America's Favorite TV Dads
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Cliff Huxtable is still our favorite TV dad. Credit: AP
Whether it was having time for horsing around or solving teenage issues with a few words of wisdom, television dads have triggered this thought in all of us: "Wow, why isn't my dad like that?" According to a 2009 Harris Poll, Bill Cosby's character, Dr. Cliff Huxtable, takes top honors. Read on for the complete list.
Top 15 favorite TV dads:
1. Cliff Huxtable of "The Cosby Show"
2. Ward Cleaver of "Leave It to Beaver"
3. Jim Anderson of "Father Knows Best"
4. Andy Taylor of "The Andy Griffith Show"
5. Ozzie Nelson of "The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet"
6. Mike Brady of "The Brady Bunch"
7. Howard "Mr. C" Cunningham of "Happy Days"
8. "Pa" Charles Ingalls of "Little House on the Prairie"
9. Ben Cartwright of "Bonanza"
10. Tim Taylor of "Home Improvement"
11. Danny Tanner of "Full House"
12. Archie Bunker of "All in the Family"
13. Steve Douglas of "My Three Sons"
14. Homer Simpson of "The Simpsons" and Al Bundy of "Married with Children" (tie)
Fun facts to know and tell:
• Those age 64 and older preferred Jim Anderson of "Father Knows Best" as their favorite.
• Only one television dad on the list is currently on prime-time television: Homer Simpson.
• Of the top 15 television dads, seven of them are from shows that originally aired in the 1950s or 1960s, while two were set in the 1950s or earlier.
How does your dad or your child's dad measure up?
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
T. Adams 8-17-2009 @ 2:14PM
My father was wonderful, I wanted to join the Cub Scouts but there was no Cub Scout troop at my school so he started one. I wanted to see the first game at the new Dodger Stadium so my father took off work, got tickets and we went to see the Dodger game. Later I wanted a tree house so he and the Cub Scout assistant leader who was my a good friend's Father built me a tree house behind the garage by cutting off the top of a eucalyptus tree and using that for the base. This home that I grew up in can be seen the "Lethal Weapon I". When Danny Glover and Mel Gibson go to a home to check something out they sense that something is wrong so they run to their car for protection and the home blows up, as the camera pans you can see the home I grew up in. Also, at the beginning of this movie there is a scene at a storage building on Kings Road and Santa Monica Blvd. a block from where I lived for 14 years.
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tiz 8-18-2009 @ 4:18PM
Who cares?
richard 8-18-2009 @ 4:21PM
this is a bunch of useless information.
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The all time great TV Father's which no one mentioned is Bill Bixby appropriately named "The Courtship of Eddie's Father". The good ones always get overshadowed by the Cos... and I was raised by my Mother and Gradmother.
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Growing up my favorite dad was the Bundy! The married with children dad! You ask why???? because! He was funny inapprppriete and very much the opposite of my own family and my dad. My dada was the Cosby dad for all intends and purposes he stood by me and supported me and well he is a doc too! The rebellious teen in me wanted to watch something I wasnt living...ask the moms on www.truuconfessions.com who their favorite TV dad is...
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