America’s greatest asset is not its assets. Nor is it the Statue of Liberty. It is the people who comprise this nation that make it great.

Periodically I like to look back at American History and see which American embodied the hearts of the public so much that they were deserving of the title “America’s Favorite Son”.

I can think of no one person that so captured the attention span of the American Public during the 1990s than Sinbad. With his meticulous, almost godlike, teeth and his collection of workout suits, this man’s cry rang out from sea to shining sea.
He was one of the first and arguably most famous of the “clean family-oriented comedians” to hit the scene. With his family values and caring for children this side-by-side refrigerator in a sweat suit relied heavily on facial expressions and the fact that he was the equivalent to an African-American Herman Munster to get the laughs.

With his breakout hits, such as First Kid and Houseguest, he worked his way into the hearts, homes, and pocketbooks of every American. He was selling out shows in venues that no comedian has any business performing in.

His encouraging words and clean act paved the way for other clean comedians, such as… um… Tim Allen and… umm… others. We salute you Sinbad. You are one of America’s Favorite Sons.