When "Two and a Half Men's" Angus T. Jones made a splash earlier this week by telling the world that watching his sitcom is tantamount to "filling your head with filth," he wasn't just performing a public service to his Christian brethren. He was reminding generations of television viewers of the steady, Emmy-winning work of his costar and TV dad Jon Cryer, and of the scores of widowers and divorcés and uncles and wards who've stepped in and raised so many adorable boob-tube kids without a mother's helping hand. A single mother may be the cause of all that's violent and terrible in America, but a guy changing diapers on his own? That's COMEDY GOLD.
So, for all of us who grew up on the notion that prime time requires at least one hapless dude and a cute kid or two at all times, we would like to take a moment to salute our favorite bumbling, bungling single dads. And honorable mentions to the fathers and father figures who didn't quite make the cut, including "Family Affair's" Bill Davis, "The Courtship of Eddie's Father's" Tom Corbett, "Silver Spoons'" Edward Stratton, "Punky Brewster's" Henry Warnimont, "Hannah Montana's" Robby Stewart, "Raising Hope's" Jimmy Chance and "Suburgatory's" George Altman.
