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Aaron
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Quote: David Chapman @ May 4 2008, 11:33 PM BST

I could never understand why a short-arsed twat who hung around with geeks could be considered "cool".


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@Dave CHapman - you've missed the point. Fonzie was never meant to be cool - he was a deliberate subversion of a greaser. American network television was incredibly conservative at the time; by making a previously very cool (ie james dean-esque) type a bit of a dweeb, they were very cutely subverting the stereotype, making it their own if you like.

He was allowed to be cool to an extent...just in a very limited and 'safe' sense.
 
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But I never found it funny either.
 
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Fair enough! For the record, I agree.
 
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Go with the Homer and Bilko crowd but also Dr. Bob Kelso in Scrubs as a modern twist. Though all the Frasier characters are well put together.
 
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Ok, not necessarily the greatest (with only 13 episodes to date it's a bit soon to judge), but I'd like to nominate Samantha from Samantha Who? - a brilliantly written, complex character executed perfectly by Christina Applegate.
 

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