Guest Post: Get Ready.

(Today is the first time I’ve ever had a guest post. It’s by Tyler Stanton. I like Tyler because he makes me feel better about the amount of television I watch. I like to think we are the Joey Gladstone and Jesse Katsopolis of the blogging world. Of course, I’m Jesse...better hair. Tyler’s guest post is about television. It’s also somewhat related to sports, so imagine Jock Jams is playing in the background as you read it. Or the theme song to Full House. Either one will work, really.)
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The other day I asked one of life’s most important questions on my blog – who is the greatest television character of all time?

After meditating on this question for some time, Scott emailed me and demanded that we not leave it open-ended. We needed to find out once and for all. So, naturally, we emailed six other friends (Bryan Allain, Kevin Keigley, Tyler Tarver, David Robbins, Jordan Green, Knox McCoy) and the eight of us had a draft. Once we amassed a pool of 32 characters, we set up a little March Madness of our own.

That’s right. A two-week tournament. 32 comedy characters from the last 20 years. 5 rounds. Eventually whittled down to one glorious winner.

This is where you come in.
The winner of each matchup will be decided by your votes.

Here’s how the Madness is going down:

Week 1 - Beginning March 1

Tuesday through Thursday – First round: Four match-ups each day. We explain the character’s greatness in 5 sentences or less. Then you vote. It’s that simple.

Week 2 - Beginning March 8

Monday – Half of Sweet Sixteen: Four match-ups. We use one video clip (less than a minute) to display their greatness.

Tuesday – Other half of Sweet Sixteen: Same as Monday.

Wednesday – Elite Eight: We abandon defending our character and use our 5 sentences (or less) to bash our opponent.

Thursday – Final Four: You’ll see.

Friday – National Championship: You’ll see.

So who is in the tournament? Great question. Here’s how the draft went down:

Round 1
1 Robbins - Steve Urkel
2 Moore - Heathcliff Huxtable
3 Green - Homer Simpson
4 Stanton - David Brent
5 Tarver - Chandler Bing
6 Allain - George Costanza
7 McCoy - Jerry Seinfeld
8 Keigley - Andy Millman

Round 2
9 Keigley - George Michael Bluth
10 McCoy - Michael Scott
11 Allain - Cosmo Kramer
12 Tarver - Dwight K Schrute
13 Stanton - Larry David
14 Green - Tobias Funke
15 Moore - Gob Bluth
16 Robbins - Bart Simpson

Round 3
17 Robbins - Jack Donaghy
18 Moore - Ron Swanson
19 Green - Eric Cartman
20 Stanton - Andy Bernard
21 Tarver - Liz Lemon
22 Allain - Samuel Screech Powers
23 McCoy - Dave Chappelle
24 Keigley - Gareth Keenan

Round 4
25 Keigley - Phil Dunphy
26 McCoy - Barney Stinson
27 Allain - Michael Bluth
28 Tarver - Tracy Jordan
29 Stanton - Peter Griffin
30 Green - Joel Robinson
31 Moore - Cameron Tucker
32 Robbins - Creed Bratton

You may already have an opinion on who the best characters are just by looking at the names. Fine by us. All we need is for you to vote for them.

See you back here on Tuesday.
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Tyler Stanton is part of a movement of people who don’t take themselves too seriously. His blog,tylerstanton.com, helps tens of people in their own journey every single day. His glorified pamphlet, Everyday Absurdities: Insights from the World’s Most Trivial Man, is on track to become required reading in all nationally accredited universities by 2026. If all goes according to plan, he will never own a dog.

The Archived Post Relevant The Office Quote.

Kevin: Ever since March Madness ended, I am so bored.