Father’s Day, Walker style
There’s no Brothers & Sisters re-run tonight, and that’s okay, ’cause I’d be watching the Tony Awards anyway. But the lack of repeat to write about means we can spend this Father’s Day evening thinking about one very flawed father, the Unknowable King, William Walker. Here’s a smattering of quotes from past memorable lines round-ups by and about that bad dad.
“The world outside this house we can’t control, not with bombs, not with diplomacy, not even with love, we know that now. The best thing we can possibly do now is just appreciate one another right here, right now, together. This family is the only sure thing in life, always was, always will be.” William, “Mistakes Were Made Part 1″
“He’s my dad, and he’s dead, and I can’t kill him, and I can’t ask him why.” — Kitty, “Affairs of State”
“You were willing to be sloppy seconds for some rich jerk with a wife and kids, and my dad didn’t want to fess up to having a bastard child with his mistress because he didn’t want to risk his Norman Rockwell life.” — Rebecca, “The Other Walker”
“The thing about becoming a father, is it makes you think about your own dad. Our father wasn’t perfect. Maybe it came with the territory. I don’t know.” — Tommy, “Grapes of Wrath”
“Your father loved and respected you both very much. He just had a hard time showing it, I don’t know why. Get over it.” — Nora, “36 Hours”
“There is one person in my life who embodies … embodied all of my ideals, everything I’m talking about, and that is my father, William Walker. … He was a man who created jobs, he was a man who built a business. He was somebody that you could look up to. He was somebody that I am very happy to say that I could believe in.” — Kitty, “State of the Parties”
“He was a good father, he was a good businessman, he was very smart, he could be very kind. He also carried on a 20-year affair, embezzled from his own company, and kept a child from me. Now that’s the whole truth.” — Nora, “Three Parties”
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Brothers and Sisters, ABC, William Walker, Father’s Day
June 16th, 2008 at 1:05 pm
Happy Belated Father’s Day to your husband, Terri! You two obviously make a great team, and your kids are so lucky. Also a shout-out to Janie’s husband and all the other dads of kids with special needs who suck it up and get ‘r done.
I am still reeling from learning earlier in the week that John McCain is an ABBA fan (and that so many of my favorite actors are in “Mamma Mia”). ABBA is the only thing that has ever made me embarrassed to be Swedish. (Full disclosure: I adore “Chiquitita,” soundtrack of a great year in my life, but that is the exception that proves the rule.)
So now I have a visual that I can’t block out and an earworm embedded in my brain, and no amount of watching Gale Harold, Randy Harrison, and Peter Paige boogie to “Chiquitita” will dislodge them. So, it’s time for Karaoke Sarah, who has made a Father’s Day music video for the Senator, to the tune of “Waterloo,” (titled, of course, “Walkerloo”):
“My sister Kitty and the Senator are a true pair
And now they’re going to adopt and raise a blended family
It’s not the right time to be Veep
I’m so proud: my excitement runs deep!
Walkerloo - ambition unseated, love won the war
Walkerloo – they’re life and work partners for ever more
Walkerloo – time to adopt now they both want to
Walkerloo – they know that their commitment is true
Walkerloo – now embracing their Walkerloo.”
I’ve had it with Pod Sarah: she’s a Wharton MBA after all. I think that she and Noah should go into the campaign music video business. That would get her back on track in no time, since it involves the Mojo Trifecta: road trips, singing, and Noah!