Episode 038: Professional Tools

This week’s episode covers the following stories on 8BitDad.com and around the internets for the week leading up to July 24th, 2012: Dad Is Most Embarrassing Parent, Says British Survey / A Family Restaurant, If You’re A Traditional Family / Batman Rises and the Colorado Shootings: Hollywood Should be Ashamed

Guess what, dad? You’re embarrassing, dude. “Researchers found that children are embarrassed by their father,” says an article in The Daily Mail, “thanks to their bad fashion sense, lack of style and even the car they drive.”

The totally objective study was commissioned by Specsavers (ahem, dot co, dot uk) to coincide with their “Dob in your dad” campaign and contest to find Britain’s least style-savvy dad. The study involved 2,000 13-21 year olds, and found some incredibly disheartening results.

Episode 014: Bob’s Your Uncle

This week’s episode covers the following stories on 8bitdad.com for the week leading up to January 23rd, 2012: What Finish Line Has Your Dad Carried You Across?; 20 Years Later, Derek Redmond’s Father Will Carry Olympic Torch; 8BD Talks To Father Of Girl Who Handled Lion Encounter Like A Boss Valiant; Bad Dadvertising: Triaminic; Beavis And Butthead In Real Life Dad Comment Win