I'm gonna give this one a go -- it's too much fun to let pass --

Who is your favorite AMERICAN CHARACTER (and no, Uncle Ted doesn't count, unless you last name rhymes with Pennedy).

NPR is inviting folks to write in about their favorite fictional characters . . . I heard one on George Jefferson and then there is THIS followup interview http://www.npr.org/blogs/incharacter/2008/02/cookie_monster_comes_to_npr.html
to one on Cookie Monster . . .

My usual response to this question is either Holly Golightly (Breakfast at Tiffany's) or Jimmy Blevins (All the Pretty Horses), but I think I'm gonna reach deeper for this one . . . maybe Ro Lahren from Star Trek? Who knows. . .

from NPR:

http://www.npr.org/contact/incharacter.html

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