If george were a TV character, whom would he be?

[tuvor]

I just got a free DVD of Lost in Space from Pizza Hut, and it occurred to me that bush is not unlike the tough-talking but yella-bellied Mr. Smith.

Any other insights out there?

[skooooo]

1. Frank Burns from MASH

[molly]

2. That cross eyed yokel from Hee-haw

[HuskerDem]

3. Frank Burns meets Sgt. Hans Schultz of Hogans Heroes

You know............. "I know................ no - ting!"

[charliebrown]

9. ABK

Anyone but Kerry...sh@t slides downhill either way. Sorry but thats how I feel. Shrub is Moe but Kerry is Curly...and I am roasted.

Oh yeah, Edwards or Cheney would round it out... Cool!!!!

[stranger_with_candy]

4. Cletus

the slack jawed yokel on The Simpsons.

[skjpm]

7. a flea on the shoe of the Cigarette-Smoking Man

A small, stupid insect who is part of a conspiracy he doesn't understand

[kanrok]

5. Ernest T. Bass

[davsand]

31. That's funny--I thought of Goober!!!

However, Ernest T. would be just about his level, and of you think of it, Otis kind of fits him too!

Laura

[sofa king]

6. Mr. Roper

Trying to take away Jack's right to a menage-a-trois.

[BayouBengal07]

8. Mr. Burns

from the Simpsons. Well, not the age, but the greed and corporate lack of passion.

[indie_voter]

13. Cheney. MHO n/t

[mediaman007]

10. Boris Badenov from "Rocky and Bullwinkle"

Or Boss Hogg from "The Dukes of Hazzard."

How about Eddie Haskell in "Leave It to Beaver?"

[Journeyman]

11. Mortimer Snerd. . .

[tuvor]

18. Hey, you're dissing a Swede!

LOL There just aren't too many prominent Swedes, wooden or otherwise out there, so when one pops up, this Soviet Canuckistani of Scandinavian decent doesn't want the motherland being dissed!

;)

These suggestions are all fantastic!

Cheers!

[Rowdyboy]

12. Al Bundy

Crude, ignorant, loud, vulgar....

[ChocolateSaltyBalls]

14. A combination of Shaggy from Scooby-do and.........

Mr. Burns from the Simpsons.

[Carni]

15. JR- the idiot from Dallas

God, was that the name of the show?

The jerk that was shot and everyone wanted to know who did it in the 80's!

[markses]

16. "Who" would he be

Not "whom"

Love,
The Grammar Asshole

[tuvor]

20. You SURE it's not "whom"?

I'm a grammar asshole myself, and proud of it, but I've also been enjoying the fruits of my recent winemaking hobby this evening...

I'm pretty sure it's "whom," but I'll defer to you, assuming you're not indulging in any hobbies at the moment :)

[Moonbeam_Starlight]

32. It's who

the grammar asshole is right.

Love,
The English Teacher

[markses]

33. Is it a fuzzy case?

The question is this:

In "Who(m) would he be?" is "who(m)" the grammatical subject or the object (of a verb or preposition)?

We could start with the answer: "He would be Al Bundy." In this case, "Al Bundy" seems to be the object of the verb "to be." If so, then "whom" should be used for "Whom would he be?" Is "Al Bundy" the object of a verb here? We could replace it with a pronoun and find out:

He would be he (grammatical subject).
He would be him (object).

The second seems to be correct, and if it is correct, then the original phrasing is correct, and The Grammar Asshole eats crow.

It's what's for dinner:

[Lefty_the_Right]

17. Maxwell Smart

But in the alternate universe where he is working undercover for Chaos.

Wait, wasn't that what Max was accused of anyway?

[PfcHammer]

19. Mr. Hanky

the christmas poo of course.

[Cyrano]

21. Inspector Clouseau...

Yeah, I know, it's a movie character, not a TV character. But anyone who falls off a Segway, falls off a bike (twice), chokes on a pretzel, mangles the language, and invades the wrong country is certainly in Clouseau's league.

[Chomskyite]

22. Carmine Jr from The Sopranos

He's similarly a lightweight who gets sucked up to as if he were Christ himself. And he talks like W too. See:

Little Carmine Lupertazzi:
The point I'm trying to illustrate is that of course no one wants all-out conflict, but, historically, historical changes have come out of war.
Rusty Millio:
As far as I'm concerned it's a new day. All old treaties and ways of doing things are null and void.
Little Carmine:
Exactly.
Angelo Garepe:
And the Joe Peeps thing - where does that leave us?
Rusty Millio:
When you've had a quadruple bypass like I did, it gives you a lot of time to think. The only thing Johnny understands is force.
Angelo:
But the fact is though, we've pissed on a bee's nest.
Thug 4:
So what's the other option - roll over?
Angelo:
We could've had a sit-down. The other captains maybe.
Little Carmine:
This isn't the UN, Angelo. I won't let what happened to my father happen to me.
Rusty Millio:
God forgive me, but you may be a stronger man than your dad was.
Little Carmine:
The fundamental question is: will I be as effective as a boss like my dad was? And I will be. Even more so.
But until I am, it's going be hard to verify that I think I'll be more effective.

See this for more:

http://www.abc.net.au/mediawatch/sopranos.htm

[underseasurveyor]

23. Karl Rove and George?

MmmmYeah, could be;-)

[tuvor]

24. Whups! What'd I do wrong?

I didn't realize this should have been posted elsewhere. Apologies for effing up.

[Moonbeam_Starlight]

25. Ok in Weird Science

when the beautiful girl turns Chet, the older brother into this big blob with major gastrointestinal problems? That's bush.

Oh you said TV character. Sorry!

[maveric]

26. Thats Dr. Smith. n/t

[lagniappe]

27. Rosco P. Coltrane and Cheney is Boss Hogg.

[Thor_MN]

34. Give that Lagniappe a Kewpie Doll ( and a little something extra)

I have thought of him as Roscoe P. Coletrain since I first laid eyes on him. I think of KKKarl more as Boss Hogg, Cheney is just too evil to be the bumbling Boss... I'd put Cheney and Wolfowitz into ANY vampire movie though.

[maveric]

28. Barney Fife

[autorank]

29. Eddie Haskel ... Wally's evil friend on Leave it to Beaver

[0rganism]

30. Stanley Tweedle from Lexx

The USA is the Lexx, traveling through the universe eating the occasional planet for fuel.

John Kerry is played by Kai, of course, and the electorate is represented by 790 and Zev/Xev.

Dick Cheney is Prince.

[PurityOfEssence]

35. No question about it: CAPTAIN WALLACE BURTON BINGHAMTON, USN

What, what, what?

Why does everybody hate me?

McHale's nemesis from "McHale's Navy", Binghamton was stupid, pompous, petty, mean, vengeful, inept, vainglorious and he got his commission through family connections.

No question.

(Joe Flynn was brilliant; he died too young.)