CBS picks up 'S**t My Dad Says' off Twitter

A Twitter account is headed to TV -- "S**t My Dad Says" to become sitcom for CBS.

Via the Hollywood Reporter. Twenty-nine year-old Justin Halpern moved back in with his parents this past summer and on Aug. 3 launched a Twitter account called "S**t My Dad Says."

Little did he know that in three months time he would be co-writing and co-executive producing this Twitter feed for a Warner Bros. TV half-hour sitcom. Halpern sold "S**t My Dad Says" as a book to Harper Collins last month.

The Twitter account on which this sitcom will be based is made up of comments (often colorful and profane) from his 73 year-old father during their daily interactions. Sample tweets include:

• "Son, no one gives a s**t about all the things your cell phone does. You didn't invent it, you just bought it. Anybody can do that."
• "You worry too much. Eat some bacon... What? No, I got no idea if it'll make you feel better, I just made too much bacon."
• "I need to change clothes? Wow. That's big talk coming from someone who looks like they robbed a Mervyn's."
  
  

The best part about this? Speculation on who should play the crochety (and hilarious) Papa Halpern. We're thinking John Mahoney ("Frasier). We really wish Walter Matthau was still alive.

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