Mr. Mom : Irv, We Don’t Need a Price Check

About this episode

The episode revisits the 1983 comedy classic Mr. Mom and discusses themes of fatherhood and societal stigma around dads in domestic roles.

Send us Fan Mail Can a dad truly master the delicate art of motherhood without turning the kitchen into an inferno? In this episode of Entertain This! Podcast, we revisit the 1983 comedy classic Mr. Mom, starring Michael Keaton as a newly unemployed executive thrust into the uncharted territory of full-time domesticity. We confront the persistent stigma that “dads can’t handle the job,” drawing pointed comparisons to our own family experiences with role reversals. Along the way, w...

People in this episode

Hosts: Hayden, Mitch, Tom

Topics covered

• fatherhood
• comedy
• role reversal
• 1980s film
• parenting
• stigma

Keywords

• Mr. Mom
• Michael Keaton
• fatherhood
• comedy
• 1983 film
• parenting
• role reversal

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Books & works: Mr. Mom

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