April 4, 2024 • 6 mins
The Pop Culture Moms ask Ophira for advice on how to teach their kids to be funny.
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Speaker 1 (00:01):
Hey, we're back with another little mini episode. Little and
Minnie is redundant. Oh well, Hi. So when I talked
to Andy Mitchell, a New York Times best selling author,
and Sabrina Kohlberg, who was a producer for Good Morning America.
We talked about their new podcast called Pop Culture Moms,
and we had a great chat. But when we finished
(00:21):
me interviewing them, they actually had a question for me.
So check this out.
Speaker 2 (00:29):
Well, if I have a question for you, how can
we assure that our kids are funny? Because that's something
I used to hear so before. When my baby was born,
I started listening to Armchair Expert with Dax Shepherd. Yeah,
and Dax used to say that he didn't laugh. The
one thing he didn't do is laugh at his kids
jokes if they weren't funny, And I thought that sounded
so cruel. But now I'm realizing, like my son is
(00:51):
trying to get attention with bits and jokes that are
that are truly not funny, and I'm like, I can't laugh.
I don't want to keep doing the fake laugh. So
how can what do you have an advice there?
Speaker 1 (01:03):
Okay, I have two things to say. One is not
going to be helpful, and one will be helpful. So boys,
you know, I don't, I'm not. I always talk about
how I try to talk to the gender divide. But
they're gonna get a lot of feedback for being funny
because that's just like little boys tend to joke around
and little girls don't joke around so much. I hope
that is changing because that's the world I grew up in.
But I say a laugh. I say a laugh Dax Shepherd,
(01:25):
that's great like that. He's trying to do some you know,
taste masters kind of thing. But I say, encouragement is
what what inspires experimentation.
Speaker 2 (01:37):
Yeah, you're right, and so keep trying and.
Speaker 1 (01:39):
The so if there's a platform of like, oh maybe
I'm funny, then there'll be ideas of like how else
will this go?
Speaker 2 (01:46):
That's a good point.
Speaker 3 (01:47):
That is a great point. But let me I have
a follow up, can't you? Because my daughter has a
running bit that's been going on for I love. Yeah,
it's been going on for eight months and it is
dreadful funny and I need it to end.
Speaker 1 (02:03):
Okay. I've had a few of those is can you
tell me what it is?
Speaker 2 (02:06):
Yeah?
Speaker 3 (02:06):
So it's when I drop her off at daycare. She
hides behind my back and then the teacher comes to
the door. And then the teacher says, oh, did you
forget Violet? And I say, yes, I must have forgotten her.
And then she just laughs and laughs and laughs, and
I can't get her to just go in without us
doing this little song and dance that she thinks is
so funny.
Speaker 1 (02:24):
Your sketch, that's a tough.
Speaker 3 (02:26):
Yeah, And I'm telling you every day for months it's hacky.
Speaker 2 (02:30):
I need it to stop.
Speaker 1 (02:32):
Okay, Well, good news. School is ending, So there's that
you got a couple more months of this. I mean
that you could just literally watch it, like endure it,
and then it will just end at some point very soon.
But you could go the sober route, which is you
just go I feel like we've done this a lot,
and I think that it is like time we should
(02:54):
find a new one. So how will we shake hands?
Like do you want to replace it with something?
Speaker 2 (02:58):
How about we.
Speaker 1 (02:59):
Try a high five? Or you know. And if it
was me and I did, I'll tell you what the
wrong thing to do is, which is what I would do.
I would say, we're scaring other kids. We can't do
this anymore, I would use that. That would be exactly
what I would say, and it would be wrong because
now I'm creating a whole new fake scenario based on
some terrible but I would just try to replace it with, like,
(03:21):
I think we're going to change this up. So now
that it's spring, what do we want to do?
Speaker 2 (03:27):
Yes, get a new bit gooing, get a new bit going. Yeah.
So sometimes they do run to the well.
Speaker 1 (03:33):
Absolutely, and they love repetition. I mean I had to
tell my I had to do a disciplinary thing because
my son was just doing Yo mama yoma. I don't know,
like this happened in her house, and I finally said,
it got so out of control. I said, that's it.
You've got five more yo mamas in you. And at
the end, I start taking something away from your life
(03:57):
that you and.
