The Reality Show So Bad It Was Cancelled After ONE Episode

0:00 Folks, I know it looks like I'm in a different room right now, but I'm not.

0:03 This is the room I'm always in.

0:04 You sound crazy right now.

0:06 Reality TV competitions have always been a little insane.

0:08 For example, Survivor.

0:10 I hardly know her.

0:11 But seriously, take Survivor for example.

0:13 You put a bunch of strangers on an island

0:15 and force them to do a bunch of[ __] up stuff.

0:17 People have been found dead in jail for doing that.

0:20 Straight up, I think you can pretty much get away with anything if you

0:22 just film all of it and then release it as a reality TV show.

0:26 If they came out with a reality competition show called So

0:28 You Think You Can Push a War Veteran Down the Stairs?

0:31 I hate to say it.

0:32 I would not only watch that show every week,

0:34 I think I would apply to be a contestant.

0:36 Yes, I think I can do.

0:37 And don't get me wrong, don't get me at all.

0:40 Actually, I love reality competition shows.

0:43 I've been watching RuPaul's Drag Race for years.

0:45 I just finished the new season of Top Chef.

0:47 And I used to beg my mom to let me call

0:50 in and vote for David Archeletta on American Idol in 2008.

0:53 I've been eating this[ __] up, dude.

0:55 And a lot of the shows are coming out with these days are pretty wild.

0:57 Beast Games, for example, is so crazy.

1:01 I assume I've only watched like 10 minutes of one episode

1:04 and then I got a headache and I had to turn it off.

1:06 So, I don't know.

1:06 But none of these modern-day reality competition TV shows are

1:11 as crazy as they used to be back in the early 2000s.

1:14 Dude, this was the golden era of reality TV.

1:17 You had shows like The Swan,

1:19 where you had two ugly people get a bunch of plastic

1:22 surgery so they could try to win a beauty pageant.

1:25 You had Kid Nation, a show where they just dropped off a bunch

1:28 of children in a deserted town and forced them to create a functioning society.

1:32 You can make any insane idea into a reality show in the early 2000s.

1:36 Which brings us to the topic of today's video.

1:38 In the year 2005, a reality competition

1:41 show aired on Fox titled Who's Your Daddy?

1:45 And it's definitely one of the most insane premises

1:47 for a reality TV show that I've ever seen in my life.

1:50 I could describe it to you,

1:51 but I think it'd be better if I showed

1:53 you a promo that aired for this television show.

1:56 If you've never met your father, I'm your dad.

1:59 I'm your dad.

1:59 I'm your dad.

2:00 Could you pick him out from a group of strangers?

2:02 I was adopted when I was 6 weeks old.

2:04 Witness the [music] most dramatic reunion event ever televised.

2:08 I'm scared to die.

2:09 And a lifelong dream fulfilled.

2:11 [music] Dad.

2:11 Oh god.

2:12 Who's your daddy?

2:13 A 90-minute Fox special Monday, January 3rd.

2:16 Yeah, man.

2:16 A girl who's never met her biological father before has

2:19 to pick him up from a group of eight middle-aged men.

2:22 And if she does, she wins $100,000.

2:25 And she also gets to meet her biological dad

2:27 or whatever the[ __] But the twist is if any of the men who are not her father

2:30 are able to convince her that they are her father, then they win the $100,000.

2:36 So, the first episode of Who's Your Daddy that we're going to talk about today,

2:38 it actually aired as a pilot for a planned six episode season,

2:42 but Fox ended up immediately canceling it after the first

2:44 episode due to the show's performance and lackluster reviews.

2:47 Who's Your Daddy was met with backlash

2:49 from adoptive parents and several protests from adoption organizations.

2:53 Adam Pman, executive director of the Evan B.

2:55 Donaldson Adoption Institute at the time, wrote about this show.

2:59 The very idea of taking such a deeply personal complex situation

3:03 and turning it into a money grubbing game show is perverse,

3:06 destructive, and insensitive to others.

3:08 And I totally agree with him.

3:10 Is what I would say if I was a[ __][ __] dude.

3:13 Lighten up, pal.

3:14 It's TV.

3:15 Why don't you adopt a sense of wings, dude?

3:17 So, I thought it'd be fun if we watch the pilot episode of Who's Your Daddy?

3:20 And I want to see if we can accomplish two things.

3:22 Number one, find out where it went wrong.

