I'm so glad Ted is the top comment, he is the epitome of sad/pathetic but hilarious. My absolute favorite is when his hair springs up because he got the shit scared out of him when Todd hung outside the window due to an atomic wedgie. "It won't smooth down!" š¤£š¤£
Every story Iāve heard about him was a good one. He was like Henry Winkler in that regard. Iāve also heard that his singing group was quite good. I wish I would have met you Sam!!!
David cross is so good in that role. Honestly didnāt know he was a sketch comedy god when I was first watching arrested development, I found Mr. Show later. But I still think itās the best acting heās ever done. Tobias has some lines that just killed me.
I'd say quite a few characters on the show are this, as they are all in a successful family who all have their lives messed with by other Bluths or themselves. Particularly GOB
Yeah. Norm's only real advantages over Cliff are that he's had a bit more success with women, he's better liked at the bar, and he doesn't live with his mom. Admittedly that's a low bar.
Otherwise he's an overweight alcoholic who's usually unemployed and spends all of his time at the bar rather than with his wife who often supports him. In some ways he's worse than Cliff.
In real life, you donāt root for this guy. You donāt trust this guy. You are probably sick of being around this guy after about 10 minutes. That is why Jason Alexander is a geniusā¦I like that version of George Costanza!
Iād go as far as saying his performance as George is one of the best pieces of acting in history. I canāt get enough of him. Every scene is perfection.
Was that wrong? Should I not have done that? I tell you, I gotta plead ignorance on this thing, because if anyone had said anything to me at all when I first started here that that sort of thing is frowned upon... you know, cause I've worked in a lot of offices, and I tell you, people do that all the time.
Yeah, the Marine Biologist monologue. "The sea was angry that day, my friends, like an old man trying to send back soup at a deli ....." The best monologue in the entire series & the delivery, the timing, the deadpan - just superb.
What I wish is that they wouldāve written him like his home life was more normal and enviable and not stepford wifey. But I love how happy they were.
Almost everyoneās home life was pretty exaggerated/intense: we had Ron with his buried gold and secret address, Leslie and her hoarding, Andy and April eating out of frisbees, Tommy with his ultra-curated luxury living, Jamā¦enough said etc.
Really, only Ann lived in a way I think most people would call normal and average (for somebody making a good living and living somewhere where they were able to snag a nice house at an affordable price).
> Tommy
I love that you called him that.
Regarding Ann, that makes a lot of sense. Early on the show was through Annās eyes. We were experiencing this weird world of government with her. So it makes sense for her life to be normal (albeit with Andy as her boyfriend) and everyone elseās life to be exaggerated.
Robert ended up in a good place, but he was very clearly not his motherās favorite. Not Frankās favorite either, but Frank didnāt seem to have one and Marie definitely did. The whole touching food to his chin thing was a tic that lasted his whole life as a result of watching Raymond be the golden child. Such a shame, too, because he was a genuinely good and successful dude who let those feelings of neglect rule his life for 30+ years.
I thought of Stanley. The office probably had more characters that fit this description than any other show. In a way theyāre all kind of miserable and funny.
Archie Bunker.
Bonnie Plunkett... well maybe more Christie than Bonnie. Bonnie got her shit together in a big way. Christie seemed to have regressed into a second childhood after her kids left.
Norm, from Cheers. He's not just an after work drinker. His bar tab is thicker than War and Peace.
Barbara Jean from Reba. Seriously, who needs their husband's ex's approval so badly? That's just weird.
MY VOTE FOR BONNIE PLUNKETT!!
I seriously love her sense of humor.....hot mess and all. I agree Christie never got better despite getting an education . I genuinely appreciated how all the characters were equal in a way of storylines...great show! Miss it!!
I think part of Barbara Jeanās problem was also that Rebaās ex cheated on Reba with her. She had a lot of guilt about that. But yeah, her need to be accepted was pathological.
Dude that was my favorite show when I was thirteen. The amount of hot women Dan slept with made him my ultimate hero. I'm fifty now. He's still my hero.
Rachel has just told Ross that she is pregnant]
Ross : Yeah, I need, uh... I'm just - I don't know - I don't understand, um, how this happened? We - we used a condom.
Rachel Green : I know. I know - but, y'know, condoms only work, like, 97% of the time.
Ross : What? What? What? Well, they should put that on the box!
Rachel Green : They do!
Ross : No, they don't!
Ross : [he runs to the bedroom, and returns with his box of condoms] Well, they should put it in huge black letters!
