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The Funniest TV Characters of All Time

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These are the funniest television characters ever created, as determined by the votes and selections of Ranker users. Lots of things make up a truly iconic, timelessly funny character... the actor, the writing, the supporting cast... but in the end, it's just the character that makes you laugh yourself weak. These are the characters that still make you roll on the floor no matter if they are on TV right or if you are watching reruns from 20 years ago. Vote for your funniest picks and add any characters you see missing. If you want to really impact this list's order, make your own ranking and add it!
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  1. 1
    Up 1677
    Down 668

    Stewie Griffin

    Family Guy
  2. 2
    Up 1639
    Down 726

    Homer Simpson

    The Simpsons
  3. 3
    Up 1724
    Down 817

    Eric Cartman

    South Park
  4. 4
    Up 1327
    Down 760

    Peter Griffin

    Family Guy
  5. 5
    Up 1237
    Down 582

    Bender Bending Rodríguez

    Futurama
  6. 6
    Up 1033
    Down 517

    Bugs' Bunny

  7. 7
    Up 991
    Down 648

    Sheldon Cooper

    The Big Bang Theory
  8. 8
    Up 983
    Down 824

    Cosmo Kramer

    Seinfeld
  9. 9
    Up 865
    Down 600

    Glenn Quagmire

    Family Guy
  10. 10
    Up 1098
    Down 577

    Barney Stinson

    How I Met Your Mother
  11. 11
    Up 934
    Down 571

    Michael Scott

    The Office
  12. 12
    Up 828
    Down 512

    Bart Simpson

    The Tracey Ullman Show, The Simpsons
  13. 13
    Up 889
    Down 566

    Dwight Schrute

    The Office
  14. 14
    Up 945
    Down 624

    Al Bundy

    Married... with Children
  15. 15
    Up 912
    Down 670

    George Costanza

    Seinfeld
  16. 16
    Up 1009
    Down 463

    Butters Stotch

  17. 17
    Up 771
    Down 689

    Tobias Fünke

    Arrested Development
  18. 18
    Up 536
    Down 239

    Philip J. Fry

    Futurama
  19. 19
    Up 532
    Down 255

    Brian Griffin

    Family Guy
  20. 20
    Up 631
    Down 421

    Ralph Wiggum

    The Simpsons
  21. 21
    Up 517
    Down 246

    Wile E. Coyote

    Wile E. Coyote and Road Runner
  22. 22
    Up 699
    Down 616

    Gob Bluth

    Arrested Development
  23. 23
    Up 670
    Down 616

    Jerry Seinfeld

    Seinfeld
  24. 24
    Up 558
    Down 277

    Mr. Bean

    Mr. Bean, Mr. Bean
    added by: Demon_Boy
  25. 25
    Up 539
    Down 295

    Randy Marsh

  26. 26
    Up 660
    Down 473

    Ron Swanson

    Parks and Recreation
  27. 27
    Up 571
    Down 403

    Moe Szyslak

  28. 28
    Up 342
    Down 173

    Red Forman

    That '70s Show
  29. 29
    Up 600
    Down 502

    Chandler Muriel Bing

    Friends
  30. 30
    Up 578
    Down 472

    Will Smith

    The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
  31. 31
    Up 559
    Down 525

    Joey Tribbiani

    Joey, Friends
  32. 32
    Up 527
    Down 315

    Frank Drebin

  33. 33
    Up 240
    Down 144

    Howard Wolowitz

    The Big Bang Theory
  34. 34
    Up 486
    Down 388

    Charlie Kelly

    It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
  35. 35
    Up 327
    Down 205

    Doctor John Zoidberg

    Futurama
  36. 36
    Up 192
    Down 106

    Groundskeeper Willie

    The Simpsons
  37. 37
    Up 203
    Down 126

    Kenny McCormick

    South Park
  38. 38
    Up 408
    Down 487

    Archie Bunker

    Archie Bunker's Place, All in the Family
  39. 39
    Up 256
    Down 154

    Montgomery Burns

    The Simpsons
  40. 40
    Up 492
    Down 478

    Jack Donaghy

    30 Rock
  41. 41
    Up 200
    Down 131

    Fez

    That '70s Show
    added by: steinergoldfarb
    “ That 70s Show „
  42. 42
    Up 198
    Down 135

    Dr. Cox

    Scrubs
  43. 43
    Up 483
    Down 550

    Larry David

    Curb Your Enthusiasm, The Paul Reiser Show
  44. 44
    Up 277
    Down 218

    Mr. Garrison

  45. 45
    Up 199
    Down 133

    Stan Marsh

    South Park
  46. 46
    Up 348
    Down 405

    Lucy Ricardo nee McGillicuddy

    The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour, I Love Lucy
  47. 47
    Up 163
    Down 106

    Kyle Broflovski

    South Park
  48. 48
    Up 300
    Down 319

    Hawkeye Pierce

    M*A*S*H
  49. 49
    Up 338
    Down 334

    Barney Fife

    The New Andy Griffith Show, The Andy Griffith Show, The Joey Bishop Show More
  50. 50
    Up 218
    Down 162

    Stephen Colbert

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    1. Ewa Ciufo
      The Funniest TV Characters of All Time at 11/10/2012 7:30 PM
      Excellent Funniest TV Characters, eh?
    2. Dane Castellow
      The Funniest TV Characters of All Time at 7/23/2012 12:30 AM
      Excellent funny characters, mandude.
    3. KirkSaw
      The Funniest TV Characters of All Time at 4/10/2012 3:59 AM
      I always found Arthur Carlson to be the funniest character on WKRP. You have Johnny Fever, Herb and Les but no big guy. I'd have also included Schultz, Klink and others from Hogan's Heroes. Chico (Freddie Prinze) from Chico and the Man, Sgt Bilko (Phil Silvers), Fred Flintstone, everyone from The Honeymooners, Krusty the Clown, Zigfried from Get Smart, J.J from Good Times, almost every character from Soap, Mr. Roper, Mr. Furley and Jack Tripper, Flo from Alice, Felix and Oscar from The Odd Couple, Gilligan and Mr. Howell from Gilligan's Island, Sally and Buddy from The Dick Van Dyke Show-- all worth LOTS of consideration!
    4. Pallknowing1
      The Funniest TV Characters of All Time at 12/07/2011 6:18 PM
      That 70's show Steven Hyde Red Forman?
    5. Hellion
      The Funniest TV Characters of All Time at 10/25/2011 9:24 AM
      No Roseanne, no Tim Allen and no Bill Cosby??? Is everyone that voted on this subject 12 years old? Come on, a guy from friggin Parks and Recreation in the top ten all time??? Come on.
    6. CatrionaRollo
      Michael Scott at 10/25/2011 1:18 AM
      How is he not higher!
    7. kkkn3
      Eric Cartman at 10/22/2011 7:13 PM
      the best!
    8. Anonymous
      Eric Cartman at 10/19/2011 2:24 AM
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