--- title: Jimmy Kimmel Fathers Day 2017 Challenge VIDEO description: As has become an annual tradition, Jimmy Kimmel has announced a new Fathers' Day challenge for dads to be wary of this Sunday. canonical: https://time.com/4816233/jimmy-kimmel-fathers-day-2017-challenge/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-06-13T14:55:41.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:44:26.350Z og:title: Here's How Jimmy Kimmel Wants Kids to Prank Dads for Father's Day og:description: The annual prank is back og:url: https://time.com/4816233/jimmy-kimmel-fathers-day-2017-challenge/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Here's How Jimmy Kimmel Wants Kids to Prank Dads for Father's Day twitter:description: The annual prank is back twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Jimmy Kimmel Is Challenging Kids to Prank Their Dads on Father's Day in the Most Jimmy Kimmel Way  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Jun 13, 2017 2:55 PM UTC  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Jun 13, 2017 2:55 PM UTC As has become an annual tradition, [Jimmy Kimmel](http://time.com/4811002/jimmy-kimmel-on-comey-testimony/) has announced a new [Fathers’ Day](http://time.com/4804251/barbeque-dad-craigs-list-fathers-day/) prank for dads to be wary of this Sunday. After previously [challenging kids](http://time.com/4508599/jimmy-kimmel-halloween-candy-prank-videos/) to celebrate the holiday by [serving their dads breakfast in the shower](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jzn4CmzfLds), [spraying them with hoses](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6hs%5Fm46toTc) and [throwing cake in their faces](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y36XFFZTNKw), the late night host issued a dare on Monday night’s episode of _Live!_ that simply involves children telling their fathers they love them — with a twist, of course. “This year, we’re not going to dump food on dad, we’re not going to throw anything in his face — what I want you to do is quietly sneak up on your father and yell, ‘I love you, dad,’ as loud as you can,” he explained. “You can do this while he’s sleeping, eating — just don’t do it while he’s driving or shaving. Don’t kill or injure your father.” Watch the full clip above. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4816233/jimmy-kimmel-fathers-day-2017-challenge/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4816233/jimmy-kimmel-fathers-day-2017-challenge/"},"headline":"Jimmy Kimmel Is Challenging Kids to Prank Their Dads on Father's Day in the Most Jimmy Kimmel Way","datePublished":"2017-06-13T14:55:41.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:44:26.350Z","description":"The annual prank is back","url":"https://time.com/4816233/jimmy-kimmel-fathers-day-2017-challenge/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Television","Jimmy Kimmel","TV","jimmy kimmel live","Late Night Television"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan McCluskey","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4816233/jimmy-kimmel-fathers-day-2017-challenge/","name":"Jimmy Kimmel Is Challenging Kids to Prank Their Dads on Father's Day in the Most Jimmy Kimmel Way"}}]}] ```