Archive for 'television'
MTv Takes on the At-Home Dad
Posted on14. Jun, 2010 by Brian Reid.
When it comes to at-home dads and the media, I can usually be counted on to have an opinion. It may be knee-jerk. I may retract it later. But I can usually give a thumbs-up or thumbs-down.
Not today. I received an e-mail about a new web series from a site owned by MTv Networks called [...]
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George Lopez on SAHDs: ‘Your Ass is Unemployed’
Posted on20. May, 2010 by Brian Reid.
OK. We knew that George Lopez was a moron when it came to stay-at-home dads (back in November, he made fun of Todd Palin — who, for starters, is not an at-home dad — for being a SAHD and a “bum”). But it’s apparently become a standard part of his shtick. If you don’t need [...]
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Evolution of Dad: A Review
Posted on19. May, 2010 by Brian Reid.
So now that the kick-ass documentary Evolution of Dad officially shipping, I would like to tell you all, officially, to see the movie. In the interest of full disclosure, you should know that I was massive predisposed to like the films, since it delves deep into a topic near to my heart: the impact that [...]
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Huggies Proves You *Can* Sell Diapers with Dads
Posted on13. May, 2010 by Brian Reid.
I’ll admit it: I get perverse joy in needling Proctor & Gamble for their one-size-fits-all Mother’s Day message last week and their dad-on-the-couch coupon mailer earlier this week. But the comeback I get when I raise this issue in mixed company is standard: Pampers markets to mom because that’s who buys diapers in the real [...]
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Trey Wingo, Nail Polish and Dad Commercials
Posted on29. Apr, 2010 by Brian Reid.
The government’s National Responsible Fatherhood Clearinghouse has pushed out some absolutely brilliant PSAs urging men “to take time to be a dad.” The ads are old news, but I missed ‘em when they launched in October, and missed them again when Aaron Rochlen pointed them out to me earlier in the year, but they are [...]
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Worst Commercial of the Year Candidate: AT&T
Posted on12. Apr, 2010 by Brian Reid.
I can’t do much better than Playground Dad at expressing my absolute, jaw-dropping wonder at AT&T’s latest incarnation of the bumbling dad. What’s remarkable about the commercial is not only the general fact that it plays up a tired and outdated stereotype, but that it goes out of its way to show that this is [...]
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Desperate Househusbands Hit Prime Time
Posted on07. Apr, 2010 by Brian Reid.
Once upon a time, I used to be able to watch enough TV that nothing in the dad-o-sphere slipped by me. The kiddies were tucked in their beds way before prime time kicked in. Nowadays, not so much, so I missed the latest at-home dad to jump into the boob tube: Parenthood’s “Joel Graham“.
(I should [...]