Lessons In Fatherhood, From the Dads of YouTube
Home movies have evolved since the days of Panama hat-wearing patriarchs milling about the backyard, holding a Super 8. Now, with the help of YouTube, these moments can go from minivan to majorly viral in 30 minutes or less. In honor of Father's Day, we found some of the funniest examples of fathering available on the Web.
"David After Dentist" is quite possibly the quintessential "YouTube dad" video. Dad takes his 7-year-old son to the dentist. Dad innocently records son's reaction to the laughing gas. Dad uploads said video to YouTube. Family video is viewed more than 60 million times. Hilarity ensues. Followed by remixes. And controversy.
TD: Insufferable and suspicious. How did this kid get his front tooth knocked out in the first place? On his (curiously monetized) Web site David After Dentist--which sells stickers and T shirts with the kid's image--the father says that the hole in his kids mouth is from the removal of "an extra tooth." Yeah--and there was a boy lost in a balloon last fall.
AB: Yeah, capitalizing on this is suspicious enough. So is the way that the kid's comments sound a lot like he's a wayward college student on an acid trip. "Is this going to be forever? Arrgh."
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