Coolest television character

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Posted: 5/9/2003 5:10:21 PM EDT

Who is the coolest television character of all time?

My vote goes to Linc Hayes of "The Mod Squad" played by Clarence Williams III. He was "solid!"

If anyone says Fonzie you will be hunted down and killed*

* [b][red]DISCLAIMER:[/red][/b] Just a joke, not meant to be taken seroiusly

Posted: 5/9/2003 5:14:23 PM EDT

[#1]

JJ Walker baby!!

Posted: 5/9/2003 5:15:23 PM EDT

[#2]

FBI Special Agent Bill Maxwell, played by Robert Culp. Wore a t-shirt off-duty that said, "Happiness is a warm pistola!"

Posted: 5/9/2003 5:15:44 PM EDT

[#3]

Wink Martindale.

Posted: 5/9/2003 5:16:08 PM EDT

[#4]

john wayne, in anything he was ever in

was gonna use him as my avatar before i saw somebody else already had

by the way sukebe, now that you're a team member, go avatar shopping!

Posted: 5/9/2003 5:26:06 PM EDT

[#5]

Cartman

Posted: 5/9/2003 5:26:45 PM EDT

[#6]

Jim Rockford
Festus
Micheal Maddson (sp?)
Rod Stieger

Posted: 5/9/2003 5:28:52 PM EDT

[#7]

The old guy that played The Equlizer.

It was his hidden "closet" that inspired me as a kid.

BISHOP

Posted: 5/9/2003 5:32:25 PM EDT

[#8]

Fred G. Sanford! [:D]

Posted: 5/9/2003 5:32:38 PM EDT

[#9]

Special Agent Dale Cooper from Twin Peaks.

Posted: 5/9/2003 5:35:15 PM EDT

[#10]

SLEDGEHAMMER!!![pistol]

Posted: 5/9/2003 6:16:02 PM EDT

[#11]

I vote for Kolshack the Nightstalker (if anyone here can remember that show).

Runner up's:

Archie Bunker- no explanation needed
Al Bundy- See above
Bill Maxwell, (based on the t-shirt)
Fred Sanford (if nothing else for going off on Aunt Ester)
Joe Friday (every now and then Jack Webb had a good rant on the show)

Posted: 5/9/2003 6:19:48 PM EDT

[#12]

Max Headroom,
or -
Burt Gummer....

Posted: 5/9/2003 6:34:32 PM EDT

[#13]

ALF

Posted: 5/9/2003 6:42:33 PM EDT

[#14]

Kojak

Posted: 5/9/2003 6:49:05 PM EDT

[#15]

Homer Simpson

Posted: 5/9/2003 6:50:41 PM EDT

[#16]

The one and only "Joe Cool" (Snoopy)

Posted: 5/9/2003 6:53:09 PM EDT

[#17]

Age 5 to 8 Lone Ranger, Batman, & Bever Clever.

9 to 15 Keith Partridge, Starski & Hutch, Thomas Magnum.

I'll add more after I've had time to mull it over.

Posted: 5/9/2003 6:56:52 PM EDT

[#18]

Captain James Tiberius Kirk.

Not only is he the coolest TV character, he is also the coolest White Man, ever, and he got all of the hotties, including the green one.

Posted: 5/9/2003 7:01:23 PM EDT

[#19]

Lt. Castillo "Miami Vice" He made a black suit look good years before Tommy Lee Jones and Will Smith.

Runner-up: Sonny Crockett "Miami Vice" A Ferrari, a sailboat and a pet alligator, not to mention cool threads.

another runner-up: John Crichton "Farscape"

Posted: 5/9/2003 7:14:32 PM EDT

[#20]

Lucas McCain.

Posted: 5/9/2003 7:20:13 PM EDT

[#21]

Vinnie Barbarino

Posted: 5/9/2003 7:23:19 PM EDT

[#22]

No one mentioned Jim Rockford?

