guess who's coming to dinner...
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anotheranonBlatantly stealing (and then modifying) this Question of the Day from Shakespeare's Sister, just because the comments were amusing:
What 5 television characters (not the actors, but the characters) would you want to have over for a dinner?
Bonus: What would you serve?
See, I think this is actually a trick question, because lots of the tv characters that amuse me on screen are not the sorts of people I want in my house. Think about it - would you want Dave Lister chewing his toenails at your table? doG forbid, I don't even wanna think about what Bernard Black would do. Even the reasonably sober and otherwise affable Malcolm Reynolds is known to get in fights at parties.
The latter is going to be a problem with almost any character from the shows I happen to watch because most of them are action oriented: can I institute a "no weapons at the table" rule (including sonic screwdrivers)?
In the interest of throwing a party where the guests might actually have something to talk about, the 5 I'd invite are: Jeremy Brett's Sherlock Holmes ("Adventures of Sherlock Holmes", Granada TV) and House ("House M.D.") could get on each other's nerves while solving medical forensic cases, while Veronica Mars ("Veronica Mars") and Chloe Sullivan ("Smallville"), if they could snark the guys into acting nice, could team up with them to bring down more bad guys than Luthorcorp, the Neptune police department, and Moriarty combined.
They would of course be served their tea and cakes by Stephen Fry's Jeeves ("Jeeves and Wooster"), who, while he only appears to be a butler, is really in charge of the whole party, making suggestions and disapproving "Very good, sir/ma'am"s whenever the conversation gets particuarly heated.
Your turn. I'll allow book characters as well 'cos y'all are such a literate lot.
What 5 television characters (not the actors, but the characters) would you want to have over for a dinner?
Bonus: What would you serve?
See, I think this is actually a trick question, because lots of the tv characters that amuse me on screen are not the sorts of people I want in my house. Think about it - would you want Dave Lister chewing his toenails at your table? doG forbid, I don't even wanna think about what Bernard Black would do. Even the reasonably sober and otherwise affable Malcolm Reynolds is known to get in fights at parties.
The latter is going to be a problem with almost any character from the shows I happen to watch because most of them are action oriented: can I institute a "no weapons at the table" rule (including sonic screwdrivers)?
In the interest of throwing a party where the guests might actually have something to talk about, the 5 I'd invite are: Jeremy Brett's Sherlock Holmes ("Adventures of Sherlock Holmes", Granada TV) and House ("House M.D.") could get on each other's nerves while solving medical forensic cases, while Veronica Mars ("Veronica Mars") and Chloe Sullivan ("Smallville"), if they could snark the guys into acting nice, could team up with them to bring down more bad guys than Luthorcorp, the Neptune police department, and Moriarty combined.
They would of course be served their tea and cakes by Stephen Fry's Jeeves ("Jeeves and Wooster"), who, while he only appears to be a butler, is really in charge of the whole party, making suggestions and disapproving "Very good, sir/ma'am"s whenever the conversation gets particuarly heated.
Your turn. I'll allow book characters as well 'cos y'all are such a literate lot.
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Date: 2007-02-17 06:44 am (UTC)So ... in the interest of conversation, while also risking a fair amount of food throwing ...
Diana Trent from Waiting for God: I've wanted to be Diana when/if I ever grow up ever since I saw my first episode of this show (if you're not familiar with the character, a cruise through the "memorable quotes" at the link will teach you Diana 101).
Oliver from Oliver's Travels: the only screen character that I wanted to take home and keep as a pet practically at first sight 'cause he's such a darling (as well as being a knower of many quirky things and a teller of marvelous jokes)
Nick and Nora Charles of The Thin Man: gotta have the set rather than just or the other ... consummate entertainers who can find a way to enjoy the company of just about anyone.
And number five ... a coin toss between Neverwhere's Marquis de Carabas and The Assassination Bureau's Ivan Dragomiloff ... would just depend which one was taking a night off from mayhem and skullduggery and thus was free to simultaneously charm and pokle at the other guests. :p