The Five: Greatest Sitcom Sluts
Ahhhh, sitcom sluts. They are the best. Sitcom sluts are the television equivalent of cinema's hooker with a heart of gold. In the real world, you detest them. But on television, they are as loveable and cuddly as a strawberry-scented panda bear. In an age of STDs and moral conquest, they make promiscuity and dangerous sexual behaviors fun again. They are sluts. And these are my favorites. 5. Joy on My Name is Earl- Joy is a late-breaking addition to this list. I'm not even sure if Earl counts as a sitcom. But in the land of bland reality shows, it's the closest thing we've got. It's on a network, it's 30 minutes long, and if a studio audience were there...they'd certainly be laughing. And after watching this week's episode, Ruined Joy's Wedding, Joy definitely earned a spot on the list. Humping your ex-husband (three times) just three days before your wedding is an accelerated path to the Sitcom Slut Hall of Fame. Plus, there is just something enduringly white trash and slutty about Jamie Pressley. She just looks so good being soooo slutty.
4. Charlie Dietz on Empty Nest- Hey, who said this list was just for girls? Boys can be sitcom sluts too. And honestly, Dietz is a long forgotten sitcom slut. Played by David Leisure (of Joe Isuzu fame), Dietz is the only thing I really remember about that show. And the only thing that I remember about him was that he was some sort of ship boat captain and that he banged a lot of chicks. In fact, I have one clear memory of him getting a personalized license plate that was suppose to mean Sea Lover (because he makes so much sweet love on the rough waves of the deep blue sea), but instead it read CLOVER. That's the sluttiest license plate ever.
3. Sandra Clark on 227- Please don't pronounce it Sandra, it's Saaaaaaaandra. And she was played by Jackeeeeeeeee. Sandra wore tight dresses and huge belts, up above her big round clunkety clunk. She was just a secondary character, but she worked that building with her whiny voice and her sultry swagger. Fran Drescher made an annoying voice....annoying. Saaaaaandra made it sexy.
2. Kelly Bundy on Married with Children- They just don't make teen sitcom sluts like they used to. Every season, Kelly got dumber, blonder and sluttier. The Bundys were forever broke, and yet there was always enough money to buy Kelly another slutty outfit. They were mostly tube dresses, and they were always greeted by an extended and exasperated applause from the audience. Kelly's "slut walk" down the stairs became an anticipated moment of every episode. And she never disappointed.
1. Blanche from The Golden Girls- I'm a firm believer that if there was never a Golden Girls, then there would never have been a Sex in the City. Sitting around, eating, and gossiping about men? The Golden Girls did that over midnight cheesecake in their silk bathrobes. And without a Blanche Devereaux, there would never be a Samantha Jones. She was old, but she was still banging...and banging...and banging...and banging. I remember one episode where she broke her bed because she banged it out so much. How many 20-year-old women can brag about doing that, much less a senior citizen? If there ever was a patron saint of sitcom sluts, Blanche would be it, and all others would simply worship at her altar.

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