Chapter Two: "How to be a Cool Dad (or Mom)"
Hook your kids up. Arm them with the stupidest knowledge. What is the stupidest knowledge? That's up to you. Here is an example:
Expose your children to insufferable amounts of pop music from your generation. While your kids are young, their tender minds will soak up the lyrics to "Material Girl" and "What I Like About You" like a thirsty sponge. With the way the recording industry and Hollywood are remaking EVERYTHING these days, this information is sure to come in handy in the future.
Throw a bunch of songs into their heads and watch the connections flow back to you. After the 300th time of singing "Puttin' on the Ritz" with my daughter, a funny thing happened. I'd sing the verse and she would respond with the refain. The call and response built to such a fevered pitch, that at one point she shouted in a monotonic growl, "Puttin' on the Ritz!"
She laughed. Then she said,"Wouldn't that be funny if a monster sang that part?" I had to explain to her that there was a movie where Frankenstien's monster (one of her favorites) actually does sing that. She's been bugging me to get Mel Brook's "Young Frankentstien" ever since. SOOOOOPAAAAAH DOOOOOPAAAAHHH!
...wait until she get's a load of Fred Astaire.
Expose your children to insufferable amounts of pop music from your generation. While your kids are young, their tender minds will soak up the lyrics to "Material Girl" and "What I Like About You" like a thirsty sponge. With the way the recording industry and Hollywood are remaking EVERYTHING these days, this information is sure to come in handy in the future.
Throw a bunch of songs into their heads and watch the connections flow back to you. After the 300th time of singing "Puttin' on the Ritz" with my daughter, a funny thing happened. I'd sing the verse and she would respond with the refain. The call and response built to such a fevered pitch, that at one point she shouted in a monotonic growl, "Puttin' on the Ritz!"
She laughed. Then she said,"Wouldn't that be funny if a monster sang that part?" I had to explain to her that there was a movie where Frankenstien's monster (one of her favorites) actually does sing that. She's been bugging me to get Mel Brook's "Young Frankentstien" ever since. SOOOOOPAAAAAH DOOOOOPAAAAHHH!
...wait until she get's a load of Fred Astaire.
Labels: Awesome, Dad, Kids, Mom, Puttin' on the Ritz
posted by Mr. Social at
12:29 PM
5 Comments:
You don't OWN Young Frankenstein?????
Blasphemy!!!!!
Signed,
Abby Somebody
You can borrow our copy dude! The kiddoes and me watched it last winter when visiting my folks in Illinoise. They aren't any worser for the wearer.
Isn't it great to be able to mess with a young mind like that?! Oh the joy of parenting...
PUTTIN' ON THE RIIIIIIITZ! Peter Boyle... hysterical.
And the cool thing was watching her put together the connection while watching Scooby-Doo Monsters Unleashed, the Sequel. Old Man Wickles aka the Black Knight, played by Peter Boyle got spotted. Now I'm the one who is creating a monster... It's ALIVE... ALIVE!
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