How many characters can you think of that are constantly refered to but we never meet.

Lars Lindstrom on Mary Tyler Moore
Vera Peterson (Norm's Wife) on Cheers
Jenny Picallo on Happy Days (Although we meet her later)
Maris Crane on Frasier
Phil Petrillo on The Golden Girls
Carlton the Doorman (Voice Only)

Juanita, the waitress (The Andy Griffith Show)

Heather Sinclair on Degrassi The Next Generation.

Juanita, the waitress (The Andy Griffith Show)

And Sara, the telephone operator

Eliane's ex husband - Taxi

Al's mom on Home Improvement

Gary's wife on Back To You

Peggy Bundy's mom on Married with Children

Also, Skinny Mulligan and Fatso Flanigan are mentioned sometimes on Gilligan's Island (friends of Gilligan back home)

On The Big Bang Theory we always hear Wolowitz's mother, but we have yet to see her.

How many characters can you think of that are constantly refered to but we never meet.

Lars Lindstrom on Mary Tyler Moore
Vera Peterson (Norm's Wife) on Cheers
Jenny Picallo on Happy Days (Although we meet her later)
Maris Crane on Frasier
Phil Petrillo on The Golden Girls
Carlton the Doorman (Voice Only)
there were 2 episodes of "CHEERS" where we heard Veras voice and in 1 of them we also saw her legs (both times she was played by George Wednts real wife)

for those that remember a short-lived sitcom from the 70s called "HOT L BALTIMORE" (I think it was from Norman Lear. It was set at a hotel called the Hotel Baltimore; but the "E" was burned out on the neon sign)
Anyway, there was a character who was ocasionally refered to but never seen called "Moose" Valoti; or something like that.

Sara on "GREEN ACRES".

Some of the Bunkers nieghbors on "ALL IN THE FAMILY".

Did they ever show Grandma Nussbaum (Fonzi's grandmother) on Happy Days? Seems she was referred to on a couple of occasions, but was she ever portrayed?

Pete's wife, Gladys, on December Bride. We finally did see her when the show was spun off as Pete and Gladys but she never appeared on DB.

For years on Happy Days, Jenny Piccolo was referred to but wasn't seen until much later in the run when they cast Cathy Silvers.

Not to divert the thread, but wasn't Pete, on Pete and Gladys--our own Sherman T. Potter on M*A*S*H?

Not to divert the thread, but wasn't Pete, on Pete and Gladys--our own Sherman T. Potter on M*A*S*H?

Affirmative.

Thanks. It's been such a long time since I've seen Pete and Gladys.

Did they ever show Grandma Nussbaum (Fonzi's grandmother) on Happy Days? Seems she was referred to on a couple of occasions, but was she ever portrayed?

Yes she was in a season 9 episode where Fonzie has to goad Chachi into going to see her.

Two other characters we heard about but never saw:

Magnum PI : Robin Masters. It was actually revealed in the finale that Masters was, in fact, Higgins!
Charlie's Angels : Charlie himself. We did hear his voice (by John Forsythe) but never saw him.

On The Big Bang Theory we always hear Wolowitz's mother, but we have yet to see her.

Her yelling out always gets me laughing (especially since they make it so Jewish-stereotypical-LOL)

The Principal - Welcome Back, Kotter (I think he appeared later on though).

Principal Buttsavage - Doug (Nick Version)

The PTB (Powers to Be) on WCW during the very early 2000s (until it was much later revealed that the PTB was Vince Russo.)

Travis (Webster's father) - Webster (until they showed a dream sequence episode later in the early seasons)

Yes she was in a season 9 episode where Fonzie has to goad Chachi into going to see her.

Two other characters we heard about but never saw:

Magnum PI : Robin Masters. It was actually revealed in the finale that Masters was, in fact, Higgins!
Charlie's Angels : Charlie himself. We did hear his voice (by John Forsythe) but never saw him.

Thanks for the info.

Sara the operator was on Andy Griffith, Green Acres and Petticoat Junction. I wonder if its the same Sara in Mayberry and Hooterville.

Dave Nelson's mom (Newsradio)

Most of JJ's girlfriends on Good Times, like "Boom Boom Belinda", "Two Ton Tanya", etc. :lol: We DID get to meet Henrietta.

Carl Harper on Mama's Family. (He was always on the toilet)

How could no one have mentioned

Stanley Walker on WIll and Grace

Ugly Naked Guy on Friends

Charlie on Charlie's Angels

The Ditmeiers, the Brady's next door neighbors.

on home inprovment tim always makefun of Al mom but you never seen als mom in any of the show.
on family ties Alex has friend he died but he wasnever in any ofthe epsidoes. then he had friend named doug. he was only in two epsidoes. aLWAYS TOM HANKSwas on family ties. only two times.

