It's okay. I had his permission to do it.
On my TV thingee last night I used my dad as an example of a “Cranky Old Man”, and may—just may—have joked that he was somewhere in the neighborhood of 190 years old. That prompted someone on social media to ask me if I meant to be “that mean” to my dad.
I don't know that I was being mean, but yes, I did mean to say what I said about my dad. It was all part of the gag. And he was cool with it because I cleared it with him before I even started writing about it. Otherwise, I wouldn't have even thought about doing it. But seeing as how he was the person from whom I learned it's better not to take yourself too seriously, I figured he'd laugh at it.
And he did.
I needed an example of a “cranky old man” for the bit (which was about idiots shooting off fireworks every night for a week straight) and since my dad can, in several self-professed ways, fit the mold of a “cranky old man”, I figured he would be the perfect example. I also figured it would be an opportunity to share a few great things about my dad, as well as one of my favorite latter-day pictures of the two of us--
It all came off perfectly, and I'm thinking most people watching were in on the joke. In fact, the one comment I received about my dad was the only one on that subject, whereas I received somewhere between 20 and 30 about the idiots shooting off firecrackers.
And in a world where no one can agree on anything, in seems like that's one subject upon which almost everyone can agree.
If you wanna see what I talked about, JUST CLICK OR TAP HERE AND WATCH. And remember—no fathers were harmed in the shooting of this TV piece.
8-)
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