Speaker 2 (03:57):
You and you hope you're just like it were gathering
all the items in the house every day. He says,
you know, does your son think you're funny?
Speaker 1 (04:07):
No? Yeah, and he shouldn't.
Speaker 2 (04:11):
Okay, Hey, excellent, Oh I'm getting a lot there. That's good.
We just talked to Tignataro not too long ago, and
she's like, I'm the person that everyone in my house
just rules their eyes at me. Oh yeah. And I
was like, that's great you it doesn't matter who you are.
Speaker 1 (04:24):
Oh, I want him to have for your whole little
interest in what I do. Yeah, he did say, are
you going to bring me to work someday? And I
said no, absolutely, okay, And then this is the one
that's not helpful. I was recently at a dinner with
(04:44):
a whole bunch of moms that some worked in media,
some didn't. It was all over the place, and but
I was one definitely who did stand up at the table,
but they all everyone had some sort of artistic creative job.
And someone asked me, why did you start doing stand
up comedy? And I wish I had like a fun
(05:05):
little story for that, but I don't so I and
I was a little overtired that day and I just
looked her in the face and I said, childhood trauma.
Speaker 2 (05:16):
Exactly right.
Speaker 1 (05:18):
And this other woman goes, that's why I got into
what I do, and the next onean said that's why
I got into what I do, And the next one said,
that's why. Okay, you actually don't want your kid to
be a professional funny.
Speaker 2 (05:35):
That's a really good point. That's a really good point.
That's why we have a podcast. So that's very true.
That's very true. I love yeah, because what are they
trying to prove.
Speaker 3 (05:50):
You know what exactly?
Speaker 2 (05:52):
Who are they trying to get? Validation? That's right, yeah,
all the validation.
Speaker 1 (05:56):
So if you validate them now fingers.
Speaker 3 (05:58):
Crossed, this very important wisdom thing has been very helpful.
Speaker 2 (06:05):
Pleasure. I'm walking away with you.
Speaker 1 (06:06):
Thank you, my pleasure. What joke or gag has gone
on for a way too long in your household? Let
me know? Send us a DM on our socials, or
you can leave us a voice memo. Just go to
parenting is ajokepod dot com and find out how to
do that.
Speaker 2 (06:24):
Can't wait
Hey, we're back with another little mini episode. Little and
Minnie is redundant. Oh well, Hi. So when I talked
to Andy Mitchell, a New York Times best selling author,
and Sabrina Kohlberg, who was a producer for Good Morning America.
We talked about their new podcast called Pop Culture Moms,
and we had a great chat. But when we finished
(00:21):
me interviewing them, they actually had a question for me.
So check this out.
Speaker 2 (00:29):
Well, if I have a question for you, how can
we assure that our kids are funny? Because that's something
I used to hear so before. When my baby was born,
I started listening to Armchair Expert with Dax Shepherd. Yeah,
and Dax used to say that he didn't laugh. The
one thing he didn't do is laugh at his kids
jokes if they weren't funny, And I thought that sounded
so cruel. But now I'm realizing, like my son is
(00:51):
trying to get attention with bits and jokes that are
that are truly not funny, and I'm like, I can't laugh.
I don't want to keep doing the fake laugh. So
how can what do you have an advice there?
Speaker 1 (01:03):
Okay, I have two things to say. One is not
going to be helpful, and one will be helpful. So boys,
you know, I don't, I'm not. I always talk about
how I try to talk to the gender divide. But
they're gonna get a lot of feedback for being funny
because that's just like little boys tend to joke around
and little girls don't joke around so much. I hope
that is changing because that's the world I grew up in.
But I say a laugh. I say a laugh Dax Shepherd,
(01:25):
that's great like that. He's trying to do some you know,
taste masters kind of thing. But I say, encouragement is
what what inspires experimentation.
Speaker 2 (01:37):
Yeah, you're right, and so keep trying and.
Speaker 1 (01:39):
The so if there's a platform of like, oh maybe
I'm funny, then there'll be ideas of like how else
will this go?
Speaker 2 (01:46):
That's a good point.
Speaker 3 (01:47):
That is a great point. But let me I have
a follow up, can't you? Because my daughter has a
running bit that's been going on for I love. Yeah,
it's been going on for eight months and it is
dreadful funny and I need it to end.