Steve's parents on "Family Matters" (even though we did hear his mother's voice once.)
Sheridan Bucket on "Keeping up appearances" (the closest we get to seeing him is seeing his car leaving).
Kel's parents on "Kenan & Kel".
Chris's mother on "Kenan & Kel".

And wasn't there an neighbor on "Home improvement", who we never really got to see, except for his eyes?

Full House- Kimmy Gibler's family

Steve's parents on "Family Matters" (even though we did hear his mother's voice once.)
Sheridan Bucket on "Keeping up appearances" (the closest we get to seeing him is seeing his car leaving).
Kel's parents on "Kenan & Kel".
Chris's mother on "Kenan & Kel".

And wasn't there an neighbor on "Home improvement", who we never really got to see, except for his eyes?
Wilson!!

"Duffy's Tavern" - Duffy was never there.

Mildred Potter - M*A*S*H (A photo on a desk shouldn't count)

Gil Chesterton's wife on "Frasier". He spoke of her often and it was always met with incredulous looks from everyone else, as Gil didn't seem to be "the marrying type", if you know what I mean. :lol:

Al Borlan's Mother on Home Improvement, her arms and back of her head were shown but that was it when she died after Al told her he was getting married.

Chuckles The Clown on The Mary Tyler Moore Show

Fran's father on "The Nanny". We would sometimes see his toupee but that was it. :lol:

Does Wilson from Home Improvement count since you never see his full face?

Louis Wyborn, Margeret's husband on Becker

Gil Chesterton's wife on "Frasier". He spoke of her often and it was always met with incredulous looks from everyone else, as Gil didn't seem to be "the marrying type", if you know what I mean. :lol:
To say the least. :lol:

Fran's father on "The Nanny". We would sometimes see his toupee but that was it. :lol:
He showed up eventually in the last season or so; Steve Lawerence played him, toupee and all. lol

Did we ever see Fran's sister?

Yes, we finally got see Fran's father, Morty, in the last season. About her sister, Nadine, we only saw her twice during the show's entire run, once as a grown-up and once as a child in a flash-back scene.

On Leave It To Beaver-

Beaver always talks about a girl from school named Angela Valentine(who had an extra toe)

Larry Mondelo's dad was always mentioned by Larry and his mom, but the dad was always out of town.

On Diff'rent Strokes

The Gooch- a bully that always picked on Arnold, but was never shown.

The parents and relatives of Beavis and Butt-Head

Sophia's son Phil on The Golden Girls

Magaret's husband Louis on Becker

Does Wilson from Home Improvement count since you never see his full face?
I don't think so because you always saw the rest of him - I guess it's up to the creator of the thread! :lol:

Sophia's son Phil on The Golden Girls
He was seen once, as a baby in a flashback scene.

Kimmy Gibbler's parents on Full House.

The Hufnagels, who were the next door neighbors/rivals of the Owens family on Mr. Belvedere.

Nell: "That......SWACKHAMMER!" - Gimme a Break! :lol:

Swackhammer in the early seasons of GaB! Nell had a handful of problems w/ Swackhammer and she always got angry about him but we never saw him.

Mimsey (sp?) on Major Dad

Gordon on According To Jim (Cheryl, Dana, and Andy's late-father)

Julia and Suzanne Sugarbaker's "Mother" on DESIGNING WOMEN. She was often referred to (when Delta Burke left the show, 'Suzanne' even went to Japan to live with 'Mother') but never seen.

We actually did see "Chuckles" a couple times. But I'm glad you mentioned him because it made me look at this link, lol.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuckles_the_Clown

Julia and Suzanne Sugarbaker's "Mother" on DESIGNING WOMEN. She was often referred to (when Delta Burke left the show, 'Suzanne' even went to Japan to live with 'Mother') but never seen.
Their mother appeared in early episodes at least once. I think her name was Perky (?), and she's the one that introduced her daughters to Bernice.

We actually did see "Chuckles" a couple times. But I'm glad you mentioned him because it made me look at this link, lol.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuckles_the_Clown
Oh, I didn't think we ever actually saw Chuckles, but your link prooves me wrong. I guess I need to go back and watch my MTM dvds. Richard Schall played him??! That was Valerie Harper's husband at one time, and played Leo on Phyllis!

Oh, I didn't think we ever actually saw Chuckles, but your link prooves me wrong. I guess I need to go back and watch my MTM dvds. Richard Schall played him??! That was Valerie Harper's husband at one time, and played Leo on Phyllis!
He also played one of Carol's goofy boyfriends on The Bob Newhart Show, and I do believe he did a guest spot on Rhoda.

