I personally love the long stories. I enjoy just listening to stand up comics talk even when I'm not necessarily laughing (which I usually am with Josh) they're still entertaining to hear.

The story doesn't have to be a joke or end in a joke. Being a good storyteller is an undervalued skill these days.

The man turned his audience into his own personal therapy session and yet made them laugh and learn along the way. That was awesome.

It's nice to know there are celebrities who have actually struggled. Knowing they struggled, in this case with having very little money and 3 kids to feed, is comforting. Especially knowing he's open about it and is fine now. I knew I had it great as a kid when as an adult, a friend told me he ate sugar sandwiches to not go hungry. I tried one. It tasted like depression. But just before the rock bottom part.

The real irony would be if he earned that $20 renting out his Gameboy at school to surprise his dad for his birthday.

Your impression of Jacob is always a light in the darkness

"F**k I GUESS I'M GROUNDED TOO" 🤣 🤣 🤣 that is EXACTLY how it is! I'm a mama of 3 boys (7,10 & 14 yrs old) and I absolutely LOVE all of your stories bc I relate to them SO much!!! Thanks for another great video Josh! 💜

The “i know what i want for Xmas” has me dead lol

I felt everything about this to my CORE ! 😂😂😂 From one poor parent to another thank you. That was hilarious 🤣

This dudes story makes me think of my stepdad, ill never forget the first lesson that i soaked in. I was 9 and my mom caught me riding my bike where i wasnt supposed to and she was PISSED, but my stepdad sat me down and asked me if the short bit of fun was worth the hell that was about to reign down on me. Of course my answer was no, then he explained that from then on i really need to learn to weigh my options, ask myself if its really worth it. It was the first time anyone had treated me more adultish instead of a baby. Im in my 30s now and have tried passing it on but he has absolutely no interest in actually hearing it. He gives me a blank face and an “uh huh” lol

As a single dad... Dude. You're amazing. And so honest. A true humorist.

“I didint wanna bust him cuz he’ll hide it better next time” Thas fken good parenting

Damn this guy straight up had the crowd by the balls!! It's rare to see a crowd react so strongly! Good job, man!

Haha so true on the 20 dollar bill. My boys walked home from school and one held up a freaking Benjamin and said he found it on the sidewalk outside the store and wanted to know if it was real. I took it, examined it and said I was no expert but it looked real and we should all go to the store and try it out. Luckily though, I've raised my guys with integrity and they had no problem with it. The fact it was brought to me showed the integrity and we all got some new clothes anyway.

josh wolf is basically my dad personified on stage. i love him and watching his content really made me reconnect with my dad. (not getting into it) i love my dad too btw lol

Considering there's a GameBoy that survived a nuke Jake's probably survived the fall.

Most ADULTS need to learn that you get to pick your actions, but don't get to pick the consequences. It would remedy a lot of trouble in the world if people would stop doing things that they're told will result in them or others suffering, but because they have good intentions they think that maybe it will work out anyway. If Jacob had that sink in, he'd definitely benefit from it. Next time, he'd hide the Gameboy better. I know his pain, though... I had a similar sort of thing happen to me. It's one of those "if this happened today, I would have ended up in an institution" stories. A kid that was only sorta a friend of mine in junior high school asked to borrow my Gameboy with the understanding he would only have it for a couple classes, then he'd return it in the next class we had together. I agreed. When he got to the later class, he didn't have it. He claimed his older cousin took it away from him. As class was conducted, I wrote this kid a letter. It detailed how easy it would be for me to figure out where he lived, and that I knew he couldn't keep his pets inside ALL the time, and houses can very easily catch fire. I let him know it would be in the best interests of himself and his whole family to return my Gameboy to me. I got it back after my next class.

That was some quality parent talk right there! I immediately went and wrote that down bc I appreciated it so much! There’s times when I try to explain things to my daughter like this but don’t know how to word it and you hit the nail on the head! So thank you!!! You’re one hell of a dad and comedian!!! ❤

I can't believe you waited to tell that story. I love the long stories and the insight that you get from the comedian. You let us in your world and it felt so real with me when my kids were younger.

Dude, amazing story. I subbed a while back but hadn’t seen much until this one. I never had a dad and my mom and eventual step dad sort of put me on the back burner. I never had a really solid person that I could talk to and look up to. I’m 21 and I now have two beautiful babies. Watching this helps out so much as a new parent and definitely helps define what it means to be a great dad. Keep up the inspiring and hilarious story telling. I’ll be looking out for it.

