In this episode we talked about Fandango, and some of the great add-ons that the Fandango app offers people with our new Movies & Entertainment Installment. Creed Anthony from Balcony Dads and Tales from the Poop Deck will be our recurring guest, and we love sharing his perspectives with all of you!

Creed talked to us about the Fandango program that he (and Chris) are a part of called Fandango Family and shared the benefits of joining the Fandango VIP program as well as using the Fandango App. We were amazed at all of the extra material that the Fandango App and website offers true movie lovers. If you have not visited recently, you really need to! Listen in for some great hints and tips too about keeping food warm and more!

* Fandango Movies on ITUNES

* Fandango Movies on Google Play

Thanks to Creed and Jason from Balcony Dads for joining the Dad Spotlight team and we look forward to having them on the show again soon!

 

We also had the great opportunity to talk with Jonathan Last, Author and Editor of a great new book entitled:

The Dadly Virtues: Adventures from the Worst Job You’ll Ever Love. 

 

Part instructional guide, part meditation, and part war journal, THE DADLY VIRTUES is a collection of gut-busting chapters from an all-star lineup of essayists and humorists, edited by Jonathan V. Last.   At a time when 40% of children are born out of wedlock with no father committed to raising them and when manliness – and one of its central components, fatherhood – often seems under assault in the popular culture, THE DADLY VIRTUES is a hilarious rallying cry in defense of dads everywhere.  

The book includes tongue-in-cheek encouragement and guidance through every stage of fatherhood, from pacifying babies to prepping for the senior prom, from cutting the umbilical cord to getting your first “Best-Grandpa” T-shirt.  Topics include: 

 

* P.J. O’Rourke on the uncanny similarity between fathers and turkey basters. 

* Tucker Carlson on how to fill a kid’s life with adventure and excitement – without getting her killed.

* Stephen F. Hayes on why a sibling is the best gift your kid will ever receive – even if they resent you for it.

* Jonah Goldberg on the moral case for every family having a pet.

* Matt Labash on talking to your child about the birds and the bees – and why the birds and the bees aren’t anything like they used to be.

* Matthew Continetti on mastering the art of changing a newborn’s diaper while keeping his urine off the wall.

* Toby Young on the things fathers think, but never say – and why Machiavelli is the best guide to parenting you’ll ever read.

You’ll laugh. You’ll cry. Above all, you’ll want to be a dad – and if you’re already a dad, it will make you nostalgic for the best moments of fatherhood and a little less depressed about the worst. 

About Jonathan Last

Jonathan V. Last, is a senior writer at the Weekly Standard, a Washington-based political magazine, and author of What to Expect When No One’s Expecting: America’s Coming Demographic Disaster (Encounter Books,