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If Nandor & Guillermo don’t get together in the last series. I’m gonna go feral!!!
Editing to add my favourite Nandor line; “ Don’t care what the f*ck your name is. We had to pick up our own laundry.”
I just love that Mary-Louise Parker called up Aaron Sorkin and said "Josh Lyman needs to get laid and I'm the one to do it" or something to that effect. Wish I could have done that.
Okay, has everyone seen the most recent episode? Nick Mohammed’s Assistant Day song is a perfect fit for this thread. (And I realize as I’m typing this that that task might have specifically led to this post)
I literally heard it in Greg’s voice when I read “little Alex Horne!” Iconic duo.
It’s even more wild that Alex Horne is the reason Taskmaster is even a show AND he is The Assistant™️
He thought it would be funnier with a more authoritative looking person in the Taskmaster role, and thus we got the glory that is the Greg / Alex chemistry.
It holds up if you can look past the body shaming, LGBTQI stereotypes and minimal diversity in characters outside of service roles.
I’m not slamming it btw! I loved it at the time and it did have mainstream gay characters which was huge for the time.
My internet went down so I resorted to my dvd collection...found an old copy of Will and Grace season one so I watched the show for the first time in years. She's still the best character.
“I can't wait until next year when all of you are in Vietnam. You will be pining for the day when someone was trying to make your life easier. When you're over there, and you're in the jungle and they're shooting at you, remember you're not dying for me because I never liked you.”
Britney Spears guest starred in a couple episodes of *How I Met Your Mother* as Ted's girlfriend's receptionist
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Jennifer Marlowe from WKRP in Cincinnati, played by Loni Anderson.
I remember they referenced that on “Psych” years later (another of his shows)!
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I have had a crush on that man for years. When I was an awkward sweaty teenager and he was onion sam and tragically was lynched (?) because he fell in love with a white woman in Texas and that white woman was Patricia a arquette?! Well that might as well have been Romeo and Juliet but age appropriate and fucked up in a different way
There are no gifs, but, Kayla in Hacks is amazing.
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Mimi was one of my first style icons
Mrs. Landingham from The West Wing. She was so well written.
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Glenn Powell and Zoey Deutch in Set it Up! I loved this movie!
Omar in Better Call Saul!
Not a huge part but he was a really sweet character who is also sexy as hell. In that way where he doesn’t seem like he knows he’s sexy which makes him even sexier. I love you Omar, I’d do you on a cocobolo desk any day
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Oh my gosh ICONIC. Nice pull!
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 Forever an icon
 best character
A queen.
All of you just drank cement!!!
 Cheryl/Carol/Crystal/Cherlene Tunt!
 speaking of Judy Greer
Eyes up here Michael! Eyes up here!
Sploooooooosh!
Don’t forget 
Gizmo!
Guillermo billermo
If Nandor & Guillermo don’t get together in the last series. I’m gonna go feral!!! Editing to add my favourite Nandor line; “ Don’t care what the f*ck your name is. We had to pick up our own laundry.”
Man, I gotta watch this show. (But honestly bats are my #1 phobia so idk)
They rarely turn into bats for more than like 2 seconds, no worries. It’s worth a watch
And Laszlo lets you know when he's about to turn into a bat...
BAT! 🦇
Honestly you can just close your eyes for a second anytime they shriek “BAT!” They do a good job of warning you.
World's best assistant. 
Went looking for this. The March 31st episode is incredible!
Thirty days has September, April, March, and November.
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I aspire to be Janine Melnitz in spirit and wardrobe
Perfect.
I want to be her 
Speaking of Donnas https://preview.redd.it/37341azzfh3d1.jpeg?width=600&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c5975da0e82b8381abefa48166afff82173cf37c
I was obsessed with these two in college. In hindsight, completely inappropriate but I loved the will they/won’t they.
I watched it for the first time during Covid and they had me in a chokehold. Great distraction from the anxiety.
I'm a weird Josh and Amy shipper, but I loved Donna's sass and chemistry with him.
I just love that Mary-Louise Parker called up Aaron Sorkin and said "Josh Lyman needs to get laid and I'm the one to do it" or something to that effect. Wish I could have done that.
Thank you, I was missing her. And the gif is perfect.
I scrolled through this WHOLE slideshow waiting for her!!!
Little Alex Horne!!!! 
I was actually watching Taskmaster when I had the idea for this post lol
Okay, has everyone seen the most recent episode? Nick Mohammed’s Assistant Day song is a perfect fit for this thread. (And I realize as I’m typing this that that task might have specifically led to this post)
I love their dynamic. I would very much like to be a working sub who has Dom money. Alex has it made.
