Kids In The Hall - Daddy Drank

[@mistereveready]

I love how the tap shoes complement the original joke about quiet shoes.

[@tritiumH3]

"I'm just looking for my mocassins." I didn't get that until I had seen this like thirty times. This is the best sketch in sketch show history.

[@nebulousisgod]

He bought him taps so he could hear him when he inevitably came to kill him. What a great show

[@johncaldwell1625]

No wonder daddy left so early for work! But what was mama's excuse being a lush?

[@jataim4197]

You know what? I never saw the 'full circle' of the joke until you pointed that out! TY :) I got about 90% of that 'circle' but you helped me realize the other 10% that actually, makes this skit even more freakinly brilliant! ;) Nice! P.S. I had these skits memorized in jr. high,(when I saw them as reruns for the first time). I love the obscure, yet completely relatable skits-like "Cocaine" skit? OMG! Scott T. doing the coke then Mark Mc. just killing it by remaining quiet-so, smart! Super smart comedy, I'm so, glad I got to grow up in my pre-teen/teen years. My age group equivalent of "Monty Pythons" to our parents generation. ;)

[@bmbougie]

I never caught that. Gotta give daddy some shoes that make some noise, hopefully enough to wake him up.

[@SilentBob731]

Kids In The Hall was awesome, and Dave Foley is one of the funniest people in Human History.

[@willrobinson1229]

It's 2023 and these skits have aged very well! In fact, I believe they are "better" today then when they first came out.

[@kid9486]

"Think about it, you little mathematician!"

[@joemcmorrow467]

I shouldn’t be up late watching old sketches on RUclips like this. I’ve got a long day of drinking for the government ahead of me tomorrow! I better go calm my nerves with a scotch, say goodnight to my son, and hit the hay.

[@DanRudy]

"I don't dance! I CAN'T dance, you little bastard!"

[@kornsin]

It is really a sketch about the strategic use of shoes.

[@jataim4197]

"Think about it ya lil' mathematician"! ROTFL! Laugh the same after 20 years of seeing it! Never get's old! LOVE TKITH! ;)

[@NeuralNetProcessor]

The thing about him eating the puppy cracks me up so hard

[@cainster]

Dave is such a great actor.

[@StreetPreacherr]

It gives these sketches a bit of a different context after learning that 'in real life' both Dave Foley and Kevin McDonald both grew up with severely alcoholic fathers...

[@bencousins7311]

I think everyone but mark had abusive/drunk dads

[@ezekielbrockmann114]

O Canada, our great terre ivrogne,
Mario Lemuix ...

[@One21Jiggawatts]

It’s still funny.

[@theryn2k5]

Didn't we all?

[@MKSBEMA]

You'd be hard pressed to find a Canadian who didnt grow up with an alcoholic father.

[@mattslay9407]

My dad used to joke with me before bed: "now be careful. I'm wearing my quiet shoes!"

[@McRocket]

The creepy/sad thing is that Kevin McDonald said this (very funny) sketch was based on his real life father.

[@internziko]

Sometimes the funniest things can come from the saddest

[@ezekielbrockmann114]

Yeah, man, that's comedy right there.

[@Inthatgoodway]

The best comedy comes from tragedy

[@hit2train]

fuck me if that don't make it funnier

[@joshuatrujillo1410]

It came full circle when a man approached Kevin after a live show to tell him that as a bartender he has served Hamilton McDonald and his dad boasted about how proud he was that his son Kevin McDonald was a successful comedian.

[@hrvacanin]

one of my all time favourites!

[@purplestuff]

I want a shirt that says, "Daddy drinks for the government"

[@jadenova]

I like how the dad is wearing the tap shoes.

[@rabidrabbitshuggers]

Holy shit I never noticed that!!!

[@nebulousisgod]

This is so good it’s terrifying

[@WeerdMunkee]

It was based on Kevin McDonald's real life experiences with his own father. Apparently, from his mouth, said his dad said every word Dave Foley delivered.

[@charliefromstarkvillemissi1852]

Imagine if SNL was one tenth this hilarious.

[@WeerdMunkee]

That show is only still on the air because it's on so late. It should have ended YEARS ago...it's 80 to 90% not funny. Especially now. It hasn't been anything special since season 37.

[@0neDoomedSpaceMarine]

Once upon a time, SNL created some absolute gold, but that was a lifetime ago.

[@castle0417]

This is gold. Straight gold.

