VIDEOTAPE
Original videos by HowToBeADad, or other people’s video shenanigans that were selected for your enjoyment.
Old Timey Self-Defense Video + SOUND EFFECTS = Radness!
When I was growing up, I got a false sense of likelihood about child abduction and attacks. With all the TV shows and PSAs that warned about it, I figured every one in my school would be kidnapped or assaulted at one point or another. I’m not saying education isn’t important. My parents tended to […]
Week In Dads, Episode 7
Join Charlie, Andy, David, Whit and Jess (and occasionally Tyler) as they ramble on about random topics of the week. In this week’s episode: EPISODE 7. C-Sections Are Reverse Tauntauns, Halloween Costumes, Poop Tables, Kill Rooms, Live Interviews with Grocery Store Clerks Subscribe to our YouTube channel to keep up with the idiocy.
Just Say “Good” To Strangers
Teaching kids about strangers is tricky business. Some strangers are police officers or emergency workers. Others are dangerous villains looking to do our kids harm. How do we differentiate and teach our kids to do the same? One mother in Korea decided to instruct her daughter on the best way to deal with strangers. The […]
VIDEO SERIES: Week In Dads!
Lately, we’ve been experimenting on our YouTube channel with some new stuff. One such crazy experiment is a semi-monthly “show” with a few funny dads* covering a week in review. It’s been really fun. I hope you’ll watch with us as we say really foolish stuff and try to look smart while doing so. Here […]
Our ALS Ice Bucket + Mentos & Diet Coke Challenge
Of course we had to do it. Aside from being nominated several bazillion times, the ALS ice bucket challenge has evolved explosively into a cultural and global phenomenon that we’ve been delighted to witness. From celebrities to the people next door, there have been so many inspiring, clever, and not so clever or inspiring (yikes) […]
5 Years Ago This Very Minute…
I found out we were having our first baby five years ago to this very minute. Rather than tell you about it, why don’t I show you… I was at a staged reading of a friend’s script. We finished up and I felt this urgency from my wife, Avara. It was an energy like I […]
The Endgames
Everything adds up to helping people. Helping people and love. All else is a game to get to those two endgames, my sons. Watching you feed Arden for the first time, I don’t even have words for how this feels, Finney my boy. What I’m Listening To: Follow my journal for my sons here. Follow […]
Our Baby Hiccups
My wife texted (cause that’s a word, right?) me this video from home yesterday. It all becomes so much more real when you see the heartbeat or watch them move. My little boy is bouncing around in there somewhere. He’s growing and developing. Most of the ultrasounds have had ample placenta covering his face, but […]
The Year My Father Stayed Home with Me
This video was lost for about 15 years. I knew it existed but no matter how hard I searched, it seemed like I was imagining things. My father and I appeared on a local news program when I was a very young boy. Dad decided to leave behind his role as a radio DJ on […]
Priceless Commercial: Clifford the Big Red Dog
Despite all the Japanese-monster-movie-like damage he must do, for the little girl that owns him, he’s priceless. Kinda makes you think, doesn’t it? Just how big are Clifford’s doggie ‘biscuits’ anyways? No seriously. The guy is HUGE. And, remember when he grew so big at first in their apartment building””so his head and tail were […]
