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20 Best TV Characters of the Past 20 Years
Today, we present the final four characters. Click here for #20-#17, here for #16-#13, here for #12-#9 and here for #8-#5.
4. Cosmo Kramer (Michael Richards)Seinfeld, NBC, 1989-1998
The quintessential wacky neighbor thrived so long on set-piece absurdism that he developed his own internal logic—after awhile his antics made a strange kind of sense, as though (to borrow a sentiment from Cher) the world was crazy and he was sane.
“After he heckled Toby, she got so upset she ran out of the building and a street sweeper ran over her foot and severed her pinkie toe. Yeah, then after the ambulance left I found the toe. So I put it in a Cracker Jack box, filled it with ice and took off for the hospital.”
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What a tough choice. Tobias could have easily been picked, but probably GOB the right decision.
Kramer at #4?!
I love Dwight and Gob but in terms of sitcom characters, there is Kramer and then there is everyone else.
And where the hell is Fox Mulder?!
I second that sentiment... where the hell is Fox Mulder! I was concerned he wouldn't make it into this list as I saw who was emerging each day... Also Jerri Blank from Strangers With Candy was missing. I'd take her over GOB any day.
AD deserved to be number one spot. The only question was which ONE of their characters?
Excellent pick, Paste!
i'm really disappointed you have no 'it's always sunny in philadelphia' fans in paste, cus if there were charlie kelly would be on there no doubt. beats the mom from gilmore girls anyday. seriously start watching the show.
there are some good choices here but in my opinion Dana Scully and Smoking Man from The X-Files are the best TV characters ever.
Dana Scully is for me by far the best tv character ever created!!!!
Where is The Wire??? OMAAAAAAR!!! Common don't tell me at Paste you haven't watched The Wire. I know you have since it's on your other lists. The greatest television achievement possibly of all time deserves at least one character in the top 5.
"You come at the king,
you best not miss"
Veryy very weak list pfff