[@charternicholson9933]

Kevin McDonald and Dave Foley were so awesome together...
I would never buy you a puppy...lol

[@Thunderchild-gz4gc]

They were friends before forming the troupe so it helped

[@REPORTEVERYLIBERALCOMMENT]

It's all fun and games until you're the drinking daddy.

[@theryn2k5]

I am willing

[@alexthompson9516]

Daddy couldn't dance. Ohh Daddy could drink!

[@McRocket]

I hate to say how many times I watched this sketch before I figured out the tap shoes gift.
☮

[@MWorsa]

They saved his life!

[@StarWarsMoments]

Tap shoes saved his life. Good present.

[@karissimpson6631]

When I saw this is as a kid....I knew KITH was my most favourite thing in the world.

[@docthemetalfreak]

like reliving my childhood

[@pkpkaaotiq900]

After daddy receives the tap shoes, the scene after, you can hear him walking in and out of the room wearing the tap shoes :)
As a sketch, it's funny and hilarious. In real life, it's scary and sad.

[@aphexrhubarb]

omg that is so hilarious...classic sense of humour to tail that in like that...just too funny haha

[@tharealmikezee3165]

Tru dat I was a kid in the 90s and my dad & I loved this show. And he was heavily involved in divorce counseling...and I remember him telling me stuff when these sketches would come on...he was ACA...(adult child of alcoholic) and there's lots of alcoholism in divorce groups. SO he laughed but he always tried to tell me...this isn't really funny to joke about. Well God bless my pops.

[@darlenekuchar]

It's so you know where he is.

[@thepayne7862]

God I can't stop watching this clip.

[@jackgachagames1992]

"I don't deserve this...
WHAT THE HELL IS THIS?!"

[@al-ub2yl]

😂 ah yes. Being woke in the night by drunk dad. At least our life long trauma made us funny. 😍

[@ezekielbrockmann114]

The boy bought his father tap shoes for Christmas to save his own young life, smart wee lad.

[@MurdoT860]

We know 🤦‍♂️

[@theoriginaldazza]

One of my all time favorite bits

[@johndickerson6946]

Thank you so much for posting , this is my favourite sketch

[@MrUndersolo]

This made me a devoted fan.
And have terrible flashbacks!

[@scrumpletplumplet]

Canadian Club: Damn Right Daddy Drank

[@nickdirienzo2849]

Goodnight my little mathematician.

[@colinmackinnon696]

0+0= British cigarette

[@MWorsa]

That spit take 😂

[@Message167]

"I ate it."

[@matttherrien9608]

Looks like 10 peoples daddy's drank.

[@danwinters2190]

The irony of Dave Foley having to wear a grey wig to appear older....

[@ronaldnock9666]

Thats too funny!

[@ezekielbrockmann114]

O Canada, our great terre ivrogne,
Mario Lemuix ...

[@johnreazin1074]

So this is where the wkuk got this skit lol

[@fcruz43215]

Hilarious!!!

[@scionofdorn9101]

Rumor has it, he's still drinking to this very day.

[@mercuropheliac]

This reminds me a lot of that WKUK sketch where Trevor comes home plastered and tells his daughter, (a.k.a. the camera) he accidentally hit and killed the pony he was hiding in the garage for her birthday.

[@pr9039]

This canuck is my favorite American patriot, eh?

[@So-Be-It_85949]

"Oh god no!"

[@losttribe3001]

Luckily my dad is a Mormon or this;

[@fartspoo4244]

What’d you meen.. I asked you a question… wasyoor dad that drunk? Hhuh? I’m drunck

[@annalisavajda252]

Lol.

[@glowgirl8171]

Zero plus zero equals F**!

[@spergnation1339]

Remember comedy? When shit was allowed to be funny?
I member

[@swingersfan]

Sadly this skit wouldn’t fly in 2019.

[@cainster]

This skit would do just fine in 2019. And 2020. And 2021.

[@swingersfan]

Christopher Kevin Rasmussen That and the underlying child abuse.

[@Ceares]

It's the opposite of sad when people become more aware of problematic issues and decide that things that once got a pass or worse, were considered completely fine, don't fly anymore. As for if this skit would fly, it honestly would depend on the channel. It would more likely generate discussion rather than just being outright condemned in part because of who is doing it and the way it's done. Comedy is comedy and that's fine but comedy, just like everything else, doesn't exist in a vacuum.

[@livebackwards]

Well no, the Kids In the Hall already did it. It would be plagiarism.

[@GrinningAries]

@@cainster Not sure where you live but certainly not in Canada, and probably not in the US either. Not without it being a huge controversy and a mob coming for the actors/writers/show. People dismiss context here if they see an opportunity to appear morally outraged.