Author Topic: Poll: Who is your favorite TV sitcom alien?  (Read 20764 times)

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Reply #25 on: July 28, 2008, 10:13:42 AM
Alf has my vote, because he's the only one I ever saw in my youth. I knew the theme music by heart!

I did manage to find yet another sitcom alien: Dink from the series Quark (see below, in the weird 'attachment' box I entered in this post and I don't know how to get rid of it ;P )

I just found an episiode online, looking for aliens in sitcoms (there really aren't that many sitcoms with aliens in it!).
The show has great over-acting and even better humor (though that's a personal thing).
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Reply #26 on: July 28, 2008, 10:43:31 AM
But now I can't change my vote to one of the new options...
I thought their was an option for this, but don't see it now.  Maybe it was only an option when creating the poll.  Anybody have any suggestions?

you seem to loose the option once the poll has changed, i've had problems with this too. the only way around it seems to be to wipe the poll so that everyone has a chance to reselect.

btw, if Gazoo counts then Orbity prolly does too.

edit: strange to realize that red dwarf never had a reoccurring alien character since the cat was descended from earth.
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Reply #27 on: July 28, 2008, 12:26:52 PM
edit: strange to realize that red dwarf never had a reoccurring alien character since the cat was descended from earth.

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Reply #28 on: July 28, 2008, 01:37:40 PM
Had to go with Martin.  Can't stand Robin Williams, every time I see him in something I get physicaly ill.   My wife loves him so his mug is on our TV way too often.  Blech!!

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Reply #29 on: July 28, 2008, 01:40:40 PM
I did manage to find yet another sitcom alien: Dink from the series Quark (see below, in the weird 'attachment' box I entered in this post and I don't know how to get rid of it ;P )

I just found an episiode online, looking for aliens in sitcoms (there really aren't that many sitcoms with aliens in it!).
The show has great over-acting and even better humor (though that's a personal thing).

I added Dink to the poll.  In the linked episode of Quark, you don't see Dink until about 6:40 into the clip.  I had no idea about this show.  Cool.

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Reply #30 on: July 28, 2008, 02:49:49 PM
Had to go with Martin.  Can't stand Robin Williams, every time I see him in something I get physicaly ill.   My wife loves him so his mug is on our TV way too often.  Blech!!

I liked Robin Williams until he quit cocaine.  Apparently he isn't funny without it.    :-\

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Reply #31 on: July 28, 2008, 02:57:44 PM
there's Zoidberg, also Nibbler



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Reply #32 on: July 29, 2008, 05:38:24 PM
there's Zoidberg, also Nibbler

I added Zoidberg, Nibbler, Thurmoman, and Orbity. 

I had no idea there were so many sit-com aliens.  I thought by limiting it to sitcoms, there would be only a few.  I missed some obvious ones like Uncle Martin and the Solomons from 3rd Rock.  I had a specific purpose for my poll, but it has expanded into something more.  That's the beauty of this forum.

I was wondering if I should reboot the poll (reset the votes) to allow everyone a change to vote with the whole list (as N_sh suggested earlier).  Any objections?

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Reply #33 on: July 29, 2008, 05:42:35 PM
When you reset, I think it would be fairer if all of the characters from Third Rock were listed separately.  I sound like a big fan of the show, but I don't think I ever watched it more than twice.



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Reply #34 on: July 29, 2008, 05:53:45 PM
I would approve of a reset.

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Reply #35 on: July 30, 2008, 05:09:41 PM
Okay, I have reset all the votes.  Please revote now that we have a more complete list.

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Reply #36 on: July 30, 2008, 05:23:44 PM
Okay, I have reset all the votes.  Please revote now that we have a more complete list.

You've got a bunch of doubles in the list.

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Reply #37 on: July 30, 2008, 05:33:07 PM
Okay, I have reset all the votes.  Please revote now that we have a more complete list.

You've got a bunch of doubles in the list.

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Reply #38 on: July 30, 2008, 05:52:16 PM
I started a new poll here.  Sorry for the confusion.

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