3:24 Number two, see if we can improve it in any way.

3:27 So, without further ado, let's watch Who's Your Daddy?

3:30 The episode starts with a little backstory on the contestant.

3:33 Her name is TJ.

3:34 She was adopted when she was a baby,

3:35 and she has a great relationship with her adoptive parents,

3:38 which is obviously amazing.

3:39 But she's always wanted to know who her biological parents are.

3:42 I'm feeling happy.

3:43 I'm feeling excited, nervous, so many emotions.

3:46 I'm pretty sure TJ thinks that she's going to this big

3:48 house to have a nice normal reunion with her biological father,

3:53 which is why she's pretty shocked when this happens.

3:55 Your dad is behind that door right now.

4:07 [laughter] Imagine she just doesn't understand it at all.

4:09 All of you are my dad's.

4:13 All right, go mom.

4:14 TJ, your dad's standing right in front of you.

4:16 __] man.

4:16 That's got to be a crazy feeling, dude.

4:18 I mean, getting stared at by eight middle-aged men,

4:21 I imagine that's already pretty stressful,

4:22 but this adds a whole other layer to it, man.

4:24 Also, real quick, I got to say the guys who are pretending to be her dad,

4:29 they're[ __] blowing it so far.

4:31 Bro, if I had to convince her that I was her dad for $100,000,

4:35 I'd be up there like, TJ, it's me.

4:37 I'm your father.

4:38 Like, guys, what the[ __] Don't just stand there, dude.

4:40 I will say though, some of these guys look really emotional.

4:43 Like, this is clearly getting to them.

4:44 And okay, all right, never mind.

4:45 Except for this guy.

4:46 Holy[ __] Hello, TJ.

4:48 [music] My name is Rick and I'm your dad.

4:50 Jesus Christ, man.

4:51 Every time they point the camera to this guy, he's just[ __] "Hey, I'm your dad.

4:55 It's me." And I'm your dad.

4:56 Hi, TJ.

4:57 My name is Carl.

4:58 [music] I'm from Seami Valley, California.

5:00 And I'm your dad.

5:01 Okay, so right off rip, it's that guy, obviously.

5:03 Right.

5:04 The show's over.

5:05 Show's[ __] over.

5:06 It's obviously that guy.

5:07 Literally on the verge of tears, bro.

5:09 [laughter] Who could it be?

5:11 Now, one of these four men is your father.

5:13 Take a good look at them.

5:15 Try to spot any similarities or if

5:17 anyone's showing any emotion or anything like that.

5:20 It could be any of these guys.

5:22 So, the guys give their introductions and they all end it with

5:25 and TJ's gut instinct is telling her that this guy Scott is her father,

5:29 but she also has a few other front runners as well.

5:31 Then I looked around and then my attention was

5:33 drawn to Charlie and then Sam caught my attention

5:36 cuz [music] he kept looking down and it was

5:37 like he was trying so hard not to show emotion.

5:41 Okay, well, he's doing a bad job then.

5:43 He was trying so hard not to show emotion.

5:45 So, next they host a little[ __] a little cocktail party where

5:50 TJ can sort of mingle and have one-on-one conversations with each dad.

5:54 What two things would [music] your friends say to describe you?

5:59 Honest and willing to help.

6:02 Okay, again, these guys are[ __] blowing it already, dude.

6:03 If I was one of these guys pretending to be her dad, I would be inconsolable.

6:08 Dude, I'd be on the ground weeping at her feet begging for forgiveness.

6:12 Dude, 100K's on the line here, boys.

6:14 blocking.

6:15 Straight up.

6:15 When she walked over to talk to me, I'd be like, "It's me.

6:17 I'm your dad.

6:18 I'm 100% your dad.

6:19 I'm not lying.

6:19 Do not listen to these other[ __] liars, dude.

6:21 It is me 100%.

6:22 I'm your dad.

6:23 I swear on your biological mother's life."

6:26 TJ asks a bunch of questions to these guys

6:27 and they give the most boring answers ever.

6:29 I like hiking.

6:30 Tried jogging and and bicycle riding,

6:33 but I like to go slower because you can absorb a lot more.

6:36 And now we cut to a talking head from her actual dad.

6:39 Get to know TJ [music] with other men around.

6:41 There was a jealousy.

6:42 All right.

6:42 I guess I can understand that a little bit,

6:44 but that's so funny for the dad to actually be jealous of the other guys, dude.

