About

#DadQuotes is a hashtag used to catalog jokes, stories and humorous expressions used by fathers. While the hashtag has been used to host a variety of stories about fatherhood, it's primarily assocatied with late-night host Jimmy Fallon, who reads stories from the posts with the tags on The Tonight Show.

Origin

On August 11th, 2011, Fallon tweeted,^[3] "Let’s play the hashtag game! Tweet out some funny or weird thing your dad once said and tag with #dadquotes. Could be on our show!" The tweet received more than 250 retweets and 75 likes in eight years (shown below).

Several weeks later, on August 31st, Fallon read some of the responses on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon.^[4]

Precursor

Prior to Fallon's involvement, the hashtag had been used for a variety of different quotes about parenting, not just humorous stories.^[2]

Spread

On June 13th, 2013, The Tonight Show YouTube page posted a video of one of the segments from The Late Show. The post recieved more than 5.7 million views in six years (shown below).

Over the next few years, Fallon continued the tradition. On June 17th, 2016, the show posted another version of the segment on YouTube. The post received more than 3.3 million views in three years (shown below, left). The following year, the show added another version on YouTube. The post received more than 1.2 million views in two years (shown below, right).

On June 12th, 2019, Tonight Show host Jimmy Fallon tweeted, ^[1] "It’s Hashtags time! Tag a tweet with #DadQuotes and then tell us about a funny or weird thing your dad has said. Could be on the show!" The tweet received more than 2,800 likes and 200 retweets in 24 hours (shown below).

Fallon followed the initial tweet with a story. He wrote, "My friend’s dad used to make us put shoes on when there was a thunderstorm cuz he heard that "if we're barefoot the whole family could get electrocuted." #DadQuotes." The tweet received more than 4,300 likes and 230 retweets in 24 hours (shown below, left).

Others shared stories with Fallon. Twitter^[5] user @JoeMeuse81 tweeted, "My grandfather, sitting in the post op room after having glaucoma surgery with me, a nurse and my grandmother. I see his zipper is down and tell him that it's down. At 80 years old, doesn't miss a beat, and just replies with 'What can't get up, can't get out.'" The tweet received more than 1,000 likes and 65 retweets in 24 hours (shown below, right).

On June 12th, 2019, Twitter^[6] published a Moment page about the hashtag.

Various Examples

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