funniest britcom characters

[offthefloor]

ok...this idea just popped into me brain...lets all list the britcom characters than we think are funniest and never fail to make us laugh.

here is mine, in particular order:
Alice Tinker
Diana Trent
Hyacinth Bucket (its Bouquet!!)
Mrs. Slocombe
Victor Mulgrew
Rocky and Madge(can't haveone without the other)
Manuel
Basil Fawlty
Jane from Coupling

many more make me laugh, but there characters really take the cake!!

[Dear_Sexy_Knickers]

I haven't seen a ton of Britcoms yet (but I'm woking on it, with a huge Netflix queue-full just waiting to be rented,) but of what I've seen so far, here are a few I can think of:

(not in any particular order) ;)

Edina Monsoon, sweetie darling!

Mrs. Slocombe and Mr. Humphries, bien sur :)

Hyancinth "Bouquet" (ok...pretty much everyone on KUA, I guess...Rose, Onslow and Daisy, Emmett in his obvious disdain for Hyacinth...)

Mr. Bean

Andy, the guy from Little Britain who is in a wheelchair (even though he can walk perfectly well). Even though he's gross and he's awful to his friend Lou, he's one of the absolute funniest things about that show.

Ever notice how the characters we like the least, make us laugh the most? :roll:

[Evey]

There are so many great characters I love but my ultimate faves would have to be -

Mr Humphries
Basil Fawlty
Hyacinth Bucket :wink:
Briggs and Louis (detectives)
David Horton
Derek Grim
Goody

:lol:

[Greg WibblyWobbly]

Dick Lucas - AYBS?
Patsy - Ab Fab
Alice Tinker - The Vicar
Nan - The Catherine Tate Show

[Tiddles]

Patsy and Edina

Hyacinth Bucket :lol:

Mrs. Slocombe

Onslow

Mr. Humphries

Chef

[Very Young Mr Grace]

Thermoman (My Hero)
Tyler (My Hero)
Hyacinth (Keeping up Appearances)
Detective Grim (Thin Blue Line)
P.C. Goodie (Thin Blue Line)
Everton (Chef)
Gareth (Chef)
Father Duddleswell (Bless me Father)
Rimmer (Red Dwarf)
Lurcio (Up Pompeii)

[Lucas The Tucas]

Emmet & Onslow ... KUA

Rene' & Lt. Gruber ... A'A'

Allen Hook ... Dad

Gordon Brittas ... B.E.

Gareth Blackstone ... Chef

Dave Lister & The CAT ... R.D.

Basil Fawlty ... F.T.

Howard & Pearl & Barry & Glenda & The Late "C O M P O" ...LOTSW.

{Sorry about that Truly ... aka ... Captain Peacock} :shrug:

The main original cast / Mr. Mash also of AYBS?


Lucas


Ps ... I forgot ...

Owen & Jim ... VID.

[Captain Peacock's Carnation]

Rose

Sybil Fawlty

Mr. Humphries

Mrs. Slocombe

Stan Butler

Blakie

Arthur "Two Sheds" Jackson

Miss Brahms

Miss Belfrige

Mr. Bean

Patsy and Eddie

Daisy

Reginald Perrin

Diana Trent

Captain Peacock

Raymond Luxury Yacht

Mr. Grainger

Hills Angels

Margot and Gerry

[Greg WibblyWobbly]

Dick Lucas - AYBS?
Patsy - Ab Fab
Alice Tinker - The Vicar
Nan - The Catherine Tate Show


Heck, I forgot to include
Onslow - KUA
Dougal and Jack - Father Ted

[Lucas The Tucas]

MMMMM_______Wibby,

I'm very confused, about this.http://www.boomspeed.com/gypsymuse/HnH/emoConfused2.gif

You are now up to 7 faves. ..... And you are one of, if not the biggest Brit-Com Nut on the board.

You have complete Dvd's of shows, that I haven't even heard of.

And only 7 faves.... {And don't take this as me picking on you!}.

And you only started off with 4 faves ... But they were good ones.


Lucas http://www.boomspeed.com/gypsymuse/HnH/emoConfused2.gif


AWWWW HECK !

I got 17 + AYBS? :083:

[Diana Yarswick]

I will work on my list and post it later, got a craft show all day and tomorrow as well. See you guys later.

