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"It was pretty funny," Dad said, "but I hope I never see it again".
John is introduced in a recording by his son: "Ladies and gentleman, please welcome to the stage, my funny dad".
Whether a fuller house would generate more heat around Ahmed's underpowered routines on race, middle-aged dating and his funny dad is wide open to question.
Somehow it didn't feel OK to tell them about my funny dad with his pockets full of sour cherries, or my grandpa who removed his false teeth when he told ghost stories.
But where, in the typical contemporary memoir, the troubled youth and the alienated father would silently acknowledge their vexed journey toward expertise and adulthood, he merely gave me an opaque look and asked if I was really sure this was a good idea, and had I run it by Mom? "Your reflexes are a bit funny, Dad," he said.
"He likes the idea of being the star of the show". John is introduced in a recording by his son: "Ladies and gentleman, please welcome to the stage, my funny dad". (He insists the adjective was inserted unexpectedly by The Boy). "I wanted the audience to connect with him, and I love hearing his voice when I'm on stage," says John.
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