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re: Spinoff thread: Sitcom guest characters with most impact per appearance

Posted on 5/5/25 at 8:26 pm to
Posted by BOSCEAUX
Where the Down Boys go.
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Posted on 5/5/25 at 8:26 pm to
Brent Spiner (Data) as Bob Wheeler on Night Court. The episodes he appeared in were great.
Posted by Mickey Goldmill
Baton Rouge
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Posted on 5/5/25 at 8:30 pm to


Todd Packer. 10 episodes on The Office.
Posted by Kafka
I am the moral conscience of TD
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Posted on 5/5/25 at 8:35 pm to
Actor Dick Gautier said people would cone up to him & talk like he'd been a regular on the show

He did 6 episodes



Weird trivia: all the Hymie episodes were written by the actor who played Steve on The Virginian

Posted by Zap Rowsdower
MissLou, La
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Posted on 5/5/25 at 8:57 pm to
A few to add to the conversation:

Doug Judy- Brooklyn 99

Beverly Leslie- Will and Grace

Carlton Blanchard- Wings
Posted by TeddyPadillac
Member since Dec 2010
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Posted on 5/5/25 at 8:58 pm to
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Puddy only appeared in 10 episodes of Seinfeld.


This is the answer.
You’d think he was one of the major minor characters on the show but he was barely in the show. Yet his character is extremely memorable.
Posted by Jim Rockford
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Posted on 5/5/25 at 9:13 pm to
Jon Hamm
Posted by bluestem75
Dallas, TX
Member since Oct 2007
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Posted on 5/5/25 at 9:29 pm to
Janice on Friends

Big Bang Theory: Wil Wheaton, Kripke, Sheldon’s mom, Leonard’s mom

Baron Afanas on What We Do in the Shadows
Posted by BOSCEAUX
Where the Down Boys go.
Member since Mar 2008
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Posted on 5/5/25 at 9:53 pm to
quote:

Puddy only appeared in 10 episodes of Seinfeld. This is the answer. You’d think he was one of the major minor characters on the show but he was barely in the show. Yet his character is extremely memorable.


DEVILS!!!!!!!
Posted by Indefatigable
Member since Jan 2019
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Posted on 5/5/25 at 11:50 pm to
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Jean-Ralphio and Mona Lisa

The fricking worst
Posted by PJinAtl
Atlanta
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Posted on 5/6/25 at 4:39 am to
Robin Williams as Mork on Happy Days.

Lead directly to Mork and Mindy.
Posted by Cleathecat
Houston
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Posted on 5/6/25 at 7:07 am to
What about Dan/Ida Quagmire on Family Guy?
Posted by donut
Face, USA
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Posted on 5/6/25 at 8:06 am to
Adam Arkin's character on Northern Exposure. He was in 10 episodes.
Posted by PCRammer
1725 Slough Avenue in Scranton, PA
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Posted on 5/6/25 at 9:03 am to
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Yet his character is extremely memorable.

On occasion I'll just stare at the back of an airplane seat not reading, watching or listening to anything just to get a cheap laugh from the SO.
Posted by OlGrandad
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Posted on 5/6/25 at 9:44 am to
Bob Newhart as Professor Proton in The Big Bang Theory
Posted by lsutigersFTW
Lafayette
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Posted on 5/6/25 at 11:15 am to
Andrea Barber was never Full House main cast, right? Maybe Kimmy Gibler.
Posted by FirstCityDawg
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Posted on 5/6/25 at 11:27 am to
The Mom (girl from The Penguin series) on How I Met Your Mother
Posted by StansberryRules
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Posted on 5/6/25 at 1:42 pm to
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Puddy


Best answer so far.

Posted by Midget Death Squad
Meme Magic
Member since Oct 2008
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Posted on 5/6/25 at 1:42 pm to
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Todd Packer. 10 episodes on The Office.



I was scrolling through getting shocked that this wasn't posted yet. Relieved to finally find him on page 2. Thank you, Mickey


Posted by VanRIch
Wherever
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Posted on 5/6/25 at 2:10 pm to
Posted by MasonTiger
Mason, Ohio
Member since Jan 2005
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Posted on 5/6/25 at 2:57 pm to
Fred Willard and Georgia Engel as the MacDougalls (Roberts in-laws) on Everybody Loves Raymond.
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