Nerds!

As much as we probably all admit to being way too cool to ever be considered one – we all have a soft side for them.

But who are your favourite nerds?

While in real life – Bill Gates would probably rank right up there – on the small screen at least I’ve compiled my own list of personal favourites. . . . so without fanfare (and in no particular order) my Top 10 nerds from TV are:

Gilligan (from Gillgans Island)

Milhouse (from The Simpsons)

Fez (from The 70’s Show)

Monk (from Monk)

Pottsie (from Happy Days)

Cliff Claven (from Cheers)

Arnold Horshack (from Welcome Back Kotter)

Gomer Pile (from Gomer Pile USMC)

Brains (from The Thunderbirds)

Hiro (from Heroes)

Would love to hear yours.

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What do the following have in common?

“Just remember it’s not a lie if you believe it.”

“He’s a male bimbo, he’s a mimbo!”

“I’m disturbed, I’m depressed, I’m inadequate, I’ve got it all!”

If you said they were all quotes from the sitcom sensation of the nineties ‘Seinfeld’ – well you’re probably a tragic.

Starring comedian Jerry Seinfeld, the show featured former girlfriend Elaine (Julia Louis-Dreyfus) luckless George (Tony Award winner Jason Alexander) and the shock-haired Kramer and seamlessly blends situation comedy with stand-up routines

The pretext of the series and Seinfeild own view of life as a single adult in the ’90s is well documented and its humour grows out of everyday reality making it one of the most poular television shows of all time!

Amidst the classic Seinfeld episodes were The Soup Nazi; The Bubble Boy and The Outing (in which Jerry and George are mistakenly believed to be a gay item – but ask aficionado’s and they will tell you that every episode is indeed a classic.

What you may not know is the amount of Seinfeld trivia which is a business in itself – with buffs frequenting weekly tournaments throughout the US, Canada, the UK and Australia.

Seinfeld on YouTube

Feel free to add to the list – but the good Doctor can at least lay claim to knowing the following:

Seinfeld creator Larry David modelled the show’s character George Costanza after himself.

Seinfeld was set in New York City however the exterior that was used for Jerry Seinfeld’s apartment house is actually in Los Angeles California.

The cereal boxes in Jerry Seinfeld’s cupboard were always in placed alphabetical order.

Elaine Benes wasn’t in the pilot for Seinfeld. After that episode aired they decided that they needed a female character to balance out the three males.

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Last night, while getting my daily dose the Simpson’s – I found my mind wandering at right angles to the rest of the family – before proudly announcing that despite his bumbling nature – Homer was right up there with other TV dads as far as affording us advice about life.

From Mike Brady with his groovy clothes and fortune cookie advice to Howard Cunningham of Happy Days fame – everybody loves TV dads.

After all don’t we all wish we could solve our kids’ problems in 30 minutes or less?

A prerequisite of course is wisdom and sage advice.

From Don Porter who played Sally Field’s father in Gidget to Fred Gwynne as Herman Munster, Brian Keith in “A Family Affair” to Fred McMurray in “My 3 Sons” – TV dads (in the most part) have taught us that with a positive attitude anything is possible.

It wasn’t until I started to think about just how many TV dads there were – that the notion of a “Best Of” almost became too much.

Enter – Charles Ingalls from Little House on the Prairie, Tony Soprano from “The Soprano’s”  Andy Taylor from The Andy Griffith Show, Ward Cleaver from “Leave It to Beaver”, Jed Clampett from “The Beverly Hillbillies”, Ben Cartwright (Bonanza), Tim Taylor (Home Improvement), Gomez Addams (The Addams Family), George Jetson (The Jetsons) – the list goes on and on and on.

So just who is the best TV dad of all time?

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