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Unironically, it's Neil's dad. He's a single dad supporting himself and his
sonkids, they're obviously not very well off but he still tries to make sure Neil has money when he goes out with his mates, and although he's a bit too passive he clearly wants the best for them. Plus you could argue that Neil turns out the most well adjusted of the group even if he's a bit thick.Second place is Simon's dad. He's generally supportive, fairly level headed even when Simon was getting accused of climbing through that kid's window. He obviously loves his family as you can see when he breaks down at the end of the series when his family has to move to Swansea.
IMO he loses points because he emotionally dumps on Simon a lot, and asking to borrow his son's laptop so he can have a wank is a bit fucking strange.
Last place is a toss up between Jay's emotionally abusive dad and Will's completely absent one. Personally I think Will's dad is slightly worse seeing as he completely abandons his family and clearly doesn't want anything to do with Will.
Jay's dad is a prick but he seems more manageable, you'd just have to have thick skin, and he's at least somewhat present as a wife and husband. I get the impression he's trying to toughen Jay up without realising the effect he's having. Will's dad is horrible in a way that just cuts deep.
Agree with this take. For all the great comedy written into the series, there's actually really good character writing into the series as well. A lot of Jay and Will's problems clearly stem from their relationships with their awful fathers. Neil and Simon's Dad's are written as slightly cringey (and yea in Simon's case a bit more than slightly cringey sometimes) but wayyy nicer than the other 2.
The scene where Jay has a conversation with his Dad about feelings for a girl in series 2 is a big eye opener. You can tell that he's not just a weird Dad with an inappropriate sense of humour. He clearly has no idea how to talk to his son properly at all.
The opening scene of the first movie is similar. Will clearly wants to talk about leaving school and going to university but all his Dad does is take the piss and then immediately change the conversation to the wedding he didn't even invite his son to.
Yeah, Jay's Dad is written so well (as a character) that you can immediately see the effect he has on Jay and the parenting skills or lack thereof he consistently shows towards him.
why are you ignoring Katy? Did you two have a story?
Ha! He wishes!
…I don’t understand.
Well that's awful. But it's not.... Well it's not relevant, is it?
It’s that whole thing with Jays Dad, that once you get older you realise what loser he is, and hopefully you can just laugh at him rather than the other way round. Having said that, it is difficult for a son to turn the tables as nothing looms larger than your father.
Just cos you let some useless tosser blow his beans up your muff! Well done, merry fucking Christmas!
“Beans?!”
Beans & muff.
‘Are you busy?’ ‘I’ll get busy if you want Love heh heh!!
You'll be next, Gazza likes 'em posh!
It was nice of jays dad to be present as a wife. Jay had to shag someone all this time the little chubby chasing virgin
Jay’s dad is present as a wife and husband💀
I didn't even notice I wrote that but it's hilarious so I'm leaving it in.
But Neil’s mum ran off because his dad loves cock.
Why would that make him a bad father?
Probably because he thinks that it only makes him a "bad" husband…
Thank you for participating in Neil's Dad Pride Parade 🙏
"He's at least somewhat present as a wife and husband"
LOL
Father and husband, surely...?
I think you've given the more thought than the writers did but it's a good breakdown
I think Jay’s dad just had to develop an overly aggressive sense of humour due to his regular private poker tournament with Danny Dyer and the Krays tbh
Neil's dad is a pedo mate.
That is enough. Just because Kevin's gay doesn't automatically make him a pedophile.
He's not gay, he was married
Oscar Wilde was married
The bloody gay vicar
No no no no he’s not a vicar
Yeah, but he looks like a vicar and he talks like a vicar. A bloody gay vicar or sommin!
Well he’s not a vicar and he’s not gay
No he was saying that he looked gay but he can’t be because auld soppy bollocks came from his pipe.
Oy, his dad's not bent!
Kevin it's ok that you're gay
Just because Kevin is gay doesn't automatically make him a paedophile.
He is a bit though!
STOP PRIEST!
FATHEEEERRRR!
Bumder!
Serious answer, Simon’s dad is by far the best parent we see.
i love how genuine his and simon's mum's relationship is as well. ik how embarassing it is for simon, but it's so sweet to see.
