Seinfeld, Frank Costanza
It's hard to determine exactly how much of George Costanza's dysfunction was a result of his equally (if not more so) dysfunctional parents, but it is safe to say that Frank's neurotic eccentricities were responsible for considerable trauma for his son. Festivus alone, with an aluminum pole — instead of a ''high maintenance'' Christmas tree — and the ''feats of strength'' wrestling matches at the dinner table, would send most of us to a shrink. But throw in the male bra line, fanatic TV Guide collecting, debilitating foot odor anxiety, and affinity for bopping George on the forehead, and it becomes painfully obvious that the stocky, slow-witted bald man didn't stand a fighting chance. — Mike Bruno
