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Saturday, July 20th, 2019 4:50 AM

2 Live Polls: Which Fictional Movie or Episodic Series Mayor Gets Your Vote?

Part One: Which Fictional Movie Mayor Gets Your Vote?There soon will be new mayor in town, as Topher Grace joins a long list of incumbent fictional movie mayors that compete for viewer's attention. In Jon Stewart's sophomore directorial film, Irresistible (2020) the political satire plot revolves around an American Midwest mayoral race. The movie features an all-star cast including Steve Carell, Chris Cooper, Mackenzie Davis, Rose Byrne, Natasha Lyonne, Debra Messing and the aforementioned Grace.Which of these fictional movie mayors is most likely to get your vote?See the partial list of movie mayoral portrayals here: https://www.imdb.com/list/ls048110112/Live Poll: https://www.imdb.com/poll/7kenljm5loM/ Part Two: Which Fictional Episodic Series Mayor Gets Your Vote?There soon will be new mayor in town, as Ted Danson joins a long list of incumbent fictional episodic mayors that compete for viewer's attention. His latest NBC television comedy series, an Untitled Ted Danson Project is from the writer/producer team of Tina Fey and Robert Carlock. He co-stars along with Fey in the series as the fictional mayor of Los Angeles, California.Which of these fictional episodic series mayors is most likely to get your vote? *television series, web series and streaming media series with multiple mayors have a single consolidated answer optionSee the partial list of episodic series mayoral portrayals here: https://www.imdb.com/list/ls048170753/   Live Poll https://www.imdb.com/poll/AVIkrAuYW9Q/  

