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HotGuy86
12-04-2005, 01:32 AM
1. Dana Foster (Step By Step)
2. Jaleesa Vincent (A Different World)
3. Fred Flinstone (The Flinstones)
4. Roz Russelson (Night Court)
5. Archie Bunker (All In The Family)
6. Maude Lindley (Maude)
7. Dorothy Spbornak (sp?) (The Golden Girls)
8. Jack Arnold (The Wonder Years)
9. Thelma Harper (Mamas Family)
10. Kimberly Shaw (Melrose Place)
11. Claire Huxtable (The Cosby Show)
12. Jo McGuire (Lizzie McGuire)
13. Janet Wood (Threes Company)

James
12-04-2005, 02:13 AM
More:

Carl Winslow (Family Matters)
Larry Appleton (Perfect Strangers)
Gladys Kravitz (Bewitched)
Wayne Arnold (The Wonder Years)

HotGuy86
12-04-2005, 03:53 AM
I forgot..........

Carla (Cheers)

tv star collector
12-04-2005, 09:37 AM
What about ...?
Homer Simpson (THE SIMPSONS)
Earl Sinclair (DINOSAURS)
Amos McCoy (THE REAL McCOYS)
Fred Sanford (SANFORD & SON)

Nighthawk76
12-04-2005, 11:22 AM
Walter Powell on Charles In Charge

Mrs. Ducky
12-04-2005, 11:26 AM
Danny Williams - Make Room for Daddy

HotGuy86
12-04-2005, 06:12 PM
I forgot..................

Lou Grant (Mary Tyler Moore)
Jenny Garrison (California Dreams)
Stephanie Tanner (in the last 2 seasons she got grumpy) (Full House)
Lisa Turtle (Saved By The Bell)
Eunice (Mamas Family)
Tanya Baxter (Thats So Raven)- she seems somewhat grumpy at some times.

Number 9 Dream
12-04-2005, 06:29 PM
Red Forman-- That 70s Show
Mr. Arnold-- The Wonder Years
Mr. Roper-- Three's Company

Ohio8
12-30-2005, 10:59 PM
I Love Lucy/Fred Mertz
Dennis the Menace/Mr. Wilson
My Three Sons/Bub and Uncle Charley

lockdown06
12-31-2005, 01:52 AM
Boss Hogg----The Dukes of Hazzard

IGNTBone
01-02-2006, 01:31 AM
Dr. John Becker (Becker)

Kristen
01-02-2006, 04:00 AM
How about Roy Biggins (Wings)? Can't believe no one's mentioned him yet!

Mrgman
01-02-2006, 08:40 PM
Ralph Kramden (honeymooners)
AL bUNDY (MARRIED WITH CHILDREN

Southern Hellraiser
01-03-2006, 02:31 AM
Thelma Harper - Mama's Family

snl 70s show fan
01-03-2006, 03:47 PM
jock and gary ewing from dallas and knots landing jock was always a major jerk and gary became really annoying and cranky during the last 3 or 4 seasons of knots landing

Rosslover
08-27-2006, 09:17 PM
Frank Barrone ...Everybody Loves Raymond

Brian Damage
08-27-2006, 09:22 PM
Louie DePalma===Taxi

vegan_matt
08-28-2006, 12:49 AM
Frank Barrone ...Everybody Loves Raymond

Frank is my choice as well.

greenlaser5555
08-30-2006, 03:53 PM
Coach Hayden Fox

MikeLutton
08-30-2006, 07:58 PM
Fred sanford sanford and son

Jonathan
08-30-2006, 08:05 PM
Thelma Harper - Mama's Family *she had her moments* ;)

Rosslover
02-27-2007, 07:47 PM
Mr Heckles on Friends Reuben Kinkaid on the Partridge Family

Scoobiedoo30
03-01-2007, 08:10 PM
Mr Rooper Three's Company

catlover79
03-01-2007, 09:36 PM
Fish (Barney Miller) was quite a bit of a grouch, always complaining about his aches, pains, illnesses, and Bernice. :lol:

comedyfreak
03-03-2007, 04:55 AM
Archie Bunker on All In The Family
Kira Hart on Reba
Lou Grant on The Mary Tyler Moore Show-You gotta alota spunk, I hate spunk. LOL
George Jefferson on The Jeffersons
Howard Cunningham on Happy Days
Frank Defazio on Laverne and Shirley
Mr. Bickley on Mork & Mindy
Mr. Woodman on Welcome Back Kotter
Milburn Drysdale on The Beverly Hillbillies
Oliver Douglas on Green Acres
Darrin #2 :D
Uncle Joe on Petticoat Junction
Lou Marie on That Girl

catlover79
03-03-2007, 01:32 PM
Dr. Smith on Lost in Space.

