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Your top five.......Comedy Characters.

As requested by Paulie , give your top five comedy characters ( must be characters and not real people ) .
As usual i will collate the Charlton Life top ten from your pics.

Here are mine.

David Brent

Captain Edmund Blackadder

Alan Partridge

Dennis Pennis

Borat


( i would have included Larry David but he's sort of real )

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  • Stig
    Stig Posts: 29,042
    edited July 2014
    My illusions are shattered now Beds, I always thought Blackadder was real, and I'm sure I've worked with David Brent ;-)
  • Stig
    Stig Posts: 29,042
    Here's a first attempt, but it's bound to change when I've thought about it more.

    Del Griffith
    Norman Stanley Fletcher
    Mark Corrighan
    Emperor Ming (on his day off)
    Jessica Tate
  • souladdick
    souladdick Posts: 214
    Derek Trotter
    Captain Edmund Blackadder
    Sheldon Cooper - Big Bang Theory
    Will Mckenzie - Imbetweeners
    Eddie Booth - Love Thy Neighbour

    Just missing out..
    David Brent
    Karen Brockman - Outnumbered
    Basil Fawlty
    Baldrick
    Rodney Trotter

  • Alex Wright
    Alex Wright Posts: 8,214
    Basil Fawlty
    Norman Stanley Fletcher
    E. L. Whisty
    Stavros
    Ian Dowie
  • sooo very many but here's a first shot:

    sergeant bilko
    reginald perrin (1st version, though 2nd was commendable)
    basil fawlty
    mark corrigan
    louie
  • Pavo
    Pavo Posts: 758
    Del Trotter
    Borat
    Bret McKenzie or 'Bret'
    Jermaine Clement or 'Jermaine'
    Howard Steel
  • seth plum
    seth plum Posts: 53,448
    Malcolm Tucker
    Basil Fawlty
    Borat
    Homer Simpson
    Captain Mainwaring
  • George Constanza
    Alan Partridge
    David Brent
    Cliff Clavin
    Niles Crane

    ...ask me tomorrow and the bottom three will be different though.
  • fenny
    fenny Posts: 58
    Fletch
    Trigger
    Baldrick
    Godber
    The dead parrot
  • kramer
    larry david
    george costanza
    elaine benis
    bill, or was it ben?

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  • Terry Collier
    Norman Stanley Fletcher
    Reggie Perrin
    Mark Corrigan
    Edmund Blackadder
  • Sensei
    Sensei Posts: 233
    Basil Fawlty
    Homer Simpson
    Victor Meldrew
    Louie De Palma (Danny Devito in Taxi)
    Borat
  • Basil Fawlty
    Norman 'Stanley' Fletcher
    Del Boy
    Uncle Albert
    General Melchett (Stephen Fry)
  • happyvalley
    happyvalley Posts: 8,996
    Del Boy
    Trigger
    Basil Fawlty
    Alan Partridge
    Victor Meldrew
  • Del Trotter
    Trigger
    Edward Hitler
    Richard Richard
    Smiffy
  • Shrew
    Shrew Posts: 5,749
    Father Ted
    Bernard Black
    Inspector Clouseau
    Basil Fawlty
    Norman Stanley Fletcher
  • stackitsteve
    stackitsteve Posts: 12,105
    Derek (Ricky Gervais)
    Derek Trotter
    David Brent
    Martin (Friday Night Dinner)
    Uncle Albert

    Cannot believe some of the fantastic characters I'm leaving out.
    Would probably be 3 or 4 different if I answered tomorrow
  • Norfolk_Addick
    Norfolk_Addick Posts: 2,289
    Trigger
    David Brent
    Alan Partridge
    Ali G
    Smithy (Pam only just missed out)
  • Sensei
    Sensei Posts: 233
    Sensei said:

    Basil Fawlty
    Homer Simpson
    Victor Meldrew
    Louie De Palma (Danny Devito in Taxi)
    Borat

    Damn, please delete Borat and add Malcolm Tucker!
    Sorry Beds.
  • Bedsaddick
    Bedsaddick Posts: 24,765
    Sensei said:

    Sensei said:

    Basil Fawlty
    Homer Simpson
    Victor Meldrew
    Louie De Palma (Danny Devito in Taxi)
    Borat

    Damn, please delete Borat and add Malcolm Tucker!
    Sorry Beds.
    How the fuck can you critisice me you fucking prick i will cut your fucking ears off !

    Got to love a bit of Malcolm Tucker !

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  • ValleyGary
    ValleyGary Posts: 37,988
    Del Boy
    Stewie Griffin
    Ace Ventura
    Jay Cartwright (inbetweeners)
    Edmund Blackadder
  • DaveMehmet
    DaveMehmet Posts: 21,613
    Norman Stanley Fletcher
    Sir Sidney Rough-Diamond - carry on up the khyber
    Blackadder
    Alan Partridge
    Rick- the young ones
  • philcafc
    philcafc Posts: 3,890
    Norman Stanley Fletcher
    Basil Fawlty
    Alan Partridge
    Sergeant E Bilko
    Reggie Perrin

    Very difficult to narrow it down to 5
  • LawrieAbrahams
    LawrieAbrahams Posts: 3,780
    Fletcher - Porridge
    Hank Kingsley - Larry Sanders
    Hawkeye - MASH
    Ernie Bilko
    Steptoe (senior)
  • philcafc said:

    Norman Stanley Fletcher
    Basil Fawlty
    Alan Partridge
    Sergeant E Bilko
    Reggie Perrin

    Very difficult to narrow it down to 5

    wow, we agreed on 3 out of 5, and alan partridge was my near miss! who could forget sergeant bilko, right lawrie!
  • masicat
    masicat Posts: 5,010
    David Brent
    Del Trotter
    Clancy Wiggum
    Eric Cartman
    Basil Fawlty
  • paulbaconsarnie
    paulbaconsarnie Posts: 9,424
    edited July 2014
    Homer Simpson
    Alan partridge
    Marlon out of roger roger
    Basil fawlty
    Derek
    (Would probably be different 5 if asked again)
  • cafcfan
    cafcfan Posts: 11,200
    Arkwright
    Father Ted
    Basil Fawlty
    Del Boy
    And just to pull out something a little obscure- Timothy Lumsden (Ronnie Corbett in TV series Sorry!)
  • sunbury-addick
    sunbury-addick Posts: 1,931
    Great thread - laughing remembering this lot, too many to choose to have a go
  • Greenie
    Greenie Posts: 9,172
    Trigger
    Blackadder
    Basil Fawlty
    Rick (from the Young Ones)
    Norman Stanley Fletcher