Comedy Television Character Tournament

1. Jerry Seinfeld -- Seinfeld vs Basil Fawlty - Fawlty Towers- Echoing everyone else. Crazy first round matchup.

3. Lindsey Weir Freaks and Geeks vs Mark - Peep Show

4. Jim Ignatowski- Taxi Vs Jack Stiles (Jack of All Trades)

5. Lily Aldrin – How I Met Your Mother vs Abed Nadir - Community

6. Beaver – Leave It to Beaver vs Roger - American Dad

7. Kevin Malone – The Office (USA) vs Frasier Crane - Frasier/Cheers Another tough one. Kevin is hialrious but Frasier is classic.

8. Niles Crane - Frasier vs Tobias Funke - Arrested Development

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1. Jerry Seinfeld -- Seinfeld vs Basil Fawlty - Fawlty Towers



2. Al Bundy (Married With Children) Vs Karen - Outnumbered



3. Lindsey Weir Freaks and Geeks vs Mark - Peep Show



4. Jim Ignatowski- Taxi Vs Jack Stiles (Jack of All Trades)



5. Lily Aldrin – How I Met Your Mother vs Abed Nadir - Community



6. Beaver – Leave It to Beaver vs Roger - American Dad



7. Kevin Malone – The Office (USA) vs Frasier Crane - Frasier/Cheers



8. Niles Crane - Frasier vs Tobias Funke - Arrested Development

1. Basil
2. Karen
3. Mark
4. Jim
5. Abed
6. Beaver
7. Frasier
8. Tobias

Basil Fawlty is doing better than I expected and this makes me happy.

Come on Basil!


1. Jerry Seinfeld -- Seinfeld vs Basil Fawlty - Fawlty Towers
2. Al Bundy (Married With Children) Vs Karen - Outnumbered
3. Lindsey Weir Freaks and Geeks vs Mark - Peep Show
4. Jim Ignatowski- Taxi Vs Jack Stiles (Jack of All Trades)
5. Lily Aldrin – How I Met Your Mother vs Abed Nadir - Community
6. Beaver – Leave It to Beaver vs Roger - American Dad
7. Kevin Malone – The Office (USA) vs Frasier Crane - Frasier/Cheers
8. Niles Crane - Frasier vs Tobias Funke - Arrested Development

Can't believe Basil is gonna beat Seinfeld. That was a final eight matchup.

1. Basil Fawlty - Fawlty Towers



2. Al Bundy (Married With Children)



3. Mark - Peep Show



4. Jim Ignatowski- Taxi


5. Lily Aldrin – How I Met Your Mother



6. Roger - American Dad



7. Frasier Crane - Frasier/Cheers



8. Niles Crane - Frasier

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1. Jerry Seinfeld -- Seinfeld vs Basil Fawlty - Fawlty Towers
2. Al Bundy (Married With Children) Vs Karen - Outnumbered
3. Lindsey Weir Freaks and Geeks vs Mark - Peep Show
4. Jim Ignatowski- Taxi Vs Jack Stiles (Jack of All Trades)
5. Lily Aldrin – How I Met Your Mother vs Abed Nadir - Community
6. Beaver – Leave It to Beaver vs Roger - American Dad
7. Kevin Malone – The Office (USA) vs Frasier Crane - Frasier/Cheers
8. Niles Crane - Frasier vs Tobias Funke - Arrested Development

In March Madness terms, that's two #1 seeds going against each other in the round of 64. Even if one of them is not as good as their record indicates.

My four extra nominations:
Mr Flibble - Red Dwarf
Troy McClure - The Simpsons
Lionel Hutz - The Simpsons
Chief Wiggum - The Simpsons

I would call Basil a #2 or #3, but I like the sentiment.

Mr Flibble haha why didnt i think of that?..... Genius

You can't have a load of Brits in a competition and expect them to vote for Jerry Seinfeld over Basil Fawlty

I've actually never seen Fawlty Towers, but have found the episodes of Seinfeld I've seen to be tediously unfunny so I gave Towers the benefit of the doubt.

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Whaaaat? Shut down the tournament. The fix is in.

Fawlty Towers is brilliant, you should check it out Miss Vicky, my all time favourite comedy series and John Cleese is especially brilliant. I am proud of you guys so far, lets hope he wins this

I like Fawlty Towers and Basil a lot but Seinfeld they are not.

Fawlty Towers is brilliant, as I said the best comedy I have ever seen. It's a real shame that so few episodes were made.

I can't say I'm a Cleese fan from what I've seen of his other work. I don't care at all for Monty Python, despite it being something I grew up with.

My all time favorite comedy series is Blackadder, with Blackadder II being my favorite of its incarnations.

IDK. I think it is probably a good example of less is more. Its manic style probably would have worn thin.