The True Story of “Dad’s Dead” | Christopher Titus | Knock ‘Em Dead Podcast Clip
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“Hilarious and real! One of the most fall-down funny shows on TV” – New York Newsday. “Dad’s Dead” was the first episode of the Titus Show. Here’s some never-before heard details of the real-life death of Ken Titus from Titus’ NEW PODCAST, Knock ‘Em Dead.
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@jennakarpinsky-goldberg1229
December 13, 2025 at 6:27 am
i have LOVED LOVED LOVED chris titus comedy since norman bleeding stand up❤
that being said, i absolutely knew when my dad was going to die. i suddenly knew when looking at court papers & understood my dad would die the month before i was to appear again for a ticket & it would be dismissed. i naturally thought i was insane & only told my best friend. i made sure to visit & talk as often as possible tho except for the month before. i didn’t want to face it but still instructed all family to visit. my dad was A LOT like the ken titus of the show. navy man, boxer, salesman, could sell ice to eskimos. i could love or hate him like fire but he was always my dad. i went 2 weeks before he died to take care of him in his final days. i had the greatest moments of my life w him. it was like when i was young & he picked me up for the weekend, every weekend, of my childhood, spent more in cars than anywhere else. i sang to him, joked w him, & constantly made sure he felt my presence & knew he wasn’t alone. i didn’t sleep for 8 days, on a broken leg, which surgery had gone bad & become infected. it didn’t matter & the pain would often disappear when it should’ve been the worst handling his physical needs before hospice finally came in. before i was told he passed he came to see me while i was lying in bed. now i may not be the sanest person in the world but i have 10 years clean & work a spiritual & honest 12 step program so I DO HAVE SOME SANITY. but there he was & i understood he was moving rather than leaving. he thanked me & asked if id be ok, i said yes & the weirdest thing is i knew i would be. i never handled death well before but it absolutely changed me. i was told he passed about 10 mins later but right before dad left me he said he’d be right back that he had to check on a few things but he’d come back & i heard him reel in excitement “weeeeeeee” as if he had suddenly turned 4 & was going down or in this case up the slide of his life. i said out loud i don’t think i was supposed to hear that part. then i was told. he has come back. i still miss the physical. having that safety net. his hugs. but i know whenever i need him he’s still right here w me. like when i accidentally flood my own garage (genius!) & having the worst day he can show up make me laugh & when i walk back into the garage 2 hours later everything is dry as a bone & damaged nothing. maybe that was my lesson. learning that love can trancesend the divide & it doesn’t have to kill me. i just evolved too.❤
i assure you i was not this grounded or healthy just 2 years ago & 12 years ago i was my own stand up comedy show. i may at one time.. been.. an epic junkie. i guess there truly are miracles every day❤
@MRJK87.
December 13, 2025 at 6:27 am
"Is the viper ok?"
@jimhamilton_westernswing
December 13, 2025 at 6:27 am
Damn. That story about Jeff got me. After years of playing music I totally get the fan that becomes a friend of what you do, the ones that over the top support you and do really nice things for you. And, as I am also a 50 year old Doctor Who fan well, hits even harder. Always enjoyed Titus both his show and his stand up and podcasts. Been binging his show on his channel which led me here. Great interview.
@99dsm1
December 13, 2025 at 6:27 am
My dad died at 57, he had a heart "episode" 2 months prior.
No lingering problems.
Sunday before he died he asked me to come and help him finish siding an addition to his house that had been unfinished for a decade.
Just finished and over a glass of tea he handed me his pocket knife, carried it every day for 35 years and said he wanted me to have it.. he died Tuesday.
He knew and although I wouldn't admit it, so did I
@RFloydB2
December 13, 2025 at 6:27 am
I just buried my mother last Thursday August 14… She just turned 53 and I'm 31. I had to basically plan everything by myself and write not only the obituary but her eulogy. I'm her only child with no kid or partner and it breaks my heart knowing she'll never get to see grandchildren or my wedding. We loved watching your comedy specials and the show. I just got around to this video. Your comedy about your life, matched our lives in a weird manner and always made us laugh.
@rcgade
December 13, 2025 at 6:27 am
I know you don't like me, because I'm a Trump supporter, but it's been 3 years since my mom passed and I'm still struggling. My only rock is my dad because I was her only child but his 5th child.
@kylebucheri9370
December 13, 2025 at 6:27 am
My dad was from the sane generation, lost him back in ‘08 and i wish we knew about the show Titus back then cuz hed’ve loved it!
@1965nterp
December 13, 2025 at 6:27 am
Have you ever had the actual people such as your brother Dave or your pal Tommy on an episode of The Armageddon Update not the actors who portrayed them
@christopherchamberland7321
December 13, 2025 at 6:27 am
My God I'm sitting here realizing what it was that sent me down that spiral when my dad died. My mom dieing hurt me my dad's death cut me deep
@jamescostello1124
December 13, 2025 at 6:27 am
U nailed it with the statement about unresolved issues. Couple of years before, I told him to get fucked, being an asshole drunk. I had to bury him, all things still unresolved 🖕🏻
@cmatovich1
December 13, 2025 at 6:27 am
My Dad passed at 58
@Enygma1397
December 13, 2025 at 6:27 am
My Dad died last year and I don't have anyone anymore to turn to for advice. I listen to your videos and stuff while I work to try and work through this rough part of life. Thank you for sharing, I was the oldest and had to deal with all the same things you did, and I'm only 27. God bless and try to keep being kind. Some of us only know pain and misery
@geneard639
December 13, 2025 at 6:27 am
My friend lost their beloved father just a few years ago and now their abusive mom just dropped that she has cancer and …..well….. having lost both parents (and trust me, even if mom and dad are super abusive and neglectful when they pass you are a 3 year old squalling for mommy and daddy) I know they are going to be a train wreck. What Titus is saying here? about talking to abusive and neglectful parents once your an adult? Yeah. It sucks, but at the end of that too long day that comes for everyone eventually….yeah, it helps them come to grips with the past but lets you walk freely from the past after that day.
