Who is your favorite Dr. Strangelove Character? (BTW, it's on right now on TCM)

[WI_DEM]

I love all the characters that Peter Sellers plays, but I really enjoy George S. Scott as Gen. Buck Turgidson and Sterling Hayden as Gen. Jack D. Ripper. They are hilarious in this film.

[Critters2]

1. I like the President. Trying to be reasonable in the midst of all the craziness. nt

[shireen]

2. Slim Pickens ... riding da bomb. what a powerful scene!

And hearing "we'll meet again" at the end, as the bombs go off. Beautiful, chilling, and horrific.

It's scary what flouridation of our water supply can do ....

[Forkboy]

3. Mandrake.

"Strange thing is they make such bloody good cameras."

[Electric Monk]

13. Do I look all rancid and clotted? You look at me, Jack. Eh?

I can swear to you, my boy, swear to you, that there's nothing wrong with my bodily fluids. Not a thing, Jackie.

[Forkboy]

17. The only sane one in the movie.

:)

[Arctic Dave]

4. You can't fight in the war room! (paraphrase) I love that line. Classic.

[comrade snarky]

7. One of the best lines in all of film history.

Top 5 at a minimum.

[MilesColtrane]

5. Major Kong (Slim Pickens)

...followed closely by Colonel 'Bat' Guano (Keenan Wynn) "If you try any preversions in there, I'll blow your head off."

[lysosome]

8. agreed

[cherokeeprogressive]

6. Miss Scott

Just kidding. Since it's my FAVORITE movie of all time, I can't pick out one single character and call him (Miss Scott is the ONLY female character in the movie) a favorite.

If I were forced to pick one, Buck Turgidson would be the one.

[Thirtieschild]

9. Slim Pickens

[armyowalgreens]

10. General Ripper.

[FLyellowdog]

11. Slim Pickens riding the bomb.

The first time I saw this I was almost late to the theater because our little town was having a Civil Defense drill. That was many,many, many years ago. :hi:

[Bozita]

12. Dr. Strangelove followed by Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey - a sleepless night

Two of my very favorites!

[dogknob]

15. Strangelove & 2001

Gotta go with Turgidson for funniest Strangelove character. George C. Scott didn't like the way he was presented in Kubrick's final cut. He wasn't aware that he was in a comedy, I guess...

As for 2001... riveting every time. It came out right after films started getting ratings...

Let's see...

1. Man discovers that the solution to many inconvenient problems is violence.

2. An eerie quadruple-homicide, followed by a lobotomy.

Sounds like a "G" to me! (it is rated G).

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Gotta Go! Trippy Stargate Sequence!

[Hardrada]

14. When there is a board of inquiry on this you will get such a pranging..

[FreepFryer]

16. The Rrrrussian Ambassadorrrr, (n/t)