Live Poll: All-Time Coolest Sitcom Dad

FYC

Nigel Thornberry, The Wild Thornberrys

Oscar Proud, Proud Family

Dave Seville, Alvin & The Chipmunks

Professor Utonium, Powerpuff Girls

Hank Hill, King of the Hill

Drake Mallard, Darkwing Duck

I promise these will be the last ones I nominate.

@Tsarstepan​ 

Thank you, I included the ones with images.👍 Please check if the images are correct.

I'm not sure I'll keep Homer Simpson... it would be a landslide victory in the poll.

@ElMaruecan82​ 

I added Hal Wilkerson.

@mariojacobs​ 

Just Hal, actually. The name Wilkerson is never mentioned (just shown in the pilot). By the way, I really encourage to watch the show if you never did, it's a real milestone that paved the way to all the wacky laugh-track less sitcoms of the early 2000s and Bryan Cranston is extraordinary in it. That said, I'm not too sure I would agree on the picture you've chosen as it doesn't really exude the zaniness of the character.

Now, since the feedback is welcome, allow me to make a few suggestions:

- Image polls are tricky because you start by picking pictures and then you scroll down the choices, you realize they don't have the same format or resolution, well it's no big deal in the great scheme of things but there's nothing wrong in suggesting a few improvements.

I think from the very start, you should know what kind of pictures you'd pick and if I were you, I would avoid still frames except if they're the only ones available, look at your 'Al Bundy' picture, not only the resolution of the picture is very low but we don't even see him... 

A publicity picture would look better...

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0092400/mediaviewer/rm3757306881/

Or maybe a still frame where you have a proper view on the character:

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0092400/mediaviewer/rm4243782144/

(but the older the show, the lower the quality is likely to be)

Now if you pick  still frames, the question is: should you include pictures with the character alone? Or the character (here, a Dad) interacting with a family member? Should it be a picture showing how cool he is? Or any random picture?

Anyway, let's put that in order, in my opinion, for each show try to focus on a picture that doesn't show the father in a special position, you can find it in the publicity / poster section... and you can have a ensemble view on the photo gallery if you click on the actor's name.

I know it takes time... maybe it's easy for me to say because I'm not that prolific, if I suggested 10 polls a week I guess I wouldn't feel concerned by these technicalities, anyway it's precisely because I find good potential for this poll, not trying to lecture anyone :)

Oh and FYC: Tony Danza in "Who's the Boss?"

@ElMaruecan82​

indeed you are right, thank you for your suggestions, I will gradually improve the presentation of the list. I am even thinking of splitting it into sitcoms and cartoons dads...  Now I am working on MADtv (Saturday Night Live rival), watching all 15 seasons.

@Cherganski​ 

included 👍

Obviously, get rid of some of the weaker choices, like Darrin Stephensand others. I feel there are some stronger and more iconic sitcom Dad options missing like Ward Cleaver, Jr. from "Leave It to Beaver", Phil Dunphy from "Modern Family", Christopher‘JULIUS’ Rock II from "Everybody Hates Chris", Peter Griffin from "Family Guy", Stan Smith from "American Dad", Frank Constants from "Seinfeld", and Dre Johnson from "Black-ish".

@urbanemovies​ 

thank you for your suggestions. 👍 I split the gallery into 

All-Time Coolest Sitcom Dad and

All-Time Coolest Sitcom Dad — Part 2 (Cartoons)

Homer Simpson

https://www.imdb.com/list/ls505780865/mediaviewer/rm649237761?ref_=img_list_media

The Simpsons, The 71st Primetime Emmy Awards

Beef Tobin

https://www.imdb.com/list/ls505780865/mediaviewer/rm2209793537/

The Great North

Bob Belcher

https://www.imdb.com/list/ls505780865/mediaviewer/rm925565440/

Bob's Burgers, Sea Me Now

https://www.imdb.com/list/ls505780865/mediaviewer/rm1865314560/

Frank Murphy

F Is for Family, Summer Vacation

Elliot Birch

https://www.imdb.com/list/ls505780865/mediaviewer/rm1287542784/

Big Mouth, Ejaculation

https://www.imdb.com/list/ls505780865/mediaviewer/rm1734656000/

Nigel Thornberry

The Wild Thornberrys, Reef Grief

https://www.imdb.com/list/ls505780865/mediaviewer/rm2357276416/

Oscar Proud

Teacher's Pet, The Proud Family

https://www.imdb.com/list/ls505780865/mediaviewer/rm74827520/

Professor Utonium

The Powerpuff Girls, Town and Out/Child Fearing

https://www.imdb.com/list/ls505780865/mediaviewer/rm776053249/

Hank Hill

King of the Hill, The Company Man

All-Time Coolest Sitcom Dad — Part 2 (Cartoons)

https://www.imdb.com/list/ls565227408/

@mariojacobs​ That was a good idea, so you have poll suggestion in the bank for next Father's day. I had other suggestions, many of them cartoon dads, that I wanted to make. But, you were already pushing the limit of maximum number answer options.