For real parents are just as grounded as kids when they get in trouble and grounded! 😂🤣

He just talked about my childhood almost word for word

Great parenting! It sucks that you had to do what you did but at least you had the balls to back up your word and teach him a lesson

You can actually hear someone in the audience say “oh god!” Right as he’s saying “the cars a trouble free zone”.

Great story. Love long form comedy. It really helps increase our attention span in a world where everything is 60 seconds or less Tik Toks.

I’m a new father and that is a true life situation that one day my son is going to learn. Thanks for sharing, I got a laugh and a tear out of it cause I grew up broke as well.

I was about 6 when this took place. One day brother (4) did something wrong and dad punished us after asking the questions. He went on to tell us if we did something wrong and were honest and told him we would not get punished. So one day dad is working outside on the lawn and brother and I found what to us was a big rock, maybe 2 or 3 pounds We put a space between us and start tossing the rock back and forth, let it land on the grass then toss it back to the other. Well about 5 - 10 feet to my left was the house and the laundry room window. Dad came around the rear of the house and saw what we were doing " You boys stop that before you break a window." and continued to the front of the house to work a flower bed. Well it was my turn to toss the rock to my brother. CRASH the rock went through the laundry room window. Brother and I knew we were in for a spanking as we walked to the front of the house to tell dad. Me: " Dad." Dad: " Yes." Me: " You remember when you said if we were honest and told you the truth we would not get spanked or punished?" Dad: " Yes." Me: " Did you mean it?" Dad: " Yes, why?" Me: " I just through the rock through the laundry room window." So we follow dad into the house to the laundry room and there resting on top of the washer was the rock resting among shattered glass. Dad told the story years later to some friends after I got out of the navy. He would end by saying: " I knew I was trapped and could not punish them. Yes, me a 37 year old man out smarted by a 6 year old boy." LOL

Josh is such a great father. I hope to one day be as great a father as him

Lmao I love your Jacob stories it makes my day!! 😂😂

Their punishments are your punishments... So relatable. Their joy is your joy

I love how the age of the kid changes every time lmao

The kid was right. "Doesnt matter they didnt catch me." Disobey dumb rules, just dont get caught.

As an adult, I still do dumb dances For good reason tho, it's so my sister gets second-hand embarassment

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The problem with expecting kids to remember that you've told them not to do something is that because they're much younger, time is a lot bigger for them than it is for you. Something that happened to you a week ago as an adult is a short amount of time, but to a young kid, even a preteen, a week is a lot longer to them than it is to you because it's a much larger percentage of their lifespan. Young enough, and a week feels to them the way a month feels to an adult. (Heck, I'm 40 and a month feels simultaneously six months long AND like a week.) Also, kids are constantly inundated with new information, so something you tell them once is going to get lost in the noise. So with that in mind, if you're told something once when you weren't really paying attention, how likely are you to remember that a month or more later? Especially if you were told it while you were very busy taking in a bunch of other information at the time? And that is why you HAVE to have patience with kids, and tell them things multiple times, until they memorize it. Also, kids are just as intelligent and logical as adults can be, and if a rule doesn't make sense, they often need it to make sense before they'll obey it willingly. If you hold a kid to adult standards of behavior, you're going to be constantly disappointed. If you react to this disappointment with anger, you're going to cause them all kinds of trauma.

hes so funny hearing him tell stories about his family. his sons crack me up.

You're such a decent guy! Funny as hell.....a good parent......and soon to be king of the comedy world

Best parenting story EVER! Bravo sir, bravo.... 👏

This dude is legit funny, and great storyteller!

My parents would just take said object and never say a word. Laugh hysterically as they watched us kids look all over for it.

Josh Wolf is the real deal! Thank you for coming through A Mediocre Time studios when you have a chance. You’re a class act and I’ll support however I can.

My dad grounded me from tv for a week but failed to specify how long it was for so I went 6 months before I asked if I could watch tv again 😂 I was just like alright I guess I’ll play with my Lincoln logs lmao

That was my first comedy show. Thanks for coming back to Portland. My lady and I love your stand up.

He's The TRUE DEAL, Amazing and Hilarious With His Delivery... Luv ya My Friend 😘

"I forgot about your xray vision..." 😂😂

My husband passed when my kids were 8 and 5. I can completely related. OMG the grounding is sooooo true 😂😂😂

I get so much parenting knowledge from you. It hasn’t failed me yet! 😁😁

You shouldn't throw your kids shit away, especially if their emotionally attached to it. They'll just stop making emotional attachments.

