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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 1681
    Down 671

    Stewie Griffin

    Family Guy
  2. 2
    Up 1641
    Down 728

    Homer Simpson

    The Simpsons
  3. 3
    Up 1724
    Down 819

    Eric Cartman

    South Park
  4. 4
    Up 1328
    Down 761

    Peter Griffin

    Family Guy
  5. 5
    Up 1238
    Down 583

    Bender Bending Rodríguez

    Futurama
  6. 6
    Up 1036
    Down 517

    Bugs' Bunny

  7. 7
    Up 995
    Down 648

    Sheldon Cooper

    The Big Bang Theory
  8. 8
    Up 984
    Down 824

    Cosmo Kramer

    Seinfeld
  9. 9
    Up 866
    Down 602

    Glenn Quagmire

    Family Guy
  10. 10
    Up 1101
    Down 578

    Barney Stinson

    How I Met Your Mother
  11. 11
    Up 830
    Down 513

    Bart Simpson

    The Tracey Ullman Show, The Simpsons
  12. 12
    Up 934
    Down 572

    Michael Scott

    The Office
  13. 13
    Up 890
    Down 567

    Dwight Schrute

    The Office
  14. 14
    Up 945
    Down 625

    Al Bundy

    Married... with Children
  15. 15
    Up 914
    Down 670

    George Costanza

    Seinfeld
  16. 16
    Up 1009
    Down 464

    Butters Stotch

  17. 17
    Up 537
    Down 240

    Philip J. Fry

    Futurama
  18. 18
    Up 771
    Down 690

    Tobias Fünke

    Arrested Development
  19. 19
    Up 533
    Down 256

    Brian Griffin

    Family Guy
  20. 20
    Up 632
    Down 422

    Ralph Wiggum

    The Simpsons
  21. 21
    Up 517
    Down 247

    Wile E. Coyote

    Wile E. Coyote and Road Runner
  22. 22
    Up 699
    Down 617

    Gob Bluth

    Arrested Development
  23. 23
    Up 671
    Down 616

    Jerry Seinfeld

    Seinfeld
  24. 24
    Up 559
    Down 279

    Mr. Bean

    Mr. Bean, Mr. Bean
    added by: Demon_Boy
  25. 25
    Up 539
    Down 296

    Randy Marsh

  26. 26
    Up 660
    Down 474

    Ron Swanson

    Parks and Recreation
  27. 27
    Up 571
    Down 404

    Moe Szyslak

  28. 28
    Up 343
    Down 174

    Red Forman

    That '70s Show
  29. 29
    Up 601
    Down 502

    Chandler Muriel Bing

    Friends
  30. 30
    Up 579
    Down 473

    Will Smith

    The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
  31. 31
    Up 560
    Down 525

    Joey Tribbiani

    Joey, Friends
  32. 32
    Up 528
    Down 316

    Frank Drebin

  33. 33
    Up 241
    Down 144

    Howard Wolowitz

    The Big Bang Theory
  34. 34
    Up 486
    Down 389

    Charlie Kelly

    It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
  35. 35
    Up 327
    Down 206

    Doctor John Zoidberg

    Futurama
  36. 36
    Up 192
    Down 107

    Groundskeeper Willie

    The Simpsons
  37. 37
    Up 203
    Down 127

    Kenny McCormick

    South Park
  38. 38
    Up 408
    Down 488

    Archie Bunker

    Archie Bunker's Place, All in the Family
  39. 39
    Up 256
    Down 155

    Montgomery Burns

    The Simpsons
  40. 40
    Up 203
    Down 131

    Fez

    That '70s Show
    added by: steinergoldfarb
    “ That 70s Show „
  41. 41
    Up 492
    Down 479

    Jack Donaghy

    30 Rock
  42. 42
    Up 198
    Down 136

    Dr. Cox

    Scrubs
  43. 43
    Up 484
    Down 550

    Larry David

    Curb Your Enthusiasm, The Paul Reiser Show
  44. 44
    Up 277
    Down 219

    Mr. Garrison

  45. 45
    Up 199
    Down 134

    Stan Marsh

    South Park
  46. 46
    Up 350
    Down 405

    Lucy Ricardo nee McGillicuddy

    The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour, I Love Lucy
  47. 47
    Up 163
    Down 107

    Kyle Broflovski

    South Park
  48. 48
    Up 339
    Down 335

    Barney Fife

    The New Andy Griffith Show, The Andy Griffith Show, The Joey Bishop Show More
  49. 49
    Up 300
    Down 320

    Hawkeye Pierce

    M*A*S*H
  50. 50
    Up 218
    Down 163

    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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