Whatever Happened to Baby Double Dare?

Last night, as I was waiting for the hit show "Medium" to start, I stumbled upon a disturbing new game show called "My Dad is Better than Your Dad." This is sort of like the old Nickelodeon show Family Double Dare, but with way less whipped cream and way more disturbing.

Apparently in 2008, the ways to show you are the best dad and better than other dads is demonstrating an ability to tie sailing knots while being stung by scorpions and by getting all worked up (testosterone is truly disturbing) and yelling at your kid "We have to win! We have to win!" Call me old fashioned but, to me, these are not actually things that are indicative of good parenting.

Most telling of all, at the end of the show the "best" dad who had tied more sailing knots than any other dad had to answer questions about his son. For each question dad answered right, he would win $10,000.00. Dad won money answering questions about his son's video game habits, but was defeated by this: "What book is your son reading in school right now?" Dad was provided with 4 possible answers, and he still had no idea. This is pretty telling, and to me, means that the dad should be stripped of his newly one title of "better than your dad."

See, I don't know if my dad would win a competition in tying knots or other physical challenges since the Lund family is pretty much universally clumsy and lacks physcial prowess. But I guarantee you that he always knew what book I was reading in school. Thus, I can conclusively say that my dad is better than the dads on the creepy new gameshow portraying a dynamic between fathers and children that is unfortunately probably a microcosm of too many American households.

Also, some Lachey brother is the host of this show, automatically making it an unworthy piece of garbage. Where is Mark Sommers when you need him?