it’s nice to have someone around to help
ease the tension that’s really how it
works
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’re
counting down our picks for the top ten
comic relief characters in drama
television series before we begin we
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this list we’re looking at the
characters whose personalities and
humors helped offset the more serious
aspects of these often serious
television dramas and drama Dee’s number
10 Hiro Nakamura and ando masahashi
heroes
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as an ensemble show heroes featured a
diverse cast of characters many of whom
tickled our funny bones from time to
time
but did not deliver the laughs quite as
regularly as these two
although hero the time-stopping
idealistic young man is funny in his own
innocent way his friend and fellow
Japanese office mate Ando is the one who
makes them into a hilarious double act
Hiro’s starry-eyed view of heroism and
pop-culture pairs well with Ando’s more
down-to-earth nature and their
friendship is one of the most enduring
and amusing in the entirety of the
show’s run number nine David Hodges CSI
crime scene investigation I don’t know I
have a lot of work to do in my work you
mean I am in your Icelandic pen pal who
thinks that you look like Warrick brown
because that’s the picture you posted
while there were plenty of funny CSIS
and lab techs on this long-running crime
procedural over the years David Hodges
is arguably the most delightfully weird
of the bunch
arrogant rude and socially awkward
Hodges frequently puts his foot in his
mouth or else shares way more
information than anyone wants to know
about a subject I don’t have huge
breasts under kind of perfect he also
has a number of quirks and running gags
including his unusually sensitive nose
and his love of Three’s Company
despite his rudeness Hodges manages to
be endearing in his awkwardness also
anyone who invents their own board game
is pretty cool in our book it’s not a
game it’s a thought experiment number
eight Hoban wash wash burn Firefly
you’re a very up while the whole crew of
serenity is pretty Gorem amusing the
ship’s pilot wash is definitely the
resident funny man from his first
seconds on screen wash is endearingly
silly playing with toy dinosaurs and
what has to be one of the funniest
character introduction scenes of that
decade we will thrive we will rule over
all this land
we will call it this land always ready
with a rye or witty remark no matter the
situation the goofy pilot often helps
diffuse situations with his distinct
humor he also makes for a fun double act
with his much tougher and more deadpan
wife hi hon we promise not to stop for
beers with the fellas wash was one
wisecracking leaf on the wind that
soared into our hearts number seven
Thomas Herc Hawk and Ellis Carver the
wire you got a pump I got in a show
dealing with as much violent crime as
this one some comic relief is a breath
of fresh air Herc and Carver are both
detectives in the Narcotics Unit of the
Baltimore Police and provides some
levity to many of their scenes often
bickering and bantering with each other
over various trivial subjects while both
of them do become involved in more
serious story arcs over the course of
the series and despite the fact that
their own individual journeys take them
in very different directions
their initial chemistry established them
as one of the wires many excellent
character relationships and easily the
show’s funniest one too
number six violet Crawley Dowager
Countess of Grantham Downton Abbey you
should know yes even a show as proper as
this British period show is not without
its own comic relief the elderly Dowager
Countess violet Crawley is among the
most quick-witted characters to ever
grace the small screen with nearly every
sentence out of her mouth
taking shape as a dry insult or clever
remark is a woman the countess is barbed
quips were many and varied over the
show’s 6 series run but the majority
were the result of her reaction to then
current developments and modernisations
whorls to express her disdain for
foolishness or bad manners we can all
only hope to be as deft in our wit when
we reach her age I hope it’s not vulgar
in me to suggest that you find some way
to overcome your scruples number 5 Lucy
Moran twin peaks’ I look for him in the
conference room the weird and the whacky
are everywhere in this offbeat and
sinister small town but Lucy stuck out
the most to us as the comic relief
although we would be remiss not to give
a shout out to her on-again off-again
beau and eventual husband the dopey
sheriff’s deputy Andy Brennan
lucy is the receptionist for the local
sheriff’s station and while she may not
always excel at her job her air
headedness squeaky voice and occasional
non sequiturs make her an endearing and
entertaining part of the twin peaks’
populace how do I know they own Birds
it’ll say so on the cards okay I’ll
start going through the files then
number four
Peter Paul Paulie walnuts gaultieri The
Sopranos you go to public bathrooms you
stand at the urinals oh come on Frank we
support this long-standing member of
Tony Soprano’s crime family is aptly
named since he is a little nuts
primarily serving as a capo Paulie
walnuts is an oddball of a mobster given
that while absolutely ruthless when
necessary
he’s also quick to tell jokes and
frequently goes on tangents about
peculiar subject matter his paranoia has
also led him to some rather unusual and
amusing places like he once started
seeing a psychic after becoming
convinced that he was being haunted
I don’t do know that funny fowl and
loyal Paulie walnuts is one of the most
entertaining gangsters in an already
