To begin with I will talk about the male sitcom characters that I have chosen.

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Sitcom Characters

To begin with I will talk about the male sitcom characters that I have chosen.

Firstly I will discuss Nicholas Lyndhurst’s character in Only Fools and Horses. He plays Delboy’s younger brother Rodney. Unlike Delboy Rodney is very innocent and almost put across as a bit simple. He isn’t very worldly and it is made perfectly clear that he isn’t a well-travelled or well-educated individual. He was only young when the series started and was very naive. He looks up to Delboy, as he is his only role model and his guardian. He likes to feel independent and in his own stupidity ends up showing himself up without the help of others and when he doesn’t succeed in doing so Delboy does it for him. Rodney lives in a flat in a tower block in Peckham, London with brother Delboy and his grandfather lived with them before he passed away. Since then there ‘uncle’ Albert has stayed with them until he also passed away. Rodney’s image is emphasised by his actions, appearance and family life.  

As the series has progressed Rodney has matured a little and he has been forced to accept some ways of life. He met and married well-mannered Cassandra who appears to be his complete opposite. However she seems to bring out a new side of Rodney in the later series.

Rodney is very tall and lanky making him a perfect person to be laughed at. He’s very skinny and has an old fashioned bowl cut type of hairstyle. He thinks that wearing a suit and tie (usually grey) is fashionable and that it makes him look professional and in touch with modern times. However it gives him a gawky and gangly appearance, automatically making him appear to be dense.

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His most famous quote has to be ‘leave off Grandad’ which to me about sums up Rodney. He’s put across as simple and childish although he’s grown up he will always be treat as the baby of the family.

Matt leBlanc plays Joey Tribbiani one of the main characters from the ever so popular sitcom Friends. Joey is a very casual character who is seen by the others as kind of dim. He is the male version of Phoebe Buffay (from the series) and is often spoke down to by the other characters. Joey isn’t thick though he ...

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