[Spode Finknoddle]

KUA:

Hyacinth Bucket - defies explanation
Richard Bucket - doesn't have to say much
Onslow - the ultimate derelict

Chef:


Garreth Blackstock - great lengthy speaches
Everton Stonehead - great facial expressions

Yes, Prime Minister:

Sir Humphry Appleby - harmlessly evil
Bernard Woolsey - love how he grimaces everytime he thinks he's said something un-PC

The Fall And Rise Of Reginald Perrin:

Reginal Perrin

Fawlty Towers:

Basil Fawlty
The Barcelonian waiter - his name escapes me

Rumpole Of The Bailey:

Horace Rumpole
Claude Erskine Brown
Samuel 'Soapy Sam' Ballard
Guthrie Featherstone - talk about keeping up appearances

Jeeves And Wooster:

Bertie Wooster
Reginald Jeeves
Spode - the megalomaniac

and more....

[Lucas The Tucas]

:axelby: Have Fun Diana ! http://www.boomspeed.com/gypsymuse/HnH/EbdayBlowBalloon.gif


Lucas

[Jeff Humphries]

I like Hyacinth, Mr. Lucas, the wheelchair dude from Litle Britain.

[Jug Ears]

Rupert Rigsby - Rising Damp
Basil Fawlty - Fawlty Towers
Inspector Blake - On The Buses
Frank Spencer - Some Mothers Do Ave Em
Victor Meldrew - One Foot In The Grave
Richie Rich - Bottom
Capt. Mainwaring - Dad's Army
Lurcio - Up Pompeii
Rene - Allo Allo
Albert Steptoe - Steptoe & Son
Alf Garnett - Till Death Us Do Part
Ranji raj - It Aint Half Hot Mum
Norman Stanley Fletcher - Porridge
Arkwright - Open All Hours
Sidney Abbot - Bless This hOuse
Eric Sykes - Sykes
George Roper - George & Mildred
Ted Bovis - Hi De Hi

To name but a few

[Lucas The Tucas]

Dear J. E.

You can keep naming them.

I never heard of half of them.

And only 6, have been on TV. in Houston and 3 of them as clips on a special.

Lucas :lol:

[offthefloor]

i have to add letecia cropley from vicar to my list, everytime she said what was in something she made, i wanted to barf and laugh at the same time :lol:

while i am at it i'll add jim ( no no no no no no yes!!) he says that every episode, but it makes me laugh.

also, manuel & basil from fawlty towers (leave out sybil, she was just plain mean)

[froggie]

Eddie Booth
Albert Steptoe
Mr Humphries
Arkwright
Basil Fawlty
George Roper

[Eva]

So may, so little time.

In no particular order...

The Vicar of Dibley
Jim Trott
Alice Tinker
Geraldine Grainger
Owen Newt

AbFab
Edina Monsoon
Patsy Stone
Bubbles
Gran
Saffy Monsoon
Guest Star Emma Bunton (She was also a character, right?)
Bo Turtle

Jam & Jerusalem
Sal Vine
Tipp Haddem
Rosie Bales
Delilah Stagg
Tash Vine

Are You Being Served?
Mrs. Slocombe
Mr. Humphries
Miss Bakewell
Young and Old Mr. Grace's nurse

On The Buses
Stan Butler
Mum
Jack Harper

On The Buses/The Rag Trade
Olive Butler

Man About The House/George and Mildrid
Mildrid Roper
Chrissy
Jo

Open All Hours
Arkwright
Granville
Nurse Glayds Emmanuell

Mind Your Language
Mr. Brown
Giovanni Capello
Danielle Favre
Ingrid Svenson
Sidney
Gladys

Fawlty Towers
Basil Fawlty
Manuel

Keeping Up Appearances
Hyacinth Bucket
Onslow
Daddy

The Liver Birds
Mrs. Hutchinson

The Good Life
Barbara Good
Margot Leadbetter

To The Manor Born
Audrey fforbes-Hamilton

That's all i can think of now, I'll probably add some more tomorrow.

