Top 10 Cutest Oddballs on TV
Top 10 Cutest Oddballs on TV
New Girl's Jessica Day, played by Zooey Deschanel, is oh-so-adorkable, but she isn't the only lovable weirdo on your TV set. In fact, the television comedy landscape is populated by a whole lot of them. And since we all have a little bit of nerd inside us, these characters are easy to love.
Don't miss an inside look at New Girl on THE WRITERS' ROOM, Monday, August 19 at 10pm. Creator Liz Meriwether, actor Jake Johnson and the writing team share juicy details of their off-beat writing style.
Photo Credit: Patrick McElhenney/FOX10. Mayim Bialik on The Big Bang Theory
Here's a meta-oddball: a girl who became famous for playing a teenager on TV decided that instead of turning to meth, liquor store robbery, or sex tapes, she would get a PhD in neuroscience, and then play another sitcom character with a similarly advanced degree. Maybe that shouldn't seem strange, but it kind of is when you compare her to other child stars… ahem, Amanda Bynes.
If you're in love with the oddest characters on TV, don't miss an inside look at New Girl on THE WRITERS' ROOM, Monday, August 19 at 10pm. Creator Liz Meriwether, actor Jake Johnson and the writing team share juicy details of their off-beat writing style.
Photo Credit: Getty Images9. Morgan on The Mindy Project
Though sometimes used as a non-sequitur joke machine, there's a puppyish eagerness to please in Morgan (Ike Barinholtz), the ex-con nurse at The Mindy Project's OB/GYN practice. Even when he's fired for highly inappropriate poking around in the personal life of one of his colleagues, he leaves the office -- signaling his previously unseen puppy to trot after him. A puppy with a puppy! What's more lovable than that?
If you're in love with the oddest characters on TV, don't miss an inside look at New Girl on THE WRITERS' ROOM, Monday, August 19 at 10pm. Creator Liz Meriwether, actor Jake Johnson and the writing team share juicy details of their off-beat writing style.
Photo Credit: Beth Dubber/FOX8. Adam on Girls
"Weirdos Need Girlfriends Too" is the apt title of an episode of Girls that manages to encapsulate both the cuteness and weirdness of Adam, Hannah's on-again, off-again sorta-boyfriend: he buys her ice cream (adorable!), he storms out of tech rehearsal of the show he's working on (odd!), he blows up at a cab driver (odd but understandable!), he pastes up signs everywhere to apologize (odd-orable!). Another actor might make Adam seem more like a sociopath than a cute boyfriend, but actor Adam Driver plays up both and adds a certain charm to the combination.
If you're in love with the oddest characters on TV, don't miss an inside look at New Girl on THE WRITERS' ROOM, Monday, August 19 at 10pm. Creator Liz Meriwether, actor Jake Johnson and the writing team share juicy details of their off-beat writing style.
Photo Credit: Getty Images7. The Belcher Children on Bob's Burgers
It didn't seem fair to pick just one: Tina is the most touchingly earnest; Gene the most ebulliently enthusiastic; and Louise, with her Kristen Schaal-provided voice, the most adorably cracked. So let's call it a mega-tie!
If you're in love with the oddest characters on TV, don't miss an inside look at New Girl on THE WRITERS' ROOM, Monday, August 19 at 10pm. Creator Liz Meriwether, actor Jake Johnson and the writing team share juicy details of their off-beat writing style.
Photo Credit: FOX6. Erin on The Office
Granted, The Office left the air this year, but it will live on in reruns for approximately forever, and one of its best elements in the spottier later seasons is the character of Erin Hannon, played expertly by Ellie Kemper as selectively dim, spectacularly strange, and kitten-level cute.
If you're in love with the oddest characters on TV, don't miss an inside look at New Girl on THE WRITERS' ROOM, Monday, August 19 at 10pm. Creator Liz Meriwether, actor Jake Johnson and the writing team share juicy details of their off-beat writing style.
Photo Credit: Getty Images5. Winston on New Girl
One of the best things about New Girl is the way that it started as a show about a quirky, offbeat girl and turned out to be a show about a bunch of roommates who all share moments of weirdness. Larmone Morris's Winston may seem more collected than Jess, or the uptight Schmidt, or the frequently shouting Nick, but some of the show's best moments come from his freak-outs, like his epic inability to modulate pranks (he either goes way too big or way too small).
If you're in love with the oddest characters on TV, don't miss an inside look at New Girl on THE WRITERS' ROOM, Monday, August 19 at 10pm. Creator Liz Meriwether, actor Jake Johnson and the writing team share juicy details of their off-beat writing style.
Photo Credit: Greg Gayne/FOX4. Nasim Pedrad on Saturday Night Live
Nasim Pedrad plays a variety of roles over at SNL, but her recurring characters are particularly sweet-natured, well-observed, and endearingly odd. Some of her best include Bedelia, the nerdy middle-school girl who would rather hang out with her mom than immature kids her own age, and her roles on the similarly family-themed talk-show sketches "My Brother Knows Everything" and "Talk Show with Ravish".
If you're in love with the oddest characters on TV, don't miss an inside look at New Girl on THE WRITERS' ROOM, Monday, August 19 at 10pm. Creator Liz Meriwether, actor Jake Johnson and the writing team share juicy details of their off-beat writing style.
Photo Credit: Getty Images3. Andy on Parks and Recreation
Andy Dwyer (Chris Pratt) is often portrayed as the world's most charming bro – Dave Matthews superfandom and all – but he's also pretty damn odd. He spent some time living in a pit, has an FBI agent alter ego who solves crimes, and maintains a childlike innocence well into his late thirties.
Don't miss the writers for your favorite oddballs on TV, including Parks and Recreation, featured on THE WRITERS' ROOM, Mondays at 10pm. This week, get an inside look at New Girl. Creator Liz Meriwether, actor Jake Johnson and the writing team share juicy details of their off-beat writing style.
Photo Credit: Getty Images2. April on Parks and Recreation
Not to be left out, Aubrey Plaza's dour-faced intern-turned-achiever April Ludgate turned out to be a great match for Andy's exuberance – while still maintaining a studied, hipsterish eccentricity, as when she lists the music she likes ("German death reggae, Halloween sound effects from the 1950s, and Bette Midler" – though an earlier episode also revealed her Neutral Milk Hotel fandom). Seriously, what's not to love. She's the jaded version of New Girl's Jess! And speaking of Jess...
Don't miss the writers for your favorite oddballs on TV, including Parks and Recreation, featured on THE WRITERS' ROOM, Mondays at 10pm. This week, get an inside look at New Girl. Creator Liz Meriwether, actor Jake Johnson and the writing team share juicy details of their off-beat writing style.
Photo Credit: Getty Images1. Jess on New Girl
This show caught a lot of flak for its initial ad campaign that centered on the made-up word "adorkable," aggressively selling Zooey Deschanel's cutesy awkwardness. But as it turns out, Deschanel's Jessica Day has a very specific brand of weirdness that makes her feel like a genuine goofball: some of Liz Lemon's brainy awkwardness, some of Amy Poehler's boundless energy, plus Deschanel's singing heart. It's all a win.
Don't miss an inside look at New Girl on THE WRITERS' ROOM, Monday, August 19 at 10pm. Creator Liz Meriwether, actor Jake Johnson and the writing team share juicy details of their off-beat writing style.
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