Comedy is not my usual forte, but off the top of my head this is what I came up with:
Jack and Karen (Will and Grace)
Doug Heffernan (King of Queens)
Dr. Cox (Scrubs)
Dee and Dennis (Its Always Sunny in Philadelphia)
Karl Pilkington (the Ricky Gervais Show)...not sure he counts as a character though...oh well *shrugs shoulders*
Are we talking television here chaps?
Blackadder
Blackadder
Blackadder…
Er..
Lord Flashheart, also from Blackadder
Rik and Vyyvan (The Young Ones)
Bernard Black and Manny Bianco (Black Books)
MONKEY! (Monkey)
Saboo, Tony Harrison, Old Gregg and The Moon (Mighty Boosh)
Geoff IN-YOUR-PANTS! Peterson (the Robot Skeleton on Craig Ferguson)
Humphery Appleby (Yes Minister)
Niles, Frasier and Martin (Frasier)
Ted and Dougal (Father Ted)
Karl Pilkington (ta Queen of the Dales! Yes, I’d include him as well. He’s practically a giant cartoon MOAN anyroad…)
Non televisual…
Jake and Elwood Blues
The Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers
Buster Keaton, OBVIOUSLY.
YOSSARIAN (Catch 22, both book and film. See avatar..cough!)
But I mean, fucksake, once we get into LITERARY characters, where does it end?
There is a strange solace in how deeply grieved people are about this. It's a combination of 'the sorry comfort of the universal shipwreck' and a gladness that he was so appreciated to begin with.
Back to Ork with the wondrous fellow. And flags at half mast again.