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Favorite Eccentrics, Oddballs, and Weirdos


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Not talking about psychos and villains. More characters like Opal on AMC, Spinelli on GH, or Luna on OLTL who walked to the beat of their own drummer, may have been mystics or comic relief, had their own distinctive language or crazy style, and were viewed as kinda off the wall by other characters.

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AMC

Dr. Lysistrata Schwartz

Billy Clyde Tuggle (post 1980)

Opal (Obv)

Verla Grubbs

 

Days 

 Calliope and Eugene

 

GH 

Prunella Witherspoon

Slick Jones

Emma Lutz

EON

Mitzi Martin

Cliff Nelson

Dot Earle

AW

Wallingford

Cass/Felicia (1983-86)

Falcon Crest

Emma Channing

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@Faulkner  Slick was the quintessential sidekick that could hook you up with a dancer, a fence, a Quartemaine or a drink at the Bucket of Blood.  Or all of those in one person!  I didn't pick this screen name lightly!  

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Lest we not forget,

GH's Olin, the jive talkin' nanny.

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Y&R Esther (in her heyday with Mrs C)

Not a favorite but for the record

DOOL Leticia Bradford /Ruth Buzzi

In a lot of cases, little of these 'oddball' characters goes along way with me as sometimes it seems having them overact is seen as enough by the writers.

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