Colonel Gladstone is Joey Gladstone's father. He never approved of Joey's choice to be a comedian, so Joey didn't want to invite him to see his stand up routine in Las Vegas. As a surprise for Joey, D.J., and Stephanie invited Colonel Gladstone to come and see him perform. Joey was surprised and glad to see his father, but Colonel Gladstone maintained his previous opinion that Joey, whom he considered a bright young man, could have gone to West Point and made something of himself. Joey defended his passion for telling jokes, and his decision to help Danny raise his three girls. Joey vented to his father about how he missed all of his important accomplishments, from his elf performance in the third grade Christmas play to him scoring the winning goal in the junior hockey tournament, causing