Ted Forth

Ted Forth

Ted Forth is a character in the syndicated comic strip Sally Forth. Ted is a perpetually forty-year-old white-collar professional working in strategic sourcing.Comic book reference |writer=Francesco Marciuliano |artist=Craig MacIntosh |title=Sally Forth |paper=Houston Chronicle |date=2008-03-08 |syndicate=King Features Syndicate |panel=3 [http://www.chron.com/apps/comics/showComick.mpl?date=20080308&name=Sally_Forth] ] [cite web|last=Marciuliano|first=Francesco|title=Looking for Work in All the Wrong Places|url=http://www.drinkatwork.com/2006/01/looking-for-work-in-all-wrong-places.html|accessdate=2007-10-01] Ted was unemployed since the middle of May 2007 until May 2008.

People find Ted to be a refreshing and realistic portrait of modern fatherhood. [cite web|title=Ted Forth, My Hero|url=http://livebythefoma.blogspot.com/2006/01/ted-forth-my-hero.html|accessdate=2007-10-01]

Plot sequences and running gags involving Ted include:
* He has an obsession with 1980s pop culture trivia.
* For a long while neither his ten-year-old daughter Hilary nor the reader knew Ted's profession. Ted's job, strategic sourcing, was finally mentioned in the strip published on March 8, 2008.
* He becomes highly competitive while coaching girls' softball.
* He despises his mother-in-law who insults his masculinity.
* His favorite food is meatloaf.

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