UNSUNG HEROES OF TV: DADS

Today is my Dad's birthday so to celebrate we shall remember the...

UNSUNG HEROES OF TV: DADS
With thanks to Skander

Dads, the stuff of car ads, shaving cream, super cheap auto, having heart attacks, epiphanies, affairs and bemoaning the state of the youth of the day. I love TV Dads. Here are the top three.

STEPHEN KEATON


How cool was this father? Mallory, Alex and the other one were snug in the love of their hippy father. No problem was too big for the Keatons, everything was worked out with love, understanding and that gentle G rated humour that flowed from the telly every afternoon. Michael represented everything that a TV dad has been.


NATHANIEL FISHER


Booze, Drugs, Hookers, a secret place of his own, gallows humour, what a man! Nathaniel Fisher represents the human side of TV fathering. Not all problems can be solved with gentle humour and a moral message. Some answers just require a joint and headjob.
Represents everything a TV dad should be.

ALAN PATRIDGE



A father so bad he is great. Named his son Fernando after an ABBA song and wonders why he refuses to spend any time with him.
The handbook on all the don'ts of fathering and well, life in general. Represents everything a TV Dad shouldn't be.

So Dad, Happy Birthday. Each of the fine TV Dads above contain a little bit of you. Have a great day.