by: Justin Halpern
With the explosion of Twitter a couple years ago came many things: a focus on narcissism, the reemergence of Ashton Kutcher and Shit My Dad Says. SMDS grew from Halpern tweeting his dad's funny statements and broadcasting them to the world. Apparently, the world was interested. SMDS became so popular that Halpern wrote a book and licensed a TV show to CBS featuring Captain Kirk in the title role.
Much like the TV show -- which was cancelled after 18 episodes -- the book was not enjoyable. It was a look back at Halpern's life and included some of his dad's comments along the way. There was quite an imbalance reading this because you could sense Halpern wanted to write a memoir but had to include his dad's anecdotes since they are what would sell the thing. Of course, that still doesn't favor the reader who was hoping for more jokes and less emotional life tales. I recommend following his Twitter account but staying far away from this.
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