6:48 Like, if someone is able to trick her into thinking that they're her dad,

6:52 it's not like they actually get to be her dad when the show is over, right?

6:56 Like, you're her dad.

6:57 Like, other people are allowed to talk to your daughter, dude.

6:59 It's fine.

6:59 I guess that concludes the parent teacher meeting.

7:02 Any questions?

7:02 Yeah, just one.

7:03 How[ __] dare you?

7:04 What?

7:04 You're teaching my daughter stuff?

7:06 Who the[ __] do you think you are, dude?

7:07 That's my job.

7:08 You think you're her dad or something?

7:09 No, I'm her teacher.

7:10 Oh, I'm sorry.

7:11 I'm just I just really haven't been able to spend that much

7:13 time with her lately and I guess I'm just a little jealous.

7:15 Work's been really busy at the plastic straw factory

7:18 and it's like those turtles aren't going to kill themselves.

7:20 Hey man, I get it.

7:21 It's okay.

7:22 Look, your daughter told me that she really wants to go roller skating with you.

7:26 Why don't you guys go do that right now?

7:28 Roller skating.

7:29 Wow.

7:30 Her mom always loved doing that with her before she passed.

7:33 I never thought she liked it,

7:36 but that sounds really boring and I don't want to do that.

7:38 Then what the[ __] man?

7:39 Stop talking to my daughter.

7:41 That's my job.

7:42 Dad, can we go home?

7:43 I need to go pray so I can go to heaven and see.

7:45 Shut up.

7:49 All right.

7:49 So, once TJ has gotten the opportunity to talk to all the dads,

7:52 or sorry, get talked to by all the dads while she ignores them,

7:55 the host of the show brings her to a secret room

7:57 where she can spy on all the dads via surveillance cams.

8:00 And I do not envy TJ whatsoever because these have

8:03 got to be the most boring conversations I've ever heard.

8:06 Anybody have a good fishing story to tell?

8:08 Does anybody have a good fishing story to tell?

8:11 [laughter] I know the answer to that question.

8:13 No.

8:14 Nobody on earth has a good fishing story to tell.

8:16 Dude, here's every fishing story.

8:18 One time I almost caught a fish, but then it got away.

8:21 One time I caught a fish and it was big.

8:23 One time a fish was there, but then it wasn't there.

8:26 Yeah, I'm making a firm stance right here.

8:28 __] fishing, bro.

8:29 If I get invited to go fishing, it better be spelled with a ph.

8:32 Yeah, me and the homies on a boat sending

8:34 fake emails to steal sensitive data from the elderly.

8:37 So TJ is watching all these guys and she's getting

8:39 a little overwhelmed by trying to look at all the men individually.

8:42 But thankfully the host helps out a little.

8:43 Just look at what they've [music] chosen to eat.

8:45 Finel and I see that he's eating all the ice cream that the cherries left.

8:49 [laughter] Yeah.

8:49 I just noticed that Buddy was having a real

8:51 tough time with that ice cream there, dude.

8:53 That sucks that they got that on camera.

8:55 Oh, he has a cherry.

8:55 I can't stand cherries.

8:57 Then [music] he eats the cherry.

8:58 I'm like, great.

8:59 Okay.

8:59 Well, so much for that clue.

9:00 Yeah.

9:00 I don't know if food preferences are genetic.

9:02 I They obviously play a part, right?

9:04 But I don't know if you should base your decision on that alone.

9:06 Especially for a bunch of old guys.

9:08 Like I feel like they'll[ __] eat anything that you put in front of them.

9:10 Dude, I'm also a little surprised that after giving all of these old men

9:14 all that champagne that they're not accidentally

9:16 spoiling the entire show right now, dude.

9:18 Just imagine one dude who doesn't know that he's

9:20 being secretly recorded right now and he's just like,

9:22 "I got a crazy fishing story for you guys.

9:24 30 years ago, I put a kid named TJ up for adoption.

9:28 Still never met her.

9:29 And then I went fishing." So once TJ is done spying on the dads,

9:32 she now has to make a difficult decision and eliminate half of the men.

9:36 I need you now to select four.

9:39 Leaving only the men that she thinks could be her father.

9:41 My whole life has been looking for TJ.

9:45 It's been a roller coaster emotionally.

9:47 Okay, hold on.