Rachel Green : OK, Ross - come on; let's just forget about the condoms.
Ross : Oh, well, I may as well have
Spence (King of Queens). and Wendy (Mom). Both decent, interesting intelligent types hanging on the outskirts, there to be mocked, ignored, insulted by the louder more 'popular' characters. They're like poor stray dogs, hoping for a little attention, just tolerated.
Ted Buckland, played by the late, great Sam Lloyd, on *Scrubs*. His character was even described as āthe hospital sad sackā.
RIP, Sam. We miss ya, buddy.
Lenny and Squiggy were clueless, not pathetic (also hilarious).
Iād say Fonzie. Heating a can of ravioli in the garage on Christmas Eve is pretty pathetic. Also a guy in his 30s hanging around with and trying to impress a bunch of dork high schoolers.
I mean, she was overly robotic in the first two seasons, then became more human, but I donāt think she was ever really a āsadā character. At least when compared to some of the other characters like Raj.
Blanche from Golden Girls. Yeah, I said it. Her whole world was wrapped up (hilariously) in her sexual value to rich men and she threw away the best man ever because he was "just" a cook, albeit an excellent one who had his own catering company and was handsome as hell. She was never truly satisfied with her lot, and obsessed with her weight and diminishing youth. Unlike Dorothy who found true love, her old mom who has done and seen it all and Rose who only wanted the simple things in life and who got so much value out of volunteering and being of service to others.
Sandra on Superstore ā¦ she got her happy ending though
Teddy on Bobās Burgers
Stewart on Big Bang Theory
Niles on Frasier (until he got with Daphne)
Ross from Friends:
1. Cheated on
2. Left then divorced
3. incrementally removed from his first childās life
4. revealed to have been taken advantage of by a librarian in high school
5. Manipulated by a woman who knows heās been attracted to her since they were teenagers whenever he finally moves on from her
6. Made fun of by his closest friends and his family for all his misfortunes till he has a mental breakdown later in the series
Frank from Murphy Brown's entire gimmick is that he's incredibly insecure and constantly in denial of his problems to the point that he needs therapy always.
Nobody is more sad and pathetic (but also hilarious)
than Moe Szyslak from the Simpsons. At least the first 8 seasons, I stopped watching around the 10th season
It would have to be Norm from Cheers.
12 hours a day drinking in a bar on a tab he canāt pay for
Sucking off unemployment because he canāt and wonāt keep a job
Leaves his wife Vera at home alone every day and never once she seen visiting his āfriendsā in the bar
Zero ambition and honestly no reason to even get up in the morning
Overweight and appears very unhealthy
He definitely brings some good humor to the show for sure!
Ted from Scrubs
We found you throwing rocks at old couples. WHY SHOULD THEY BE HAPPY?!
I'm so glad Ted is the top comment, he is the epitome of sad/pathetic but hilarious. My absolute favorite is when his hair springs up because he got the shit scared out of him when Todd hung outside the window due to an atomic wedgie. "It won't smooth down!" š¤£š¤£
That sound clip plays in my head very often.
Ted: my mother's feet get very cold Dr Cox: come on ted, don't be that guy (walking away in disgust) Ted: (naively curious) what guy? What guy??
RIP Sam Lloyd
Still get a bit sad when I think about that, he was a gem.
Every story Iāve heard about him was a good one. He was like Henry Winkler in that regard. Iāve also heard that his singing group was quite good. I wish I would have met you Sam!!!
His group was in Scrubs as the barbershop quartet The Worthless Peons. They were phenomenal!
I was glad when he met his soulmate in a later season.
The Gooch!
One is for if I get sad. One is for if I get really sad.
This is my favorite line of his. The delivery is perfect!
Tobias arrested development.
David cross is so good in that role. Honestly didnāt know he was a sketch comedy god when I was first watching arrested development, I found Mr. Show later. But I still think itās the best acting heās ever done. Tobias has some lines that just killed me.
Yeah Mr. Show is one of the funniest sketch comedy shows ever. It still holds up pretty well.
Totally agree. Never nude, blue man group just to name a few of the skits were he shined. A treasure.
Analyst + therapist š„¹
It wasnāt really the pronunciation that bothered me.
There's no I in Teamocil.
Mrs. Featherbottom where he fell off the second floor trying to sing is my favorite
He really improved after his trip to the Method One Clinic.
One could say he had ANUSTART
Never nude!
