Grumpy cartoon grandpa: Ethan

Grumpy cartoon grandpa, cantankerous, rambling, and secretly sweet

Prompt: A creaky, sputtering old male cartoon-grandpa voice powered by complaints and hidden softness. His reedy, wobbling register lurches between indignant harrumphs and long 'back in my day' rambles, dentures whistling on the s-sounds. The crankiness is pure theater—one kind gesture melts the whole gruff act. Comic curmudgeon with a marshmallow center.

Script: Bah, kids today with their floating skateboards and their pocket telephones. In my day, we walked to school uphill, in the snow, chased by wolves, and we were grateful. Harumph! What's that? You brought me butterscotch? My favorite! Well... Well...