# Angry Grandpa
**Angry Grandpa** was the online persona of **Charles Marvin "Charlie" Green Jr.** (October 16, 1950 – December 10, 2017), an American internet personality from the [Charleston, South Carolina](https://www.edgepedia.org/charleston-south-carolina) area whose videos of explosive, profanity-laced reactions to pranks and everyday annoyances drew roughly 3.5 million YouTube subscribers by the time of his death.[1](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2017/12/12/charles-greeninternet-personality-known-angry-grandpa-obituary/) The character grew out of a single family video shot on Christmas Day 2007.[2](https://www.postandcourier.com/news/youtube-star-angry-grandpa-leaves-behind-a-legion-of-loyal-younguns/article_20582ad4-df51-11e7-81f3-7b644e089a15.html)
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Full name and dates | Charles Marvin Green Jr., born 1950 in Charleston, South Carolina; died December 10, 2017, at age 67[3](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm6417616/) • [2](https://www.postandcourier.com/news/youtube-star-angry-grandpa-leaves-behind-a-legion-of-loyal-younguns/article_20582ad4-df51-11e7-81f3-7b644e089a15.html) |
| Origin video | Filmed Christmas morning 2007, around 9 a.m., after his family opened presents without him; posted by his son Michael to Break.com, where it reached the homepage[4](https://charlestoncitypaper.com/2013/03/27/why-is-this-man-so-angry/?oid=4595072) |
| Main channel | TheAngryGrandpaShow, first upload June 19, 2010;[5](https://knowyourmeme.com/sensitive/memes/people/angry-grandpa) about 3.5 million subscribers and more than 627 million views by 2017[1](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2017/12/12/charles-greeninternet-personality-known-angry-grandpa-obituary/) • [6](https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/angry-grandpa-cranky-youtube-sensation-dies-67-005026510.html) |
| Production | Son Michael Green ("Pickleboy") served as a constant companion and cameraman for the show; Bridgette West co-hosted[2](https://www.postandcourier.com/news/youtube-star-angry-grandpa-leaves-behind-a-legion-of-loyal-younguns/article_20582ad4-df51-11e7-81f3-7b644e089a15.html) • [5](https://knowyourmeme.com/sensitive/memes/people/angry-grandpa) |
| Signature video | "Angry Grandpa Destroys PS4" (December 9, 2014) drew more than 30 million views and 74,000 comments within three years[5](https://knowyourmeme.com/sensitive/memes/people/angry-grandpa) |
| Health disclosures | Squamous-cell skin cancer announced February 2017; cirrhosis of the liver announced July 6, 2017[2](https://www.postandcourier.com/news/youtube-star-angry-grandpa-leaves-behind-a-legion-of-loyal-younguns/article_20582ad4-df51-11e7-81f3-7b644e089a15.html) |
| Recognition | Featured on HLN's "Dr. Drew," MTV's "Pranked," and the British clip show Rude Tube; WWE manager Paul Heyman called him "a true YouTube pioneer"[6](https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/angry-grandpa-cranky-youtube-sensation-dies-67-005026510.html) • [2](https://www.postandcourier.com/news/youtube-star-angry-grandpa-leaves-behind-a-legion-of-loyal-younguns/article_20582ad4-df51-11e7-81f3-7b644e089a15.html) |
## Early life and background
Charles Marvin Green Jr. was born in Charleston, South Carolina, to Charles Marvin Green Sr. (1925–1987), a World War II veteran, and Dorothy Mae Meyers-Green (1926–1999), a former firefighter for the North Charleston Fire Department.[3](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm6417616/) He was raised in the [Sherwood Forest](https://www.edgepedia.org/sherwood-forest) neighborhood of West Ashley and worked, before YouTube, as a firefighter, a snack bar owner, a flea market merchant, and an apartment maintenance worker.[4](https://charlestoncitypaper.com/2013/03/27/why-is-this-man-so-angry/?oid=4595072)
