- As the director of ISIS, Mrs. Archer uses her power to torment her agent and son Sterling Archer, giving him the codename Duchess, after her dead dog. She also forms a number of ISIS' missions around trying to get herself laid, a fancy vacation, or both (when aboard a rigid airship).
7. J. Peterman (John O'Hurley) - Seinfeld
- The owner and runner of a J. Crew meets L.L. Bean clothing company and catalog, Elaine comes to work for him after bumping in to him. Since then, her assignments have included writing asinine descriptions of merchandise such as Himalayan Walking Shoes, buying stories for and writing his biography, and listening to his oddly poetic stories of his travels.
6. Jack Donaghy (Alec Baldwin) - 30 Rock
- Despite his extremely Conservative leanings, Jack is still able to have a liberal-minded mentee/apprentice like Liz Lemon, as long as she has the right amount of DHIC for him (that is drive, humility, intelligence, and chaos). Although he may have a shady past as a collector of cookie jars, Jack is exceptionally skilled in managing his NBC employees and acting out their family therapy sessions.
5. Veronica Palmer (Portia de Rossi) - Better Off Ted
- A great part of the mistreated former ABC office sitcom, Veronica reached her upper position at the ethically challenged Veridian Dynamics by cultivating an emotionless persona, even offsetting guilt with other emotions like sugar and drunk. And though she feeds her sister while she sleeps in order to remain the thinner one, she does reveal her gentler side with Ted.
4. Ron Swanson (Nick Offerman) - Parks and Recreation
- Although his libertarian beliefs often clash with her faith in government, Ron Swanson always supports his deputy Leslie Knope. He's a simple man with a love for dark haired women and breakfast foods (and bacon wrapped turkey legs), also enjoying modest celebrity among elderly women as Duke Silver. Ron will always have your back, as long as you can guarantee fridge space.
3. C. Montgomery Burns (Harry Shearer) - The Simpsons
- In addition to serving as Homer's boss at the nuclear power plant, Mr. Burns also serves as the primary villain of the series, kidnapping puppies for suits and even blocking out the sun. Although he occasionally earns redemption, helping Lisa create a recycling plant for example, he always seems to fall back into his greedy and evil ways... excellent.
2. Michael Scott (Steve Carell) - The Office
- An American recreation of David Brent (Ricky Gervais), Michael Scott is the definitive sitcom boss of this generation and others as well. More concerned with comedy than management, his goals can be summed up by this: "Would I rather be loved or feared? Both." Although he can be offensive with his cluelessness, he's always there for his employees, or as he calls them, his family.
1. George Steinbrenner (Larry David) - Seinfeld
- Exaggeratively impersonated by Larry David, Steinbrenner was George's boss while he worked for the Yankees, infamously hired for doing the opposite and telling Steinbrenner that he was a fool in his control of the team. Steinbrenner was also memorable for his hilarious tangents and rants on mundane topics such as how to ear a cupcake, while he was supposed to be rebuking George. His status as George's boss came to a sudden end when he was traded for a bunch of Tyler Chicken.
Don't see your favorite sitcom boss in the list? Let us know in the comments!
6 comments:
George smells Calzones!!!!
Um, Mr. Belding?!???? Otherwise, great list.
Mr. Belding isn't technically a boss so...
We forgot Dr. Farnsworth, Ari Gold, Bob Kelso, House, Jack Gallo and dont forget Mr. Krabs
OOOh and Mr. Pitt
well also Kruger if you gonna mention Pitt. i felt like peterman and steinbrenner were more distinctive though. i thought of Jack Gallo too but he wasnt so memorable to me. yea Belding was a principle, so how he interacted with the main cast wasnt as a boss. Professor Farnsworth also didn't strike me as primarily a boss
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