This group of six men is incredibly unique, two of the men are playing themselves, three of the men were or still are comedians, and Alec Baldwin and Steve Carell are gone from this list. This year's leading men are a bunch of off the wall oddball, atypical leading men. This is one of my favorite categories this year, and is one of the strongest line-ups I have seen in years.
Larry David as Larry David in Curb Your Enthusiasm-After a brief hiatus the Curb team returned for for another great season, one of their best. Larry used an excuse to get out of doing something, and ventured to New York City. Before Larry went to the East Coast and scuffled with Michael J. Fox and Rosie he dealt with a mini-
Garett Dillahunt as Burt Chance in Raising Hope-One half of one of the funniest duos of television today. Burt Chance is not the sharpest, but even with his lower intellect he is one of the funniest leading men on television today. Of these six men Burt is one of the most real characters; he is a great father, husband, and granddad. From the first time you meet this guy pushing a guy into thorns while he pees you can see that he he remains a man child, but throughout the second season he has become more hilarious, and the character is even better than in the first.
Louis C.K. as Louis C. K. in Louie-Louis C. K. is one of the funniest men on television today. I love watching his facial expressions; he is incredibly straight faced, but also looks appalled by many of the crazy situations he has gotten into. I think my favorite moment was his interaction with Joan Rivers this season, these two had this great chemistry, and as she is trying to mentor him he goes for a kiss. Awkward, she hits him, and begrudgingly accepts. Louis C.K. reminds me of Seinfeld but funnier than Jerry himself. He uses the situational crazy antics of New York, his daughters, and his broken marriage to find the hilarity in life, and makes it work so well.
Joel McHale as Jeff Winger in Community-Winger zingers are the best. From day one Jeff Winger has fought hard against being considered part of this study group, but as he feels more at home he has developed into an even better character. In "Foosball and Nocturnal Vigilantism" we get explore the more vulnerable side of Jeff's younger years where we find out Shirley bullied him when the were younger. McHale has great chemistry with Yvette Nicole Brown and they make an brilliant comedic duo. McHale is great in this show, and his "cool" ways as Jeff Winger always add a little fun to the group especially when he is getting kicked out of biology class or helping investigate the death of a yam.
Adam Scott as Ben Wyatt in Parks and Recreation-Too many people have been ignoring this man. While this was the year of Leslie Knope and her campaign, I was more enamored with her campaign manager Ben Wyatt (that could be mainly because I think he's cuter), but more because he is one of the funniest people on the show. Ben had a lot of great moments from defending Leslie at a bowling alley, to being an out of work calzone maker, to Leslie's campaign manager, but my personal favorite Ben moment was watching him try to "Treat Yourself" and buy and dress up in a Batman outfit, one of the funniest moments of the season. The real question "Is Batman Crying?"
Jim Parsons as Sheldon Cooper in The Big Bang Theory-Knock "Penny" Knock "Penny" Knock "Penny" Knock "Penny" Knock "Penny"...Parsons is one of the funniest men in television today. Sheldon Cooper is emotionally vacant mainly he has no use for sarcasm only straight forward dialogue that furthers what he needs and wants. In the "The Friendship Contraction" Sheldon keeps Leonard up all night with emergency preparedness, and then Leonard refuses to take him so some appointments, which causes the two to hilariously revisit their roommate agreement. In the fifth season Sheldon finally admits Amy is his girlfriend, and this took his character to a whole new level.