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I am looking to add more movie or episodic mayors from locations set outside of the United States to these poll suggestions. Ideally, these would be  memorable portrayals that are part of the main cast. As well as, any suggestions of glaring American fictional mayor omissions is always appreciated.Honorable Mention or Supplemental Mayoral OptionsMovie Mayors Lee Wallace The Taking of Pelham One Two Three Mayor Al, New York City, New York as portrayed by Lee Wallace Desi Arnaz, Raul Julia The Escape Artist Mayor Leon Quiñones, unnamed city as portrayed by Desi Arnaz Michael Murphy Batman Returns Mayor, Gotham City as portrayed by Michael Murphy Lee Wallace Batman Mayor William Borg, Gotham City as portrayed by Lee Wallace Jim Backus Pete's Dragon Mayor, Passamaquoddy as portrayed by Jim Backus Paul Birch The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance Mayor Winder, Shinbone as portrayed by Paul Birch Kenneth Mars Police Academy 6: City Under Siege Mayor/Mastermind, unnamed city as portrayed by Kenneth Mars Cesare Danova, John Vernon National Lampoon's Animal House Mayor Carmine DePasto, Farber as portrayed by Cesare Danova D.B. Sweeney Chi-Raq Mayor McCloud, Chicago, Illinois as portrayed by D.B. Sweeney Angela Lansbury The Grinch Mayor McGerkle, Whoville as portrayed by Angela Lansbury Donald Crisp Pollyanna Mayor Karl Warren, Harringtonas portrayed by Donald Crisp Vincent Gardenia, Barbara Cason, Dick Van Dyke, Raymond Kark Cold Turkey Mayor Quincey L. Wappler, Eagle Rock as portrayed by Vincent Gardenia Paul Ford The Music Man Mayor George Shinn, River City, Iowa, as portrayed by Paul Ford Andy Garcia Ghostbusters Mayor Bradley, New York City, New York as portrayed by Andy Garcia * Irresistible (2020) Jon Stewart’s Political Satire Irresistible: Everything We Know Episodic Series Mayors John O'Hurley, Dan Povenmire Phineas and Ferb, This Is Your Backstory Mayor Roger Doofenshmirtz, Danville as portrayed by John O'Hurley Maisie Williams Doctor Who, Face the Raven Mayor Ashildr/"Me", "an Alien trap street", London, England Mayor Margaret Blaine, Cardiff as portrayed by Maisie Williams and Annette Badland Sonny Bono Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman, The Man of Steel Bars Mayor Frank Berkowitz, Metropolis as portrayed by Sonny Bono Bob Joles The Wacky Adventures of Ronald McDonald: Have Time, Will Travel Mayor McCheese, McDonaldland as portrayed by Bob Joles David Ramsey, Tom Selleck Partners, Blue Bloods Mayor Carter Poole, Chicago, Illinois orMayor Frank Russo, Chicago, Illinois as portrayed by Bruce Altman and David Ramsey Ned Dennehy The Walking Wounded, There Must Be Rules, A Duty of Care, All Too Human Mayor Patrick 'Paddy' Fitzgerald as portrayed by Ned Dennehy John Howard  SeaChange Shire Mayor Bob Jelly, Pearl Bay, Australia as portrayed by John Howard Scott Bakula, Steven Weber Mirror, Mirror, NCIS: New Orleans Mayor Douglas "Doug" Hamilton, New Orleans, Louisiana or Mayor Zahra Taylor, New Orleans, Louisianaas portrayed by Steven Weber and Amanda Warren Byron Keith Batman, Hizzonner the Penguin Mayor Linseed , Gotham City as portrayed by Byron Keith Geoff Morrell  Grassroots Mayor Col Dunkley, Arcadia Waters, Australia as portrayed by Geoff Morrell in Home and Away Daniel CollopyMayor Joshua "Josh" West , Summer Bay, Australia as portrayed by Daniel Collopy Will Friedle The Eskimo, Boy Meets World Mayor Eric Matthews, St. Upid Town, New York as portrayed by Will Friedle Greg Lee Doug Mayor Robert 'Bob' White, Bluffington as portrayed by Greg Lee Dean Norris Under the Dome, The Fall Selectman James 'Big Jim' Rennie, Chester Mills, Maine (acting mayor) as portrayed by Dean Norris Lloyd Bochner Batman: The Animated Series, Be a Clown Mayor Hamilton Hill, Gotham City as portrayed by Lloyd Bochner Don Messick The Smurfs Mayor Papa Smurf, Smurfs' Village, Le Pays Maudit as portrayed by Don Messick Tress MacNeille Hey Arnold! Mayor Dixie, Hillwood as portrayed by Tress MacNeille* Untitled Ted Danson Project,Tina Fey, Ted Danson Comedy Series Ordered at NBC Variety

