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Favorite Fictional Characters, #385: April Ludgate-Dwyer
I get it. If you polled a thousand fans of Parks and Rec, nine hundred of them would list Ron Swanson as their favorite character. And...

Joe Pace
Mar 3, 2024
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Favorite Fictional Characters, #384: Jim Brockmire
You may recall Hank Azaria from his turn as the Blue Rajah who wouldn't throw a knife on the under-the-radar superhero comedy "Mystery...

Joe Pace
Oct 20, 2023
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Favorite Fictional Characters, #383: Kate Bishop
I was a big fan of Hawkeye back in the 1980s. His turn as wisecracking-yet-responsible leader of the West Coast Avengers has always been...

Joe Pace
Feb 4, 2022
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Favorite Fictional Characters, #382: Roy Kent
There are no shortage of interesting characters in Ted Lasso's orbit. Ted himself, of course. The unstoppable and irrepressible Keeley...

Joe Pace
Jan 31, 2022
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Favorite Fictional Characters, #381: Jim Halpert
I was a latecomer to the pop culture phenomenon of The Office. I only started watching it a couple of years ago with my family. My boys,...

Joe Pace
Jan 30, 2022
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Favorite Fictional Characters, #380: Rogelio de la Vega
I was reluctant to start watching Jane the Virgin. We went in cold knowing nothing about it, and I wasn't sure what to make of the title....

Joe Pace
Aug 28, 2020
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Favorite Fictional Characters, #379: Troy Bolton
High School Musical was a thing about a decade ago, a cultural touchstone for the middle school kids I coached and taught back in the...

Joe Pace
Dec 4, 2019
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Favorite Fictional Characters, #378: Johnny Lawrence
I'll be as direct as possible. If you haven't watched the Cobra Kai series, go to YouTube now and watch both seasons. I'll wait here....

Joe Pace
Aug 26, 2019
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Favorite Fictional Characters, #377: Jake Epping
Point One: Stephen King is often dismissed as a mediocre wordsmithing machine, cranking out modest midlevel fare, a sort of literary Bon...

Joe Pace
Jul 23, 2019
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Favorite Fictional Characters, #376: R2D2
By way of context, it's important to note that I was two when Star Wars was released in 1977. The first movie I really recall seeing at a...

Joe Pace
Jul 22, 2019
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Favorite Fictional Characters, #375: Kevin Pearson
This is Us is schmaltzy. It's treacly. It's saccharine mixed with honey poured over platitudes. It's a soap opera, an afterschool special...

Joe Pace
Jul 18, 2019
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Favorite Fictional Charatcers, #374: Eleanor Shellstrop
First things first: Kristen Bell's leading lady on The Good Place is a terrible human being. She's greedy, lazy, selfish, boozy,...

Joe Pace
Jul 13, 2019
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