Tuesdays With Morrie meets F My Life in this hilarious book by the creator of the massively popular Twitter feed “Shit My Dad Says”
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- It Books
- Carton Qty: 60
- Selling Territory: W
- 50,000
- Subsidiary Rights: First serial, UK: It Books; Translation, Audio, Dramatic: Waxman Literary Agency
- On Sale: 5/4/2010
- HUMOR
- Tr 9780061992704 $15.99 ($17.99)
- 176 pages; 5 1/2 x 7 1/8
In August 2009, Justin Halpern started the Twitter page “Shit My Dad Says.” The feed now boasts over a million followers and features 3 of the 4 "most favorited" tweets of all time. www.Twitter.com/ShitMyDadSays
- CBS has picked up a sitcom inspired by "Shit My Dad Says." Will & Grace creators David Kohan and Max Mutchnick are on board to executive produce and supervise the writing for the Warner Brothers TV show, which Halpern will co-pen with Patrick Schumacker.
- The material is hysterical and reminiscent of various comedic talents, from Larry David and Jerry Seinfeld to David Sedaris and Chelsea Handler. Justin Halpern is the real deal—a talented writer and humorist with a larger-than-life character to fuel his writing.
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Sh*t My Dad Says on…
Fashion: “It’s my house. I’ll wear clothes when I want to wear clothes, and I’ll be naked when I want to be naked. The fact that your friends are coming over shortly is inconsequential to that. AKA I don’t give a shit.”
Property: “The dog don’t like you planting stuff there. It’s his backyard. If you’re the only one who shits in something, you own it. Remember that.”
Distribution of Ownership: “Your mother made a batch of meatballs last night. Some are for you, some are for me, but more are for me. Remember that. More. Me.”
Sharing of Personal Property: “You need to flush the toilet more than once. No, you, YOU SPECIFICALLY need to. You know what? Use a different toilet, this is my toilet.”
Responsibilities of the Borrower: “You borrowed the car, and now it smells like shit. I don’t care if you smell like shit, that’s your business. But when you shit up my car, then that’s my business. Take it somewhere and un-shit that smell.”
Contracts: “You said you wanted a steak, so your mother made you a steak. This isn’t fucking Denny’s, you don’t have a choice whether or not you want to eat it.”
Renting of Equipment: “I personally would never go to a whore, but if you’ve paid some money for something strange, that doesn’t mean you can act like an idiot once you get it.”
Breaking Deals: “Listen, I understand you’re upset, she dumped you. But you were both 19. You can’t think you were only gonna screw each other forever. That’s just silly.”
Storing Of Property: “This is my sock drawer. It’s neatly organized because I’m not a shit-hurling monkey. I realize yours is a clusterfuck of socks and trash, and that’s unfortunate, but that doesn’t change the fact that you should stay out of my god damned sock drawer."
Fashion: “It’s my house. I’ll wear clothes when I want to wear clothes, and I’ll be naked when I want to be naked. The fact that your friends are coming over shortly is inconsequential to that. AKA I don’t give a shit.”
Property: “The dog don’t like you planting stuff there. It’s his backyard. If you’re the only one who shits in something, you own it. Remember that.”
Distribution of Ownership: “Your mother made a batch of meatballs last night. Some are for you, some are for me, but more are for me. Remember that. More. Me.”
Sharing of Personal Property: “You need to flush the toilet more than once. No, you, YOU SPECIFICALLY need to. You know what? Use a different toilet, this is my toilet.”
Responsibilities of the Borrower: “You borrowed the car, and now it smells like shit. I don’t care if you smell like shit, that’s your business. But when you shit up my car, then that’s my business. Take it somewhere and un-shit that smell.”
Contracts: “You said you wanted a steak, so your mother made you a steak. This isn’t fucking Denny’s, you don’t have a choice whether or not you want to eat it.”
Renting of Equipment: “I personally would never go to a whore, but if you’ve paid some money for something strange, that doesn’t mean you can act like an idiot once you get it.”
Breaking Deals: “Listen, I understand you’re upset, she dumped you. But you were both 19. You can’t think you were only gonna screw each other forever. That’s just silly.”
Storing Of Property: “This is my sock drawer. It’s neatly organized because I’m not a shit-hurling monkey. I realize yours is a clusterfuck of socks and trash, and that’s unfortunate, but that doesn’t change the fact that you should stay out of my god damned sock drawer."
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Sh*t My Dad Says is f______ great!...Very funny, very irreverent, very real. It's refreshing at a time when we're all choking to death on political correctness and can go for days without meeting a single person with common sense."
- Janet Evanovich, Time Magazine
"This book is ridiculously hilarious, and makes my father look like a normal member of society."
- Chelsea Handler
"Shoot-beer-out-your-nose funny."
- Maxim
"A fun gift book that is bound to crack up anyone who flips through it."
- Los Angeles Times
"If you're wondering if there is a real man behind the quotes on Twitter, the answer is a definite and laugh-out-loud yes."
- Christian Lander, New York Times bestselling author of Stuff White People Like
"Read this unless you're allergic to laughing."
-Kristen Bell, comedic actress
"Justin Halpern tosses lightning bolts of laughter out of his pocket like he is shooting dice in a back alley. In one sweep of a paragraph, he ranges from hysterical to disgusting to touching-and does it all seamlessly. Sh*t My Dad Says is a really, really funny book."
- Laurie Notaro, New York Times bestselling author of The Idiot Girls' Action-Adventure Club
"Justin Halpern's dad is up there with Aristotle and Winston F*cking Churchill. He's brilliant, and his son's book is absolutely hilarious."
- A.J. Jacobs, New York Times bestselling author of The Know-It-All