Written by Dallea Caldwell
TalkLocal connects consumers in need to high-quality, top-rated, local professionals. Unfortunately, some of television’s most beloved “professionals” simply don’t apply. Here are some of the sitcom pros we’d never connect you to in real life. They may get our attention, but they won’t be getting our business.
Bender (Futurama): It is not his medicinal alcohol consumption imbibed for rust prevention which makes him unfit, nor is it due to shear bending efficiency and expertise, of which he has plenty. Rather, it is his propensity for calling his colleagues and others things like “crap-spackled flesh wads,” which ultimately makes him unsuitable.
Jeff Foxworthy: Known for his Redneck and Blue Collar pride, it’s unclear that Mr. Foxworthy has ever dirtied a fingernail a day in his life.
Tommy Ford (Martin): Mr. Ford attests to a number of highly specialized skills, but everybody knows Tommy “ain’t got no job.”
Wolfram and Hart (Angel): A firm whose partners are demons whose sole purpose is the propagation of evil probably won’t pass our quality assurance criteria.
Lionel Hutz (The Simpsons): The blazing red flag is that his firm is located in a shopping mall and called “I Can’t Believe It’s A Law Firm.”
Cleaning Professionals
Consuela (Family Guy): Her favorite word is no, and she’s always wearing yellow gloves, but never cleaning.
Incompetence, or even evil, makes for funny and dramatic television, but in real life, people crave a lot less drama. So, for your next service need, go to www.talklocal.com to speak to real and really qualified service pros in your area.
So, spill it: What insanely incompetent “plays a ___ on t.v.” characters keep you in stitches?