GunLvr

Posted: 5/9/2003 7:27:43 PM EDT

[#23]

From the short lived show"The tales of the Gold Monkey" would be "Jake Collins". He flew a Grumman anphib. in the South Seas and was among secret agents from most of the pre-war powers.

Posted: 5/9/2003 7:28:10 PM EDT

[#24]

Concur with Kirk.

Posted: 5/9/2003 7:28:20 PM EDT

[#25]

I was on a local TV station a few times for soccer and a comedy series a long time ago.

Can I vote for myself?

[peep]

Posted: 5/9/2003 7:34:01 PM EDT

[#26]

Moe Syzlak

Posted: 5/9/2003 7:35:45 PM EDT

[#27]

Fall Guy

Posted: 5/9/2003 7:36:13 PM EDT

[#28]

Al Bundy

Bobwrench

Posted: 5/9/2003 7:37:13 PM EDT

[#29]

[size=1]Gilligan[/size=1]

Posted: 5/9/2003 7:51:02 PM EDT

[#30]

Jack Bauer.

Posted: 5/9/2003 8:04:18 PM EDT

[#31]

Optimus Prime

Posted: 5/9/2003 8:18:39 PM EDT

[#32]

... You are all wrong. Thomas Magnum (Tom Selleck) has that honor in my book.

[img]http://www.ultimatemagnum.com/Cajema/cal4.jpg[/img]

Posted: 5/9/2003 8:19:04 PM EDT

[#33]

Homer Simpson

Posted: 5/9/2003 10:23:05 PM EDT

[#34]

Top Cat
Secret Squirrel
Maxwell Smart
Col Hogan

Posted: 5/9/2003 10:28:31 PM EDT

[#35]

Columbo

Posted: 5/9/2003 10:46:22 PM EDT

[#36]

Urkel. Definitely Urkel.

Posted: 5/9/2003 11:24:08 PM EDT

[#37]

Al Fu**ing Bundy!!

Posted: 5/9/2003 11:33:53 PM EDT

[#38]

Peter Griffin and Brian from the Family Guy.

Posted: 5/9/2003 11:49:13 PM EDT

[#39]

Detective Pembleton from "Homicide".

Posted: 5/10/2003 12:51:28 AM EDT

[#40]

Second Burt Gummer

An honorable mention for Fox Mulder

Posted: 5/10/2003 2:25:10 AM EDT

[#41]

3rd vote for Rockford.

Posted: 5/10/2003 2:28:00 AM EDT

[#42]

4th vote for James ? 'Rockford'

Posted: 5/10/2003 2:49:57 AM EDT

[#43]

Huggy Bear from "Starsky and Hutch".

He grew up to become the mayor of Denver. [:D]

Posted: 5/10/2003 3:21:21 AM EDT

[#44]

Fonzie. First thing I thought when I saw the title, so kill me or something.

Lancelot Link, Secret Chimp.

Posted: 5/10/2003 3:32:41 AM EDT

[#45]

Coolest?

Roger Moore "The Saint"

Whoops, B&W TV before your guys time.

Posted: 5/10/2003 4:50:02 AM EDT

[#46]

Quoted:
Homer Simpson

View Quote

Hey, I already said that!!!!

But I completely agree, Homer is my hero!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted: 5/10/2003 5:00:33 AM EDT

[#47]

Quoted:
Fonzie. First thing I thought when I saw the title, so kill me or something.

View Quote

[Gunny Hartman on]"Who said that!? Who the f*ck said that!!? Who's the slimey shit twinkle toed communist c*cksucker down here that just signed his own death warrant!!?[Gunny Hartman off]

Posted: 5/10/2003 5:18:12 AM EDT

[#48]

Samurai Jack
Lucas McCain....Rifleman
Rowdy Yates.....Rawhide

Posted: 5/10/2003 5:20:33 AM EDT

[#49]

Al (4 touchdowns in one game) Bundy

Posted: 5/10/2003 5:23:11 AM EDT

[#50]

Al Bundy

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