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March 05 2008

Best and Worst TV Principals Ever...Snyder??

Chris inVirginia | BtVS | 04:55 CET | 18 comments total | tags: buffy

Eh, I have almost as hard a time seeing Clemmons on the bottom of the list as I do seeing Snyder on top. Flutie could definitely be counted amongst the worst... but Hyena food was a great end for him.

jclemens | March 05, 05:03 CET

Well argued case for the placement of Snyder on the list.... hee hee.

lilbird | March 05, 05:06 CET

I love Snyder!....while i hate him

Noclaf | March 05, 07:10 CET

Snyder is amazing. He is beyond words hilarious and his obsession with drugs is like no other.

mossoholic | March 05, 07:14 CET

The "Beat" confused me for a bit *pokes Chris* I think you were gonna write "Best"

And I so love Snyder. Almost as much as I loved Quark. Heck, I love both of them... and now I'm wondering if anyone ever did a crossover fic with the two one-of-a-kind guys meeting.

Mirage | March 05, 11:39 CET

Hey..cut the S man some slack. He never ever got a single date in high school, did he?

chazman | March 05, 13:01 CET

chazman...Your point being?

Nice to see Snyder get a little love. Everyone needs it, even a tiny impotent Nazi with a bug up his butt the size of an emu.

BAFfler | March 05, 14:40 CET

I'd have liked Snyder a whole lot better if I hadn't known a couple of his real-life prototypes...

Rowan Hawthorn | March 05, 14:55 CET

I support the reasons for Synder being up at the top of the list. The man had a lot to deal with.

But more importantly, can I really respect a list that puts Feeny at the bottom? (NO!)

ormaybemidgets | March 05, 16:06 CET

How can you not love a man who says "That's the kind of woolly-headed liberal thinking that gets a person eaten", and then ends up getting eaten? It's the perfect summation of the conservative mind.

Seriously, Armin Shimerman was brilliant in the role. I especially loved his channeling of Marlon Brando as Kurtz, in Xander's dream.

barboo | March 05, 16:41 CET

Actually, barboo, I think it's called "irony." And I take great exception to your political insinuations.

BAFfler | March 05, 17:42 CET

That list is whack. Feeney is and will always be fantastic.

geekerjoy34 | March 05, 22:01 CET

Yes, I have to reluctantly agree with Snyder's placement. I never would have thought so. But Van was a great principal on VM. I was sorry to see her leave High School because of him.

Lioness | March 05, 22:39 CET

As someone who has had several principals as bosses, I adore Snyder. He's such a beautiful representation of the "administrator within." Hopefully "within."
This is a glorious day for principals everywhere. No pathetic whining about student's rights. Just a long row of lockers and a man with a key.

I try and tell them about the important things in life. Discipline, responsibility, punctuality.

Why couldn't you be dealing drugs like normal people?

Plus I love the way the red light shines through his ears.

jcs | March 05, 23:01 CET

Snyder deserves his place on the list, the fact that he yelled at the demony Mayor Wilkins is enough of a reason.

Spike's Gal | March 05, 23:05 CET

What I find ironic is that when Snyder was turned into a teenager in Band Candy, he acted exactly like Saved By the Bell's Mr. Belding is described in the article. Who knows, maybe Snyder is what a principal like Belding would eventually become if he were exposed to realistic high school students?

Baalek | March 06, 07:00 CET

Yeah, I always found wonderful the fact that he yelled at the Mayor Snake, despite how submissive he'd been up until then. Showed some nice principles (hah! puns) in his final moments.

Jobo | March 06, 08:00 CET

I haven't really watched any of the other shows that much, but I'm sure Snyder would be my pick, anyhow. Armin Shimerman is just awesome.

Shey | March 06, 13:22 CET

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