It might be best to think of the dad joke not as a kind of joke but as a kind of performance, one that involves a teller – the dad – and an audience: his kids, friends of his kids, his spouse.

Dad jokes aren't just a thing of the present: NPR's Scott Simon has the details on the "Liber Patavinus" - a book of humor for Ancient Rome.

When it comes to corny jokes, random photos and sincere pep talks, father knows best.

I blame their mother for enabling them. My girls usually stare stone-faced at my amazing dad jokes while my son applauds and appreciates them. He is going to make a great dad one day.

Happy almost Father's Day! The day dedicated to celebrating dads is on Sunday, June 15. From a beard trimmer to a whiskey smoker and indoor golf green, here are 10 gifts perfect for Father's Day ...

We made gift shopping for your father easy by rounding up the 53 best gifts a daughter can give her dad, from sneakers to tech gadgets to home reno tools.

If you haven’t been asleep for the past 20 years, you’ll probably recognize this exchange as a dad joke. The term dad joke is credited to a June 20, 1987, editorial in the Gettysburg Times. Writer Jim ...

The term dad joke is credited to a June 20, 1987, editorial in the Gettysburg Times. Writer Jim Kalbaugh praised fathers’ telling of groan-inducing jokes to their children – or, importantly ...

The practice, Kalbaugh wrote, was “one of the great traditions of fatherhood worth preserving.” The term stayed remarkably dormant until the internet age: The first entry in Urban Dictionary ...