Jennifer Marlowe
Loni Anderson, "WKRP in Cincinnati"
She's fallen head over heels once or twice, and her doorbell plays "Fly Me to the Moon," but the world's most respected receptionist is no romantic. Curvaceous and wasp-wasted enough to compare to a Barbie doll and smart enough to be offered the position of Secretary of the Treasury (literally), Jennifer Marlowe's dating preferences lean toward well-to-do older men with names like "The Admiral"; she enjoys their generosity as well as their tendency to "tire easily." Indeed, Ms. Marlowe seems to get most of her emotional satisfaction from her job, where her beauty, intelligence, and self-possession have rendered her a benign despot – dictating her salary, her (limited) duties, and whatever else she wants to dictate. As the utterly platonic office wife to her ineffectual mama's boy boss, Arthur Carlson, and a very sexy big sister to everyone else, she resolves disputes while having zero problem keeping would-be wolves like salesman Herb Tarlek at howling distance. Sure, she occasionally provides romantic inspiration, though not much more, to potentially more suitable boyfriends like station manager Andy Travis and star DJ Dr. Johnny Fever, but that's as far as it goes. Yes, she'd be an amazing girlfriend or wife to any man – but is any man good enough?
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