very entertaining show about gangsters
how’s he doing he’s a lot better shape
than those nuns you got up there number
three Roger Sterling Mad Men as a wise
man once said the only thing worse than
not getting what you want is someone
else getting it a partner of Don
Draper’s at several ad agencies Roger
Sterling is a man’s man and is always
ready with a joke or a clever job with
his heavy drinking smoking womanizing
overt racism and general representation
of everything wrong with his era of
American history it’s actually pretty
surprising that Sterling manages to be
so damn funny and yet despite the odds
succeed he does a Steinway walking stick
we could stick it up your ass into a
concert his clashing with the audience’s
sensibilities as part of what makes him
an effectively funny character in his
near unflappability and confidence add
an additional layer of hilarity whenever
he does something ridiculous nobody
knows what I’m doing it’s good for
mystique number two Hugo Hurley Rhea’s
lost kind of cursed death finds me dude
getting stranded on a strange and
frightening Island can be a stressful
situation so it’s a good thing that we
and the survivors of oceanic flight 815
had Hurley around to remind everyone to
take things easy a big guy with an even
bigger heart this lottery winner always
tried to find the bright side of things
and help his fellow castaways do the
same with his fondness for pop culture
references Hurley is a funny and
down-to-earth dude who keeps things
relatable for the survivors and the
audience especially when Island events
start going off the rails you have some
kind of secret mission
just get in before we get to our top
pick here are some honorable mentions
like we should all be awed by them
because we put a ball in a net hey he
said buddy he knows my name
two words auto-erotic mummification
number one Saul Goodman Breaking Bad
what’d you say to babyface huh huh how
did you say anything stupid by anything
stupid I mean anything at all better
call Saul Walter White’s
unscrupulous criminal of a lawyer brings
a lot of levity to a series that
otherwise relies on very dark humor to
get laughs talkative and charming Saul
Goodman is so over the top in the
cultivation of his image as a seedy
attorney from his numerous burner phones
and his sleazy strip mall office to his
horrendously hilarious commercials that
we can’t help but laugh at the absurdity
of it all wait wait wait hey please
thank you thank you good job
besides his profession Saul is also
prone to amusing metaphors and snappy
quips but help make him among the most
memorable and funny characters in
Breaking Bad is it any wonder he got his
own spin-off you know a keeper so I
actually I know what
money laundering is uh-huh well do you
agree with our pics check out these
other great clips from WatchMojo and
subscribe for new videos every day
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ease the tension that’s really how it
works
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’re
counting down our picks for the top ten
comic relief characters in drama
television series before we begin we
publish new videos every day so be sure
to subscribe for more great content for
this list we’re looking at the
characters whose personalities and
humors helped offset the more serious
aspects of these often serious
television dramas and drama Dee’s number
10 Hiro Nakamura and ando masahashi
heroes
[Music]
as an ensemble show heroes featured a
diverse cast of characters many of whom
tickled our funny bones from time to
time
but did not deliver the laughs quite as
regularly as these two
although hero the time-stopping
idealistic young man is funny in his own
innocent way his friend and fellow
Japanese office mate Ando is the one who
makes them into a hilarious double act
Hiro’s starry-eyed view of heroism and
pop-culture pairs well with Ando’s more
down-to-earth nature and their
friendship is one of the most enduring
and amusing in the entirety of the
show’s run number nine David Hodges CSI
crime scene investigation I don’t know I
have a lot of work to do in my work you
mean I am in your Icelandic pen pal who
thinks that you look like Warrick brown
because that’s the picture you posted
while there were plenty of funny CSIS
and lab techs on this long-running crime
procedural over the years David Hodges
is arguably the most delightfully weird
of the bunch
arrogant rude and socially awkward
Hodges frequently puts his foot in his
mouth or else shares way more
information than anyone wants to know
about a subject I don’t have huge
breasts under kind of perfect he also
has a number of quirks and running gags
including his unusually sensitive nose
and his love of Three’s Company
despite his rudeness Hodges manages to
be endearing in his awkwardness also
anyone who invents their own board game
is pretty cool in our book it’s not a
game it’s a thought experiment number
eight Hoban wash wash burn Firefly
you’re a very up while the whole crew of
serenity is pretty Gorem amusing the
ship’s pilot wash is definitely the
resident funny man from his first
seconds on screen wash is endearingly
silly playing with toy dinosaurs and
what has to be one of the funniest
character introduction scenes of that
decade we will thrive we will rule over
all this land
we will call it this land always ready
with a rye or witty remark no matter the
situation the goofy pilot often helps
diffuse situations with his distinct
humor he also makes for a fun double act
with his much tougher and more deadpan
wife hi hon we promise not to stop for
beers with the fellas wash was one
wisecracking leaf on the wind that
soared into our hearts number seven
Thomas Herc Hawk and Ellis Carver the
wire you got a pump I got in a show
