Post by Kim Parker on Aug 18, 2018 22:58:06 GMT -5
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From BuzzFeed
From Randall on This Is Us to James Evans Sr. from Good Times, we've got the good, the corny, and the trifling. Let's fight about it.
Let's skip all of the other Black TV dads and get straight to Frank Mitchell on Moesha. BuzzFeed ranked him at #18...
18. Frank Mitchell played by William Allen Young
Network: UPN
Show: Moesha
On air: 1996–2001
It truly pains me to see Frank this far down the list, because he really was a great father to Moesha (Brandy Norwood) and Myles (Marcus T. Paulk) for most of the series. When we meet him in Season 1, he's a widower raising two children and had recently remarried, much to his teenage daughter's dismay. Sure, he was uptight and overly strict at times, but there was no question that he loved Moesha and did an admirable job balancing her rocky relationship with her new stepmother, who honestly never did anything to deserve Moesha's constant attitude in the early episodes. But then came Season 5 when their troubled cousin Dorian (Ray J) comes to live with them after running away from his mom (*sigh*). At first, it seems admirable of Frank to take on raising his sister's kid, but then it's revealed that Dorian is actually Frank's son, who he had after cheating on his late wife. It's a twist so messy and black you'd think Tyler Perry wrote it. Anyway, there's no coming back from hiding your love child by sending him to live with your sister.
Network: UPN
Show: Moesha
On air: 1996–2001
It truly pains me to see Frank this far down the list, because he really was a great father to Moesha (Brandy Norwood) and Myles (Marcus T. Paulk) for most of the series. When we meet him in Season 1, he's a widower raising two children and had recently remarried, much to his teenage daughter's dismay. Sure, he was uptight and overly strict at times, but there was no question that he loved Moesha and did an admirable job balancing her rocky relationship with her new stepmother, who honestly never did anything to deserve Moesha's constant attitude in the early episodes. But then came Season 5 when their troubled cousin Dorian (Ray J) comes to live with them after running away from his mom (*sigh*). At first, it seems admirable of Frank to take on raising his sister's kid, but then it's revealed that Dorian is actually Frank's son, who he had after cheating on his late wife. It's a twist so messy and black you'd think Tyler Perry wrote it. Anyway, there's no coming back from hiding your love child by sending him to live with your sister.
Do you agree that Frank deserved his "spot" on this list?
Oh and BTW... Uncle Phil from The Fresh Prince of Bel Air made the #1 spot!
