TV Dads: Jed Clampett did NOT just stumble across an oil gusher while shootin' varmints. Ask any landman: He had to have a map.

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I have and will always be totally satisfied with the dad I was given in life. He taught me much, fought in the South Pacific and is an all-around great guy and hero to many more people than just me. If you were to ask me which dad on TV he is like, I can fortunately say none of them. No one is even close.

But TV dads are an interesting bunch. Some would make for fun dads, others I'd really rather not have to endure for 18 years.

TV Dads I'd Like to Have

• Cliff Huxtable. Funny. Smart. And not infallible. Maybe the perfect TV dad.
• Andy Taylor. A single dad raising a boy while keeping law and order who later had a movie made about him at the same time. All without a gun. Not a bad run.
• Homer Simpson. I'd just like to have an animated cartoon for a dad just one day in my life.
• Gomez Addams. Romantic, dry, a 24-hour a day cigar smoker and seemingly not a care in the world -- ever -- and a beautiful wife with mystifying charm and power. The kind of guy we all strive to be.
• Jed Clampett. He was a lot smarter than he ever got credit for. Talk to any landman in Midland: You don't just luck into an oil gusher like that when you're out shootin' varmints. Jed had to have a map he never told anyone about.

TV Dads Too Weird for Even Me

• Ray Barone. One human being cannot be this stupid.
• Herman Munster. Would you love your dad if he wore black fingernail polish, had a flat head and screws in his neck? (Apologies to anyone who fits this description).
• Tim Taylor, "Home Improvement." I made barking noises when I was at a school function one time. Won't ever happen again. Our oldest is forever scarred.
• Jim Anderson, "Father Knows Best." Kitten? Bud? If this guy were my dad I would walk around in constant fear of what he would call me, AND I would always feel insecure because he wears ties to dinner every night. Show off.

TV Dads too Mean for Me

• Archie Bunker. You may be able to teach his lessons to a TV audience, but learning them in the same house with him would make for a long 18 years.
• Howard Cunningham. Whiner.
• Ward Cleaver. Hidden anger issues. Possible Wall Street inside trader.
• George Jefferson. Deep inside a lot of unhappiness and resentment. Maybe because he's stuck in a bad marriage to a woman named Weezie.
• Ben Cartwright. Fist fights with his sons, and later, morality lessons at the dinner table. What's wrong with this picture?

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I always liked Steve Douglas, played by Fred MacMurray, on "My Three Sons" but Andy Griffith's Andy Taylor would definitely be my all-time favorite TV dad.

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---I hated Ben Cartwight. His show always showed the dad to always be right and the sons as the idiots. That is not the way life is. Granted fathers are usually the wiser ones "usually" but they carried it to the extreme. My father thought he was great.. wonder why?

---I do agree with the above Andy Taylor comment.

PS: I now have three adult children.. I was not always right.. just most of the time... LOL.. One thing I learned... Listen to them, it may make sense. Also sometimes when it doesn't matter much just let them decide and fail... they will learn.

[John White]

Honarable Mention : Tom Corbett (Bill Bixby) from the Courtship of Eddie's father.

Nice to have a single father who knew how to love and raise a son, yet if challenged by a neighborhood kid that boast,.."My father can beat up your father" would turn into the Green Hulk and smash the puny human. ;

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In real life Hugh Beaumont, aka Ward Cleaver was a lay Presbyterian minister. You got something against Presbyterian ministers??

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Notables:

Mike Brady-I Found him to be very pleasant dad. But he always sounded like he was reading from a script...oh wait he was!

Al Bundy-He put the "fun" in dysfunctional! Could any dad have worse luck than him? So over the top...you just had to laugh!

I couldn't agree more on the Cliff Huxtable...He was the best!

Fun Blog...Happy Fathers Day to you Dads!

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I'm sorry I fell behind on my commenting to your commenting.

Steve Douglas was a very nice guy, yeah. Ditto with Mike Brady, both had a good sense of humor too and not a mean bone in their bodies. Had I been MIke Brady I would have kept my eye on Carol and the oldest son a little closer though. Scandalous.

I admit never watching Married With Children but having since discovered Christina Applegate, and her knack for comedy, I would watch it if it was on now.

And Wallace, of course I have nothing against Presbyterian ministers. The ones I know are nice guys and kinda remind me of Ward Cleaver. And John I like the Bixby thing you got goin there. The Hulkship of Eddie's Father,

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