9:48 So none of these guys are her dad then.

9:50 They keep showing her dad.

9:51 That's her dad right there.

9:52 And none of these guys are a pitch

9:54 black featureless entity with a scary deep voice.

9:57 That'd be awesome to have a dad to look like that though, dude.

9:59 That'd be sick.

9:59 I'm just really going to miss him.

10:00 I know it's hard, but at least you have all those pictures with him.

10:03 Yeah, that's true.

10:03 This is me and him at Disneyland.

10:05 They almost didn't let him in because he didn't have an ID.

10:08 Wow.

10:09 I know.

10:09 It's like, excuse me.

10:10 How could you have an ID if you were never technically born?

10:13 Never born.

10:14 This is him and I on bring your kid to work day.

10:16 Okay.

10:16 Where did he work?

10:17 The void.

10:18 It's just this realm beyond human comprehension.

10:21 I still have nightmares about it.

10:22 Okay.

10:23 I'm sorry if this sounds insensitive.

10:25 What was your dad?

10:26 You know that uneasy feeling you get when you think you're being watched?

10:29 That was my dad.

10:30 Always watching, plotting, scheming.

10:33 He even told me years ago that he could never truly die

10:35 and that his energy would simply attach itself to a new and willing host.

10:39 Okay, I think I should go.

10:40 So TJ walks out and gets ready to eliminate half of the dads.

10:44 And I know you're probably thinking, "Well,

10:45 what happens if she eliminates her dad?" And don't worry,

10:47 they explain that right now.

10:49 So if you pick correctly, then the money stays exactly the same.

10:51 [music] If you pick incorrectly, then it goes from $100,000 down to $75,000.

10:55 So yeah, if her dad is in the group that she chooses to stay,

10:58 then the money stays at $100,000.

11:00 But if her real dad is in the group that she eliminates,

11:02 the prize money goes down to $75,000.

11:05 Boohoo.

11:05 I know.

11:06 Also, the way they're all lined up right now is making

11:07 me realize that this is just the bachelor for adopted children.

11:11 This is the dad chiller, dude.

11:12 Instead of giving them a rose, you give them a[ __] bush light.

11:14 To hear the guys TJ chooses to stay.

11:16 TJ picked Charlie because she felt an immediate connection to him.

11:19 Carl because he seems like the type of guy her mom

11:22 would choose even though she doesn't know who her mom is either.

11:25 Rick because he was smiling really big.

11:26 And Scott because he was the front runner from the beginning.

11:28 Now let's see if her dad is one of the four guys she picked to stay.

11:32 Your father is oh my god

11:36 in that group of men.

11:39 Oh god.

11:40 [laughter]

11:40 Let's go, dude.

11:43 All right.

11:43 So my top pick is Carl, dude.

11:45 still because every time they cut to him, he is[ __] balling his eyes out, man.

11:49 But hey, who knows, right?

11:50 Maybe it's all an axe.

11:51 Maybe he's crying tears of joy thinking about all

11:54 the fishing trips he's going to go on with that $100,000.

11:57 I'm going to have so many fishing stories.

11:59 The next day, they plan a little

12:01 game/challenge to help TJ narrow down her decision.

12:04 The host comes in and tells TJ that back in the 70s,

12:07 her biological father actually won a disco dance contest.

12:11 So, she's bringing all the guys to dance for TJ so she can see

12:14 which one of these guys could be her father based on their rhythm, I guess.

12:18 [laughter] You'll be sorry you did.

12:22 Jesus Christ.

12:24 What the[ __] Rick going to do, man?

12:25 I'm going to[ __] get you for this.

12:27 So TJ teaches them a little bit of dance choreography.

12:30 They're all dancing, laughing, having a good time.

12:32 And this is really funny because only the biological

12:34 father knows why they're dancing because he was the dancer.

12:37 So in his head he's like, "Oh, okay.

12:39 We're doing this because they know that I won a disco contest in the' 70s,

12:42 right?" But the fake dads have no idea

12:45 why the[ __] they're dancing for TJ, dude.

12:48 But I am glad they kept this in the show because

12:50 this is literally some of the most moving television I've ever seen.

12:54 It's so beautiful.

12:55 TJ's biological father is unable to come right out and say, "It's me.

12:59 I'm your father." So he has to harness [music]

13:01 the raw artistic power of dance to show TJ the truth.

13:05 Hips don't lie.

