Ah, Yes! Saturdays Are Made For Dads! And Dad's Car
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Ah, Yes! Saturdays Are Made For Dads! is an exploitable scene from the Cartoon Network cartoon Dexter's Laboratory. The scene has been posted as a weekly meme, a la Ladies and Gentlemen, The Weekend, as well as an exploitable meme using the scene for edits, redraws, and recreations.
Origin
The scene is from a short from the first episode of season three of Dexter's Laboratory, which is titled A Dad Cartoon and first aired on November 16th, 2001.[1] In the scene, Dexter's dad opens the front door to his house and exclaims "Ah, yes! Saturdays are made for dads! And dad's car," before grabbing a garden hose to give his car a wash (short shown below).
On July 14th, 2019, YouTube user A Guy Named Crystal LITE posted a clip of the scene (shown below), which received over 109,000 views in nearly two years.
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On May 4th, 2019, Twitter account @And_Dads_Car would repost the scene on Saturday mornings[2] until the account was retired on January 1st, 2022.[3] However, Twitter account @b0xk0 created a new account named @and_dads_car__, and took up the mantle on the same day that the original account retired. The new account continues to post the clip each Saturday morning.[4]
The scene began seeing remixes on Twitter beginning in March of 2020. On March 14th, 2020, Twitter user Dashawn Ricks posted a recreation of the scene using Terry Bogard in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate] The video (shown below, top) received over 103,000 views and over 13,000 likes. On March 21st, 2020, Scott Frerichs (@KaiserNeko) posted an edit of the scene where Dexter's dad stays inside his house due to social distancing.[6] The edit (shown below, bottom) received over 324,000 views and over 28,000 likes.
Ahhh yes! Saturdays are made for Dads! pic.twitter.com/Fmxh8CtdiO
β Dashawn Ricksππ (@callmedashawn) March 14, 2020
Ah Yes, Saturdays are Made For [SOCIAL DISTANCING]! pic.twitter.com/SKFmEFWlRl
β Scott Frerichs π³οΈβπ (@KaiserNeko) March 21, 2020
On September 5th, 2020, Twitter user Avital Shtapura posted a reanimated collab of the scene using thirteen different artists.[7][8] The collab (shown below) received over 307,000 views and over 41,000 likes in nearly two years.
Saturdays are Reanimated for Dads pic.twitter.com/Bb2x7fDiyN
β Avital Shtapura (@AvitalShtap) September 5, 2020
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Search Interest
External References
[1] Dexter's Laboratory Wiki β A Dad Cartoon
[2] Twitter β @And_Dads_Car β First Post
[3] Twitter β @And_Dads_Car β Retirement Post
[4] Twitter β @and_dads_car__
[5] Twitter β @callmedashawn β Ahhh yes! Saturdays are made for Dads!
[6] Twitter β @KaiserNeko β Ah Yes, Saturdays are Made For [SOCIAL DISTANCING]!
[7] Twitter β @AvitalShtap β Saturdays are Reanimated for Dads
[8] Twitter β @AvitalShtap β SO MANY AMAZING PPL WORKED ON THIS LMFAO
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