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There are drinkers, and then there are drinkers. The ones that always seem to have a drink in their hand. It's a social thing, it's a private thing, but most of all, it's an everyday thing. Here are five TV characters who drank. A lot.

1. Larry Tate (Bewitched): Sure, it was the 60s and drinking was everyone and not frowned upon like it is in a lot of situations today, but mother of God Larry used to drink a lot. Every single time he came over to the Stephens' home he rushed over to their bar and made himself a drink, or Samantha gave him one. He seems like a prime candidate for alcoholism: a harried advertising guy, always on the go, and an ad exec who works for him that seems to vanish or have odd things happen to him all the time. That couldn't have been easy to deal with. This guy drinks a lot. In fact, if you play the Bewitched drinking game (take a drink every time Larry takes a drink), you probably won't make it past an episode.

I know, the name probably doesn't ring a bell, but you'll certainly remember the role she's famous for. Rogers played Louise Tate, Larry Tate's wife on Bewitched. She died on July 6 in L.A. following a stroke.

Tate had a lot of television roles over the years, on many shows including Perry Mason, Adam-12, Maverick, Wanted: Dead or Alive, and 77 Sunset Strip. Here's something I didn't know though: she was the wife strangled in the classic Alfred Hitchcock film Strangers on a Train! She played the role under the name Laura Elliott.

On a side note, did Louise know how much of a drinking problem her husband Larry had? I mean, seriously. You watch Bewitched, and he always has a drink in his hand, whether it's at Samantha and Darrin's house, at a restaurant, or when he's smoozing a client for his ad agency. Forget that "Hi Bob" drinking game for Bob Newhart. Watch Bewitched and take a shot everytime Larry drinks.

But those were the carefree days of the 60s, when drinking too much was cool and cigarettes weren't bad for you.