TURBOCSX
03-03-2007, 02:51 PM
major hochstetter-Hogan's Heroes

Oscar Madison-(sometimes) The Odd Couple

AB
03-03-2007, 05:38 PM
Mr. Wilson on Dennis the Menace

Uncle Charlie on My Three Sons

Scoobiedoo30
03-03-2007, 05:44 PM
Uncle Charlie did not seem Grumpy to me

KJH278
03-03-2007, 10:30 PM
Clayton and Kraus- Benson

wkomorow
03-03-2007, 11:12 PM
The king of the grumps - Fish (Barney Miller and Fish)

Sherman Hemsley in any of his role - the Boss on Dinosaurs, George Jefferson, or the Deacon on Amen

Florence Stanley as Judge Wilbur on My Two Days and as Grandma on Dinosaurs

catlover79
03-04-2007, 12:22 AM
There was also Mr. Gorpley (Sam Anderson) on Perfect Strangers. He also played the FBI agent in the Lucky Suit episode of ELR, and Donna's dad in La Bamba. :D

AB
03-04-2007, 12:26 PM
Lt. Bert Samuels on Cagney and Lacy

Ohio8
03-12-2007, 11:48 PM
major hochstetter-Hogan's Heroes

Oscar Madison-(sometimes) The Odd Couple

Oscar: "Don't talk to me about Christmas, will ya? All that sticky, phony goodwill. I'd like to get a giant candy cane and beat the wings off a sugar plum fairy."

freshprinceofLA
03-13-2007, 01:37 AM
Mr.Roper-Three's Company
Maddie Hayes- Moonlighting
Archie Bunker- All In the Family
Carla- Cheers
Frank Barone- Everybody Loves Raymond
Debra Barone- Everybody Loves Raymond
Stewy Griffen- Family Guy
George Jefferson- The Jeffersons
Al Bundy- Married With Children
Roseanne Connor- Roseanne
Louie Deplama- Taxi
B.A. Baracus- The A-Team

fullhousefan91619
10-21-2007, 05:48 PM
Stephanie Tanner (in the last 2 seasons she got grumpy) (Full House)
I don't think Stephanie was grumpy, Jesse was much grumpier!

Rezny@gmail.com
10-21-2007, 09:09 PM
Fred sanford sanford and sonOn "Sanford and Son",In the first three season episodes,(and some fourth season episodes)Fred was pretty nice.It was in the fifth and last season that Fred became not-so-nice and grumpy.Lamont was the grumpy one at first(sometimes downright mean to Fred in the early episodes),but they toned down the character later on.Another grumpy character (he didn't start out grumpy,)was Hilton Lucas on Bill Cosby's last series,"Cosby".His wife Ruth(played by Phylicia Rashad of "The Cosby Show"-on THAT show,she and Bill Cosby played a REALLY LOVING COUPLE),was grumpy at first,but they toned her character down some.

Rezny@gmail.com
10-21-2007, 10:29 PM
And on "Green Acres",Oliver didn't start out grumpy,either.He changed about halfway through the series,and,beginning with second season,went from being nice one minute to being grumpy the next.In the last two seasons of the series,he changed to a TOTAL grouch.

AB
10-22-2007, 03:29 PM
Lou Marie from That Girl could be pretty grumpy too, especially around Donald.

Rezny@gmail.com
10-22-2007, 03:39 PM
Mr.Spacely #2 (played by the late,great Mel Blanc)on the 1980's syndicated version of "The Jetsons".Mr.Spacely #1(ALSO played by the late,great Mel Blanc)on the ABC ORIGINAL version of "The Jetsons" was a LOT nicer,still grumpy,but fairly likable.Mr.Spacely #2 was not."Mr.Burns"on the "The Simpsons" is just as bad as Mr.Spacely #2,if not worse.

Rezny@gmail.com
10-22-2007, 03:53 PM
"Maj.Frank Burns" on M*A*S*H.This was a character that NO ONE liked-(or should I say very few people liked)No,not even Col.Blake or Col.Potter-although Col.Blake always(well,most times)sided with Margaret and Burns,although I heard once that Loretta Swit said that her character "Maj.Margaret ("Hot Lips")Houlihan"did NOT like the Frank Burns character.You know what would have been great?If they did a show where Burns and Winchester had met.Those two characters wouldn't have gotten along at ALL.

AB
10-22-2007, 11:38 PM
Mrs. Drysdale from the Beverly Hillbillies.

Mikado
10-23-2007, 12:03 AM
Oscar Leroy ( Eric Peterson) from CORNER GAS.....Not only is Oscar known for calling everyone in town "Jackass", sooner or later; he drives the local Cops nuts by calling them daily and asking him to arrest everyone and everything that annoys him, then calling them Jackasses when they dont do anything about it. He comes into the gas station to complain about everything his son does in the old family business, despite the fact that he retired 5 years ago. Oscar has been BANNED from every "helpline" in town!!! :lol:

catlover79
10-23-2007, 12:14 PM
Gary from Back To You can be pretty grumpy at times. Then again, if I was stuck in a car with Marsh driving, I would be a grouch, too!! :rofl:

ekkostar
10-23-2007, 04:04 PM
Unless I've missed it, Dr. Frasier Crane. But sometimes he went past grumpy and went straight to downright mean and ugly!