**Personal turnaround.** Green said that ten years before his online fame he was an "800-pound alcoholic and a distant father," and credited gastric bypass surgery and major lifestyle changes with transforming his life.[4](https://charlestoncitypaper.com/2013/03/27/why-is-this-man-so-angry/?oid=4595072) He later told interviewers that his newfound celebrity had transformed him from being an "800 lb alcoholic and distant father."[1](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2017/12/12/charles-greeninternet-personality-known-angry-grandpa-obituary/) He was married to Tina Marie Green from 1982 to 2012, with four children.[3](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm6417616/) By 2013 he was collecting [Social Security](https://www.edgepedia.org/social-security) and raising four grandchildren in a mobile home in the Trailwood park in [North Charleston](https://www.edgepedia.org/north-charleston).[4](https://charlestoncitypaper.com/2013/03/27/why-is-this-man-so-angry/?oid=4595072)
## Origins: the 2007 video and the AngryGrandpaShow channel
Green made his online debut on Christmas Day 2007, when his son Michael filmed him flying into a fury because his family had opened presents without him.[2](https://www.postandcourier.com/news/youtube-star-angry-grandpa-leaves-behind-a-legion-of-loyal-younguns/article_20582ad4-df51-11e7-81f3-7b644e089a15.html) The video was shot around 9 a.m. that morning; Michael posted it to the humor website Break.com, where it soon appeared on the homepage and garnered tens of thousands of views.[4](https://charlestoncitypaper.com/2013/03/27/why-is-this-man-so-angry/?oid=4595072) Michael maintained the video was 100 percent real.[2](https://www.postandcourier.com/news/youtube-star-angry-grandpa-leaves-behind-a-legion-of-loyal-younguns/article_20582ad4-df51-11e7-81f3-7b644e089a15.html)
In 2010 the AngryGrandpaShow YouTube channel was launched, featuring regular videos showing Green getting violently angry about minor annoyances, politicians, and pranks by his youngest son Michael.[1](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2017/12/12/charles-greeninternet-personality-known-angry-grandpa-obituary/) The first upload to the channel, on June 19, 2010, showed Green cursing about YouTube itself.[5](https://knowyourmeme.com/sensitive/memes/people/angry-grandpa) Green also kept a personal channel, "Grandpa's Corner," where he told stories about his life and ran a weekly "Mailbag Monday" segment opening packages and reading letters sent in by viewers.[1](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2017/12/12/charles-greeninternet-personality-known-angry-grandpa-obituary/) • [3](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm6417616/)
## Format, production, and the Green family
The show's formula centered on Michael provoking his father, the camera capturing the eruption, and the aftermath: by March 2013 Green had destroyed eight computers, a television, a set of kitchen appliances, groceries, and numerous cell phones on camera.[4](https://charlestoncitypaper.com/2013/03/27/why-is-this-man-so-angry/?oid=4595072) The series was co-hosted by Michael "Pickleboy" Green and Bridgette "Princess" West, and IMDb lists filming at 5430 Ree Street in Trailwood, North Charleston, Green's trailer from 2007 to 2012.[5](https://knowyourmeme.com/sensitive/memes/people/angry-grandpa) • [7](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7493646/)
**Michael's role.** Michael Green served as his father's constant companion and cameraman for the show.[2](https://www.postandcourier.com/news/youtube-star-angry-grandpa-leaves-behind-a-legion-of-loyal-younguns/article_20582ad4-df51-11e7-81f3-7b644e089a15.html) He had worked as a webmaster for a WWE wrestling promoter and ran his own channel, KidBehindACamera.[4](https://charlestoncitypaper.com/2013/03/27/why-is-this-man-so-angry/?oid=4595072) The channel's earnings let him buy his father a house and his dream car, a 1955 [Chevrolet Bel Air](https://www.edgepedia.org/chevrolet-bel-air).[8](https://www.live5news.com/story/37044478/lowcountry-man-known-as-angry-grandpa-on-youtube-passes-away/) The family turned down a truTV reality-show offer; as Michael put it, "a lot of the scenes are scripted, and Dad's not a good actor. There's no use even trying with him."[4](https://charlestoncitypaper.com/2013/03/27/why-is-this-man-so-angry/?oid=4595072)
## Popularity and reception
Growth was steady rather than instant. By March 2013 the main channel had more than 164,000 subscribers and 48 million views; earlier in 2017 it had amassed more than 3 million subscribers and more than 627 million views, and the Telegraph gave a figure of about 3.5 million subscribers at his death.[4](https://charlestoncitypaper.com/2013/03/27/why-is-this-man-so-angry/?oid=4595072) • [6](https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/angry-grandpa-cranky-youtube-sensation-dies-67-005026510.html) • [1](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2017/12/12/charles-greeninternet-personality-known-angry-grandpa-obituary/)