I love watching Josh wolf high!

probablly one of my favs from Josh, absolutely wholesome and yet hilarious. Poor Jacob, but I bet Josh would be pissed if he knew how much original gameboys sell for now lmao

If you don’t get that laugh at the end of that story then that’s a Effin TEDTalk. 🤣👍

Related to that so much. Such a great storyteller & sounds like a great dad too. Funny man 😂

You had me enthralled in the story man, great bit!

You're a good Dad, brother. I'm gonna show this to my kids when I have them. The amount of men who can't do what you do is staggering.

that was such a great story telling experience! and that beat at the end was fire!

I'd bet that gameboy still works and survived that trash chute, considering a gameboy survived a bomb blast and is still working.

Such a GOAT at story telling and a father lol

I love the way Josh tells stories

Love these stories of Josh and his kids ❤

It's so funny when just a regular parenting story is also comedy! 😂

I literally loved everything about this clip! 😄

Fantastic story, I bet he still remembers the noise it made going down the chute

What I got from this story is your kid respected you enough to not lie at the time lol

Story telling in comedy is that hardest. He's right, you have to get those laughs to make it worth it. It's a big challenge

Why didn’t you just take it away from him for a week?! Did you learn anything Josh?!! 💗ya!!

I love your hilarious story telling. It is completely relatable

Oh I love it man so freaking funny I could just picture it.its so much fun when you can catch them off guard.

You're a great father and cracked up through the whole thing. Excellent story man.

I love this dude! So relatable, reminds me of my pops

My mom taught me that type of lesson in the 60s. I approve. It's a non violent lesson you remember VERY clearly.

Josh and Jake need to write a movie based off of their stand up. They always make you, and me, feel worthy and so fucking normal. If not boring in comparison.

1:25 That's great! Wish I was more like that.

Loved it!

Josh is the GOAT! Man ur funny and inspiring!

This is what I needed today

You may not listen to the speeches when they give them, but they do stick in your mind. Had that happen to me once. I used a line that my mom always used on me once and it was an eye opening experience.

No, we listen, just not in the way you'd expect. Years later the kid has a decoy bong, he learned.. I learned to hide things in with my little brother's stuff 😅

I needed a good laugh today and this one did it

I find it funny that people will throw their money away destroying things they bought because they're petty and selfish. If your response to a child disobeying is to destroy the things they love or hurt them, then that will stick with them their entire lives, and you'll keep building those moments until you're sitting alone at home wondering why your kids hate you.

Beautiful touching story 🥰 haha and be proud because u are the consistent and fair parent Many of us would like to think we are.

Great punch line, hit beautifully

the IOU's got me lol

Bro I love this guy

Single dads get overlooked so much

At the end when he said he knows what he wants for Christmas, I would’ve said: “Okay, but I’m not going to be the one buying it for you.”

The experiences as a parent are comical and universal.

"I learned you owe my buddy Tim a new gameboy. Mines in my room cause the battery died yesterday and I forgot to recharge it last night. Actions, reactions and consequences, right dad?" 😂

Love that ending

That was really good.

Just discovered you , now gotta share everywhere- your very talented🎉

Sent this to my mom lol love it

Tf is this lil scene at the end omg thats hilarious

Awesome Josh💓

I'm dying listening to this. 👍 Definitely relatable

Love your vids

God I wish I knew you personally you are one of my favorite comedians and to be perfectly honest your an amazing person to hear all the story's you have would be a experience to say the least your one of the only comedians I listen to with my dad except for Josh blue I think that's his name but either way your great and I hope you keep up the great work

Obviously the kid is hustling and renting his gameboy to his classmates during breaks.

I live in Ontario, Canada and whenever my daughter and I were on the highway we saw giant storage facilities that were shaped exactly like huge beehives.. Whenever we passed one I used to tell her (she was really little like 3 or 4) that giant bees lived in them. To this day she still brings that up (she's 42 now). She was really upset with me when she found out. (I thought it was funny. Anyhooo, love your channel, keep up the good work!

Always love the stories. Although, the thumbnail brought back both good and bad memories, the good old OG brick Gameboy that always had SOMETHING broken with it. Even if you never accidentally drop it or hit it on something, something on it will just not feel like working anymore after a couple weeks to a month

That first thing he learned? That was him saying "I learned you're a man worth respect." Keep your word. No matter how much is sucks...keep it.