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Comedies w/ Older Man as The Lead?

Started by MortSahlFan, April 02, 2019, 09:25:21 PM

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MortSahlFan


St_Eddie

Grumpy Old Men and Grumpier Old Men.  Of course both films also featured love interests played by women much younger than them because HOLLYWOOD.

PowerButchi



Cold Meat Platter


Tony Tony Tony


Absorb the anus burn

One Foot In The Fucking Grave, Dickheads.

Absorb the anus burn


PowerButchi


PowerButchi

Punky Brewster (Fuck you, Henry was the star)

Ballad of Ballard Berkley


Dusty Substance


Vicious, that forgotten sitcom starring Ian McKellen and Derek Jacobi as an elderly gay couple.

Larry was 65+ in the last two seasons of Curb.


a duncandisorderly

I don't know why, but I remain convinced that this was earlier than the '89-'94 run stated here:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/May_to_December





gilbertharding

Quote from: Tony Tony Tony on April 02, 2019, 10:54:49 PM
Never the twain?

Windsor Davies was 51 when that started. Donald Sinden was 58.

Quote from: Absorb the anus burn on April 02, 2019, 10:56:16 PM
One Foot In The Fucking Grave, Dickheads.
Richard Wilson was 53 when One Foot in the Grave started, although Victor Meldrew was supposed to be 60.

Quote from: MortSahlFan on April 02, 2019, 09:25:21 PM
Harry and Tonto

(I consider old 65+)


Cuellar


Keebleman

Dad's Army.  Lots of them (though Clive Dunn was only pretending to be old (and some of the others were late-middle-aged)).

Claude the Racecar Driving Rockstar Super Sleuth

Last of the Summer Wine, obviously. In fact, just every sitcom that BBC1 has ever broadcast on a Sunday evening.

Sebastian Cobb

Quote from: Dusty Substance on April 03, 2019, 03:56:38 AM
Vicious, that forgotten sitcom starring Ian McKellen and Derek Jacobi as an elderly gay couple.

Larry was 65+ in the last two seasons of Curb.

Larry's in his 70's. Which is, admittedly, 65+

Sebastian Cobb

Hang on are we on about the characters or the actors here?

Does Still Game count?

Twed



Sebastian Cobb

The later Alf Garnett reboots (Till Death... In Sickness and In Health)

imitationleather

Delboy famously turned 100 during series 7 of Only Fools and Horses.


It's always tempting to say Ronnie Barker because he looked about 70 for his entire career. Can't believe he was only 76 when he died.

Fellow Open All Hours star Stephanie Cole suffers a similar affliction. She was only 50 when they made Waiting For God.