Hartichoke (AKA The Artist Formerly Known as hungryfortacos) Top 10- Actually 12 with Honorable Mentions- Greatest TV Characters...

Bummer guys, didn't make it. There's always next year...

I don't quite know what inspired this, but at some point today I felt inclined to do this. So without further ado...

Honorable Mention:
These characters don't deserve being at the top, but merit a mention: Buster Bluth (Arrested Development), Brian Griffin (Family Guy), Creed Bratton (US Office), Lieutenant Speirs ( Band of Brothers), Paulie Walnuts (The Sopranos), Mr. Greg Gregson (Summer Heights High), George Bluth Sr (Arrested Development), David Brent (UK Office), Dave Chappelle (Chappelle's Show).

The Top 12:
12:

Phil Leotardo( The Sopranos)
Almost every season of The Sopranos featured a single antagonist who opposed Tony; Phil was the best of these characters.

11:

Jonah Takalua (Summer Heights High)
Just when the New Zealanders think they win with Flight of the Conchords, along comes the Aussies with Summer Heights High.

10:

Don Draper (Mad Men)
Quite possibly the coolest dude ever to appear on television.

9:

Tobias Funke (Arrested Development)
The picture says it all.

8:

Cosmo Kramer (Seinfeld)
Drops a few spots due to we all know what, but otherwise the funniest physical actor of our time.

7:

The Cast of The Wire
I was gonna list a few favorites here, but then I realized I would name just about everybody.

6:

Gob Bluth (Arrested Development)
"I've made a huge mistake"

5:

Randy Marsh (South Park)
Absolutely steals scenes in episodes that he's in, and the episodes that star him are amongst the funniest.

4:

Tony Soprano (The Sopranos)
No top ten list like this would be complete without him.

3:

George Costanza (Seinfeld)
"It became very clear to me sitting out there today that every decision I've made in my entire life has been wrong. My life is the complete opposite of everything I want it to be. Every instinct I have, in every aspect of life, be it something to wear, something to eat - it's all been wrong." According to the Seinfeld DVD's, people actually started doing the opposite after this episode.

2:

Omar Little (The Wire)
The best character on the best TV show ever. There is no cooler character, no other character that everyone likes so much(including our president). It was extremely hard not putting him at number one.

1:

Al Swearengen (Deadwood)
Tony Soprano circa late 1800's. He is the reason Deadwood is worth watching and the show sags when he's not appearing. There's no one else (except for maybe Omar) that I enjoy watching on TV so much.

It's summer, let's bring back the ole blog a little.
Love, Hartichoke