Cloris Leachman and Frankie Muniz in Malcolm in the Middle (2000)
Malcolm: I studied about your country in school.
Ida: Always with the books.You won't be happy till you get eye cancer.
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Poll: Rest in Peace, Grandma Ida
This is melancholy time for Mel Brooks and Malcolm in the Middle (2000) fans: Oscar-winner movie and TV legend Cloris Leachman died at the age of 94.
As Malcolm's Grandma Ida, she didn't exactly play the ideal grandmother, that title would go to Betty White (who actually played her rival in the series). The old hag we so loved to hate, was awfully mean, uttering politically incorrect one-liners that would be shocking if they weren't so damn hilarious and going as far as (in order of gravity) calling her daughter ugly, stabbing Francis' leg with a knitting needle, suing the whole family and having Reese as her favorite grandson.
(To her credit though, she did redeem herself with her sole good action in the whole series: saving Dewey from a truck accident and losing her leg in the process.)
So this is a tribute to the one TV grandmother who didn't exactly go to the Disney school of grandparenting and the only role of the series that was awarded an Emmy; now, check this list of her worst insults or one-liners and simply vote for the most hilariously mean one.
After voting, you might discuss the list here
And Rest in Peace, Cloris Leachman
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Cloris Leachman and Christopher Masterson in Malcolm in the Middle (2000)
Francis: Where do I sleep? Grandma Ida: You're sitting on it Francis: Does it turn into a bed? Grandma Ida: Yes, it becomes a bed. It's a special magic sofa. It opens up for magic, lazy boy. And angels come out feed you grapes and sing to you while you sleep, and it flies around the room, granting wishes to boys who are stupid! -
Cloris Leachman and Christopher Masterson in Malcolm in the Middle (2000)
Grandma Ida: This was for cousin Nichola. I spent the day shopping for it. Then she goes and marries a protestant.That camera, for your father, right before he *refused* to drive me to the liquor store. -
Cloris Leachman in Malcolm in the Middle (2000)
Dewey: We'll miss you. Grandma Ida: Even the little one lies. -
Cloris Leachman and Jane Kaczmarek in Malcolm in the Middle (2000)
Grandma Ida: You should settle. Hal: What? Lois: Mom! Grandma Ida: It's for your own good. You can't keep your legs closed for 20 minutes, at least take good advice when you hear it. -
Cloris Leachman in Malcolm in the Middle (2000)
Grandma Ida: Guess why your soup tasted different when you came back from bathroom. -
Cloris Leachman and Jane Kaczmarek in Malcolm in the Middle (2000)
Lois: Mother, we can't afford to put you up here. Grandma Ida: You can afford a maid. Piama: I'm not the maid, Ida. My name is Piama. I'm married to Francis. Grandma Ida: Tell the help not to talk to me. -
Cloris Leachman and Jane Kaczmarek in Malcolm in the Middle (2000)
(as she surprises Lois in the shower) Grandma Ida: You have your father's breasts. -
Cloris Leachman and James Hong in Malcolm in the Middle (2000)
Malcolm: I need to be alone. Grandma Ida: You should get him a woman before it's too late. An ugly one. They're cheaper, they work harder. -
Cloris Leachman, Jane Kaczmarek, and Betty White in Malcolm in the Middle (2000)
Grandma Ida: Finally a Canadian who isn't an idiot. -
Cloris Leachman in Malcolm in the Middle (2000)
Marica: Is this the fat daughter or the one who drinks? Grandma Ida: This is the one with the halfwit factory between her legs. -
Cloris Leachman, Frankie Muniz, and Justin Berfield in Malcolm in the Middle (2000)
Grandma Ida: While we live like dogs, they were playing on grand pianos, and eating with napkins! Why do you think you girls were so short and ugly? -
Cloris Leachman and Justin Berfield in Malcolm in the Middle (2000)
Grandma Ida: Will you take this soap opera outside, I wanna watch the whore that gives the weather. -
Cloris Leachman and Christopher Masterson in Malcolm in the Middle (2000)
Francis: If you think I'm above punching you, you are totally wrong. Grandma Ida: Of course you'd hit a cripple. You couldn't even get a white girl to marry you. -
Cloris Leachman, Justin Berfield, and Rheagan Wallace in Malcolm in the Middle (2000)
Raduca: Family, howdy. Grandma Ida: You're here to work, not gossip like a fishwife. -
Cloris Leachman at an event for 2006 Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards (2006)
Allow me to pick one nice quote:Lois: Mom, you hate boy bands, right? Grandma Ida: They're making a living. Give 'em a break.