13:07 Carl, I thought the dancing was hilarious.

13:12 Okay.

13:12 Damn, I'm[ __] with Carl's moves heavy, dude.

13:14 Holy[ __] Buddy's getting[ __] yonky spoinky with it, man.

13:17 Holy crap.

13:18 Be so funny if I cut to a closeup of him and he's crying.

13:21 [laughter] When everybody's done dancing for TJ,

13:23 the host brings her into an office to explain the next activity.

13:26 So, your dad is set up [music]

13:27 in a super secret location for an instant message.

13:30 That's right, guys.

13:30 TJ gets to have an instant message conversation with her father.

13:34 She said I was going to get to talk to my father over the internet.

13:39 First time anybody's been stoked about chatting with an old man on the internet.

13:42 Okay, tell me what I need to know.

13:45 And by pausing the episode, you can see a little bit of their conversation.

13:48 Are you and my birth mom still together?

13:49 No.

13:50 Did she have freckles?

13:52 No.

13:52 Honestly, in the grand scheme of dad messages,

13:54 he's actually providing a lot of information.

13:56 If this was realistic,

13:57 the dad would respond to everything that she asks with a thumbs up emoji.

14:01 I can't wait [music] to be reunited.

14:04 Venmo request pops up.

14:05 Need money for beers?

14:06 I'm your dad.

14:07 Now TJ has to cut the men in half again.

14:10 Not literally.

14:10 That'd be pretty crazy, right?

14:11 A dad can't just be a pair of legs [snorts] cuz then he'd be a stepdad.

14:17 OH, BROTHER.

14:18 THIS GUY STINKS.

14:20 TJ HAS TO NARROW IT DOWN to just two men.

14:22 And honestly, I don't know if I'd be able to do it if I was hurt.

14:24 Even me right now, I don't think I'd be able to do it.

14:26 And I've known my dad my whole life.

14:28 Charlie, [music] it looks like your eye teeth are not as straight as the rest.

14:32 My two eye teeth came in behind my other eye teeth.

14:37 Hold up.

14:37 Eye teeth?

14:38 Do my eyes have teeth?

14:43 What the hell?

14:43 I didn't know my eyes had teeth.

14:44 Well, what's that old saying?

14:45 You you eat with your eyes first.

14:48 Now I get it.

14:49 Okay, I just looked it up.

14:50 And eye teeth is a term for your canine teeth.

14:52 That's pretty cool.

14:53 Well, at the very least, this show taught me something new.

14:55 In this elimination round,

14:57 TJ eliminates Smiley Rick and keeps Scott as one of her possible fathers.

15:01 So now there's just Charlie and Carl left.

15:04 We are Charlie [singing] and Carl.

15:07 Carl, when I saw you watch me watching

15:10 [music] these men dance with tears in your eyes.

15:13 Why you got to air them out like that, dude?

15:15 I wasn't crying.

15:16 God, she's[ __] lying, dude.

15:18 Those weren't tears.

15:19 There was saliva from my eye tears.

15:21 Charlie, you have an incredible [music] spirit.

15:27 I don't know.

15:27 I Holy[ __] I know this is like supposed to be really emotional,

15:31 but holy[ __] It is so hard to take it seriously when every few

15:34 seconds they're showing slow-mo footage of middle-aged

15:37 men grinding on a dance floor, dude.

15:39 No matter what the circumstances are,

15:41 that's going to take you out of it a little bit no matter what.

15:43 I can't believe it's been 10 years

15:44 [music] since grandpa fell into that gorilla enclosure.

15:48 Do you remember how I used to dance?

15:50 [music and bell]

15:56 [music] [screaming] Okay, never mind.

16:01 I'm glad we left him in there with that gorilla.

16:04 Okay, sorry.

16:04 Let's see who TJ sends home.

16:05 The Charlie, [music] I think you maybe find him.

16:08 OH NO.

16:08 [screaming]

16:10 WHAT?

16:10 After all the tears cried by Carl, she still eliminated him.

16:14 Dude, bold, bold move.

16:15 Let's see if she was right.

16:16 Your dad is in fact [music] in this group.

16:19 You are correct.

16:20 Oh my god.

16:21 What the[ __] Carl isn't the dad, dude.

16:23 That's crazy, man.

16:24 He was just crying for the love of the game, man.

16:26 [laughter]

16:26 My name is Don Gilmore.