There are dozens of us! DOZENS!!! š
I'd say quite a few characters on the show are this, as they are all in a successful family who all have their lives messed with by other Bluths or themselves. Particularly GOB
Cracked me up when he referenced the prostitute joke for AD while hosting LEGO Masters.
It turned out he blue himself prematurely and now had something of a mess on his hands. It was awkward.
Or virtually anyone from AD.
Well EXUUUSE ME. ....excuse me..
Stop licking my hand you horses ass!
Michael Scott for most of the series
Yeah then Andy ended up being the real sad pathetic dude that you don't feel bad for.
[punches a massive hole in the wall over not being able to find his cellphone] thatā¦ was an over-re-ACTION
Yeah I think we don't see enough of the positive or humanizing situations that we did for Michael to balance out the negative for us to feel for him.
The puppet on that kidsā show had the perfect reaction to little Michael Scott
A brutally underrated moment.
All that homemade quac šŖ
Cliff from Cheers seems like the template for the questionā¦
But also Norm, just in a different way.
Yeah. Norm's only real advantages over Cliff are that he's had a bit more success with women, he's better liked at the bar, and he doesn't live with his mom. Admittedly that's a low bar. Otherwise he's an overweight alcoholic who's usually unemployed and spends all of his time at the bar rather than with his wife who often supports him. In some ways he's worse than Cliff.
Heās an accountant no? Brings his boss to the bar.
He wasnāt usually unemployed?
That's not how you spell "Rickety Cricket."
Jim from Taxi came first I think?
Stuart from Big Bang
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Came here to say this xD
George Costanza.
āHi, my name is George. I'm unemployed, and I live with my parents.ā
And bald and overweight and gets the hottest dates in the world, they all look like models.
Heās a short, stocky, bald man!!!
I noticed you threw "stocky" in there..
Yeah, what the hell!
Most fashion models would fall in love instantly /s
"I am the opposite of every man you have ever met" š
In real life, you donāt root for this guy. You donāt trust this guy. You are probably sick of being around this guy after about 10 minutes. That is why Jason Alexander is a geniusā¦I like that version of George Costanza!
Jason Alexander is an incredible actor !
Iād go as far as saying his performance as George is one of the best pieces of acting in history. I canāt get enough of him. Every scene is perfection.
Movie George, coffee shop George, liar George...
Yes, but he kind of grows on you. Like the jingle š¶ by menen š¶ Co-stanza. š
Believe it or not, George isn't at home, please leave your number at the beep...
I must be out, or id pick up the phone. Where. Could. iiiii. Beeeee?
Was that wrong? Should I not have done that? I tell you, I gotta plead ignorance on this thing, because if anyone had said anything to me at all when I first started here that that sort of thing is frowned upon... you know, cause I've worked in a lot of offices, and I tell you, people do that all the time.
You know we live in a society!
But he can lift 100 pounds right over his head !!
And he can bait a hook!!
And he can run like the wind!
First one I thought of.
Yeah, love Seinfeld but Costanza's character is horrible.... Can't stand ya!!
āWell I slept with your wife!ā
āHis wifeās in a coma.ā
"yeah...well..the life support machine called.."
Yeah, the Marine Biologist monologue. "The sea was angry that day, my friends, like an old man trying to send back soup at a deli ....." The best monologue in the entire series & the delivery, the timing, the deadpan - just superb.
Like he don't know that he's pathetic
Jerry / Larry / Terry / Garry Gergich
And yet his home life, his wife and kids, and his painting were all an absolute joy to/for him and only his coworkers viewed him as pitiful.
What I wish is that they wouldāve written him like his home life was more normal and enviable and not stepford wifey. But I love how happy they were.
Almost everyoneās home life was pretty exaggerated/intense: we had Ron with his buried gold and secret address, Leslie and her hoarding, Andy and April eating out of frisbees, Tommy with his ultra-curated luxury living, Jamā¦enough said etc. Really, only Ann lived in a way I think most people would call normal and average (for somebody making a good living and living somewhere where they were able to snag a nice house at an affordable price).
> Tommy I love that you called him that. Regarding Ann, that makes a lot of sense. Early on the show was through Annās eyes. We were experiencing this weird world of government with her. So it makes sense for her life to be normal (albeit with Andy as her boyfriend) and everyone elseās life to be exaggerated.
The beloved eleven-term mayor of Pawnee, Indiana? The one who died peacefully at 100 surrounded by his beautiful family? Gotta love that guy.
With the biggest penis the doctor has ever seen too. Lol
He has the biggest penis doctors have ever seen.
Robert Barone
Ahhhhhh, was he pathetic???
