A Brief Conversation with Dad

From this past weekend, while visiting folks for Mother's Day...

Dad: Who were you talking to on the phone?

Ces: My friend Jeff. He asked if I could help him film a performance for the Hallmark Channel Monday night.

Dad: I don't get it. Why on earth would you ever want to help someone else out?

Pause.

Ces: What?

Dad: Why would you want to help a friend out?

Ces: Be...because he is my friend, Dad. Plus, Jeff's helped me out hundreds of times, with the play, with the comedy shows, with the shorts...

Dad: Well, that makes sense. You got something out of it. But why help him?


Keep in mind, this is the very same man who said not more than two weeks ago...
Dad: Why do you donate your old clothes to Goodwill? Don't you realize someone else is going to wear them?

And who one day will no doubt say...
Dad: Remember, Ces--charity begins at home. So before you donate your blood to the Red Cross ask me if I need it.

Previously on "Conversations with Dad":
Payback: The Other Movie with the Exact Same Title
Death and Family in a New Jersey Diner
Pick-A-Dick
The Pizza Incident
The Visit
The Clock
The Gift of Mel Blanc
Clockwork Orange
The Dentist