"I can't live the buttoned down life like all of you! I want it all: the terrifying lows, the dizzying highs, the creamy middles! Sure, I might offend a few of the blue-noses with my cocky stride and musky odor - oh, I'll never be the darling of the so-called 'City Fathers' who cluck their tongues, stroke their beards, and talk about what's to be done with this Monkey_Boy?!"
Posts: 2578 | Location: Springfield, Oh! Hi ya, Maude! | Registered: 01 January 2007
From this list, I chose Homer, as he is unarguably the most developed and hilarious character, but I personally identify with Lisa. My favourite supporting guy is Capt. McCallister, especially when he is wrestling with sea beasts....oh, and Comic Book Guy of course..
Oh, could I feel as I have felt, or be what I have been, Or weep as I could once have wept, o'er many a vanished scene; As springs in deserts found seem sweet, all brackish though they be, So, midst the withered waste of life, those tears would flow to me.
Posts: 2332 | Location: The ever silent spaces of the East | Registered: 12 February 2007
What do ya know! Homer Jay Simpson is my favorite, too! My favorite second tier character is Robert Underdunk Terwilliger with Charles Montgomery Burns not far behind. Yeah, I love the bad guys! Of course who doesn't love the unlovable & still un-named Comic Book Guy? They had an entire episode ('Worst Episode Ever') around this guy & STILL managed not to give him a name!
"I can't live the buttoned down life like all of you! I want it all: the terrifying lows, the dizzying highs, the creamy middles! Sure, I might offend a few of the blue-noses with my cocky stride and musky odor - oh, I'll never be the darling of the so-called 'City Fathers' who cluck their tongues, stroke their beards, and talk about what's to be done with this Monkey_Boy?!"
Posts: 2578 | Location: Springfield, Oh! Hi ya, Maude! | Registered: 01 January 2007
It's a credit to the intelligence of the Simps writers that the comic book guy never gets a name, because he exists mostly in relation to the kids, and to a kid, a guy in a shop is just some guy in a shop...thats clever and thoughtful character creation, and proves , if we needed proof that The Simps was never just "some kid's show".
In fact, it is the greatest art to ever reach television....
Oh, could I feel as I have felt, or be what I have been, Or weep as I could once have wept, o'er many a vanished scene; As springs in deserts found seem sweet, all brackish though they be, So, midst the withered waste of life, those tears would flow to me.
Posts: 2332 | Location: The ever silent spaces of the East | Registered: 12 February 2007
Lisa's my favorite character. She reminds me of the little girl I would have liked to have been, not the little girl I was. I was quite different, more like Bart. :O
Posts: 227 | Location: On the top of the hill, in the warmth of the sun | Registered: 02 March 2007
Originally posted by Sunsplashed: Lisa's my favorite character. She reminds me of the little girl I would have liked to have been, not the little girl I was. I was quite different, more like Bart. :O
So, you are a girl! Or at least a young woman. I was refering to you as a "she" when I was talking to my wife about these Simpsons threads & she asked me how I knew you were a girl. I said, "Well, with a name like Sunsplashed, I sure HOPE she's a girl!"
"I can't live the buttoned down life like all of you! I want it all: the terrifying lows, the dizzying highs, the creamy middles! Sure, I might offend a few of the blue-noses with my cocky stride and musky odor - oh, I'll never be the darling of the so-called 'City Fathers' who cluck their tongues, stroke their beards, and talk about what's to be done with this Monkey_Boy?!"
Posts: 2578 | Location: Springfield, Oh! Hi ya, Maude! | Registered: 01 January 2007
For the record, Comic Book Guy does have a name, I think in the episode where Homer does the gloating dance and starts getting paid by athletes for the same reason. Jeff Albertson (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comic_Book_Guy)
Lisa's probably my favorite too, her humor is a lot more subtle than everyone else's, she seems to be the nicest character and she's probably got the best taste (Coltrane). I identify some.
But he is referred to constantly and consistently as C.B.G. and my point (which I didn't make clear enough) is that his identity is of the annoying man in the shop who stands between Bart, Millhouse etc and comic nirvana. So he remains not Jeff, which wld be too familial for such a character, but "a guy", and that's the genius of the Simps writers. Don't think this is a bitchy post towards you, not at all. I just wanted to make clear my admiration of the writers'.
Oh, could I feel as I have felt, or be what I have been, Or weep as I could once have wept, o'er many a vanished scene; As springs in deserts found seem sweet, all brackish though they be, So, midst the withered waste of life, those tears would flow to me.
Posts: 2332 | Location: The ever silent spaces of the East | Registered: 12 February 2007
Originally posted by Ishmaelscoffin: Yes yes Comic Book Guy has a name, of course.
But he is referred to constantly and consistently as C.B.G. and my point (which I didn't make clear enough) is that his identity is of the annoying man in the shop who stands between Bart, Millhouse etc and comic nirvana. So he remains not Jeff, which wld be too familial for such a character, but "a guy", and that's the genius of the Simps writers. Don't think this is a bitchy post towards you, not at all. I just wanted to make clear my admiration of the writers'.
Ah, yeah, I gotcha. I was thinking too literally. I always thought that was cool though, the cast of peripheral characters named after whatever they are (Bumblebee Man, Squeaky Voiced Teen, etc.) and they did only name Comic Book Guy finally to piss off their fans...who were the basis for C.B.G. anyway Good times man.
yeah, you're right on about the peripheral characters alright Nhazghaal. What a glorious show to do what it does.....
What would Duff Man do??
Oh, could I feel as I have felt, or be what I have been, Or weep as I could once have wept, o'er many a vanished scene; As springs in deserts found seem sweet, all brackish though they be, So, midst the withered waste of life, those tears would flow to me.
Posts: 2332 | Location: The ever silent spaces of the East | Registered: 12 February 2007
mmm, from the list i would pick smithers. He isn't that likeable, but he has had some great episodes and some really funny lines. My other favourite would have to be ralph "i bent my wookie!" wiggum, and lionel "bad court thingy" hutz.
Posts: 84 | Location: Brisbane | Registered: 03 February 2006
I chose Homer because he is the most funniest simpsons characters you will ever see with his idea of fixing things to random things he does. And by the way its SNOW BALL not SNOW BELL
Wait a minute - the friggin' CAT gets a spot in the poll, but not Groundskeeper Willie? Argh - I'd type more of my angry rant, but years of playing Space Invaders gave me cripplin' arthritis in me index fingaarrrrrs!
