The 25 Funniest TV Characters of 2010
10. Brittany S. Pierce (Glee)
Gleebasers and Glee haters (present!) unite: The one undeniable strength in Ryan Murphy's pop vaudeville is Heather Morris's blockheaded character Brittany. Not only can she dance for real, but Brittany's utter weirdness makes a line like, "Coach Beiste didn't touch my boobs. Actually, I wanna touch her boobs" both creepy and hysterical.
9. Sheldon Cooper (The Big Bang Theory)
Jim Parsons walked home with an Emmy in August, and not a moment too soon: This year he compared Roger Murdoch to Darth Vader for canceling Firefly. Let's dropkick more statues his way.
8. Eric Cartman (South Park)
For organizing an illegal KFC cartel, co-writing the most profane literary work and aspiring to be poor and stupid -- just so that he can become a NASCAR racer -- Eric Cartman is included on this list.
7. Phil Dunphy (Modern Family)
Phil practically auditioned for the list this year, trying out some stand-up at a corporate banquet (to Claire's chagrin) and slaying the room with his interactive humor. Though a shelf he made almost fell onto his son Luke, it's Phil's spirited effort that counts.
6. Michael Scott (The Office)
Sad that all of The Office's funniest moments feel like gongs preceding Steve Carell's departure, but you can't not laugh at a character who picks Andy's mom as his favorite Toy Story character. "Because without Andy's mom there is no plot, and without a plot there is no movie."
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I can't help but think you don't watch everything on television (and who could blame you), but, Martha Plimpton and, most definitely, Chloris Leachman, are stand outs on Raising Hope.
And Captain Awesome on Chuck deserves an honorable mention.
NO KENNY POWERS!? WTF MOVIELINE?
WHAT?? No Jay Leno??? Headlines, jaywalking, amazing monologues... Ugh I tried to get through typing this with a straight face but I think I've made myself sick.
No Kenny Posers or Larry David is a pretty bad oversight. But a great list overall. Glad to see Parks & Rec getting some love.
Was going to include Larry David until I realized there were no new Curb episodes in 2010. Next year he'll qualify, no doubt.
Tanya from Hung > all
Charlie Kelly is the funniest character on television and anyone who says differently is dead to me. The fact that he's not on this list is a complete travesty.
"WILD CARD, BITCHES!!!"
Let me guess Louis - you don't really watch much of ANYTHING on cable, do you? Because that's the only explanation for this laundry list of unfunny crap, punctuated occasionally by an actual funny character (usually from a cable show).
No Dan Stark???
You're about ten steps ahead of the game, because you already love your hobby.
It took me an entire week to watch that new Julia Roberts movie.I am not sure if i was really that busy, or i just did not care for it . My favorite Julia Roberts line is..." I would rather have thirty minutes of wonderful than a lifetime of nothing special".
If jim parsons deserves another emmy, why isnt he number 1