Did we ever get to see The Gooch from Diff'rent Strokes?

We never saw Richard Stone's face on Dream On. We only saw him from the back during his wedding to Judith.

We never did see any of the uncles that Gabe Kotter always referrred to on "Welcome Back, Kotter", did we?

We never did see any of the uncles that Gabe Kotter always referrred to on "Welcome Back, Kotter", did we?
I don't think we ever did.

I'm sure someone else has mentioned these already, but we never saw Carlton the doorman on "RHODA" and the 2 P.A. announcers on "MASH" (although; the 2 actors did appear sometimes but in other roles)

Six's parents on Blossom. At least I don't remember ever seeing them.

Six's parents on Blossom. At least I don't remember ever seeing them.

Six's mom made many appearances on the show. She was played by Gail Edwards (the lady who played Vicky on Full House). She even got romantically involved with Blossom's father (Six's parents were divorced). The best part about her character was that she spoke with the same speed that Six did and they did it together!!!

Six's mom made many appearances on the show. She was played by Gail Edwards (the lady who played Vicky on Full House). She even got romantically involved with Blossom's father (Six's parents were divorced). The best part about her character was that she spoke with the same speed that Six did and they did it together!!!
Ahhh...I haven't seen those since they were on originally, so I didn't remember.

Oh, I didn't think we ever actually saw Chuckles, but your link prooves me wrong. I guess I need to go back and watch my MTM dvds. Richard Schall played him??! That was Valerie Harper's husband at one time, and played Leo on Phyllis!


Yeah, Schaal was always a hoot. I had forgotten he was Chuckles till I looked at that link. ;)

Six's mom made many appearances on the show. She was played by Gail Edwards (the lady who played Vicky on Full House). She even got romantically involved with Blossom's father (Six's parents were divorced). The best part about her character was that she spoke with the same speed that Six did and they did it together!!!
Yes, we got to see Six's mum. I don't remember if we got to see her dad though.

So far we haven't seen Miley's Aunt Pearl only met Uncle Earl on Hannah Montana.

I'm sure someone else has mentioned these already, but we never saw Carlton the doorman on "RHODA" and the 2 P.A. announcers on "MASH" (although; the 2 actors did appear sometimes but in other roles)
Another never scene/voice only: Charlie (Charlie's Angels) I can't believe I forgot him! John Forsythe played Charlie's voice.

Brianna, Jordan, and Vanessa's mom on The Bernie Mac Show

On Green Acres, Mr. Haney mentioned his wife, but I can't recall ever seeing her.

On Green Acres, Mr. Haney mentioned his wife, but I can't recall ever seeing her.
If she was ever on, I didn't see her.

Did anyone mention Steve Urkel's parents? We never got to see them. We only heard his mum's voice once. We never got to see Kel's parents or Chris's mother at "Kenan & Kel" either.

"Will" Thornberry from the Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet; the son of the Nelson's next-door neighbors. He is a friend and schoolmate of David.

He is constantly mentioned in first several seasons until the Thornberrys are replaced by the Randolfs as the Nelson's neighbors. As the first season of this show was from 1952, I wonder if this is not the first instance of a character being referred to but not seen.

Adam Powells Best friend from Charles In Charge cant remember his name but he was often mentioned but never seen.

The Reverend Felcher on All in the Family

I'm sure someone else has mentioned these already, but we never saw Carlton the doorman on "RHODA" and the 2 P.A. announcers on "MASH" (although; the 2 actors did appear sometimes but in other roles)
Wasn't Sal Viscuso (later Father Timothy on Soap) on of the PA announcers on M*A*S*H?

Two more unseen wives, both from the Bob Newhart Show - Doris Peterson (wife of the wimpy, bespectacled Emil) and Tippy Tupperman (wife of urologist Bernie). Both were described as overbearing and obnoxious. :lol:

The Reverend Felcher on All in the Family

Rev. Felcher did make an appearance in a Season 2 episode:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0509944/

http://www.tv.com/all-in-the-family/the-saga-of-cousin-oscar/episode/23214/summary.html

[QUOTE=catlover79]Two more unseen wives, both from the Bob Newhart Show - Doris Peterson (wife of the wimpy, bespectacled Emil) and Tippy Tupperman (wife of urologist Bernie). Both were described as overbearing and obnoxious.

Doris Peterson was on the episode where Mr. Peterson was out on the ledge of the building, threatening to jump, and Bob was trying to talk him out of it.