I'm watching Taskmaster as I READ this post 😍 was not expecting it!
I was watching it also! I love Taskmaster.
I literally heard it in Greg’s voice when I read “little Alex Horne!” Iconic duo. It’s even more wild that Alex Horne is the reason Taskmaster is even a show AND he is The Assistant™️
He thought it would be funnier with a more authoritative looking person in the Taskmaster role, and thus we got the glory that is the Greg / Alex chemistry.
Oh, for sure! I love the chemistry between them. They’re a winning duo!
MY GUYS
Have you seen Alex Horne on Bake Off? It’s a freakin delight.
 Maggie Gyllenhaal in Secretary
 So good
Like sexuality is a spectrum right? My spectrum is them. my therapist might have words about it.
I’m calling your therapist right now.
Oh no, I have daddy issues that have manifested as a freudian sexual kink? queue that as issue number 4956
Is uhhhh…what I think is happening…happening in that gif??
I believe it’s James Spader paddling her.
Oh. Well that certainly doesn’t make it worse.
Oh, yes it is. That movie is something else 🥵
The OG 50 shades
I mean, she’s the most obvious example, non?
Oh my gosh your flair 🙌🙌🙌
Oh and Brimsley from Bridgerton! https://preview.redd.it/l5i51rrk2h3d1.jpeg?width=660&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=066c4ba844980ea9b8e68a152020ceaa32daf943
Brimsley is the GOAT
The Lumiere and Cogsworth ship we never knew we needed
Sue is GOATed
Sue, did the president call?
No
This list is Karen Walker erasure 
Omg you’re right! But I missed this show when it was on. Is it worth going back to watch? Does it hold up?
I think it does but I have the nostalgia factor from loving it as a kid clouding my judgement.
It does. There’s some jokes that wouldn’t fly today, but overall it’s still a good sitcom
It holds up if you can look past the body shaming, LGBTQI stereotypes and minimal diversity in characters outside of service roles. I’m not slamming it btw! I loved it at the time and it did have mainstream gay characters which was huge for the time.
My internet went down so I resorted to my dvd collection...found an old copy of Will and Grace season one so I watched the show for the first time in years. She's still the best character.
Betty, Amanda, and Mark were all fabulous
Ugly Betty was peak gay representation in the early 2000!
was looking for mark st james !!
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not a girl!!
Scrowed down way too far for this!!
 Miss argentina from beetlejuice
 Missing this guy in this list is a crime!!
I was looking for this one, Gary is the best and Tony Hale is brilliant 
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 SURPRISE THERE’S AN AIRPLANE HERE TO SEE YOU!!!
“I can't wait until next year when all of you are in Vietnam. You will be pining for the day when someone was trying to make your life easier. When you're over there, and you're in the jungle and they're shooting at you, remember you're not dying for me because I never liked you.”
Brutal-I love Joan.
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Love Joan. What a boss queen.
You can’t do that!!
Lmfao I don’t remember this, guess I’m due for a rewatch.
That episode, when Mrs. Landingham died...I was a wreck.
And then again on Scrubs 
And then again on Desperate Housewives!
They killed her on The West Wing so she could go and die on Desperate Housewives. Not sure where Scrubs fits into this timeline.
Wait....whhhaaaaat? Did she die on Scrubs? My heart can't handle this.
Episode 1.04 - My Old Lady. Worth the 20 min watch. Top tier sitcom episode.
Okay. I gotta steady myself. 🥺
She was an astronaut.
Was unexpectedly sad to see her on here
Britney Spears guest starred in a couple episodes of *How I Met Your Mother* as Ted's girlfriend's receptionist https://preview.redd.it/opqj08ivog3d1.jpeg?width=1280&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=32aa020037ec996e00f49d96f95789dc08054da5
How did I not know this?? Amazing.
I definitely didn't realize the first few times I saw it—I was flabbergasted when someone pointed out it was her
She did so good in this role!! 👏
https://i.redd.it/p34szzks5h3d1.gif Hacks
Yes! I love this show! And her character hahha
I just finished the new season...soo good.
Sharona / Natalie in Monk! 
I’m partial to Sharona but I can appreciate that Natalie tried to push him out of his comfort zone.
 Kerry, Jess, and of course Greg.
You mean Chuckles?
 The best worst assistant.
I can hear the cadence of her voice in my head!
https://preview.redd.it/japv0lihng3d1.jpeg?width=300&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=63a4e0ebc91ecf3a039a01992dc4c3d7913cb691 Jennifer Marlowe from WKRP in Cincinnati, played by Loni Anderson.
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Lucy!
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Can’t believe I had to scroll this hard to find Lloyd. Always the bottom.
