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 Bart Rathbone
If the Barclays are a "good" example
of an Odyssey family, the Rathbones are the complete
opposite. Bart Rathbone, the father, wouldn't stand up
to scrutiny. There are few ethical questions that he's
inclined to ignore. From unscrupulously coaching a
softball team to using shady methods to run his
electronics shop, "The Electric Palace," to coming up
with all manners of get-rich-quick schemes, Bart affably
stands for everything Whit—and the world of Odyssey—is
against.
History
Rathbone is known as a cheap and scheming businessman,
always plugging "The Electric Palace" (phone number is
555-3122 or 553-1222), an electronics store he manages,
pushing questionable sales promotions, and launching
half-baked entrepreneurial ideas (such as "Rathbone's
Electric Castle and Rock and Roll Instruments of
Destruction" in
Sixties-Something).
He is also known for his ill-fated campaigns for the
mayorship of Odyssey. In episodes
Tom for Mayor I:
Tom for Mayor II,
he faces off against Tom Riley; in #380:
The One About Trust I
&
The One About Trust II,
he runs against Margaret Faye. According to Bart himself
in
It Takes Integrity,
he has been running for office since his school days.
Family
Bart is the proud "pop" of Rodney and the less-than-ideal
husband of Doris Rathbone. He has an Uncle Lanny that had been in prison
and was a lawyer, and his brother-in-law is a business agent who,
according to Doris, is as reliable as Bart is.
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