It could've been Sakai, for whom I have immense respect, or Morimoto, who manages to project both haute cuisine and bushido... but Chairman Kaga made you believe that, not only was there a Kitchen Stadium, but it really wasn't worth living in a world without a Kitchen Stadium.
7. Northern Exposure -- Adam, the paranoid hateful bastard who was possibly the greatest chef on the planet, kicked every episode he appeared on into overdrive.
8. The Perils of Penelope Pitstop -- Can't help it. Sylvester Sneakly and his alter-ego, The Hooded Claw. Constantly menacing the gorgeous heroine, wearing a cape, kidnapping the beautiful damsel, evil laughter, tying up the buxom young wench (who doesn't panic, but only asks what's the plot this time, so I suspect she's something of a BD/SM freak herself)... and he's secretly good-looking and well-off himself. What's not to like?
9. Seinfeld -- This is a bit of a ringer, as I loathe Seinfeld. I think Jerry is a barely-talented comic and performer, and I think the show was the only example in the history of the world where a man was paid a million dollars a week for his own therapy. (And, lemme tell you, if I was bringin' down that much cabbage, I'd be cured as all hell.) But Jason Alexander, who has made a career of playing obnoxious, unlikable creeps, perfects it on this show. The man is incredibly talented, and I'd like to see him play someone likable now and then.
10. WWF/WWE Raw -- the most electrifying man in sports entertainment, the Great One, the People's Champion. Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson is as good as it gets on pretty much every level: a top-notch athlete with no fear, possibly the best and most creative microphone man in the history of wrestling, equally good as a heel or a babyface, and a team player who not only knows that it's a show and sometimes he has to lose for the show to go on, but who has no overblown self-image that needs to be fed... but his character does, and that's what really, really makes it work. If the Rock weren't so prone to outrage and reaction, he wouldn't be nearly as much fun.
Thanks to everyone for playing!
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Date: 2005-04-04 09:29 pm (UTC)This is a guess, but I am thinking that it has to be a villain, and the coolest (IMNSHO) was Frank Gorshin as the Riddler
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Date: 2005-04-04 09:42 pm (UTC)#8: Muttley.
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Date: 2005-04-04 09:43 pm (UTC)(no subject)
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Date: 2005-04-04 09:44 pm (UTC)6. Chen Kenichi
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Date: 2005-04-04 09:50 pm (UTC)"Tell me how it feels vhen you are sliding up and down zhe Batpole."
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Date: 2005-04-04 09:53 pm (UTC)Sounds Freudian all right...*shudder*
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Date: 2005-04-04 09:55 pm (UTC)(no subject)
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Date: 2005-04-04 10:13 pm (UTC)Mark Hamill can be soooo twisted. ;)
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Date: 2005-04-04 10:56 pm (UTC)(no subject)
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Date: 2005-04-04 11:33 pm (UTC)4. Not the Joker, eh? Hmmm... Harley Quinn?
10. Oh, come ON! "Stand back, there's a HURRICANE comin' through!"
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Date: 2005-04-04 11:37 pm (UTC)10. Again, top five.
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Date: 2005-04-04 11:44 pm (UTC)Speaking of which, pop on over to me LJ in about 10 minutes so we can share thoughts on WM21!
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Date: 2005-04-04 11:53 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2005-04-04 11:56 pm (UTC)Is it Eugene?
Speaking of which, if -I- were booker instead of that egomaniacal prick, Triple-H, I would SOOO make Eugene the Hurricane's new sidekick!
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Date: 2005-04-05 12:07 am (UTC)9. Newman
10. Mankind/Nick Foley
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Date: 2005-04-05 12:12 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2005-04-05 12:47 am (UTC)I'm guessing. TV just isn't my thing.