Our 17 Favorite TV Oddballs Of All Time (VIDEO)

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Huffington Post   |  Katla McGlynn
First Posted: 09-22-09 04:02 PM   |   Updated: 09-22-09 04:48 PM

In every great comedy series there's that one crude, crazy, or curious character who stands out: The Oddball. From Andy Kaufman on "Taxi" to Abed in the recent premiere of "Community," oddballs are classic characters who use their eccentricities to enrich the show. Here, we've collected 73 of our favorites. Vote and tell us which are your favorites!

Abed: "Community"
 
In the pilot for this new NBC sitcom Abed stole the show with his hyperactive, pop-culture obsessed, ethnically ambiguous character.
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In every great comedy series there's that one crude, crazy, or curious character who stands out: The Oddball. From Andy Kaufman on "Taxi" to Abed in the recent premiere of "Community," oddballs are cl...
In every great comedy series there's that one crude, crazy, or curious character who stands out: The Oddball. From Andy Kaufman on "Taxi" to Abed in the recent premiere of "Community," oddballs are cl...
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leo the aging hippie guy from that seventies show
vera from alice
steve urkel from Family matters ( I know it was campy but I was a kid and thought he was funny)
jackie from roseanne
Robert from Everybody loves raymond
Jeffrey the smart alec butler from Fresh Prince

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 12:27 PM on 09/25/2009
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dwight k shrute is my all time fav tv character.­..he makes me howl eveeythime he's on The Office. didnt we all work with a goof ball like him at one point in our careers? I know I did at a large NJ daily newspaper.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 11:10 AM on 09/24/2009
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The entire cast of "Northern Exposure", Pat Brady from Roy Rogers

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 04:40 PM on 09/23/2009
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How can Abed from the Community even make the list?????

they've only shown ONE episode!

the Huffpost community really let me down with that pick

besides... Charlie (from Its Always Sunny) is by far more odd

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 11:05 AM on 09/23/2009
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I sooooo love Rose of golden girls.....­.i love that show.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 09:43 AM on 09/23/2009

The Andy Griffith Show was nothing without the character of Barney Fife, played superbly by Don Knotts. How apt he was mentioned for playing another character on "Three's Company". Taxi, for me, was enlived by the excellent work of Christopher Lloyd. Even Wayne Knight on "Seinfeld" perked up the show, while Kramer stole most scenes. One exception being the prat fall by George doing the "Vandelay Industries­-Unemploym­ent Office phone call" scene. But, Kramer on the back of a fire engine roaring through Manhatten was right up there with the "Spaghetti-O's Horse" scene in Central Park. MTM worked so well because the writers were smart enough to create great comic foils such as Baxter, Phyllis and the role played so well by Betty White, when she tried to seduce Lou. Even in "Barney Miller" some of the best comic moments were provided by actors brought in to play "perps".

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 09:33 AM on 09/23/2009
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In a more recent vein,

what about Murray the "band manager?"

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 09:14 AM on 09/23/2009

Yeah, he books them at only the "best" venues, eh?

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 10:16 AM on 09/23/2009
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Frank Rossitano??? he is horrible. Kenneth deserves his spot.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 08:21 AM on 09/23/2009
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Wow. There are so many missing off your list, it's not even funny

Mr. Furley on Three's Company
Phoebe on Friends
Ed Norton on The Honeymooners
Ted Baxter on Mary Tyler Moore
Jim Ignakowski on Taxi
Lenny and Squiggy from Laverne and Shirley
Larry, his brother Darryl and his other brother Darryl from Newhart
the guy played by Frank Nelson that always showed up on The Jack Benny Show
Gomer Pyle
Quagmire on Family Guy

And that's just off the top of my head.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 08:02 AM on 09/23/2009

Kramer is the best here but you left out his brilliant forerunner Art Carney as Ed Norton.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 07:59 AM on 09/23/2009
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How do you leave out Gracie Allen. George Burns would have been nothing without Gracie, and he said so many times. Every ditzy blonde is a testament to Grace Allen.

And I agree. Pick anyone from Soap or Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 07:53 AM on 09/23/2009

Burt "Bat" Campbell and Jessica Tate and the rest of the characters of Soap from 1977-81

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 06:19 AM on 09/23/2009
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Doberman from the Phil Silvers show (Sgt. Bilko)

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 05:53 AM on 09/23/2009
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Mr. Smith, "Lost in Space." Ann Southern, the voice of the car in "My Mother the Car." Jethrelle Bodine (Jethro in drag) in the "Beverly Hillbillie­s." The weird expressionless two-dimensional cartoon characters on "Clutch Cargo" whose only animated movements were their lips (oh, sorry.....­that's Greta van Sustren).

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 05:31 AM on 09/23/2009
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the entire cast of green acres besides eddie arnold especially arnold the pig.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 04:00 AM on 09/23/2009
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that's eddie albert

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 04:06 AM on 09/23/2009
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