He’s professionally funny, into cool music, cars, shoes, sports, he snow skis & has  mean tennis game. Welcome to the show Dr. John Banas, Professor of communications at The University of Oklahoma and, among other things, teaches an upper division course on Communication and Humor. Tune in and learn all about why dads are so funny and why we all come by the dad joke so naturally. Contact Dr. Banas for speaking engagements: [email protected] Show Notes: Dr. Banas most cited article: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/03634523.2010.496867 (Full article available upon request to [email protected])  CCFI- Center for Children and Families Norman : https://www.ccfinorman.org/ Othello’s Italian Restaurant: https://www.othellos.us/  Predictably Irrational- Dan Ariley: https://danariely.com/books/predictably-irrational/  Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Child- Dr. Marc Weissbluth: https://marcweissbluth.com/  Scientist in the Crib- Alison Gopnik: http://alisongopnik.com/TheScientistInTheCrib.htm  Philosopher in the Crib- William Mann: https://academic.oup.com/book/6287/chapter-abstract/149957963?redirectedFrom=fulltext  OU’s longest winning streak in the Bedlam series vs. OSU was 19 years 1946-1964 Ten·den·tious /tenˈdenSHəs/ adjective expressing or intending to promote a particular cause or point of view, especially a controversial one."a tendentious reading of history" Theme song by Mike Hosty, get your own custom Hosty song here: https://hosstone-music.square.site/product/deluxe-personal-song/21?cs=true&cst=custom Follow us on Facebook, Instagram, & TikTok  @1stkid3rdkid across all platforms!