18 Reasons Why Uncle Phil Was The Greatest Ever TV Father

9. He Didn't Hide His Emotions

Phil9 Gif A passionate creature, Phil was never afraid to express him emotions, for better or for worse. Although when Will was around, it was usually for worse. But for every infuriated yell of "WILL!", there was also dancing, singing, laughing and loving, and it was these enthusiastically express feelings that made Uncle Phil so extensively likeable.

8. He Was A Great Provider

Phil8 Gif He graduated from Princeton and Harvard Law School, worked for years as a lawyer and eventually found himself as Superior Court Judge. It was his enviable work ethic that allowed Phil to take his family from a small apartment in the projects to a huge mansion in Bel-Air, rubbing shoulders with the Spellings, Evander Holyfield and even ex-President Ronald Reagan.

7. He Always Had The Right Punishment Up His Sleeve

Phil7 Gif With Will around, Uncle Phil always had to be ready to dish out a punishment, be it grounding his troublesome nephew for a month, or dabbling with medieval torture. After so long, it even became possible for Phil to choose not to punish Will at all, leaving him to be eaten away by guilt instead.
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I'm a university graduate/full-time layabout who fills his days writing fiction, watching 90s sitcoms and growing irate after failing to catch Mewtwo with 99 ultra balls on Pokémon Red. I think that says it all, really, doesn't it?