16:28 I live in Seami Valley,

16:29 and I [music] wish the two of you may the most

16:32 that you wish for be the least that you get.

16:34 Damn.

16:34 Well, if he's not TJ's dad, can he be my dad?

16:36 What the[ __] This guy rules, man.

16:38 God bless you.

16:39 So TJ still has a shot at $100,000.

16:41 She just has to pick correctly between the two guys the next day.

16:44 Before that, they show her a video

16:45 from her father's friend explaining the circumstances of her birth.

16:49 And it's a pretty crazy story.

16:50 So, I guess her dad was enlisted in the army

16:52 and TJ was born right before he was sent away.

16:55 And when he held TJ in his arms for the first time,

16:57 he was actually planning on like running away from the army to raise TJ,

17:01 but they actually stopped him before he did that.

17:04 They had to make a tough decision and they

17:05 ultimately decided to put TJ up for adoption.

17:08 Her dad went off to war and him and TJ's mom ended up breaking up.

17:12 So, pretty devastating situation overall.

17:14 Like, just absolutely brutal thing for these two young people to go through.

17:17 And I feel like this scene demonstrates

17:20 the issue that people had with this television show.

17:22 This is a brutal, heartbreaking reveal.

17:25 And TJ is clearly going through a roller

17:27 coaster of emotions upon learning this information.

17:30 Your dad's always been thinking about you

17:32 and always been trying [music] to find you.

17:34 But the whole time when I'm watching this, in the back of my mind,

17:36 I'm like, "Oh yeah, this is a[ __] game show.

17:39 This is literally dad or no dad,

17:41 bro." Like I think the juxtaposition of them trying to make this emotional

17:44 and serious mixed with them also being like make these boys dance for $100,000.

17:50 It's just I don't know.

17:50 I don't know if it's the best fit sometimes, you know?

17:52 It's just a lot of I hate to say it, but the dichotomy is crazy.

17:55 It's the final challenge for the dads.

17:57 Okay, guys.

17:57 They get to have a final one-on-one conversation with TJ.

18:00 And they also get to bring her a gift.

18:02 But before that, we get a nice teaser before the commercial break.

18:05 TJ's father has a surprise that will blow her away.

18:09 A bazooka.

18:10 [laughter] That'd be a crazy ending to the show.

18:13 Biological father walks out.

18:15 Okay, so Steven shows up here and he starts talking

18:18 about why he had to give up TJ for adoption

18:20 and she wasn't going to be able to take care of you by herself.

18:23 [music] She made the decision and I accepted it.

18:26 Okay, he's tearing up while he's telling the story.

18:28 I could definitely see why she thought that he could be her father.

18:31 I, you know, I could believe him.

18:32 But then again, my dad Carl was crying

18:34 the whole time and he wasn't the[ __] dad.

18:36 He was lying.

18:36 So, who knows?

18:37 Let's see what Steven gives TJ for her gift.

18:39 You mentioned your [music] German shorthair retriever

18:41 and and I want you to have it.

18:43 [laughter] This is for [music] you.

18:45 I'm sorry I had to give you up all those years ago.

18:48 Here's a stuffed animal.

18:49 Okay, now it's Charlie's turn to explain to TJ

18:52 why he had to give her up for adoption.

18:54 I was in the United States Marine Corps.

18:55 I couldn't get leave that time.

18:57 [music] It was probably the best decision.

18:59 Yeah, Charlie goes into a lot more detail about the situation

19:01 and it kind of lines up more with the video they showed TJ.

19:04 So, he could also be the dad.

19:05 I don't know.

19:06 It could go either way.

19:06 So, let's see what Charlie brought for a gift.

19:08 But this is the picture that I have had in my mind

19:10 for the last [music] 20 years as I see you in my dreams.

19:17 Okay, obviously I edited that.

19:19 This is actually what Charlie drew for TJ.

19:22 Love that.

19:23 It kind of looks like Napoleon Dynamite's drawing of Trisha,

19:25 but it is very sweet that he did that and I love it.

19:27 Okay, this this is this man is a sweetheart.

19:29 I want to give this to you.

19:31 Okay, we're now at the climax of the episode.

19:34 It's time for TJ to pick who she thinks her father is.

19:36 I do not want to choose wrong because I do not

19:41 want my dad to think this was not important to me.

19:43 Oh yeah, true.