dealing with as much violent crime as
this one some comic relief is a breath
of fresh air Herc and Carver are both
detectives in the Narcotics Unit of the
Baltimore Police and provides some
levity to many of their scenes often
bickering and bantering with each other
over various trivial subjects while both
of them do become involved in more
serious story arcs over the course of
the series and despite the fact that
their own individual journeys take them
in very different directions
their initial chemistry established them
as one of the wires many excellent
character relationships and easily the
show’s funniest one too
number six violet Crawley Dowager
Countess of Grantham Downton Abbey you
should know yes even a show as proper as
this British period show is not without
its own comic relief the elderly Dowager
Countess violet Crawley is among the
most quick-witted characters to ever
grace the small screen with nearly every
sentence out of her mouth
taking shape as a dry insult or clever
remark is a woman the countess is barbed
quips were many and varied over the
show’s 6 series run but the majority
were the result of her reaction to then
current developments and modernisations
whorls to express her disdain for
foolishness or bad manners we can all
only hope to be as deft in our wit when
we reach her age I hope it’s not vulgar
in me to suggest that you find some way
to overcome your scruples number 5 Lucy
Moran twin peaks’ I look for him in the
conference room the weird and the whacky
are everywhere in this offbeat and
sinister small town but Lucy stuck out
the most to us as the comic relief
although we would be remiss not to give
a shout out to her on-again off-again
beau and eventual husband the dopey
sheriff’s deputy Andy Brennan
lucy is the receptionist for the local
sheriff’s station and while she may not
always excel at her job her air
headedness squeaky voice and occasional
non sequiturs make her an endearing and
entertaining part of the twin peaks’
populace how do I know they own Birds
it’ll say so on the cards okay I’ll
start going through the files then
number four
Peter Paul Paulie walnuts gaultieri The
Sopranos you go to public bathrooms you
stand at the urinals oh come on Frank we
support this long-standing member of
Tony Soprano’s crime family is aptly
named since he is a little nuts
primarily serving as a capo Paulie
walnuts is an oddball of a mobster given
that while absolutely ruthless when
necessary
he’s also quick to tell jokes and
frequently goes on tangents about
peculiar subject matter his paranoia has
also led him to some rather unusual and
amusing places like he once started
seeing a psychic after becoming
convinced that he was being haunted
I don’t do know that funny fowl and
loyal Paulie walnuts is one of the most
entertaining gangsters in an already
very entertaining show about gangsters
how’s he doing he’s a lot better shape
than those nuns you got up there number
three Roger Sterling Mad Men as a wise
man once said the only thing worse than
not getting what you want is someone
else getting it a partner of Don
Draper’s at several ad agencies Roger
Sterling is a man’s man and is always
ready with a joke or a clever job with
his heavy drinking smoking womanizing
overt racism and general representation
of everything wrong with his era of
American history it’s actually pretty
surprising that Sterling manages to be
so damn funny and yet despite the odds
succeed he does a Steinway walking stick
we could stick it up your ass into a
concert his clashing with the audience’s
sensibilities as part of what makes him
an effectively funny character in his
near unflappability and confidence add
an additional layer of hilarity whenever
he does something ridiculous nobody
knows what I’m doing it’s good for
mystique number two Hugo Hurley Rhea’s
lost kind of cursed death finds me dude
getting stranded on a strange and
frightening Island can be a stressful
situation so it’s a good thing that we
and the survivors of oceanic flight 815
had Hurley around to remind everyone to
take things easy a big guy with an even
bigger heart this lottery winner always
tried to find the bright side of things
and help his fellow castaways do the
same with his fondness for pop culture
references Hurley is a funny and
down-to-earth dude who keeps things
relatable for the survivors and the
audience especially when Island events
start going off the rails you have some
kind of secret mission
just get in before we get to our top
pick here are some honorable mentions
like we should all be awed by them
because we put a ball in a net hey he
said buddy he knows my name
two words auto-erotic mummification
number one Saul Goodman Breaking Bad
what’d you say to babyface huh huh how
did you say anything stupid by anything
stupid I mean anything at all better
call Saul Walter White’s
unscrupulous criminal of a lawyer brings
a lot of levity to a series that
otherwise relies on very dark humor to
get laughs talkative and charming Saul
Goodman is so over the top in the
cultivation of his image as a seedy
attorney from his numerous burner phones
and his sleazy strip mall office to his
horrendously hilarious commercials that
we can’t help but laugh at the absurdity
of it all wait wait wait hey please
thank you thank you good job
besides his profession Saul is also
prone to amusing metaphors and snappy
quips but help make him among the most
memorable and funny characters in
Breaking Bad is it any wonder he got his
own spin-off you know a keeper so I
actually I know what
money laundering is uh-huh well do you
agree with our pics check out these
other great clips from WatchMojo and
subscribe for new videos every day
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