Daddy Ben Karlin Ain't Ashamed When His Son Farts (and Other Stuff About Raising a Kid in Brooklyn)

Ben Karlin gets a lot of [flack for his attitude and creative practices], but the man who was responsible for a lot of the funny on The Daily Show and The Colbert Report also has a softer side. Not much has been said about Karlin the daddy, so until we read this interview in New York Family, we only really knew about him getting dumped (and then [editing a book about his pals who also got dumped](../../../../../21/6/abouttown/comedy.cfm)).

Turns out he's joined the cool dads (think [Neal Pollack]), moved to Fort Greene in Brooklyn (for the "classic" reasons and cuz "seemed like Brooklyn was a mellower place to have a kid"), and he's figured out it's not as easy as his friends made it all seem. He's had that "flight instinct" and realized he won't apologize for his son when he "stands up in the middle of a room and farts."

For the full interview, [click here].