Most depressing characters of all time

[JonFromMaplewood]

Twice on the show, there have been mentions of a possible future topic: The most depressing characters of all time. It may or may not happen, but I think it's worth discussing.

Two submissions:


1. The kid from Billy Joel's "Captain Jack."
2. The persona Billy Joel tries to achieve on Glass Houses. He's a "lunatic" because he drives his motorcycle in the rain and tells dirty jokes. G.G. Allin's ghost is trembling.

[AllSussedOut]

Neal Schweiber
Martha Dumptruck
Charlie Brown (possible #1 seed?)
virtually everyone in "Synecdoche, NY"

[JonFromMaplewood]

Wow. I don't find Neal Schweiber depressing at all! He's the leader of the geeks and seems relatively happy with his lot in life.

[Omar]

Wow. I don't find Neal Schweiber depressing at all! He's the leader of the geeks and seems relatively happy with his lot in life.

Well said.

[Mike Desert]

I find Dave Foley depressing so pretty much anything he plays... Joe Matt, Art Spiegelman's dad in Maus...I guess those are real...

Garfield's owner, eeyore, every rabbit that leaves the warren in watership down, Spaulding Grey in "Drunks", Kunta Kinte, the mom in Requiem for a Dream, Ali from Ali: Fear Eats the Soul, the Elephant Man, the kid in Grave of the Fireflies, chance the Gardener, Mr. Joyboy from the Loved One...

my #1 pick though is the donkey Balthazar from Au Hasard Balthazar

[fonpr]

What about Flipper?

[Mike Desert]

What about Flipper?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJmElfqhv28#]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJmElfqhv28#]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJmElfqhv28#

[AllSussedOut]

Wow. I don't find Neal Schweiber depressing at all! He's the leader of the geeks and seems relatively happy with his lot in life.

Well said.

I don't remember him that way at all.  I remember him more for his false bravado, his hopefulness that he's something / someone that he's not, and the utter bleakness of the episode(s) in which he discovered the truth about his dad.

That, and with all due respect to a certain Mr. Wackiman... the puppetry.

[JonFromMaplewood]

Wow. I don't find Neal Schweiber depressing at all! He's the leader of the geeks and seems relatively happy with his lot in life.

Well said.

I don't remember him that way at all.  I remember him more for his false bravado, his hopefulness that he's something / someone that he's not, and the utter bleakness of the episode(s) in which he discovered the truth about his dad.

That, and with all due respect to a certain Mr. Wackiman... the puppetry.

Good points! I need to revisit Neal.

[erg79]

Eleanor Rigby & Father McKenzie

The stripper that Ralphie kills in the Sopranos

[peter falk]

David Scatino - the store owner who ended up in hock to Tony and the gang in the Sopranos, played by Robert Patrick.  That guy's arc on the show was a total bummer.

[Mike Desert]

Old John Robertson and Richard Cory

[erg79]

David Scatino - the store owner who ended up in hock to Tony and the gang in the Sopranos, played by Robert Patrick.  That guy's arc on the show was a total bummer.

Oh god, yes.

"This is Eric's Jeep..."
"Yeah, but it's yours now."

[TrapNeuterReturn]

Bartleby the Scrivener
Raven from ECW
Philly Boy Roy when I found out he can barely read
Relic from Beachcombers
Sgt. Getraer from CHIPS

[buffcoat]

Bartleby the Scrivener

I would prefer that he not be on this list... he belongs on it, though.

P.S. from "So Much Unfairness of Things"
Both kids in A Separate Peace
Both kids in Bridge to Terebithia
The Giving Tree
Captain Ahab