The disrespect is wild
Yea LLLLllloyydddd!!!! Ari Gold is my favorite tv character of all time but he’d be nothing without Lloyd
TASKMASTER REFERENCE IN POPCULTURECHAT???
My exact reaction 😂 It’s nice to know so many people on this sub have good taste
 Saved the universe with her typing hands
Donna Moss
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Oh and my favorite DULE 
I remember they referenced that on “Psych” years later (another of his shows)! https://preview.redd.it/epofyhgv2h3d1.jpeg?width=640&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=43b1eafae2944ca8d92c57da335f0d2d7c394b05
I have had a crush on that man for years. When I was an awkward sweaty teenager and he was onion sam and tragically was lynched (?) because he fell in love with a white woman in Texas and that white woman was Patricia a arquette?! Well that might as well have been Romeo and Juliet but age appropriate and fucked up in a different way
Aka Charlie
That man is aging like the finest of wines
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[Every time Leo yells Margaret](https://youtu.be/am0iqgXB2WU)
OF COURSE. How could I forget?
I absolutely read this as **assassin**/secretaries, and now I’m disappointed.
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Sorry to disappoint 😔
https://preview.redd.it/14hc1j9nzg3d1.jpeg?width=692&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5ab3eb16b7168ed8c06751109ea019e957044a7b Carol Burnett’s Mrs. Wiggins!
My brother and I were dying laughing trying to describe this sketch to our sister who claimed to have never seen it. Poor Mr. Tudball
 Assistant (to the) General Manager
Regional Manager*
https://preview.redd.it/ladaztaauh3d1.jpeg?width=900&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d8a19e4646e7f1cdff76ec044bdabad36707ea6e Charlotte from Princess Diaries!
 Lloyd is my forever assistant
Ugly Betty
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Joan Holloway invented this profession.
There are no gifs, but, Kayla in Hacks is amazing. https://preview.redd.it/498hke4mnh3d1.jpeg?width=854&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b24842f13377ba6c739902d0d93abd4ad20a0f48
Am I really going to be the first person to mention Miss Moneypenny?
David Spade on Just Shoot Me. And Murphy Brown's new secretary on every episode, including JFK, Jr, Peewee Herman, and Bette Midler.
 Gary, the best
No Floyd from Entourage?!
DONNA........yes, in the yell voice coming from Harvey.
 Spin City
Any workaholics fans? [jillian](https://images.app.goo.gl/V99n183L5jEp28Uq9)
https://preview.redd.it/6k2rpfo64h3d1.jpeg?width=997&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=41718a4c3858482d1da51b19cbdbebbcaff74a1b Taj!!
The secretary from Grease was my first thought.
[удалено]
https://preview.redd.it/xvl3s4mz1j3d1.jpeg?width=582&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ff0d12609129a452472c22488637a067e6a0ea8b Mimi was one of my first style icons
Mrs. Landingham from The West Wing. She was so well written. https://preview.redd.it/5bipi2kh7j3d1.jpeg?width=640&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=89f58de884e3ff473d272b82e1f5d9b42a9fcba3
I clicked on the post just to tell you that it's LITTLE Alex Horne, but you already had it right.
 How do you not have Pam on this list or thread?
https://preview.redd.it/5siyi09tuj3d1.jpeg?width=828&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f9b1d4dd790a13144d32eb0a11f03f6301b3671c Glenn Powell and Zoey Deutch in Set it Up! I loved this movie!
Pepper potts>>
My love for Pepper Potts burns as bright as my disdain for Gwyneth Paltrow
https://preview.redd.it/2jft8mjhwh3d1.jpeg?width=294&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=9d6ba5766beaf71bb6f047683c26bd70106fd994 Miss Moneypenny anyone?
I will remember you.... (Doobie dooo doobie doo) Will you remember me?
The personal assistant to Eggman in Sonic was hilarious
Stone! Whose replacement in the mushroom realm was just an actual stone.
I can’t believe you forgot Mimi from Drew Carey.
 Assistant TO the regional manager
 Say goodbye to THESE
Does Michel count? 
Seriously. Nobody is going to post Maggie from the movie ‘secretary’. She is the ultimate secretary.
As a secretary, I love this 🫡
 Elaine in Ally McBeal
you dare not mention gina linetti 😨
 Top tier secretary
Omar in Better Call Saul! Not a huge part but he was a really sweet character who is also sexy as hell. In that way where he doesn’t seem like he knows he’s sexy which makes him even sexier. I love you Omar, I’d do you on a cocobolo desk any day https://preview.redd.it/jy8an4yh9k3d1.png?width=958&format=png&auto=webp&s=c513ba47a4548605a63907d9af7b50eb852e595f