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catlover79 · 06-16-2008, 01:52 PM

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

zuberoo20 · 06-16-2008, 01:59 PM

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

tv star collector · 06-16-2008, 03:08 PM

Ernest T. Bass (The Andy Griffith Show)

Yooch · 06-16-2008, 03:22 PM

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)

Impressions · 06-16-2008, 03:33 PM

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

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

Yooch · 06-16-2008, 03:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Impressions

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

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.

catlover79 · 06-16-2008, 04:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Yooch

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.

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!!

Adamantium · 06-16-2008, 04:21 PM

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."

tv star collector · 06-16-2008, 06:18 PM

Also:

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

70s show watcher · 06-16-2008, 07:36 PM

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

samanddiane4eva · 06-16-2008, 11:17 PM

Coach Ernie Pantusso
Woody Boyd

PunkyP0WER · 06-16-2008, 11:53 PM

Judge Harold T. Stone - Night Court

Ireneparalegal · 06-17-2008, 12:15 AM

Mr. Rogers (Mr. Rogers Neighborhood)

Zoneboy · 06-17-2008, 12:46 AM

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

comedyfreak · 06-17-2008, 05:42 AM

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

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