[Diana Yarswick]

Are You Being Served?--Mrs. Slocombe, Mr. Humphries Fawlty Towers--Basil Fawlty, Manuel Keeping Up Appearances--Hyacinth, Daisy & Onslow, Elizabeth & Emmett
The Vicar of Dibley--Jim Trott, Alice Tinker, Geraldine Grainger To The Manor Born--Audrey fforbes-Hamilton Father Ted--Dougall & Mrs Doyle
Thin Blue Line--Goodie & Habib Blackadder--All Baldricks & Blackadders Take A Letter--Graham & Maria Bless Me Father--Father D & Mrs Prynne
Waiting for God--Diana Trent & Tom Allo Allo--Lt. Gruber My Family--Robert My Hero--George & Mrs Bale
One Foot in the Grave--Meldrew That's My Boy--Ida Dad's Army--Cpl. Jones Yes Minister-- Humphrey
probably others..

[Assistant 134]

KUA - Onslow, Daisy, Hyacinth
AYBS? - Mr Humphries, Mrs Slocombe, Mr Lucas and Young Mr Grace
Yes Minister/Prime Minister - Humphrey and Hacker
Waiting for God - Diana Trent and Tom Ballard
'Allo ! 'Allo ! - Rene, Helga, Insp. Crabtree, Michelle
Jeeves and Wooster - Bertie Wooster, Jeeves, Spode,
Blackadder - Blackadders, Baldricks, George, Melchett
The Thin Blue Line - Folwer, Dawkins, Habib, Goody
To The Manor Born - Audrey
My Family - Ben Harper, Susan Harper, Nick Harper
Vicar of Dibley - Gerry, Jim, Alice
to name a few favs..

[Madam Beryl]

Mr. Humphries
Mrs. Slocombe
Mr. Lucas

Graham Jones :)

Hyacinth Bouquet

Owen (Vicar of Dibley)
Jim (no,no,no,no,no........) VOD
I favor the whole cast, actually. :)

Edmund Blackadder
Baldrick
General Melchett

Victor Meldrew

ABFAB Edina & Patsy

[Cat_Lover]

KUA:

Fawlty Towers:

The Barcelonian waiter - his name escapes me


Manuel. ;)

[luvtrevor]

Britcom characters that tickle me funny bone the most:

AYBS: Humphries, Rumbold, Lucas, Slocombe
KUA: Mr. and Mrs. Bucket (pronounced Bouquet, lol)
As Time Goes By: Alistair (very funny character!)
Mr. Bean

[MissRnR]

Mr Humprhies/Mr Lucas - AYBS?
Mavis Moleturd - G&F
Hyacinth Bucket - Keeping up Appearances
Fletcher - Porridge
Compo - Last of the Summer Wine
Del Boy - Only Fools and Horses

[Miss Humphries]

Mr. Humphries
Mrs. Slocumb
Mr. Moulterd- Grace and Favour
Blackadder
General Melchett- Stephen Fry steals the show!
Mr. Bean
Raymond in Thin Blue Line
Jeeves
Wooster
Aunt Dahlia- when she calls Wooster "Atilla"

[Bangers&MrMash]

Blackadder (various versions):
Blackadder
Baldrick
Lieutenant The Honourable George Colthurst St. Barleigh
General Sir Anthony Cecil Hogmanay Melchett
Nursie
The Queen

Bottom
Eddie
Richie
Spudgun
Dick Head

The Young Ones
Vyvyan Basterd
Rick
Neil Pye

The Royle Family
Jim Royle
Norma Speakman
Twiggy

Vicar of Dibley
The Vicar
Alice
Jim

Ab Fab
Everyone

The Brittas Empire
Gordon Brittas
Colin Weatherby
Carole Parkinson

Red Dwarf
Rimmer
Lister
Kryten
Holly

As Time Goes By
Lionel
Madge Evita Hardcastle
Penny Johnson

KUA
Hyacinth
Onslow
Daisy
Our Rose

AYBS
Everyone

[Greg WibblyWobbly]

Ab Fab
Everyone


Amen !!!!! :thumbup:

[friendly old bartender]

Hyacinth Bucket
Hyacinth's Mailman
Robert (Sir Donald Sinden in Two's Company)
Ernest Grainger
Cleggy, Howard, Pearl (Last of the Summer Wine)

[Ronald]

From AYBS:

Mr. Grainger, Mrs. Slocombe, Mr. Harman, Young Mr. Grace, Mr. Lucas

from KUA:

Onslow, Richard, Emmet, Hyacinth, Elizabeth

from George and Mildred:

George, Mildred, Jerry, Jeffrey Fourmile en Ann Fourmile, Humphrey

from On the Buses:

