NBC’s new show “My Dad is Better than your Dad”
NBC plans to launch a new game show mid November called “My dad is better than your dad.” This reminds me of an issue I’ve long wondered: why is it grade school kids, or even high schoolers with the maturity level of grade school kids, don’t make jokes about your dad. Conversely, the popular retort “your mom” gets tossed around like Britney and Lindsay on celebrity blogs. “Your dad” jokes are seldom made, and if they were, they probably wouldn’t be funny.
Case study of said verbal sparing match between two hypothetical school children:
Chubby boy in the cafeteria asking for you twinkie: “Hey, give me your twinkie.”
You, wanting your twinkie and perturbed at this chubby boy who clearly doesn’t need to consume a twinkie, or anything other than prune juice or flax seed:” No way.”
Chubby boy: “You suck”
You: “Your mom sucks”
Why couldn’t you respond with a “Your dad sucks?” Why is it always the moms? You never hear anyone making responding to an insult like “you’re fat an ugly and stupid and no one likes you” with a “your dad is ugly and stupid and no one likes him.” It would never be acceptable, or funny, to answer a “what were you doing last night” with a “your dad.”
So, it seems, moms get made fun of, while dads get to look awesome on primetime TV.
Hope it’s better than that god awful NASCAR show.
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