(My) Old Man and the TV

My Dad came to visit us kids this past weekend.  He ended up staying at my house for his last night and  we hung out just the 2 of us for awhile before heading to bed, having a serious conversation about some stuff going on in his life.  Generally speaking, he's not the most open fella about his "feelings", but he was making an effort and I just listened because that is what I do.  Also, it's polite.

Because I have inherited my Dad's piss-poor hearing, or maybe because I didn't want to accidentally A.D.D.-it, I turned the television's volume down so I could focus.  When we hit that point that signaled "important conversation over", MAD TV was on, and I turned it back up so we could watch (to my memory, nothing else was really on at this time, and decided it was good enough for the next 20-30 minutes before I went to bed).

The first full sketch that we were met with...there are no words.

It was about a married couple (wife played by Nicole Sullivan), and the missus was attempting to have a conversation with the hubs about their sex life, specifically,  her issue with him and his Pavlovian response to anything indicating oral sex.  As she is trying to address her issue (and it's made clear the second she mentions it), is that he aggressively takes her by the back of her head and pushes her to his stuff.

This site gag (uh, whatever) is repeated ad nauseum with every double entendre spoken, be it with wifey, the flower delivery guy (whose name: BJ), and both of the wife's in-laws who stop by.

I don't know about you, but watching a sketch about blow jobs with your dad?  It's not high on my list of things to do....yeah, ever. 

So we're both sitting there, not saying a word, and I'm thinking, channel change? (if I knew Rock of Love Bus repeat was on, I would have), express view that this bit is, like, so lame? ignore it and play it cool for one lousy sketch?

I went with the last one. I am really hoping Freud doesn't have anything to say about this, because, ew.

Comments

[HollowSquirrel]

ooooh that's painfully awkward. Sorry.

[3carnations]

I would have started having a loud conversation with him about something...anything...until the sketch was over.

[mamatulip]

We watched Zack and Miri Make a Porno with my father, and it was mildly awkward. But the worst was when Dave tried to show off his new DVR and put this disc in of shows he'd pre-recorded....there were a few sports clips and then a clip of a young Cat Stevens crooning and then there was this huge manwand thrusting into some girl who was simultaneously pleasuring herself at the same time. And the noises, OH MY GOD, the noises.

I wanted the floor to open up and SWALLOW ME WHOLE.

[mamatulip]

I should probably have added that he played this disc of pre-recorded shows while his MOTHER AND STEPFATHER were over.