Favorite Minor Simpsons Character?

[RJman]

This is silly -- any of you have a particular favorite minor (i.e., non- or almost-never recurring) Simpsons character?

There's the Scoutmaster... Johnny Tightlips... Kh'lav Kh'lash man (No Coke! Only Mountain Dew and crab juice!)... Number One...

Rule of thumb: Apu: Not minor... Sanjay: Minor. Smithers: Not minor... John (Waters): Minor.

 

[Kent Wang]

The sarcastic middle-aged man.

 

[imageWIS]

Señor Spielbergo:

"Burns: Get me Steven Spielberg!
Smithers: He's unavailable.
Burns: Then get me his non-union Mexican equivalent! [later] Listen, Senor Spielbergo, I want you to do for me what Spielberg did for Oskar Schindler.
Spielbergo: Er, Schindler es bueno, Senor Burns es el diablo.
Burns: Listen, Spielbergo, Schindler and I are like peas in a pod:we're both factory owners, we both made shells for the Nazis, but mine worked, dammit! Now go out there and win me that festival!"

Jon.

 

[Bandwagonesque]

Herb Powell (Homer's Half Brother)
Corporal Punishment (Krusty's enforcer)
Ned's dad (stupid beatnik)
Groundskeeper Seamus (Willie's enemy)
Seth & Munchy (hippies)
Frank Grimes (aka Grimey)
Boobarella (Boooooooooobs)
Tito Puente (music teacher/mambo king)
Germanian Exchange Student (fat kid in lederhosen)
Rainier Wolfcastle (action hero/Republican)
Duffman (does he count?)
Guy Incognito (Homer's clone)
Number One (Stonecutter)
Number Six (prisoner on The Island)

And the greatest...
Troy McClure (actor, you might remember him from such movies as ....)

 

[Get Smart]

I liked the Yakuza guys in the episode where the Marge was competing with the other yentas (Agnes Skinner, Mrs Crabapple, the preacher's wife) in running a business and Homer has Fat Tony's crew help her sell Falafel so the Yentas get the Yakuza to fight the ****.

 

[Get Smart]

Originally Posted by Bandwagonesque

Ned's dad (stupid beatnik)
Frank Grimes (aka Grimey)


good ones! Love Neds folks...."doc, we've tried absolutely nothing and we're all out of ideas"

Grimey RIP!

 

[Nick M]

Originally Posted by Bandwagonesque

Duffman (does he count?)

"Duffman's pension has been mis-managed... ooooh yeah!"

I'm a fan of that stupid jerk that goes "Yeeeeeessssss?":

Homer: Excuse me...
Usher: Yeeeeeeeesssssss?
Homer: Do you have a table for the mayor?
Usher: Yeeeeeeeesssssss!
Homer: Why do you talk like that?
Usher: I had a strooooooke!

 

[Bandwagonesque]

Originally Posted by Nick M

I'm a fan of that stupid jerk that goes "Yeeeeeessssss?":

I love the Yes Man. I think he worked at Costingtons also.

He reminds me of every "Yes Man" salesperson I've ever met.

Me: "What do you think of this shirt and tie combo?"
Him: "Looks great on you sir"
Me: "Hmmm... on second thought, it's a little too flashy for me though"
Him: "Oh yah, I see what you mean now. Let's try this instead. Purple is a great colour on you!"
Me: "I don't like that"
Him: "Me neither, it clashes with your skin tone..."
...repeat until I walk out...

 

[Nick M]

Surly Duff, of the Seven Duffs:

Surly: Hey, Surly only looks out for one guy...Surly!

Selma: Sorry, Surly.

Surly: Shut up.

 

[edmorel]

Wow, no votes for the Bumble bee guy, a takeoff on spanish TV's "El Chapulin Colorado"? I love him. He does a Goya commercial in full bumble bee outfit in one epsiode where Bart is watching TV. Small cameo's but always funny.

 

[RJman]

Corporal Punishment made me think of Sideshow Raheem ("Angry, angry man&quot and Ku Klux Klam, as well as the Eastern Bloc equivalent of Itchy and Scratchy, "Worker and Parasite"... and let's not forget Lester and Eliza!

 

[chorse123]

I think bumblebee guy may be too frequent to be a minor character. I much prefer Senor Ding Dong, "the mysterious and debonair dean of doorbells."

 

[Kaga]

Mr Sparkle.

And Wink, the Japanese TV game show host: "In America, your game shows reward knowledge. In Japan, we punish ignorance..."

 

[Renault78law]

I love Gill, the pathetic middle aged salesman.

 

[EL72]

Assuming they count as minor according to RJman's definition, my vote goes to the Phil Hartman (RIP) characters, incompetent shyster Lionel Hutz and b-movie has-been Troy McClure.