Rev. Felcher did make an appearance in a Season 2 episode:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0509944/

http://www.tv.com/all-in-the-family/the-saga-of-cousin-oscar/episode/23214/summary.html


yeah archie always got his name wrong

archie we can invite revernd fletcher

edith mr felcher what ever lol

Mr. Halloway - 227: In the 1st season he was mentioned quite lot very early on, but we never saw who he was.

Bart Furley, Ralph Furley's brother, who owns the apartment bldg. (Threes Company)

Bart Furley, Ralph Furley's brother, who owns the apartment bldg. (Threes Company)
Bart Furley did appear, played by Hamilton Camp.

So far we haven't seen Miley's Aunt Pearl only met Uncle Earl on Hannah Montana.
Actually, Uncle Earl was played by David Koeckner:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1200916/

Meanwhile on Nickelodeon, we haven't seen Sam's mom or any of Spencer's friends who share the same names as their professions, other than "Rob" on iCarly.

Although we almost came close to seeing Sam's mom. We saw the back of her head in the episode "iMust Have Locker #239." Probably a stunt-woman in real life.

Here's Sam being picked up by her at school;
http://www.imcdb.org/vehicle_236352-Toyota-Corolla.html

Steve Urkel's parents in Family Matters was never shown. We could hear his mom's voice only in one episode.

Al's mom on Home Improvement

Actually she showed up later in the series, played by Bonnie Bartlett

Steve's parents on "Family Matters" (even though we did hear his mother's voice once.)
Sheridan Bucket on "Keeping up appearances" (the closest we get to seeing him is seeing his car leaving).
Kel's parents on "Kenan & Kel".
Chris's mother on "Kenan & Kel".

And wasn't there an neighbor on "Home improvement", who we never really got to see, except for his eyes?

I don't have the memory of specific episodes like most of you, but Sheredin did appear in at least one episode with his girlfriend.

Actually she showed up later in the series, played by Bonnie Bartlett

Bonnie Bartlett played Tim's mom, Lucille Taylor.

I don't have the memory of specific episodes like most of you, but Sheredin did appear in at least one episode with his girlfriend.
No, Sheridan did not appear in any of the episodes. The closest was once, when we saw his car leaving. And since he most likely was gay, I doubt he had a girlfriend. Maybe you're thinking about a different Sheridan altogether? I meant Sheridan in "Keeping up appearances", a Brittish sitcom.

The Principal - Welcome Back, Kotter (I think he appeared later on though).
You mean Principal Woodman, played by the late John Sylvester White (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0925005/)?

You mean Principal Woodman, played by the late John Sylvester White (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0925005/)?

No, Principal Lazarus or whatever his name was (Mr. Woodman once mentioned), whom Mr. Woodman later succeeded to become the head principal.

No, Principal Lazarus or whatever his name was (Mr. Woodman once mentioned), whom Mr. Woodman later succeeded to become the head principal.

Wasn't Mr. Woodman the asst. Principal? So the Principal, himself was the never seen character.

We never saw Mr.Bentley's "girlfriends" on The Jeffersons, either. Many times he had "a lady waiting for him in his apartment" while he was at The Jeffersons, but we never saw her.

Speaking of The Jeffersons, did we ever actually see Mr. Whitendale? I know in Season 3 we meet his brother (who was mistaken as THE Mr. Whitendale)!

Wasn't Mr. Woodman the asst. Principal? So the Principal, himself was the never seen character.

That's right.

We never saw Mr.Bentley's "girlfriends" on The Jeffersons, either. Many times he had "a lady waiting for him in his apartment" while he was at The Jeffersons, but we never saw her.

Speaking of The Jeffersons, did we ever actually see Mr. Whitendale? I know in Season 3 we meet his brother (who was mistaken as THE Mr. Whitendale)!

The actual Whitendale was seen in later episodes. Bentley's girlfriend "Daphne" was seen in season two.

Jenny the telephone operator was never seen on "Lassie"
The Huxtables' babysitter during season one was referred to but never seen.
Big Shirley who was Cole's girlfriend on "Martin".
The Peabody Family on "One Day At A Time"
Natalie, Allison Parker's ex roomate on "Melrose Place"
Tommy Boylen on Mama's Family

I don't think we saw too many of the family members on MASH, unless they were seen on a video that the gang was watching at camp.

Technically, Vera was in one or two episodes of Cheers. We just didn't see her actual face.

There's also Edna the Big-Faced Girl on Wings.

Gil Chesterton's wife on "Frasier". He spoke of her often and it was always met with incredulous looks from everyone else, as Gil didn't seem to be "the marrying type", if you know what I mean. :lol:


Don't forget about Meredith. I don't think we ever see her.

