The author said “Everything that features Jeffrey Tambor is GOOD. This is a scientific fact.”

And a commenter snarked back “Huh, I never realized Dr. Phil was on Max Headroom.”

First of all, everyone KNOWS Dr. Phool stole the mustache from Tambor (some reports say literally; I’ve seen a police report).

But EVERYTHING? Two words that prove that even JT is fallible: “The Ropers”. And most everyone has tried to forget “Twenty Good Years” with John Lithgow. I think the rule of thumb is that in his worst roles his character’s name was “Jeffrey”. But if you look at his IMDB page you’ll find a lot more than even devoted Tam-Bros may remember: “Superhero Movie”? That Generic Parody released 15 minutes after Generic Parody Movies had permanently jumped the shark featured a treasure trove of icons gone slumming: Leslie Neilsen, Marion ‘Happy Days’ Ross, Brent Spiner, Robert ‘Airplane’ Hays, Dan Castellanetta, Pamela Anderson… you can’t get more ‘mixed bag’.

And there’s a recent unsold pilot in there that made my jaw drop: “Rex Is Not your Lawyer” with DAVID TENNANT in the title role (a lawyer whose panic attacks force him to work behind the scenes), plus Tambor (as his psychiatrist, natch), Jane Curtin and Jerry O’Connell in the regular cast. AND NBC PASSED ON IT? That network is doomed. (end mini-rant)

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The correct answer is “Yeah, you and most of the people who ever watched Lost.”

The other thing I love is I was able to identify ALL of them, proving that I am indeed qualified to write a blog about webcomics (which Tooned.In will at least partly be, after it gets out of Beta).

From left to right:
Skull, the Troll from “PvP” by Scott Kurtz
The Space Pig from “The SuperFogies” by Brock Heasley
Steve (a guinea pig raised as a moose, therefore the artificial antlers) from “Pinkerton” by Mike Witmer
Dr. McNinja, eponymous star of “The Adventures of Dr. McNinja” by Christopher Hastings
Agatha Heterodyne, title character of “Girl Genius” by Phil and Kaja Foglio
Woo the Raccoon of “Sandra & Woo” by Powree and Oliver Knörzer
Clango Cyclotron, robot from “Diesel Sweeties” by R.Stevens
Coney, carnivorous bunny from “Kevin and Kell” by Bill Holbrook
Teenage Girl President, title character of a recurring TV show within “Medium Large” by Francesco Marciuliano
Max Terrier and Norman Platipus from “My Cage” by Ed Power and Melissa DeJesus (the host comic, ironically distributed by the Internet unfriendly King Features Syndicate who only let you see comics over 30 days old IF you pay $15 a year for ‘DailyInk’)
Gill, obvious star of “Gill” by Norm Feuti (which ended a 14 month run last year and deserved better, I agree)
and Zorphbert, space alien disguised (poorly) as a dog in “Zorphbert and Fred” by Dawn Griffin

Now you can critique the choice of specific characters (“Where’s Biff/Brock/Charles/Clovis/Clue/Cornfather/Dick/Digger/Emily/Ferd/Flaco/Fuzzy/Gav/Hannelore/Herman/Jinx/Kimiko/McPedro/Monica/Pip/Roast Beef/Schlock/Scott/Slick/Speedy/T-Rex/Tip/Weedmaster P?” [yeah, like King Features Syndicate is gonna let HIM in])

The above in no way is supposed to represent an even halfway-definitive list of Beloved Characters in Webcomics, but is just the result of a little obsessive behavior while doing my nightly ‘Webcomic Surf’. Which makes this as good a time as any to announce that when Tooned.In is officially released into the Wild Wild Web, it will include a pseudo-comprehensive catalog of comics online, organized in a way to make it more convenient for ME than my dozens of browser bookmarks and which should make it easier for other comics-obsessed web surfers. Stay tooned!

Which Jennie Breedon has accomplished in The Devil’s Panties with her “What Not To Say In The Bedroom” theme. Wisely, she has limited these single panels to the weekends, when she usually has other ‘filler’ content, to avoid giving the impression she’s ‘phoning it in’. But when you have comic content that needs no pictures, you know that some @$$#Ø!£ is going to do what I am doing right now:

The Collected “What Not To Say In The Bedroom”

“♫We all live in a yellow submarine♫!”
“So what where you gonna make me for dinner?”
“Look! No hands!”
“I’m a squirrel!”
“I don’t know what you’re doing, but I’m over here.”
“Did I mention that I’m allergic to latex?”
“I know “ow” wasn’t the safe word, but I figured it was sorta obviouse (sic)!”
“Passion and spontaneity are all well and good, but you need a shower first.”
“Hi, I’m Mike.”
“Is that guacamole?”
“HONK! HONK!”
“What do the instructions say?”
“Did you wash this after you got it from the kitchen?”
“Inappropriate use of lawn equipment!”
“Think fast!”
“Turn it off! Turn it off!”
“The Internet is watching.”
“Are you KIDDING?”
“♫Autobots wage their battle ♫To destroy the evil forces ♫Ooooof the Deceptocons♫!”
“That explains SO much.”
“I can’t feel my hand.”
“Slacker!”
“♫Gummy Bears, ♫Bouncing here and there and everywhere, ♫High adventure that’s beyond compare, ♫We are the Gummy Bears!♫”
“Taste like chicken!”
“CHAAARGE!”
“…I think I’m STUCK.”
“COLD!”
“I’m offended, yet strangely aroused…”
“Okay, where am I taking this?”
“♫Just a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down…♫”
“♫Getting to know you, ♫Getting to know all about you…♫”
“The Island’s not through with you yet!”
“No, I’m pretty positive it’s not supposed to do THAT”
“Is that my STAPLER?”
“Hold on, let me draw you a diagram.”
“But I have to PEE!”

Yes, the links were pretty superfluous, but necessary for legal reasons.

Don “Knee Osmond” Corleone

Vito “Vito Bo Bito Banana Fanna Fo Fito Fe Fi Mo Mito” DeVito

Vinnie “Future Star and Scientologist” Barbarino

Benny “Five Bean Salad with Green, Wax, Kidney, Black and Garbonzos” Bernardo

Donnie “Even Less Funny Than Jay” Leno

Sammy “Not Rocky At All More Like Spongy” Balboa

Lou “Ice Rink” Zamboni and his brothers Ernie “Double Lutz” and Manny “Hockey Puck”

Tony “Twitter” Santini and his brother Big Louie “Fail Whale” Santini

But this comic has the best worst name ever Don Luke “The Trekkie” Piccardo

Best observation from: @loresjoberg “I assume Fred Phelps is going to change his signs to read “God Hates Fans.”"