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Home › Entertainment

Poll | 06/20/2009 12:00 am

Who is your favorite TV dad?

Read more about: Entertainment, Family Ties, Father Knows Best, Father's Day, Happy Days, My Three Sons, Television, The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet, The Cosby Show, The Waltons

82 Reader Comments (so far…) Sign In or Register to comment

James the Game
Lew Parker, who played the father on That Girl’. His talent was amazing, and that role fit him like a glove. He was absolutely brilliant. Redd Foxx on Sanford & Son was quite good, too. Carroll O’Connor on All in the Family was also incredible.
By James the Game on 06/19/2009 11:23 pm
Karen R
but would you really want Sanford or Bunker as your father figure?
By Karen R on 06/19/2009 11:48 pm
James the Game
My Dad was kind of an athletic Archie Bunker.
By James the Game on 06/20/2009 12:51 pm
Deena B.
Birthday Greetings, James!  Have a wonderful day.
By Deena B. on 06/21/2009 10:47 am
James the Game
Very sweet of U.
By James the Game on 06/21/2009 12:19 pm
Kathy Dial

Enrico Colantoni from "Veronica Mars"

By Kathy Dial on 06/20/2009 12:00 am
Woody McBreairty

The question isn’t who would you want as your "father figure"….?

I think Dick Van Dyke for a TV dad was pretty cool…..

Also Lorne Greene on "Bonanza"…

By Woody McBreairty on 06/20/2009 12:12 am
Deena B.
Good point.  There is a difference.
By Deena B. on 06/20/2009 8:03 am
Patricia Sprofera
Woody McBreairty - Of course, "father figure," is a better fit.
By Patricia Sprofera on 06/20/2009 10:38 am
Linda Myers
I think Michael Landon on Little House was a favorite.
By Linda Myers on 06/20/2009 12:50 am
Andrea Brandon
My first inclination was to go with  "Father Knows Best" [Jim Anderson], but after all was said and done I had to go with John-Boy’s dad. Why? Because  the show itself was a near-replica of my mother’s family of origin. My Grandpa was a coal miner and a carpenter and had so many of the same values and wishes for his kids [and grandkids] that were seen on the television program. 
By Andrea Brandon on 06/20/2009 1:12 am
L. C.

Goodmorning MeeToo and Andrea Brandon!

The Waltons were also a favorite of mine ,read my post for details.

 P.S. I like your suggestion. I’m going to  find a photo of my baby Dread and use it as avatar. Dread looks like Bo. I am not exaggerating ! … You’ll see soon!

By L. C. on 06/20/2009 8:45 am
Andrea Brandon

LC,

Talk about all warm and fuzzy with the Waltons. No slouchers there either. Loved that show.

Will be looking for the avatar of Dread. But I must ask how he got that name.

By Andrea Brandon on 06/20/2009 11:34 am
L. C.

MeeToo and AB,

I travelled to Jamaica on vacation several times. There are Jamaicans known as Rastafarians. They wear their hair in very tight twisted curls that grow long are very beautiful. These curls are called Dreadlocks. I called him Dreadlocks then Dread and my mother called him Dready. He was a toy poodle. I let his hair grow long and it ended up looking like Shirley Temple curls. His hair was the texture and color of Bo’s. His face looks exactly like Bo’s.

By L. C. on 06/20/2009 2:32 pm
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