Unless you tell him Babylon 5’s a big pile of shit. Then all bets are off.
Christ, I never thought I’d see someone quote Spaced. Every time I quote it people just look confused lol same for withnail & I.
Withnail & I is a forgotten classic and people don’t realise the genius of it. I still quote it regularly.
“We’ve gone on holiday by mistake” absolutely gets me every time. I always tell people to watch it but they show no interest. I’ll forever quote this film lol.
Withnail and I is one of the (few) films I've been wanting to watch for years now.
It’s one of my all-time favourite sitcoms - I make a point to rewatch it as often as I can. Also I have dropped Tim’s Timewarp rant into casual conversation word-for-word at least once (It makes me look funnier than I actually am).
Absolutely. The paintball episode is brilliant!
Holy shit, I'd have never realized that was him
Hawk the Slayer's rubbish!
You’re right - but let’s give Krull a try, and we’ll discuss it later.
His brilliant in phone shop plays a similar type of character too
This is the reason why he's my favourite because I just see him as Lance at home in the role of Simon's dad.
Exactly! 😄
The concern in his voice when he thinks Simon was perving on Carly's little brother and the relief when he says "I've been googling chemical castration all night" never fails to make me laugh. That's peak Lance right there!
“Not kiddy’s Si”
I would say Neil's dad, but I'm a bit biased as I'm a fan of the actor.
I loved him in The Thick Of It.
It’s Julias, the Lord Nicholson of Arnage actually…
The man who makes the bhaji go away?
EAT THE CHEESE NICHOLSON!
The bald man has done a funny!
Have some chow mein!
These are good biscuits! They cost £4!
Lord Baldemort
Julius, the big baldy ballbag
Lord Baldemort
Named after my uncle (Julius Nicholson) by his childhood friend Jesse Armstrong haha
Bet he loves a thick one too
Oh I said Simon's dad because I'm biased as a fan of Phoneshop
Same reasoning different answer
Tbf it is odd how they’re all very recognisable British sit com faces, I guess we haven’t got a massive pool to choose from
True true
I mean strictly speaking Anthony Head is my favourite as an actor because c'mon Giles
But Wills dad was an even bigger prick than jay's lol
Are you bent? Just right then, you sounded really bent
Oh Nnnneeeeeeeeeeiiiiiiiiiiilllllllllllllllllll
Plays an amazing part in The Magicians also - a film which was panned at the time, but honestly I think is a solid bit of Biritish comedy with a great cast:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DLFSpfUJIBA
I'm eating the Bhaji.
He is also in downtown Abbey a new era!
Simon's dad - bit embarrassing but he seems like a genuinely good guy who loves his family
Neil's dad - a bit of a pushover but like Simon's dad he's a genuinely good guy who loves his family
Will's dad - prick. Cheats on his family with a woman half his age, shows little interest in Will's life, openly mocks Will over his strange interests and social awkwardness (unlike Jay's dad he's very subtle with his insults), doesn't even invite Will to his wedding and refuses to keep paying to keep sending Will to his old posh school which he preferred, forcing the socially awkward Will to move schools and start from the bottom making friends again
Jay's dad - for obvious reasons. The type of father that future serial killers have. However I don't think he would be abusive if he had a son like Donovan or James from the first movie. He's just abusive to Jay because he views him as a disappointment
It’s interesting the actor who plays wills dad plays some abusive manipulating cheating prick in multiple shows this and ted lasso.
Will’s dad is Carli’s actually dad I think
Yeah that's right.
Anthony Stuart-Head is a treasure.
He's very good at playing absolute bastards, despite also having been the best father figure imaginable in Buffy.
He plays an absolute bastard in Ted Lasso
Simons. 3 reasons. He put up with him.He was always there for him and his not a fraud like Neil's dad ( his gay but claims to be straight) or Jay's dad who has no love for him.
Neil's dad isn't a fraud, he's clearly straight but just astronomically camp (some lesbo)
Mmm I always being hinted not even as a joke that he was just pretending to be straight. Fair enough.