Also Drew Carey's first boss on The Drew Carey Show. Even though we do see him leaving his office after he got fired.

Rozelle Uplander - Mama's Family A friend of Thelma and Iola.
Mr. & Mrs. Boylan - Iola's parents.

Merris on FRASIER

u did see him actually he was same guy who played HL Whitendale on jeffersons nell goes to jail season 2

Andre the contractor that renovated the Huxtable Kitchen on The Cosby Show.

Adam Powells Best friend from Charles In Charge cant remember his name but he was often mentioned but never seen.

Kevin Holloway was the name of the friend and Adam definitely mentions him a lot. And while Kevin never makes an appearance on "Charles in Charge", Kevin's brother Herman did show up on two episodes though.

Don't know if these have been mentioned yet

On Mr. Belvedere they had neighbors called the Hufnagels who had a bit of a rivalry thing going on because Wesley was always pulling pranks on them.

On Diff'rent Strokes there was the Gooch who was the bully at Arnold's school.

On Mr. Belvedere they had neighbors called the Hufnagels who had a bit of a rivalry thing going on because Wesley was always pulling pranks on them

Eventually, we did see one of the Hufnagles in Giselle (played by Teresa Ganzel) on part 1 on of the series finale.

Eventually, we did see one of the Hufnagles in Giselle (played by Teresa Ganzel) on part 1 on of the series finale.
Oh really, I hardly remembered since the show in quite a long time.

Sparky on MASH.

Mildred Potter - M*A*S*H (A photo on a desk shouldn't count)

Mildred was on AfterMASH.

Yes she was in a season 9 episode where Fonzie has to goad Chachi into going to see her.

Two other characters we heard about but never saw:

Magnum PI : Robin Masters. It was actually revealed in the finale that Masters was, in fact, Higgins!
Charlie's Angels : Charlie himself. We did hear his voice (by John Forsythe) but never saw him.

She was also in the episode where Fonzie moves into the apartment about the Cunningham's garage.

There were a few times on Seinfeld where George said that he had a brother.

Does Wilson from Home Improvement count since you never see his full face?

Yes.

How could no one have mentioned

Stanley Walker on WIll and Grace

Ugly Naked Guy on Friends

Charlie on Charlie's Angels

There was a fifth season episode episode of Friends that U.N.G. Appeared in. It was the one where Ross moved into UNG's apartment.

The Ditmeiers, the Brady's next door neighbors.

Mr. Dittmeyer was in an episode of T.B.B. It's the one where Carol learns to fish, and the hook flies over the fence and snags Mr. Dittmeyer's toupee.

Steve Urkel mentions his Uncle Cecil a number of times on "Family Matters", but I don't believe he's ever shown.

ALF mentions his cousin Blinky on "ALF", but he is never seen. (And there are other family members and friends mentioned at times that are never seen, presumably because they all perished in the destruction of Melmac. Though obviously Skip and Rhonda survived.)

On The Muppet Show (and many other Muppet productions), Bernie the agent is referred to many times and characters often call him on the telephone (Miss Piggy being one of his most famous and demanding clients), but he is never seen. (Though there is technically Dom Deluise's character of "Bernie the Agent" in "The Muppet Movie", which may count as the same Bernie referenced in all the various Muppet productions. In any case, that's the only appearance for the character- in that movie, but never anywhere else.)

Sparky on MASH.
no, they showed Sparky once in an episode. (I forget which one, but I think it was an episode with Charles)

Charlie on CHARLIES ANGELS; they would show the back of his head and we heard his voice but that's all. (John Forsythe did his voice)

George Stienbrenner on SIENFELD, they would show the back of his head and we heard his voice but that's all.

Nancy's boyfriend Roger on The Facts of Life. (Then Nancy herself disappeared for about four years).


Also: Kenny's brother on The Cosby Show.

This may not be exactly in this category, but I thought it was worth mentioning.
For years, Big Bird referred to his friend Mr. Snuffleupagus on "Sesame Street"- and while the character was shown on the show- he was only seen interacting with Big Bird (and possibly other Muppets) but always somehow vanished right as the adults were coming by to see this friend Big Bird was always telling them about. Sometimes Snuffy would be hidden or sometimes he would have just walked off right before Big Bird and the adults got back to where he was and so forth.
There was an important episode in 1985 that finally had the adults seeing Snuffy and then believing Big Bird and apologizing to him for not believing him before. (This was mainly done because of concerns that children may get the idea that adults wouldn't believe them if they told them about sexual abuse they had received and such, since the adults wouldn't believe Big Bird about Snuffy.)
Of course, Mr. Snuffleupagus since became a regular character that everyone saw and interacted with on the show.