His videos were featured on HLN's "Dr. Drew," MTV's "Pranked," and the British clip show Rude Tube.[6](https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/angry-grandpa-cranky-youtube-sensation-dies-67-005026510.html) • [1](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2017/12/12/charles-greeninternet-personality-known-angry-grandpa-obituary/) Fans called themselves "Grandpa's Army," and Green addressed them as "youngins."[6](https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/angry-grandpa-cranky-youtube-sensation-dies-67-005026510.html)
**Offline mobilization.** The audience translated into local politics. In April 2012 Green mobilized "Grandpa's Army" against the rezoning of Trailwood Mobile Home Park in North Charleston; the city council denied the rezoning after 200 residents stood in opposition, and a city spokesman estimated that over 80 percent of the opposition contacts came from outside the city.[4](https://charlestoncitypaper.com/2013/03/27/why-is-this-man-so-angry/?oid=4595072)
## By the numbers
- March 2013: more than 164,000 subscribers and 48 million views on the main channel.[4](https://charlestoncitypaper.com/2013/03/27/why-is-this-man-so-angry/?oid=4595072)
- 2017: more than 3 million subscribers and more than 627 million views earlier in the year; about 3.5 million subscribers at his death in December.[6](https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/angry-grandpa-cranky-youtube-sensation-dies-67-005026510.html) • [1](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2017/12/12/charles-greeninternet-personality-known-angry-grandpa-obituary/)
- "Angry Grandpa Destroys PS4" (December 9, 2014): more than 30 million views and 74,000 comments within three years.[5](https://knowyourmeme.com/sensitive/memes/people/angry-grandpa)
- "Angry Grandpa's New House" (July 10, 2015): over 13.8 million views.[5](https://knowyourmeme.com/sensitive/memes/people/angry-grandpa)
- Death announcement: 4.6 million views by the Tuesday after his death.[8](https://www.live5news.com/story/37044478/lowcountry-man-known-as-angry-grandpa-on-youtube-passes-away/)
## Authenticity and criticism
The show blurred, in the Post and Courier's phrase, "the line between slapstick comedy and real-life rage," and viewers debated how much was staged.[2](https://www.postandcourier.com/news/youtube-star-angry-grandpa-leaves-behind-a-legion-of-loyal-younguns/article_20582ad4-df51-11e7-81f3-7b644e089a15.html) Michael's own remark in declining truTV, that "a lot of the scenes are scripted, and Dad's not a good actor," acknowledged staging in parts of the output, while he maintained the 2007 origin video was 100 percent real.[4](https://charlestoncitypaper.com/2013/03/27/why-is-this-man-so-angry/?oid=4595072) • [2](https://www.postandcourier.com/news/youtube-star-angry-grandpa-leaves-behind-a-legion-of-loyal-younguns/article_20582ad4-df51-11e7-81f3-7b644e089a15.html) The line between performance and reality cut both ways: when Green announced his cancer in February 2017, Michael at first thought his father was pranking him, and Green broke down and told him it was true.[6](https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/angry-grandpa-cranky-youtube-sensation-dies-67-005026510.html)
## Health, death, and tributes
In February 2017 Green announced on camera, in a video titled "ANGRY GRANDPA HAS CANCER," that he had squamous-cell skin cancer that had spread near his spine.[2](https://www.postandcourier.com/news/youtube-star-angry-grandpa-leaves-behind-a-legion-of-loyal-younguns/article_20582ad4-df51-11e7-81f3-7b644e089a15.html) On July 6, 2017, he announced a second, unrelated diagnosis: cirrhosis of the liver, described as collateral damage from bouts of alcoholism years prior.[2](https://www.postandcourier.com/news/youtube-star-angry-grandpa-leaves-behind-a-legion-of-loyal-younguns/article_20582ad4-df51-11e7-81f3-7b644e089a15.html)
