From the archives …

Once a month, The Post Show will take a trip down memory lane and revisit a past contribution to the seedy world of online comedy. Today, we look at the 2007 Super Deluxe short titled, Cool Dad.

There’s a memorable scene early on in 1998’s The Wedding Singer where a recently left-at-the-altar Robbie Hart (Adam Sandler) is being questioned about his mental health by his curious young nephews. Via IMBD …

Robbie: Hey, the goofball brothers!
Tyler: Is it true you’re in the middle of a nervous breakdown?
Robbie: What? No!
Petey: Nervous breakdown! Nervous breakdown!
Robbie: Who said that?
Tyler: Everybody’s been saying that.
Robbie: Everybody? You’re eight years old… the only people you know are your parents!

Great movie. Call me Drew. And how true is that final line by Bill Madison?  A child’s social circle is quite limited in the early going. Your parents are basically the sun, your only reference point on how you’re supposed to talk, walk, think and act.

Eventually every child will spread their wings, however. By junior high school parents are fighting a losing battle with libido. A parent must adapt on the fly or face grave consequences. Pull back too much and you risk losing a connection during important time in your child’s formative years. Try too hard and you face hurtful rejection.

Try really hard, and you’re a murdering, ecstasy-popping, B-52’s loving, sex and fecal addict. Trust us, you don’t want to be known as the Cool Dad.

- DH