@broswater
December 13, 2025 at 6:27 am
I lost my father when I was 18, 23 years ago, from a heart attack. He basically died on the street like a dog. With hindsight he was suffering from a lot of comorbidities, at now 41 I realize that but an 18 yo kid wouldn't. Still feel it every November.
I always tought that knowing it's comming would be easier. Well, .My Mom is now dying of an hyper agressive cancer and I've got my own personnal issues, and she's a very hard patient to help!
I now think it's harder to witness someone's suffering for months and all their system shutting down than someone dying suddenly. (Mostly when you're bright enough to read medical science and come to your own conclusions, you know they're dying, but you have to keep it for yourself).
But yes, I do need to resolve my issues with her.
Thsnk you for sharing your stories about Papa Titus!
@goracks69
December 13, 2025 at 6:27 am
Sorry about your dad and your fan. Luckily you have Rae by your side and she seems like a great woman! 😄
@rachaeleigh
December 13, 2025 at 6:27 am
I was 17 when my Dad died
@nrrork
December 13, 2025 at 6:27 am
Grandma's house was definitely that for me growing up. She only lived a couple miles away from us, so I was there a ton. It was only a couple blocks from my school, so it's where I walked to every day until my mom picked me up on her way home from work. I have like 15 cousins, so there was always one kid or another passing through.
Then my grandparents passed away, and the extended family stayed intact for awhile, but after about ten years, more and more of them moved away, had kids, started dividing their holidays among more and more families and places.
Ownership of the house became a point of contention that's caused tons of resentment. A relative still owns it, but we just had thanksgiving there, and I felt like a total stranger in a place that was once my home base, as they put it.
I'll have dreams where there's a zombie apocalypse or some other horrible disaster, and my whole family gathers to take refuge at Grandma's house. That's what a safe and secure place it was.
God we live in a sick and broken society that just rips families and communities apart with reckless abandon.
@theMaddoxing
December 13, 2025 at 6:27 am
The day my dad died, my step mom flew me in (they were in Louisiana, I live in Arizona), I got to the house, my dads on a machine, I sat with him and held his hand, 15 minutes later, he was gone and all the things we had between us was gone and I lost my last parent, it was surreal in that moment realizing I wouldn’t be able to talk with him, lean on him and call him when I needed advice. It’s a moment of time I can’t get out of my head
@trevorjakubas1274
December 13, 2025 at 6:27 am
Oh shit, commented before the end. I watch your comedy specials and I get the opportunity of finding someone cool and weirdly stable in a relationship from the family perspective. I don’t ever trust the lack of chaos, but I am so weirdly enthralled with the idea of someone who genuinely loves their family and has the capability of feigning normalcy, regardless of differences. After the last election seven years of normalcy is going to spiral into my family vibe and I have to be careful about my general reaction to tragedy. I have more scar tissue.
@3ShotTGK
December 13, 2025 at 6:27 am
Ive had a moment like this before with my grandfather back in 2016. He had been in and out of the hospital for like 3-4 years with an infection that required his legs to be amputated. Eventually it got really bad to the point he had to be in a medical coma. I would still visit him in the hospital while he was cognizant and all but the last time i saw him, there was a moment that i just started fighting back tears. When i was heading home, i pulled into a parking lot and just started crying hard. And it wasnt 2 days later that we pulled the plug. I still think about my Poppop and i know he would be proud of me. And i still wish i couldve had that chance to have a few beers with him.
@maddog6767
December 13, 2025 at 6:27 am
Lost my my dad oct 3 1983. The last time I saw him was asking him for money to buy lunch at school.
@zebulinwhite2016
December 13, 2025 at 6:27 am
I lost my Dad last October. His show was incredibly real to me, make the Dad less of an a-hole and pretty much my childhood
@funnyshortsXL
December 13, 2025 at 6:27 am
I fucked up Titus.
My wife is in a coma. I have so fucking much I need to say. Now I can't.
I'm a fucking mess man.
@billyburleson6238
December 13, 2025 at 6:27 am
Lost my dad back in March of '22 … miss him every day and think about him as well…🙏💯
@TellMeWhenImTellingLies
December 13, 2025 at 6:27 am
Thank you for not shying away from topics most were too chicken to broach
@CrystalCBS
December 13, 2025 at 6:27 am
About five years back, right before I turned 40, I was living with my mother and my aunt. My aunt had stage four cancer – tongue, lung, and throat. She was doing in house hospice. We knew it was only a matter of time. She slipped into a coma and passed in her sleep. I found her very early on Sunday morning. Two weeks later, I walk into my mother's bedroom and find her dead. She had the flu. I remember sitting in the funeral home, making the arrangements for a double funeral, looking around, thinking to myself, "Where's the adult? Who decided that I should be the grown up? Whose brilliant idea was that?" That's when I realized, holy crap, we're all just winging it. Adulthood is just going from one crisis to the next crisis, and in between you pay your bills and try to stay out of jail. That's it.
Two months after that my dog died. I firmly informed God that he/she/they could start using lube ANY DAY NOW. Whoo boy. I waited for people to bitch about their lives that year.
@DevonArcherOsborne
December 13, 2025 at 6:27 am
I lost my dad three years ago and he was only 57. Hearing your stories have always been cathartic for me. I can't thank you enough Titus.
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