Comic Book Guy, Frink, and Willow.
BTW, it's Milhouse Van Houten.
So who do you think is/was the favorite TV Nerd/geek/dweeb/dork?
Here are some of the finer ones in TV history.
Feel free to add your own nomination and we'll have a little contest right here in DBR to decide truly who is TV's best Geeky Nerd!
The nominees....
Ralph Furley (Three's Company)
Barney Fife (Andy Griffith)
Betty Suarez, "Ugly Betty"
Chloe O'Brian, "24"
Comic Book Guy, "The Simpsons"
Reginald Barclay "Star Trek: TNG"
Dwight Schrute, "The Office"
Potsie Weber, "Happy Days"
Samuel "Screech" Powers, "Saved by the Bell"
Steve Urkel, "Family Matters"
Wesley Crusher, "Star Trek: The Next Generation"
Fox Mulder "X-Files"
Paul Pfeiffer "Wonder Years"
Lisa Simpson "The Simpsons"
Willow Rosenberg "Buffy The Vamp Slayer"
Carol Seaver "Growing Pains"
Natalie Green "Facts of Life"
Professor Frink (The Simpsons)
Gilligan (Gilligan's Island)
Gil Grissom (CSI)
Milhouse Van Houten (The Simpsons)
Monk (Monk)
Doogie Howser
Ross Geller
Chandler Bing
Fez (That 70's Show)
John "JD" Dorian (Scrubs)
Arnold Horshack (Welcome Back Kotter)
The entire cast of Mythbusters
Les Nessman (WKRP!)
Skippy Handleman (Family Ties)
Spock (Star Trek)
Jeremy from SportsNight
Hiro from Heroes
Frasier Crane (Cheers)
Niles Crane (Frasier)
Woody T. Boyd (Cheers)
Clifford Clavin (Cheers)
Arvid (Head of the Class)
Dr Bunson Honeydew (The Muppet Show)
Sam Becket (Quantum Leap)
Artie Ziff (Simpsons)
The entire cast of "Head of the class"
Angus "Mac" MacGyver
Sara Siddle (CSI)
Liz Lemon (30 Rock)
Abby (NCIS)
Velma (Scooby Doo)
Chloe (Smallville)
Dr. Rodney McKay (Stargate SG-1/Atlantis)
Bill Nye, the science Guy
Paul "Beakman" Zaloom et al (Beakmans World)
Mr. Wizard
Alton Brown (Good Eats)
Bob Saget
Dana Scully (X-Files)
Last edited by knights68; 10-02-2007 at 12:38 PM. Reason: Additions
Comic Book Guy, Frink, and Willow.
BTW, it's Milhouse Van Houten.
Going old school here:
Barney Fife - (Andy Griffith Show)
Ralph Furley (sp) - (Three's Company)
-EarlJam
Jeremy from SportsNight has to be on that list. On currently, Hiro from Heroes. Going back a ways, Frasier from Cheers, and Niles from Frasier. Arvid from Head of the Class. Dr Bunson Honeydew from The Muppet Show. Bill Nye, the science guy. Dr. Rodney McKay Stargate SG-1/Atlantis. And Sam Becket from Quantum Leap. And I'll intentionally not mentioned a funny eared character from some TV show from way way back in the day.
No Bll Nye, The Science Guy?
As for the Simpsons characters:
Lisa is a geek
Frink is a nerd
CBG and Milhouse are dorks
If you're wondering about Artie Ziff, he's a dweeb
I like Jeremy and I miss Sports Night.
For me the all time best nerd is Angus MacGyver.
He's some rich tech guy who comes in once in awhile to court Marge. Apparently they dated in high school or something.
You can throw Sideshow Bob into the nerd category as well.
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Why Mulder and not Scully? She was the geekier of the two!
Mr. Peabody and his boy, Sherman
A Nerd is someone who is passionate about learning/being smart/academia.
A Geek is someone who is passionate about some particular area or subject, often an obscure or difficult one.
A Dork is someone who has difficulty with common social expectations/interactions.
YmoBeThere is high on the nerd scale with very a very strong dork quotient. However, not passionate enough about anything to get my geek(uhhhm, Star Trek)card.
Yeah, I've fallen through quite a few geek compulsions: Tolkien, Linux, Mac, games, Robert Jordan. The list goes on longer than I care to mention.
More: Charles Stross, Vernor Vinge, Singularity, please make it stop
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Does James Wilson from House count?
Screech Powers is the winner. Period.