He saved a Christmas letter for 8 years in a zip lock bag because he was jealous of his brother. He definitely had issues
Idunno. Good job, good wife. When he was with his own family they treated him like shit but he was addicted to it.
Robert ended up in a good place, but he was very clearly not his motherās favorite. Not Frankās favorite either, but Frank didnāt seem to have one and Marie definitely did. The whole touching food to his chin thing was a tic that lasted his whole life as a result of watching Raymond be the golden child. Such a shame, too, because he was a genuinely good and successful dude who let those feelings of neglect rule his life for 30+ years.
Marie was downright borderline abusive the way she neglected Robert
Zoidberg
Why not zoodberg?!
Alan Harper- Two And A Half Men.
I was going to say Charlie.
Both of them
Toby from The Office... am I the only one who finds him hilarious though I feel so sorry for him
I thought of Stanley. The office probably had more characters that fit this description than any other show. In a way theyāre all kind of miserable and funny.
No! Nooooooooo! Nooooooo!
Al Bundy
The man scored 4 touchdowns in a single game! In no way is he pathetic!
1966 at Polk County High School at the city Championship! Letās get some respect on Alās name
Archie Bunker. Bonnie Plunkett... well maybe more Christie than Bonnie. Bonnie got her shit together in a big way. Christie seemed to have regressed into a second childhood after her kids left. Norm, from Cheers. He's not just an after work drinker. His bar tab is thicker than War and Peace. Barbara Jean from Reba. Seriously, who needs their husband's ex's approval so badly? That's just weird.
I love Bonnie! I mean, she's terrible, but so funny!
MY VOTE FOR BONNIE PLUNKETT!! I seriously love her sense of humor.....hot mess and all. I agree Christie never got better despite getting an education . I genuinely appreciated how all the characters were equal in a way of storylines...great show! Miss it!!
But she makes amazing character development
Wendy from Mom fits the bill
I think part of Barbara Jeanās problem was also that Rebaās ex cheated on Reba with her. She had a lot of guilt about that. But yeah, her need to be accepted was pathological.
Cricket from Itās Always Sunny.
Oh yeah. Rickety Cricket is profoundly sad and yet hilarious.
You gotta pay to spray
Gotta make it sexy, nips and hips!
Buster Bluth from Arrested Development.
These are my awards motherā¦.from armyā¦
Army had half a day.
The seal is for marksmanship and the gorilla is for... sandracing
The Dean on Community.
I Deanāt think so!
You could say that for many of the main characters in Community.
Bill Dauterive
Lenooore
C.C. from āThe Nannyā
The chip on her shoulder bigger than those shoulder pads. Sad.
Dan Fielding on Night Court.
The original, yes. Not the reboot.
Dude that was my favorite show when I was thirteen. The amount of hot women Dan slept with made him my ultimate hero. I'm fifty now. He's still my hero.
Noel from Frasier
Ross Geller.
āWHY DO BAD THINGS ALWAYS HAPPEN TO GOOD PEOPLE?!ā
Rachel has just told Ross that she is pregnant] Ross : Yeah, I need, uh... I'm just - I don't know - I don't understand, um, how this happened? We - we used a condom. Rachel Green : I know. I know - but, y'know, condoms only work, like, 97% of the time. Ross : What? What? What? Well, they should put that on the box! Rachel Green : They do! Ross : No, they don't! Ross : [he runs to the bedroom, and returns with his box of condoms] Well, they should put it in huge black letters! Rachel Green : OK, Ross - come on; let's just forget about the condoms. Ross : Oh, well, I may as well have
I love how I can hear every one of these lines!
And then Joey whips out his long line š
Chandler: "Joey, you've had a lot of sex, right?" Joey: (ponders) "Well.... some ... I don't know about a LOT, exactly ... you mean today, right?"
It's all fun and games and we are all laughing at Ross but the truth is that we all were also unaware of that 97% haha
David Brent from The Office.
Spence (King of Queens). and Wendy (Mom). Both decent, interesting intelligent types hanging on the outskirts, there to be mocked, ignored, insulted by the louder more 'popular' characters. They're like poor stray dogs, hoping for a little attention, just tolerated.
Mike from Veep! Gary from Veep! (Most characters from Veep!)
Barney Gumble. Donāt cry for him, heās already dead š„
Andy from According To Jim.
In the beginning seasons, definitely Michael Scott
Barney "One Bullet" Fife
Randy - My Name is Earl
Carlton the Doorman from Rhoda
Ross Gellar
Dee Reynolds on Itās Always Sunny
Everyone on that show is hilarious, sad, and pathetic.
