Howard Borden - Bob Newhart Show
Ted Baxter - Mary Tyler Moore Show
Ralph Malph - Happy Days
Larry Tate - Bewitched
Rosco P. Coltrane - Dukes of Hazzard
Nathan Bookman - Good Times

Christopher Knight...Peter Brady. Did anyone see him eat it on Celebrity Circus?

Ernest T. Bass (The Andy Griffith Show) :lol:

There are many, but some of the more recent examples to me would be Phoebe and Joey on Friends, and Kramer on Seinfeld

TV Star Collector--Good choice. Ernest T. Bass is an excellent, pure example of this type of character)

Oh, so this topic isn't about the cliché of adults playing high school students? :lol:

Two that stand out to me are Rose Nylund and Chrissy Snow.

Oh, so this topic isn't about the cliché of adults playing high school students? :lol:

Two that stand out to me are Rose Nylund and Chrissy Snow.

Good examples, Impressions. Yeah, I kind of interpreted this thread to include any character who might be either childish, childlike or naive--or all three, or just someone who, although physically an adult, seemed to look at life perhaps through a child's perspective and reasoning.

So, yeah, I think all our examples have been good.

Good examples, Impressions. Yeah, I kind of interpreted this thread to include any character who might be either childish, childlike or naive--or all three, or just someone who, although physically an adult, seemed to look at life perhaps through a child's perspective and reasoning.

So, yeah, I think all our examples have been good.
That's exactly what I meant - also characters who tend to throw childish tantrums when things don't go their way. :lol:

P.S. I chose Rosco from Dukes, but I forgot to mention Enos Strate!! *slaps forehead* Now THERE'S a childlike, naive character - in a good way!! :D

Matthew Brock from "NewsRadio." He acted so much like a child, at one point, he joined the Big Brothers Program, but instead of getting a little kid, he was given an adult and became the "little brother." lol

Herman Munster from "The Munsters."

Also:

Gomer Pyle
Goober Pyle
Pinky Lee
Pee-Wee Herman
Ernest P. Worrell
Mork
Balki (Perfect Strangers)

barney fife was very childlike in some ways and of course there is everyones faveb manchild gilligan

Coach Ernie Pantusso
Woody Boyd

Judge Harold T. Stone - Night Court

Mr. Rogers (Mr. Rogers Neighborhood) ;)

Edward Stratton III - Silver Spoons
Gomez and Uncle Fester - The Addams' Family
Cindy Snow - Three's Company
Sgt Gunther Toody - Car 54, Where Are You?
Dauber Dybinski - Coach

Gilligan from Gilligan's Island
Monroe from Too Close For Comfort
J.D. and Turk from Scrubs

The Three Stooges

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Edward Stratton III - Silver Spoons
Gomez and Uncle Fester - The Addams' Family
Cindy Snow - Three's Company
Sgt Gunther Toody - Car 54, Where Are You?
Dauber Dybinski - Coach
Speaking of Coach, Luther Van Dam was probably even more of a kid than Dauber. :lol:

Vinton Harper, and...

do robots count?

I'd also say Commander Data from TNG...extremely smart, but also childlike in certain ways.

Maynard G. Krebbs--Bob Denver's beatnik role on Dobie Gillis.

Cody on Step-by-step

Jethro Bodine - Beverly Hillbillies

Eb Dawson - Green Acres (hey, do you think Eb and Enos are long-lost relatives? They look and sound alike! :lol:)

Oh, let us not forget WKRP's Arthur "Big Guy" Carlson. He had more toys and gadgets in his office than you could shake a stick at!! :rofl:

Buddy Lemback - Charles In Charge

DeWayne Schneider - One Day At A Time

How could I forget Vera Gorman of Alice? Other than maybe Chrissy Snow, she was probably the most child-like woman in the history of the sitcom!! :lol:

Add "Lenny & Squiggy" to the list. lol!

ed norton the honeymooners

Hilda from Sabrina, the Teenage Witch.

George Jefferson could DEFINITELY act childish - just ask Weezy. :lol:

Whenever I think this list is exhausted, people keep coming up with great examples. :clap

Sgt Schultz - Hogans Heroes
Alph and Ralph Monroe - Green Acres
Hank Kimball - Green Acres
Lisa Douglas - Green Acres
Sonny Drysdale - Beverly Hillbillies