I'm the cool dad. That's, that's my thing.

I know what I can offer you that no one else can. Complete and undependent.

I'm a man. I'm sensitive. I need to feel loved. I need to be desired.

Yelling is the only part of being a father that I enjoy.

Welcome to Dear Old Dads, the podcast that's looking for better role models.

I'm Tom Curry. I'm joined as always by Thomas Smith and Eli Bosnick.

Hello, gentlemen.

Hello, Tom, on the internet.

Got him.

Interesting.

You caught me, my friend.

Do you guys want to, do you have any like banter shit before we like to do? Do you have anything better than that, Eli?

I was, I was heavily leaning on Eli.

I was just going to let you guys do a little bit. I was like, oh, Thomas, because you came right in with the strong, hey, you know they're the only thing worse than fucking blowing your cold open as hard as we just did? Keep it. Fucking keep it, Lydia. No, not before I get a chance to say that this was a real lesson that I lean on Eli's brilliance too much. I think Eli was here to teach me a lesson. Because I can be like, hey, Eli, premise. And then you're like, oh, award-winning comedy. And then I was like, yeah, just do that. And then sometimes you're like, yeah, Thomas, premise.

Yeah, what about it?

What about that premise?

Sometimes my brilliance is in repose.

And I think that's what today's episode is about.

But the only thing worse than bearing the genius of me is the auto ads.

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