Dabney said:
I'm wondering why I'm the first one to vote for Piama. She's so cute and the character fits in very well. I had never thought that there could exist a "female francis"
You think she´s a female Francis? That´s pretty interesting, I always thought she´s a younger version of his mother.
I think my favourite regulars are Ida and Craig. Ida is-as some of you already said-really funny. The way she treats Lois all the time could be a reason for the way Lois turned out. When Ida comes for a visit Lois almost never finds the courage to speak her mind. She´s treated badly and unfair by her mother but instead of telling Ida what a horrible mother she is she yells at her kids and treats them the way she is treated by her mother.
But I could be wrong, this is only my personal impression.
But anyways Ida is great because she´s a real "entertainment feature" to the show, especially when she´s with Francis. I had to laugh so hard when Francis had to stay with her on Christmas and her cigarette fell under her dress. The look on Francis´face when he took it and how he "washed" his hands afterwards was so hilarious.
One of my favourite Ida lines is "You think that bothers me? Guess why your soup tasted different when you came back from bathroom."
Craig is one of my favourite regulars because his behaviour and the way people react to it is always very funny (like Reese when Craig started to sing at the end of "Malcolm holds his tongue") . I think he´s one of the characters who might be over the top, but who are still very funny and believable in a way.