Punditty's Pantheon: Top 10 TV Characters
in Secondary or Lesser Roles
COUNTING DOWN TO THE BEST OF THE BEST
Think The Onion meets Psychology Today meets the strangely appreciative mind of
Zane E. Punditty.
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Warning: Some character profiles contain satire and imaginary "facts."
Alvy Moore
portrayed
county
agent Hank
Kimball on
"Green
Acres" from
1965 to 1971.
Don Knotts
played Deputy
Barney Fife
on "The Andy
Griffith Show"
from 1960 to
1965. He also
guest-starred
on the show
in later
episodes.
Jimmy Riddle and
Jackie Phelps kept
'Hee-Haw' viewers
laughing with their
one-of-a-kind Effen
& Hambone routine.
Ken Osmond played
Eddie Haskell in
"Leave It to
Beaver," which
originally aired from
1957 to 1963.
Pearl Bailey made enough
guest appearances (as
herself) on "The Muppet
Show," "Captain Kangaroo"
and other shows to be
granted the extremely rare
Punditty TV Pantheon Guest
Star Exemption.
Edward Platt may well
have inspired
thousands of
Americans to enter
the intelligence field
with his fine work as
Chief in "Get Smart,"
1965-1970.
Byron Stewart starred
as Warren Coolidge
in "The White
Shadow," one of the
finest television
shows of its era - or
any era. It aired from
1978 to 1981.
Virgil Riley Runnels
Jr., a k a "The
American Dream,"
Dusty Rhodes, is
quite simply one of
the greatest
athlete/entertainers
in human history.
Irene Ryan
starred as
Granny on "The
Beverly
Hillbillies,"
which ran from
1962 to 1971.
Frank Sutton will
always be
remembered for his
brilliant portrayal of
Sgt. Vince Carter on
"Gomer Pyle,
U.S.M.C." The show
ran from 1964 to 1969.
Below:
Virtual re-enactment (minus navigation bars)
of The Punditty Project's original home page
Oct. 11-21, 2008
October 2008
The Punditty Project
   HOEDOWN IN HOOTERVILLE!

   Mr. and Mrs. Douglas, Eb plan party;
   Mr. Haney pledges 'honesty for a day'
   to honor self-correcting county agent

   MAYBERRY STUNNED

   Sheriff Taylor, Howard Sprague, Goober
   meet at Emmet's fix-it shop to discuss
   options for litigation, possible appeal
Winner!
Mr. Kimball, county agent
Runner-up:
Deputy Barney Fife
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