That you wanted to watch Fresh Prince of Bel Air pretty much indicated you were screwed anyway.
Abe Simpson raised Homer alone after Mona left.
And that demonstrates beautifully that a Mr. French/Mr. Belvedere/second Dad/Mrs. Garrett/Hop Sing is a REALLY good idea for single dads on TV.
He gets help from Jesus.
Isn’t “whoa” pronounced the same way as “wo”?
ETA: Sorry, I missed the rest of the discussion on the words. But like the others, I always assumed it was "Whoa."Wiki also says that it was “Whoa.”
It only ran for 1 season, but Complete Savages was about a single dad raising 5 sons. The mom had run away 10 years prior.
I really never wanted to think about it again but there was an Australian sitcom (we just shouldn’t do those) called:
shudder
I know I have a dirty mind and all, but c’mon, that sounds like something out of Penthouse Variations.
Grace Under Fire comes to mind with Brett Butler raising children alone.
One of the producers of this show joked that it’s Disney tradition to have one or both of the parents be dead. (There was one episode in which Hannah’s late mother, played by Brooke Shields, appeared in a dream sequence. No, I don’t have any children.)