Fictional comedy characters

The 2000 Year Old Man was a persona created by Mel Brooks and Carl Reiner starting around 1961. ...more on Wikipedia about "2000 Year Old Man"

Alfred E. Neuman is the fictional mascot of EC Publications' Mad magazine, created by the "dean of Science Fiction artists", Kelly Freas. His likeness, distinguished by jug ears, a missing front tooth, and one eye eerily higher than the other, has graced the cover of most monthly issues. He first appeared in November 1954 on the cover of Ballantine's The Mad Reader, a collection of reprints from earlier issues. Neuman has appeared as Santa Claus, Darth Vader, George Washington and Uncle Sam ("WHO NEEDS YOU"), to name a few. Although Neuman appeared on the cover, the name did not become associated with the image until 1956. He ran for President with the slogan, "You could do worse, and always have!" He appeared in issues of the magazine as a candidate for President in both 1968 (when his face appeared on a balloon on the cover among other "candidates") and 2004; his presidential campaigns were a regular occurrence in the magazine. ...more on Wikipedia about "Alfred E. Neuman"

Arthur Atkinson is a fictional character appearing regularly on the British sketch comedy show The Fast Show. He is played by Paul Whitehouse. ...more on Wikipedia about "Arthur Atkinson"

Baldy Man is a character played by Gregor Fisher, a Scots comedian. His chief attribute was his comb over hairstyle. The character was the star of a television commercial for Hamlet cigars. ...more on Wikipedia about "Baldy Man"

Bob and Doug McKenzie were a pair of fictional Canadian brothers who hosted The Great White North, a sketch which was introduced on Second City Television for the show's third season when it moved to the CBC in 1980. Bob is played by Rick Moranis and Doug is played by Dave Thomas. ...more on Wikipedia about "Bob and Doug McKenzie"

Buddy Cole is an effeminate homosexual fictional character created and portrayed by Canadian comedian and actor Scott Thompson. The character delivered various monologues about his flamboyant life and sexual exploits on the sketch comedy television show Kids in the Hall. The character was so popular that Thompson (with Paul Bellini) penned a novel under the character's name: Buddy Babylon, The Autobiography of Buddy Cole. ...more on Wikipedia about "Buddy Cole (fiction)"

Clark W. Griswold, Jr. is the character portrayed by Chevy Chase in some National Lampoon movies. Wife to Ellen, father to Audrey and Rusty and long-suffering cousin to Cousin Eddie, Clark is a character designed to be evocative of an intensely proud, loyal and lovable family man whose attempts to bring his family together during vacations results in numerous comedic dilemmas and incidents. The hapless, bumbling ways in which he executes his vacation plans are inevitably concluded by a moment of good fortune that saves the trip from certain disaster. ...more on Wikipedia about "Clark Griswold"

Conan the Librarian is a perennial parody of Conan the Barbarian that has appeared in film, television, comics, and fan fiction. ...more on Wikipedia about "Conan the Librarian"

Count Floyd is a character played by Joe Flaherty. He is a fictional horror show host in the tradition of TV horror host on local television in the United States. Count Floyd originally appeard on the Canadian sketch show SCTV but, also appeard on Cartoon Planet and The Completely Mental Misadventures of Ed Grimley and he also appeared on the Grace Under Pressure tour. ...more on Wikipedia about "Count Floyd"

Dame Edna Everage is a character played by Barry Humphries. She claims to be the most popular and gifted woman in the world today: investigative journalist, social anthropologist, talk show host, swami, children's book illustrator, spin doctor, icon, housewife, superstar, megastar and more recently, gigastar. She is also a noted actress, including a rather large role in the series Ally McBeal. ...more on Wikipedia about "Dame Edna Everage"

The double act, also known as a comedy duo, is a comic device in which humor is derived from the uneven relation between two partners, usually of the same gender, age, ethnic origin, and profession, but drastically different personalities. One of them, the straight man is portrayed as reasonable and serious, and the other one is portrayed as funny, dumb, or simply unorthodox. When a woman is in the "straight man" role, she is more often referred to as a comic foil. ...more on Wikipedia about "Double act"

E. L. Wisty was a character played by comedian Peter Cook throughout his career. A dire, bland, monotone, know-it-all, he was usually presented in the form of monologues and sketches in which he bores members of the public. ...more on Wikipedia about "E. L. Wisty"

Edward Mayhoff 'Ed' Grimley was a character introduced on the television series SCTV and later used in Saturday Night Live. He was devised and played by actor Martin Short. ...more on Wikipedia about "Ed Grimley"

Edmund Blackadder is the title character in the mock-historical comedy series Blackadder, in as much as the series can be said to have a title character: each instalment of the series is set in a different historical period, so there is always a different central character, but they are all (except Ebenezer Blackadder) called Edmund (the first one adopts the title "The Black Adder" and his descendants take it as a surname) and they are all played by Rowan Sebastian Atkinson. ...more on Wikipedia about "Edmund Blackadder"

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Emily Litella was a fictional character played by comedian Gilda Radner ( 1946- 1989) on Saturday Night Live (SNL), a weekly late-night ninety-minute live comedy- variety show on the American NBC network. ...more on Wikipedia about "Emily Litella"

Father Guido Sarducci is a fictional character made famous by American comedian Don Novello. Sarducci, a chain-smoking priest with tinted eyeglasses, works in the United States as gossip columnist and rock critic for the Vatican newspaper L'Osservatore Romano. ...more on Wikipedia about "Father Guido Sarducci"

Felix Unger was a main character in The Odd Couple, a play, movie and television series. ...more on Wikipedia about "Felix Unger"

Hamish and Dougal are two characters from the long-running BBC Radio 4 'antidote to panel games' I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue. One of the rounds in this show is Sound Charades, where a title of a book or film has to be conveyed from one team to the other by means of a story. The result of the story is usually a pun on the title in question. ...more on Wikipedia about "Hamish and Dougal"

"Jake the Peg" was a fictional three-legged man, played by Rolf Harris in the 1960's. Jake usually wore a long coat that came down to the knees, and had three identical legs. Part of the fun was trying to guess which leg was false. He would walk around the stage putting his middle foot forward, and then his two side feet, and at times would also stand on his middle leg and stick both outer legs out. Whilst he was moving around the stage he a sang a song, see below, which told of his life with three legs. ...more on Wikipedia about "Jake the Peg"

Jerry St Claire is one of many characters from the comic world of Peter Kay. ...more on Wikipedia about "Jerry StClaire"

Jose Jimenez was a fictional character created and performed by comedian Bill Dana on the Steve Allen Show in 1959 and who became increasingly popular during the 1960's. This character introduced himself with the memorable line: "My name...Jose Jimenez". ...more on Wikipedia about "Jose Jimenez"

Kenny Senior is one of many characters from the comic world of Peter Kay. ...more on Wikipedia about "Kenny Senior"

Kevin the Teenager is a character created and played by the British comedian Harry Enfield. ...more on Wikipedia about "Kevin the Teenager"

Les and Alan are two of many characters from the comic world of Peter Kay. ...more on Wikipedia about "Les and Alan"

Mango was a character created and performed by Chris Kattan on the American sketch comedy show Saturday Night Live. Mango was an off-the-wall character who was sexually ambiguous (but ultimately male). He would always wear a spangled beret and extremely tight short-shorts. ...more on Wikipedia about "Mango (Saturday Night Live)"

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