Speaker 1 (02:03):
Okay. I've had a few of those is can you
tell me what it is?
Speaker 2 (02:06):
Yeah?
Speaker 3 (02:06):
So it's when I drop her off at daycare. She
hides behind my back and then the teacher comes to
the door. And then the teacher says, oh, did you
forget Violet? And I say, yes, I must have forgotten her.
And then she just laughs and laughs and laughs, and
I can't get her to just go in without us
doing this little song and dance that she thinks is
so funny.
Speaker 1 (02:24):
Your sketch, that's a tough.
Speaker 3 (02:26):
Yeah, And I'm telling you every day for months it's hacky.
Speaker 2 (02:30):
I need it to stop.
Speaker 1 (02:32):
Okay, Well, good news. School is ending, So there's that
you got a couple more months of this. I mean
that you could just literally watch it, like endure it,
and then it will just end at some point very soon.
But you could go the sober route, which is you
just go I feel like we've done this a lot,
and I think that it is like time we should
(02:54):
find a new one. So how will we shake hands?
Like do you want to replace it with something?
Speaker 2 (02:58):
How about we.
Speaker 1 (02:59):
Try a high five? Or you know. And if it
was me and I did, I'll tell you what the
wrong thing to do is, which is what I would do.
I would say, we're scaring other kids. We can't do
this anymore, I would use that. That would be exactly
what I would say, and it would be wrong because
now I'm creating a whole new fake scenario based on
some terrible but I would just try to replace it with, like,
(03:21):
I think we're going to change this up. So now
that it's spring, what do we want to do?
Speaker 2 (03:27):
Yes, get a new bit gooing, get a new bit going. Yeah.
So sometimes they do run to the well.
Speaker 1 (03:33):
Absolutely, and they love repetition. I mean I had to
tell my I had to do a disciplinary thing because
my son was just doing Yo mama yoma. I don't know,
like this happened in her house, and I finally said,
it got so out of control. I said, that's it.
You've got five more yo mamas in you. And at
the end, I start taking something away from your life
(03:57):
that you and.
Speaker 2 (03:57):
You and you hope you're just like it were gathering
all the items in the house every day. He says,
you know, does your son think you're funny?
Speaker 1 (04:07):
No? Yeah, and he shouldn't.
Speaker 2 (04:11):
Okay, Hey, excellent, Oh I'm getting a lot there. That's good.
We just talked to Tignataro not too long ago, and
she's like, I'm the person that everyone in my house
just rules their eyes at me. Oh yeah. And I
was like, that's great you it doesn't matter who you are.
Speaker 1 (04:24):
Oh, I want him to have for your whole little
interest in what I do. Yeah, he did say, are
you going to bring me to work someday? And I
said no, absolutely, okay, And then this is the one
that's not helpful. I was recently at a dinner with
(04:44):
a whole bunch of moms that some worked in media,
some didn't. It was all over the place, and but
I was one definitely who did stand up at the table,
but they all everyone had some sort of artistic creative job.
And someone asked me, why did you start doing stand
up comedy? And I wish I had like a fun
(05:05):
little story for that, but I don't so I and
I was a little overtired that day and I just
looked her in the face and I said, childhood trauma.
Speaker 2 (05:16):
Exactly right.
Speaker 1 (05:18):
And this other woman goes, that's why I got into
what I do, and the next onean said that's why
I got into what I do, And the next one said,
that's why. Okay, you actually don't want your kid to
be a professional funny.
Speaker 2 (05:35):
That's a really good point. That's a really good point.
That's why we have a podcast. So that's very true.
That's very true. I love yeah, because what are they
trying to prove.
Speaker 3 (05:50):
You know what exactly?
Speaker 2 (05:52):
Who are they trying to get? Validation? That's right, yeah,
all the validation.
Speaker 1 (05:56):
So if you validate them now fingers.
Speaker 3 (05:58):
Crossed, this very important wisdom thing has been very helpful.
Speaker 2 (06:05):
Pleasure. I'm walking away with you.
Speaker 1 (06:06):
Thank you, my pleasure. What joke or gag has gone
on for a way too long in your household? Let
me know? Send us a DM on our socials, or
you can leave us a voice memo. Just go to
parenting is ajokepod dot com and find out how to
do that.
Speaker 2 (06:24):
Can't wait
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