19:44 I didn't even think about that.

19:45 I guess if she picked the wrong dad,

19:47 her real dad would be a little offended, right?

19:49 That should be a punishment, man.

19:50 Let's raise the stakes a little bit, right?

19:52 If you pick wrong, they kill your real dad in front of you.

19:56 I believe that my father [music] is Carl Charlie.

20:05 [music] Let's go.

20:13 [cheering] Anybody have a good fishing story to tell?

20:15 Dude, she did it.

20:16 Isn't that insane?

20:16 I mean, they definitely should not have let TJ watch

20:19 that video from her dad's friend because that gave the entire backstory.

20:23 So, when Charlie told TJ the exact same backstory,

20:27 I mean, it was kind of a no-brainer at that point.

20:29 So, they have a nice emotional reunion.

20:30 Please forgive me.

20:31 No.

20:32 They then bid farewell to Scott.

20:33 My real name is John Robbins, and I [music] wish the two of you the best.

20:36 Which is nice, but also at the same time,

20:38 I'd be like,[ __] you for lying to me, bro.

20:40 Thank you.

20:40 No, thank you.

20:41 Let go of my daughter.

20:42 Still gets jealous.

20:43 The episode ends with TJ's dad

20:44 revealing that she actually has three halfsisters.

20:47 And he also brings out her birth mother, who he stayed in contact with.

20:50 Thank you for having me.

20:52 Thank you.

20:52 Thank you.

20:53 Pretty[ __] brutal that it was a nice

20:55 happy ending to the pilot episode of the show.

20:57 Everything went off without a hitch.

20:59 And even after all of that, the network were like,

21:01 "Nah, this is[ __] cheeks, bro.

21:03 Cancel." But at least TJ is really grateful for $100,000.

21:07 You get [music] $100,000.

21:08 That's so so kind.

21:10 Thank you.

21:10 Tone it down, dude.

21:11 They did technically end up airing the rest

21:13 of the taped episodes of Who's Your Daddy?

21:15 They aired them on the Fox reality channel on Father's Day in 2005.

21:19 And this show also inspired a show called Who's Your Mommy?

21:23 Which aired for a whopping two episodes.

21:25 Who's Your Mommy?

21:27 I do feel bad that the show didn't work out, though,

21:28 because I do think this has the potential to be a really popular show.

21:32 I just think they need to switch the rules around a little bit.

21:34 And here's what I'm thinking.

21:35 I think the show's fatal flaw was not knowing what it wanted to be.

21:38 It's stuck between an emotional dramatic documentary about

21:41 adopted children and a weird reality TV competition.

21:45 So, I say they got to pick one.

21:46 And obviously the one to pick is the reality TV competition.

21:49 I'm thinking the end result is the same.

21:51 If the real dad wins,

21:52 he gets to meet his biological daughter and she also wins $100,000.

21:57 That's so so kind.

21:58 But if a fake dad wins, he gets $100,000.

22:01 And I don't think TJ should have a say in the eliminations at all.

22:03 I think it should be up to the real dad

22:05 to prove himself that he wants it more than the other dads.

22:08 Yeah, this show needs to be a straightup dad on three challenges.

22:12 Challenge number one, drinking competition.

22:14 Okay.

22:14 and you give each dad a case of 24 beers.

22:17 The first four dads to drink their case of 24 beers,

22:20 they move on to the next round.

22:21 Challenge number two.

22:22 Each dad has to successfully build a dresser

22:25 from IKEA and then mount a TV on the wall.

22:27 And the first two dads to complete these tasks move on to the final.

22:31 Challenge number three.

22:32 And this is when the two dads play a straightup,

22:34 no[ __] game of Russian roulette.

22:36 Full-on televised real game, full stakes Russian roulette.

22:40 Because if your biological dad really loves you,

22:42 he should be willing to take a bullet to finally meet you.

22:46 So yeah, that's who's your daddy?

22:48 A really fun premise that just, you know, didn't really work out.

22:51 I'm happy for TJ.

22:52 And she went on to have a very successful career in acting.

22:55 She was in a couple Darmman videos that I watched and she did a good job.

22:58 We're not just telling stories.

23:00 I'm your dad.

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23:33 Happy New Year and uh, yeah, I guess I'll catch you on the next one.

23:36 I would stick around, but unfortunately I have to go.

23:38 I'm going to go get Yinky Splunky with Carl.