Bullz-Eye’s All-Time Favorite TV Punching Bags
In nature, the weaker members of a species are often ostracized so they cannot reproduce and dilute the gene pool. Lions, for example, do not keep an omega male around to be the butt of the joke for the rest of the pride, like we humans tend to do. And while that makes sense in a Darwinian way, our way is a lot more fun. It may be cruel, but imagine how boring life would be if we lived in a world without the human equivalent of a punching bag. Admit it: you all know someone who fills this role in your life, and you relish it. You wouldn’t be human if you didn’t.
The world of television has a near-inverse proportion of punching bags as there are in nature, and this makes sense; it is much easier – and fun – for the writing staff to designate one character as the target for random acts of misfortune and malice, though not necessarily in that order. If you ever wondered why every show features at least one character that the other characters would likely never associate with in real life, now you know.
So bring us your sad, your weak, your insecure; your clueless, your obnoxious, your desperate, your slow-witted, and we will celebrate them for their inherent loserness. Get your boxing gloves on as we present to you Bullz-Eye’s all time favorite TV punching bags.
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Some good people on this list, but, uh, honorable mention to Mel Cooley of “Fraiser”? What have you guys been smoking? Mel Cooley was on the Dick Van Dyke Show. He also should have been a top 5 entry here. (And Daffy Duck shouldn’t have been on this list at all, as ALL of Daffy’s classic moments were created for the movies, not TV.)
Also missing: Frank Burns (M*A*S*H*), and the uber-hapless Tony Hancock of Hancock’s Half-Hour.
ummm, did someone forget the “Hawaiian Punch” guy?
Frank Burns would have been a good addition.
There were lengthy debates about Daffy Duck’s eligibility for that very reason, but since Daffy made one of the first, and most indelible, impressions on us as TV-viewing youths, it just didn’t feel right to exclude him. Please forgive us.
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