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More Honorable Mention or Supplemental Mayoral OptionsMovie Mayors Denzel Washington,James Gandolfini The Taking of Pelham 123 Mayor, New York City, New York as portrayed by James Gandolfini Pat Ryan The Toxic Avenger Mayor Peter Belgoody, Tromaville, New Jersey as portrayed by Pat Ryan Nestor Carbonell The Dark Knight Rises Mayor Anthony Garcia, Gotham as portrayed by Nestor Carbonell in The Dark Knight (2008) and The Dark Knight Rises (2012) Sean Astin The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King Mayor Samwise "Sam" Gamgee, Mayor of the Shire, Middle Earth The Year Without a Santa Claus Mayor, Southtown Sean Pertwee Equilibrium Father, Libria "a totalitarian future city-state" as portrayed by Sean Pertwee Tina Turner Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome Aunty Entity, Bartertown, "a wasteland city-state"  as portrayed by Tina Turner  * disputed as Master Blaster publicly claims to "run Bartertown Willard E. Pugh RoboCop 2 Mayor Marvin Kuzak, Detroit, Michigan as portrayed by Willard E. Pugh Barton MacLane,Glenda Farrell Torchy Runs for Mayor Mayor Teresa "Torchy" Blane, as portrayed by Glenda Farrell Michael Lerner,Jean Reno Godzilla Mayor Ebert, New York City, New York as portrayed by Michael Lerner Vincenzo Amato L'ora legale Mayor Pierpaolo Natoli, Pietrammare, Sicily as portrayed by Vincenzo Amato Thomas Mitchell High Noon Mayor Jonas Henderson, Hadleyville, NM as portrayed by Thomas Mitchell John Vernon Dirty Harry Mayor, San Francisco, California as portrayed by John Vernon Bürgermeister Anna Bürgermeister Anna Drews, as portrayed by Eva Rimski Barry Otto Blinky Bill Mayor Wilberforce 'Cranky' Cranklepot, Greenpatch as portrayed by Barry Otto Episodic Mayors Harry Groener,K. Todd Freeman Buffy the Vampire Slayer,Bad Girls Mayor Richard Wilkins III, Sunnydale as portrayed by Harry Groener Joe Morton A New World,Eureka Mayor Henry Deacon, Eureka, Oregon as portrayed by Joe Morton Keith Scott Blinky Bill's Fund Run,The Adventures of Blinky Bill Mayor Pelican, Green Patch as portrayed by Keith Scott Albin Braig,Karlheinz Hartmann Ahnenforschung,Hannes und der Bürgermeister Burgermeister , "a Swabian German village" as portrayed by Karlheinz Hartmann Al Fann,Kevin Hooks,Stanley Brock He's the Mayor Mayor Carl Burke, unnamed location as portrayed by Kevin Hooks Anne Stallybrass,Alan Bates The Mayor of Casterbridge Mayor Michael Henchard, Casterbridge, England as portrayed by Alan Bates

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Donald Fullilove,Crispin Glover Back to the Future Mayor Goldie Wilson, Hill Valley as portrayed by Donald Fullilove Mariah Carey The Lego Batman Movie Mayor McCaskill, Gotham City as portrayed by Mariah Carey Tom Butler The Killing,Bulldog Mayor Lesley Adams, Seattle, Washington as portrayed by Tom Butler

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I totally forgot Sean Pertwee was in Equilibrium. 

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6 years ago

Perhaps the Mayor of Halloween Town

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You asked for more international characters. The Russian Oscar nominee Leviathan had a villainous mayor: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2802154/...

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Thanks, I added Roman Madyanov who plays Vadim, the mayor of Pribrezhny from Leviathan (2014 film).

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I remember Roman Madyanov sort-of complaining in an interview that he's being cast as characters who's more and more vile. That was in 2007 in behind-the-scenes of Karnavalnaya noch 2, ili 50 let spustya...

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Obviously, the context of the comment matters, but it seems to be biting the hand that feed you. i am sure any actor ideally wants to play a range of roles, but he is gainfully employed as an actor,which not many people can say. Speaking, to being typecast it seems like the vast majority of these mayoral portrayals are either buffoons or villains.

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Thanks to everyone you has made international mayor suggestions. I still have 3-5 movie slots and 3-5 television/streaming media slots. Ideally, I would like 20% of the answer options to fit this international profile and know that there are more non-U.S. titles that feature a mayor as a main character or at least one that seemed to have a memorable scene-stealing performance. Any suggestion help from of titles that are well-known or popular within their own countries is appreciated.

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bump

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FYC: Kyle MacLachlan , Mayor of Portland, Oregon in Portlandia.https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1780441/reference

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Thanks, good suggestion. He was the 9th option listed on Part Two: Which Fictional Episodic Series Mayor Gets Your Vote? Kyle MacLachlan Portlandia,Going Gray Mayor, Portland, Oregon as portrayed by Kyle MacLachlan

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bump

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'Good idea for a poll and I'm looking forward to seeing that film. Jon Stewart directing Chris Cooper, Natasha Lyonne and Debra Messing sounds great. May I suggest one small edit in the intro?(Instead of The two actor's characters)The two actors' characters

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I just restructured the paragraph to avoid the issue and so it would flow better.A new movie mayor will soon join the existing ranks of fictional movie mayors that compete for viewer's attention. In Jon Stewart's latest film, Irresistible (2020), Brent Sexton and Chris Cooper face-off in a hotly contested American Midwest mayoral race. The movie's all-star cast also features Steve Carell, Topher Grace, Mackenzie Davis, Rose Byrne, Natasha Lyonne, Debra Messing among others.

