"Shit my dad says" from Twitter on TV

#1

Post by cake » Thu, May 20, 2010, 8:34 AM UTC

"Shit my dad says" from Twitter on TV
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#2

Post by greyman » Thu, May 20, 2010, 9:15 AM UTC

I like that twitter stream, there is some poetry and uniqueness in it, and it can be even considered as a new literary genre. BTW, don't you know more sites like SMDS? (different content, some format).

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#3

Post by rms » Thu, May 20, 2010, 9:20 AM UTC

William Shatner is playing the dad? This show is actually going to work.

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#4

Post by wyclif » Thu, May 20, 2010, 9:41 AM UTC

The story here, to me, is that CBS picked it up. If it were on cable, they wouldn't have to re-write the title. Then again, if it were on cable, I'm sure the deal wouldn't have been that great.

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#5

Post by ck2 » Thu, May 20, 2010, 9:43 AM UTC

This could have been an awesome segment on Conan but a full show?

Hmm, I will have to watch and see.

Is the real-life dad getting a cut of this for his IP?

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#6

Post by hugothefrog » Thu, May 20, 2010, 10:04 AM UTC

For reference, since I had to google for it: http://twitter.com/shitmydadsays

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#7

Post by jedc » Thu, May 20, 2010, 10:31 AM UTC

ck2 wrote: post #5

This could have been an awesome segment on Conan but a full show? Hmm, I will have to watch and see. Is the real-life dad getting a cut of this for his IP?

Stranger things have happened. I remember when I heard that there was going to be a reality show featuring Ozzy Osbourne and his family, which seemed totally nuts at the time.

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Post by ulvund » Thu, May 20, 2010, 11:15 AM UTC

greyman wrote: post #2

I like that twitter stream, there is some poetry and uniqueness in it, and it can be even considered as a new literary genre. BTW, don't you know more sites like SMDS? (different content, some format).

For people interested in football there was the fake Lucas Leiva of Liverpool FC which was hilarious, but now banned.

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Post by cake » Thu, May 20, 2010, 11:20 AM UTC

I'm pretty amazed that he gets his own TV show thanks to Twitter. He found one of the few useful use cases of Twitter.

He also did a "Ask me anything" on reddit http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/9pqjl/i_am_justin_from...

I'm still wondering if his dad is actually saying those tweets or if he's just a good writer.

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#10

Post by jim_dot » Thu, May 20, 2010, 12:30 PM UTC

rms wrote: post #3

William Shatner is playing the dad? This show is actually going to work.

Yeah I kinda groaned when I saw they were making this, but saw Shatner is playing the dad and now I'm excited.