Timothy Claypole

Timothy Claypole is a jester ghost from centuries past, all bells and motley, who signs on with the spectral employment agency Rentaghost hoping for gainful haunting work. He is clumsy, cheerful and accident-prone, forever tripping over his own feet and clutching his nose with a wail whenever disaster strikes, which is often.

The joke of Claypole is that death hasn't made him any less of a hapless liability, and Michael Staniforth commits to the pratfalls with real physical comedy skill, turning a simple catchphrase into a running gag that never wears out. He's pure slapstick warmth in a show built on gentle silliness, and children adored him for it.