Fathers Day, The Twenty-Fourth Week in the Second Year of the New Abnormal

Happy Father’s Day. When I say that it conjures up so much for me and for so many others, I expect you included. Many of us have had varied relationships with our fathers nothing like Father Knows Best, The Courtship of Eddie’s Father, Blackish, or even Home Improvement. If only we could tune in for 30 minutes a week and enjoy the comical moments that focus on the highlights of the best parts of them, with a little silly thrown in.

My dad was king when it came to bad dad jokes. I would groan, embarrassed I had a dad who would even say “Don’t bother. Everything looks good this way,” every time I offered to clean his overly-smudged spectacles. Larry, though fastidious with his eyewear, has taken on the torch of bad dad jokes. Usually they’re groaners, but once in a while they make us laugh. Maybe he’s not comedy ready, but the few good ones could be included in a non-existent situation comedy.