He died on December 10, 2017, at home in [Summerville, South Carolina](https://www.edgepedia.org/summerville-south-carolina), at age 67.[2](https://www.postandcourier.com/news/youtube-star-angry-grandpa-leaves-behind-a-legion-of-loyal-younguns/article_20582ad4-df51-11e7-81f3-7b644e089a15.html) Sources differ on the cause: entertainment coverage reported death after a short battle with skin cancer, while the Post and Courier reported that the cancer was in remission and attributed the death to cirrhosis; Know Your Meme states he died due to high levels of ammonia brought on by liver cirrhosis.[6](https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/angry-grandpa-cranky-youtube-sensation-dies-67-005026510.html) • [2](https://www.postandcourier.com/news/youtube-star-angry-grandpa-leaves-behind-a-legion-of-loyal-younguns/article_20582ad4-df51-11e7-81f3-7b644e089a15.html) • [5](https://knowyourmeme.com/sensitive/memes/people/angry-grandpa) The video announcing his death had been seen 4.6 million times by the following Tuesday, and a memorial service was scheduled at Parks Funeral Home in Summerville.[8](https://www.live5news.com/story/37044478/lowcountry-man-known-as-angry-grandpa-on-youtube-passes-away/) He was survived by five children, nine grandchildren, and a fiancée.[6](https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/angry-grandpa-cranky-youtube-sensation-dies-67-005026510.html) Michael said his father's last words to him were "I love you," and that "He died with a scowl on his face."[2](https://www.postandcourier.com/news/youtube-star-angry-grandpa-leaves-behind-a-legion-of-loyal-younguns/article_20582ad4-df51-11e7-81f3-7b644e089a15.html)
## Legacy
WWE manager [Paul Heyman](https://www.edgepedia.org/paul-heyman) posted a personal tribute calling Charles Green "a true YouTube pioneer."[2](https://www.postandcourier.com/news/youtube-star-angry-grandpa-leaves-behind-a-legion-of-loyal-younguns/article_20582ad4-df51-11e7-81f3-7b644e089a15.html) The Post and Courier placed the show's father-son dynamic in the lineage of MTV's *Viva La Bam* (2003–05), in which a parent absorbed the fallout of his son's stunts, and characterized the series as mixing slapstick comedy with real-life rage.[2](https://www.postandcourier.com/news/youtube-star-angry-grandpa-leaves-behind-a-legion-of-loyal-younguns/article_20582ad4-df51-11e7-81f3-7b644e089a15.html) The Trailwood rezoning fight showed the persona's reach beyond entertainment: a fan base built around prank videos was able to flood a city council with opposition and help defeat a rezoning measure.[4](https://charlestoncitypaper.com/2013/03/27/why-is-this-man-so-angry/?oid=4595072)
## References
1. [Charles Green, internet personality known as 'Angry Grandpa' – obituary, The Telegraph](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2017/12/12/charles-greeninternet-personality-known-angry-grandpa-obituary/)
2. [YouTube star Angry Grandpa leaves behind a legion of loyal 'young'uns', The Post and Courier](https://www.postandcourier.com/news/youtube-star-angry-grandpa-leaves-behind-a-legion-of-loyal-younguns/article_20582ad4-df51-11e7-81f3-7b644e089a15.html)
3. [Charles Green – IMDb biography](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm6417616/)
4. [Why is this man so angry?, Charleston City Paper](https://charlestoncitypaper.com/2013/03/27/why-is-this-man-so-angry/?oid=4595072)
5. [Angry Grandpa, Know Your Meme](https://knowyourmeme.com/sensitive/memes/people/angry-grandpa)
6. [Angry Grandpa, Cranky YouTube Sensation, Dies at 67, Yahoo Entertainment](https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/angry-grandpa-cranky-youtube-sensation-dies-67-005026510.html)
7. [The Angry Grandpa Show (TV Series 2010–2017), IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7493646/)
8. [Lowcountry man known as 'Angry Grandpa' on YouTube passes away, Live 5 News](https://www.live5news.com/story/37044478/lowcountry-man-known-as-angry-grandpa-on-youtube-passes-away/)
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