I love when an article goes back and references The O.C. This article is talking about tv dads and, rightfully so, Sandy Cohen is recognized.
From the article:
“It’s a tough choice with all the TV dads out there, but the real sleeper in the competition for best seems to be Sandy Cohen. Sure, the series had all the indicators of a complete chick-drama, but if you actually sat down to watch more than five minutes of it you were hooked for the duration, and for good reason. Sandy was cast as the perfect dad, there just wasn’t any way around it with the ridiculous amount of drama that scripts kept flinging his way throughout the show. One small moment of many came when his son Seth was down about a particularly unfunny friend ruining his jokes. Instead of the usual P.C. spiel that most parents feel obliged to give (don’t be so harsh, some people just aren’t as funny as you, blah, blah, blah), Sandy gave it to him straight. “Gentiles. I love your mother more than words, but not funny. Get yourself some funnier friends.” His method of brutal but jovial honesty always made for good advice.”
Now the article isn’t completely right. Seth wasn’t down about this new “friend” ruining his jokes. He was more down about the fact that the girl he liked thought this guy was funny. So basically there’s a new friend in the group who makes terrible, unsubtle, ”big” jokes that people seem to laugh at, but Seth doesn’t find funny. Neither does Sandy and actually comments to Seth in the kitchen “Boy that kid is not funny.” To which Seth gives a look that says ”Thank you!” Until that point Seth thought he just didn’t get it. He got the dialog right though. Sandy did in fact tell his son to get funnier friends.