Stan Butler, Blakie, Jack Harper, Mum, Arthur, Olive

from Oh.., doctor Beeching

Mrs. Ethel Schuman, Mr. Jack Skinner, Vera Plumtree

from Allo Allo:

Herr Flick, René Artois, Madame Fanny, Mr. Leclerq (the one played by the late Jack Haig), Cpt. Hans Geering, Crabtree

From Dad's Army:

Sgt. Wilson, LC Jones, Prv. Frazer, Prv. Godfrey, Prv. Walker, Capt. Meanwaring, Prv. Pike, Mr. Bluett

From Fawlty Towers:

Basil Fawlty, The Major, Manuel, (Guest-appearance) Mrs. Richards

You Rang My'Lord:

Mabel, Alf Stokes, Ivy Teasdale, Henry, Lady Lavender

From Mr. Bean:

Mr. Bean

From Some Mothers do Ave'em:

Frank Spencer

This is just a short list I think

[Madam Beryl]

Mr. Humphries
Mrs. Slocombe
Mr. Lucas

Graham Jones :)

Hyacinth Bouquet

Owen (Vicar of Dibley)
Jim (no,no,no,no,no........) VOD
I favor the whole cast, actually. :)

Edmund Blackadder
Baldrick
General Melchett

Victor Meldrew

ABFAB Edina & Patsy


The Blackadder Christmas Carol was on BBC the week of Christmas! The whole going from being nice to mean really can't be beat by anyone like Edmund Blackadder. He was the nice Ebenezer Blackadder and gave the last of the nuts to the fat orphans. However, after being visited by the wonderful Robbie Coltrane (ghost X-mas past) he couldn't resist being mean.

So when the fat orphans came back the following day (Christmas) and standing in his doorway, they sang him their "piggy-wiggy" song.
At the end, Ebenezer clapped his hands and said "utter crap." They asked if he was going to give them something and he stated, "yes, here's the door." Classic E. Blackadder

[DebLovesJohnInman]

AYBS? - Mr. Humphries

G&F - Mr. Moulterd

Little Britain - Daffyd, Vicky Pollard, Andy&Lou, Mr. McCooney

Catherine Tate - Lauren Cooper, Joannie "Nan" Taylor, Janice and Ray, Derek Faye

:anglophile:

[Queen Pudding]

AYBS?- Everyone

G and F - Mr. Moulterd

Monty Python: Everyone

Fawlty Towers : Basil and Manuel

Ab Fab: Patsy and Eddie

Vicar of Dibley: Vicar and Alice

[Dean]

not characters but I laugh till I cry at Graham Norton and Billy Connolly and Paul Merton

[Queen Pudding]

I love Graham Norton!!!!

[Dean]

Dean and Queen are in agreement! :)

[Lucas The Tucas]

I want to add ....... Norman Clegg ..... aka ..... Cleggy ..... from Last of the Summer Wine, to my list. :wine:



:lucas01:

[Bionic Grainger]

I want to add ....... Norman Clegg ..... aka ..... Cleggy ..... from Last of the Summer Wine, to my list. :wine:





:lucas01:

Me too.....his comedic timing is perfect

[Xymers]

Hear, hear for Inspector Grimm from "The Thin Blue Line."
And, I'm embarrassed to admit, I like Nick from "My Family." He's rather an endearing dunderhead.

[Sienna]

AYBS - Mrs Slocombe, Cpt Peacock, Mr Humphries
KUA - Emmett, Onslow ('Oh, nice!')
Dad's Army - Sgt Wilson, Pike ('You stupid boy!'), Frazer ('We're dooomed!')
Blackadder - Melchett
Oh Doctor Beeching! - Harry Lambert, Wilfred, Mr Parkin
You Rang M'Lord - Mabel, Poppy, Twelvetrees
On The Buses - Arthur and Olive

[Pamela]

I think my all-time fave has to be Gordon Brittas-he da man!

[cpl.er...Capt. Joe]

Dwayne Dibbley!

While there was no way to develope his character, what a comedy twist from the Cat!

[girlfriendofmrlucas]

Viviene Basterd (The Young Ones)
Rick (The Young Ones)
Ben Harper (My Family)
Jeff Murdock (Coupling)
Jeremy ( Peep Show)
Basil Fawlty (Fawlty Towers)
Cleggy (Last of the Summer Wine)