you are writing how many books do you have out right now. bill: with my books. my book, the title came from my now seven-year-old son dad is fat. he showed it to me and put him up for adoption. i wrote a column about my son s little league team because they, where is the air-conditioning on the field? it s a softer generation. their expectations of dad are not the same that they were. why do you think that so many parents these days put their kids on a pedestal and almost adoring of the child. where again, post world war ii, 50s and 60s. those children were there to shut up. now, they are like little
you are writing how many books do you have out right now. bill: with my books. my book, the title came from my now seven-year-old son dad is fat. he showed it to me and put him up for adoption. i wrote a column about my son s little league team because they, it s hot. where is the air-conditioning on the field? it s a softer generation. their expectations of dad are not the same that they were. why do you think that so many parents these days put their kids on a pedestal and almost adoring of the child. where again, post world war ii, 50s and 60s. those children were there to shut up. now, they are like little
that your friends will be talking about in the summer barbeques and here is one that comes in time for father s day, and the book is called dad is fat. it is written by standup comedian jim gaffegan and don t let it fool you to think that it is a weight loss program the leave you depressed, but it is a hilarious look at how his world was turned upside down by his five kids. jake tapper sat down with the comedian to find out more about what inspired him to share his parenting joys and nightmares with the masses. a lot of the comedy books reporter: the title of the book dad is fat is not a joke, he wrote, but an observation by his son jack. the first sentence that he wrote was dad is fat. and then i put him up for adoption. and that is the first sen ten, because there is a picture of it in the book. and amazing handwriting and before the drip s and drab s o
o reilly.com and more than 300 newspapers across the country. one guy who knows a lot about fatherhood who has five children and new book out called dad is fat. i spoke with him a few days ago. so you have got five kids in 10 years. five kids, there might be more. i haven t talked to my wife in an hour. that s after the third kid people stop congratulating you. they treat you like you are amish. what s the hard thing about being a dad for you. some things about being a dad i wasn t prepared for. dads are the vice president of the executive branch of the family which surprised me. you know, the mom is the president. the mom is mom is the presiden. the mom is bill clinton, feeling their pain and we re al gore, the nerd telling them to turn off the lights. my wife has instituted this open door policy where if one of our kids have a nightmare, they are welcome to come in our room and pee in our bed. my dad, i thought he was the dictator, out there doing yard
and then, afterwards, i m glad i ate that. more like i m going to die! i paid for that? did i eat it or rub it it on my face? jim gaffigan on the set with us. he has a new book called dad is fat. that is the name of his new book. i love it! that s perfect! mika must read opinion pages up next. you re watching morning joe, brewed by starbucks.