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Live Poll Which Fictional Movie Mayor Gets Your Vote? https://www.imdb.com/poll/7kenljm5loM/

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Thanks, the poll thread title needs to be corrected to better reflect that there are two polls, as well as, that the TV version is still pending. It is confusing currently.So, instead of being stated as Live Poll/Suggestion: Which Fictional Movie or Episodic Series Mayor Gets Your Vote? , it should state PS:(1 Live & 1 Pending): Which Fictional Movie or TV Mayor Gets Your Vote?

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bump Part Two: Which Fictional Episodic Series Mayor Gets Your Vote?

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Congratulations urbanemovies on your 376th live poll! As of 2-Mar-2020 3:35 AM Pacific your polls have 504,790 or more votes, for an average of 1,343 votes per poll.Which Fictional Movie Mayor Gets Your Vote?8326th Live Poll: https://www.imdb.com/poll/7kenljm5loM/This is the 2,717th image poll. Such polls have a total of 4,554,950 votes for an average of 1,676 votes per poll.Total Number of Votes 18,675,957 Projected Date of 20 Million Votes 4-Jan-2021 Days Until 20 Million Votes 301 This is the list of urbanemovies' polls as of 6-Oct-2019:Sorted Alphabetically http://mypollwatch.blogspot.com/2014/05/imdb-polls-alphabetical-by-author.html#urbanemoviesIn Decreasing Order of Votes http://mypollwatch.blogspot.com/2015/03/imdb-polls-descending-order-of-votes-by.html#urbanemoviesAlphabetical List of Polls http://mypollwatch.blogspot.com/2014/03/imdb-polls-alphabetical.htmlTop IMDb Polls http://mypollwatch.blogspot.com/2015/07/top-imdb-polls.htmlIMDb Polls - Descending Order of Votes http://mypollwatch.blogspot.com/2013/12/imdb-polls-descending-order-of-votes.htmlSummary Statistics http://mypollwatch.blogspot.com/2016/05/summary-statistics.htmlKey Threads - IMDb Poll FAQs Index https://getsatisfaction.com/imdb/topics/faq-key-threads-imdb-poll-faqs-indexHow to Improve the Chance of Having your Poll on the Home Page https://getsatisfaction.com/imdb/topics/faq-how-to-improve-the-chance-of-having-your-poll-on-the-hom...

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Coronavirus bump (It would be interesting to see how these fictional mayors would do in a crisis during a public health emergency)

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The previously untitled series that you reference in the intro has been updated to "Mr. Mayor". The spare "an" before the title can be removed:His upcoming NBC television comedy series, Mr. Mayor, is from the writer/producer team of ...

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'Agreed. And you can turn that "an" into "a" and move it up to the first sentence. : )There soon will be a new TV mayor in town...You found some great images. : )

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corrected, There soon will be a new TV mayor in town, as Ted Danson joins a long list of incumbent episodic mayors that compete for viewer's attention. Danson will be featured as the newly elected fictional mayor of Los Angeles, California. The upcoming NBC television comedy series co-stars Bobby Moynihan and Holly Hunter. Mr. Mayor is from the writer/producer team responsible for 30 Rock (2006), Tina Fey and Robert Carlock.

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Thanks, for heads-up on the title. No premiere date has been announced, but one would presume in the fall.

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 Live Poll (Series)https://www.imdb.com/poll/AVIkrAuYW9Q/

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Series PremiereThursday, January 7, 20212020-2021 NBC Mid-Season replacement TV series  Ted Danson, Bobby MoynihanMr. MayorMayor Bremer, Los Angeles, California, USA as portrayed by Ted Danson

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