AB
10-23-2007, 04:26 PM
Mr. Whitman - Welcome Back Kotter

Rezny@gmail.com
10-23-2007, 04:52 PM
On "Green Acres",in some episodes,Lisa(yes,I said Lisa)could be grumpy,too.In the episode "What Happened in Scranton",she got mad at the other farmers,and lectured them,and then was nice again to them,(and they listened to her ),in the episode "Wings over Hooterville"she got mad at Mr.Haney,and later she AND Mr.Haney got mad at Oliver,and in "Music to Milkk By",she was a bit irritated at first when she woke up,and in "Jealousy",she snapped at Eb,then was nice again.Also,in the first season old house episodes especially(the character was toned down in the second season/old house and third-sixth season Universal City Studios new house years-in the new house years,the character was REALLY toned down)Ward Cleaver on "Leave it to Beaver".

Rezny@gmail.com
10-23-2007, 04:54 PM
Oops!Typo.In my above post,I meant the "Green Acres"episode "Music to Milk By".And in that same episode,Eb got grumpy with Eleanor the cow.

andress_jade
09-20-2008, 06:18 PM
Loren Bray on Dr. Quinn. He was always grumpy to everyone so they would leave him alone. It really was a front though because he really had a gentle side to him and we would see it come out quite often. ;)

mrsmatthewperry
10-16-2008, 08:40 PM
Berta..Two and a Half Men

Rosario...Will and Grace

Niles...The Nanny

Leonard Green...Friends (Rachel's dad)

Miranda Hobbs...Sex and The City

Dr. Perry Cox...Scrubs

Dr. Bob Calso...Scrubs

Mimi Bowbeck Carey...Drew Carey Show

Dr. Kerry Weaver...ER

Dr. Robert Ramono....ER

Newman...Sienfield

catlover79
05-12-2012, 12:27 AM
Mike Heck - The Middle

Joy and Victoria - Hot in Cleveland

Jack Gomez
05-12-2012, 03:31 PM
Sgt. Carter - Gomer Pyle USMC
Grace Musso - Parker Lewis Can't Lose
George Wilson - Dennis the Menace
John Wilson - Dennis the Menace
Mr. Finch - Dennis the Menace
Lucy Elkins - Dennis the Menace
Martin Payne - Martin
Pamela James - Martin
Sheneneh Jenkins - Martin
Edna Payne - Martin
Mother Jefferson - The Jeffersons
Ron Swanson - Parks and Recreation
Mr. Angelino - Three's Company

duckie
05-12-2012, 06:11 PM
CC Babcock on the Nanny
Grandpa on Grounded for Life

andress_jade
05-21-2012, 06:33 PM
I have to add Martin Crane from Frasier to this list. When the show first started Martin was a grumpy, bitter sourpuss but as the show progressed he was less grumpy but still had his edge that made him who he was. :)

catlover79
05-22-2012, 03:39 PM
There was also Mr. Gorpley (Sam Anderson) on Perfect Strangers. He also played the FBI agent in the Lucky Suit episode of ELR, and Donna's dad in La Bamba. :D

I forgot to add the first PS boss, Mr. Twinkacetti (Ernie Sabella) at the Ritz Discount Store. :lol:

hawkeye123
05-26-2012, 03:56 PM
Al Bundy married with children,Hannabal from the ateam,mr.t from the a team.

hawkeye123
05-26-2012, 03:58 PM
Another one of the big ones would be mama.From mamas family.

70s show watcher
05-26-2012, 05:44 PM
dorothy zbaornak the golden girls

hawkeye123
05-26-2012, 08:31 PM
dorothy zbaornak the golden girls


for sure! Dorthy was great!or Carrie from king of queens.

megamanj2004
05-27-2012, 03:29 AM
Grandfather Stratton - Silver Spoons, especially towards Edward

Capt. Dolan - HUNTER, but he was also known for trying to take credit for himself whenever Hunter and McCall finished a case.

Grouchy Smurf - The Smurfs

Judge Milton C. Hardcastle - Hardcastle and McCormick, was meaner in the earlier episodes but gradually softened up as the run went on, though he still maintained his tough persona.

Gemini_89
03-06-2016, 08:11 AM
Jo from The Facts of Life. She's my girl but i gotta tell the truth LOL.

Schmoopie
03-12-2016, 03:28 AM
Although I love him to pieces, I'd say Martin from Frasier.