18 Greatest Oldies in the Pop Culture Retirement Home

Age is coming for you. It comes for all of us. If you plan on staying alive, your reward is getting older. But just because you’re getting old, it doesn’t mean you have to go to the glue factory. Sure, there are plenty of moldy oldies in life that complain and worry about getting soup before 3:00pm, but our generation has had inspiring role models via popular culture that we can lean onto and learn from for when we get wrinkled.

There are several seniors in movies and television shows that can inspire us in terms of attitude and action for when we grow into their age range. Sure, we may not be force sensitive or a dream-based meadow that personified into Stephen Fry, but we sure as hell can try when we’re in the old folks home.

Here are some of the most fun, inspiring, or just plain badass old people from pop culture that we can learn a thing or two from (ya whippersnappers!).