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

I know now 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 doesn't even need Eli Bosnick. I'm Tom Curry. I'm joined as always by Thomas Smith. Hello, Thomas Smith. He's really been

weighing down the show. You know, he's just been dragging it. If you noticed the same thing? Because I've noticed the same thing. Like, I didn't want to say it while he's here, but I'm sure he's not going to listen. I'm like, hey, buddy, make a joke once in a while. Like, do, you know, he's always so serious no but um i I was thinking, actually, the role of Eli Bosnick, I think will be played by Thomas.

I think I can do this.

Can you do it?

Can you be the Eli Bosnick?

Can I say something brave?

Can I say something brave?

I can do it.

From your heart?

Yeah, from my heart.

Tomfer, Thethezzia, Curry.

From my heart, I say something brave, I can do it.

No. I believe in you. I believe in you. Eli had a emergency schedule thing. We actually got

several fucked up schedule things happening in short order. And it was so cool because we got ahead

in order to facilitate Tom's news. Oh, wait, I'm going to be Eli. In order to facilitate Haley, faking, whatever, you know, pretend medical things she had. Right, yeah. They do a lot of faking at MD Anderson down in Houston. Look, I want to give everybody an update. I do, and I will, about Haley and about our health. I know that's what people actually want to hear.

I know it's actually the most important thing.

But first I've got to talk about Houston because I cannot go to Houston without being shocked and appalled every time by how horrifying and lousy and shitty and unappealing every square inch of that fucking city is. I've been there four times now, four times Thomas Smith. Haley's dad, I know I mentioned on the last show, Haley's dad flew down to Houston to be with us, to be there to lend support. He stayed there for, I think, like, three days in the hospital. He went home, he went back to his hotel in the evening. But he was there. Like he got up. He drove over to the hospital. He sat with her, hung out with her for, I think three days while she was, like, actually recovering from surgery in the hospital. It was wonderful. It was just, it was great. It was just awesome. But like a major topic of conversation was, can you fucking believe this city we're in?

If you've never been to Houston, it defies imagination and expectation, Thomas.

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