我的老爸鬼话连篇 (2010)

我的老爸鬼话连篇（Shit My Dad Says）原先只是推特上的一系列帖子，作者是贾斯汀·哈伯。当时，他还是个半失业的喜剧作家。帖子的内容是引用哈本的父亲，山姆平常所说的话汇集而成，主题包罗万象。2009年8月3日哈伯从洛杉矶搬回父母在圣地亚哥的家，不久之后，就开了这个推特账号。他原本打算只将他父亲那些辛辣的评论在网页上保留起来，但他的一位友人却将链接贴了出去。之后，喜剧演员劳伯·考德瑞转推了这个链接，哈本称此后这个推特账号“一炮而红”。在不到一个月之后，每日秀、一个叫做Laughing Squid的知名博客，以及女演员克莉丝汀·贝儿都提及到这个推特。从2014年起，这些推文就有了三百一十万的追随者。

改编作品

书

2009年的9月，哈本找到了一个经纪人，并开始比较书商开的出版条件。他在2009年的10月，和哈珀·柯林斯（Harper Collins）签下合约。书的内容是从推文上节录下来，取名为《我的老爸鬼话连篇》（Sh*t My Dad Says），由哈本与他的长期合作伙伴派崔克·舒马克（Patrick Schumacker）共同执笔，并在2010年的5月4日发行。这本书在发行第一周就荣登纽约时报“非小说类的最佳销售精装书”排名第八。在发售后的六个星期中，更一直维持在纽约时报畅销书排行榜第一名。

电视剧

2009的11月，CBS就宣布将我的老爸鬼话连篇改编成电视情境剧，将由威廉·薛特纳出演。这出连续剧，正式定名为《$#*! My Dad Says》（播出时，$#*!以哔声取代），在CBS同意之下，自2010年的5月，每周四的晚间在CBS播出。

2011年5月15日，CBS宣布取消了节目的播出，尽管它在美国人民选择奖中得到了最佳新喜剧。

Shit My Dad Says is a Twitter feed started by Justin Halpern who was then a semi-employed comedy writer. It consists of quotations made by Halpern's father, Sam, regarding various subjects. Halpern started the account on August 3, 2009 soon after moving from Los Angeles back to his parents' house in San Diego. He intended it only as a storage site for his father's salty comments, but a friend posted a link to it. Comedian Rob Corddry then tweeted the link and that really "jump-started it" according to Halpern. In less than a month the page was mentioned by The Daily Show, a popular San Francisco blog called Laughing Squid, and actress Kristen Bell. As of February 2024 the feed has 2.1 million followers. The account has largely been inactive since 2014 with only two tweets since then and none after 2017.

Adaptations

Book

In September 2009 Halpern found an agent and started sifting through book deals. He signed an agreement with HarperCollins in October 2009. The book based on the feed, titled Sh*t My Dad Says, was co-written with Halpern's longtime writing partner Patrick Schumacker and was released on May 4, 2010. During its first week the book reached #8 on The New York Times Best Seller list for hardcover nonfiction. For six weeks after its release the book was #1 on the bestseller list.

Television series

In November 2009, CBS announced that it was developing a television sitcom based on the Twitter feed which would star William Shatner. The series, officially titled $#*! My Dad Says (spoken as Bleep My Dad Says), was green-lighted by CBS in May 2010 and began airing on CBS on Thursday nights.

On May 15, 2011, CBS announced that it had canceled $#*! My Dad Says despite winning the People's Choice Award for Best New Comedy.

In popular culture

In 2011, Cartoon Network's MAD aired a parody promo for the TV adaptation, $h*! My Dad Says, called, "Meep! My Dad Says!" It is a crossover between $h*! My Dad Says and Looney Tunes which features the Road Runner playing the role of the dad. His classic "Meep! Meeps!" are used to imitate censor bleeps, with black bars being placed over his mouth when he speaks.