Shit My Dad Says is a Twitter feed started by Justin Halpern, who, at the time, was a semi-employed comedy writer.
[2] Halpern started the account on August 3, 2009, soon after moving from Los Angeles back to his parents' house in San Diego.
[3] In less than a month, the page was mentioned by The Daily Show, a popular San Francisco blog called Laughing Squid, and actress Kristen Bell.
[2] The book based on the feed, titled Sh*t My Dad Says, was co-written with Halpern's longtime writing partner Patrick Schumacker,[5] and was released on May 4, 2010.
[8] In November 2009, CBS announced that it was developing a television sitcom based on the Twitter feed, which would star William Shatner.