@Breumaster​ He was Lily's father.

@mariojacobs​ 

Thank you. He was cool, wasn't he?

@Breumaster​ one of mine favorite sitcoms

https://youtu.be/DofPu4rPJZU?t=76

Mario, the character name is missing in #23.

@ACT_1​ 👍added, have any suggestion for cartoon dads?

My suggestion are too old, nobody will care...

https://www.imdb.com/list/ls565227408/copy

@mariojacobs​ 

Sorry, I do not watch cartoons 

Maybe do a list of car tunes ??

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@dan_dassow​,

I agree there are dozens of ways to have a more focused cool dads comparison and humongous pool to choose from. Especially, ones that should be compared against each other from the same era. Your could do modern dads (TV or movies), modern animated dads (TV or movies), classic dads (TV or movies), and classic animated (TV or movies). You could even break it out by decade. It would be far more interesting to compare them by the period they were popular and fairer too.

You could use these dads as starting point.

TV Guide’s ’50 Greatest TV Dads of All Time’ (Jan 3, 2014)

Wow, thank you, how could I have missed some cool dads from TV series that I have indeed watched: Ben Cartwright and Charles Ingalls, for instance? I do not know all of the titles listed above. I added some names and gradually I'll include more cool dads from this roll. 

ok, ok, now I know why I missed them: we were talking about sitcoms, I forgot about it...😁

@mariojacobs ,

Frasier (TV Series): A Lilith Thanksgiving (1996) with Kelsey Grammer as father Dr. Frasier Crane and Trevor Einhorn as son Frederick Crane

The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet (1952–1966) with Ozzie Nelson as father Ozzie Nelson

The Danny Thomas Show (1953–1965) with Danny Thomas as father Danny Williams

The Donna Reed Show (1958–1966) with Carl Betz as father Dr. Alex Stone

@dan_dassow​ ok, thank you, now I started a new list and added some cool dads of my own

https://www.imdb.com/list/ls565451469/

@mariojacobs​ ,

For your consideration:

Family Affair (1966–1971) with Brian Keith as father Uncle Bill Davis although Sebastian Cabot

as Mr. Giles French tends to be more like a father than Uncle Bill

Episodes:

The Big Bang Theory (TV Series)
Wyatt

Episodes:

The Big Bang Theory (TV Series)
Dr. V.M. Koothrappali

Episodes:

The Big Bang Theory (TV Series)
Larry Fowler

@mariojacobs​ ,

For your consideration:

Blossom (1990–1995) with Ted Wass  as Blossom Russo's father Nick Russo

@dan_dassow​ 

>Note: The fathers of the main cast of 'The Big Bang Theory'  could also function as a Face-Off poll.

Suggestion accepted, thank you.

Would you believe that I have never watched ONE SINGLE episode of Big Bang Theory??? Roseanne is one of my favorite tv series, I watched the whole series at least twice: in English and dubbed in German (@Breumaster ).

I loved those 3 actors in Roseanne:

Sara Gilbert: Darlene Conner, 

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0094540/characters/nm0004960?ref_=tt_cl_c_5

Laurie Metcalf: Jackie Harris

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0094540/characters/nm0582418?ref_=tt_cl_c_3

Johnny Galecki: David Healy

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0094540/characters/nm0301959?ref_=tt_cl_c_7

I think Sandra Bernhard would have been a very cool secondary character in Big Bang Theory, perhaps as the mother of one of the main characters...

@mariojacobs​ ,

The following fathers are great candidates for a your poll. Unfortunately, their shows are not sitcoms.

Ben Cartw Bonanza (1959–1973) is not a sitcom although there are comedic elements to the series. IMDb lists western as its genre.

John Walton, Sr.: The Waltons, is listed as Drama, Family, Romance.

Charles Ingalls: Little House on the Prairie is listed as Drama, Family, Romance.

Joseph 'Rocky' Rockford: The Rockford Files is listed as Crime, Drama, Mystery.

@dan_dassow​ Indeed, I was carried away by the emotion of seeing that list. If you recognize any more sitcom dads from that urbanemovies' suggestion above, please tell me. 

@dan_dassow​ 

https://www.imdb.com/list/ls565451469/copy

@mariojacobs​ ,

I believe you got all of the sitcoms from Urbanmovies' list. I will double check when I get a chance. We have a lot of time until Father's Day 2023.

@rob_webster​ thank you, added to the part II list.

@rob_webster​ I was thinking Tim Allen belonged on the list for Home Improvement too. But, I think it is fair to restrict the poll to single listing and he appears for Last Man Standing already.