Barney Smith is a cartoonist and writer who decided to bring a little humor into the world when it became a much darker place in 2020. While most people were arguing over politics and whether or not to wear facemasks, Barney decided he would post one joke a day on his social media feed. Over time he had cultivated and created enough jokes that he brought them together into a book called Dad Jokes. As time went on it turned out he had enough fun puns and silly witticisms to make a sequel: Dadder Jokes…which is currently funding on Kickstarter. This week Kristian chats with Barney about what inspired him to pull together his collection of laughable language, why humor doesn’t have to be disparaging towards other people, what makes a good “Dad Joke”, and the evolution of the father figure over time in the pop culture landscape!

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