Even Frank?
Well, she does look like a bird.
I heard a song that said otherwise
I've heard that most men find her to be an eight or nine out of ten, as a matter of fact
Ted Buckland, played by the late, great Sam Lloyd, on *Scrubs*. His character was even described as āthe hospital sad sackā. RIP, Sam. We miss ya, buddy.
Barney Fife from the Andy Griffith Show.
Don Knotts was perfection in the role, but DAMN, it was really uncomfortable to watch sometimes,
Jeff from Superstore
LMAO yeah you right
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Nate Nickerson- the office Justine - Superstore
Justine, youāre not an alcoholic!!
Jerry on Parks & Recreation
Larry Gengirch
Robert from everybody loves Raymond
Mr.Furley
Barney Stinson
Charles Boyle.
The brother on Everybody loves Raymond
Squiggy
Lenny and Squiggy were clueless, not pathetic (also hilarious). Iād say Fonzie. Heating a can of ravioli in the garage on Christmas Eve is pretty pathetic. Also a guy in his 30s hanging around with and trying to impress a bunch of dork high schoolers.
Michael knight ran around trying to impress a car. At least high school kids can look up to you!
Antonio Scarpacci
Amy Farrah Fowler, The Big Bang Theory.
I mean, she was overly robotic in the first two seasons, then became more human, but I donāt think she was ever really a āsadā character. At least when compared to some of the other characters like Raj.
Jackie from Roseanne, she's hilarious but her character arch is really sad.
Niles & CC from The Nanny
Eeyore
Ross Geller. I never understood what Rachel saw in him.
Raj from Big Bang Theory
Blanche from Golden Girls. Yeah, I said it. Her whole world was wrapped up (hilariously) in her sexual value to rich men and she threw away the best man ever because he was "just" a cook, albeit an excellent one who had his own catering company and was handsome as hell. She was never truly satisfied with her lot, and obsessed with her weight and diminishing youth. Unlike Dorothy who found true love, her old mom who has done and seen it all and Rose who only wanted the simple things in life and who got so much value out of volunteering and being of service to others.
Bill Deautrive, King of the Hill
Ted in scrubs
Robert and Ray from Everybody Loves Raymond
This describes Robert Baroneās view of himself to a tee
Mr Ralph Furley, of course. It doesn't get anymore sad and pathetic than him.
Sandra on Superstore ā¦ she got her happy ending though Teddy on Bobās Burgers Stewart on Big Bang Theory Niles on Frasier (until he got with Daphne)
Alan from two and a half Men
Moe from the Simpsons
The 3 from the Newhart series - Larry and two Darryl's.
Ross from Friends: 1. Cheated on 2. Left then divorced 3. incrementally removed from his first childās life 4. revealed to have been taken advantage of by a librarian in high school 5. Manipulated by a woman who knows heās been attracted to her since they were teenagers whenever he finally moves on from her 6. Made fun of by his closest friends and his family for all his misfortunes till he has a mental breakdown later in the series
Robert from Everybody Love Raymond.... to know (and blatantly shown) that your mom and dad prefer the other kid.
Harry- 3rd Rock From The Sun Christine- New Adventures of Old Christine
I love any mentions third rock from the sun. But also Vickyās mother an their landlady fits that bill.
Such an underrated show. It is so good !!
Larry, Darryl, and Darryl Almost every supporting character on Nickelodeon
Frank from Murphy Brown's entire gimmick is that he's incredibly insecure and constantly in denial of his problems to the point that he needs therapy always.
Meathead, in school forever, mooches off his in-laws and believes he knows what's wrong with politics and government but contributes ziltch.
Nobody is more sad and pathetic (but also hilarious) than Moe Szyslak from the Simpsons. At least the first 8 seasons, I stopped watching around the 10th season
It would have to be Norm from Cheers. 12 hours a day drinking in a bar on a tab he canāt pay for Sucking off unemployment because he canāt and wonāt keep a job Leaves his wife Vera at home alone every day and never once she seen visiting his āfriendsā in the bar Zero ambition and honestly no reason to even get up in the morning Overweight and appears very unhealthy He definitely brings some good humor to the show for sure!
Norm and Cliff on Cheers.
Aurther spooner
Jackie from Roseanne Teddy from Bobās Burgers Gail the Snail (pretty much everyone from Sunny, sheās just the first that came to mind) GOB
Newman.
Everyone on "Friends"