--- title: Jimmy Kimmel: Father's Day 2017 YouTube Challenge VIDEO description: Jimmy Kimmel seems committed to never allowing his fellow dads to enjoy a peaceful and relaxing Father's Day. canonical: https://time.com/4824961/jimmy-kimmel-fathers-day-2017-youtube-challenge/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-06-20T14:32:55.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:44:40.600Z og:title: Jimmy Kimmel Pranked Dads for the Funniest Dad Freak-Outs og:description: "I was starting to think this might not work, but I was very very wrong" og:url: https://time.com/4824961/jimmy-kimmel-fathers-day-2017-youtube-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: Jimmy Kimmel Pranked Dads for the Funniest Dad Freak-Outs twitter:description: "I was starting to think this might not work, but I was very very wrong" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Jimmy Kimmel's Father's Day Challenge Results in the Most Hilarious Dad Freak-Outs > Sponsored content. 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Every edition is assembled by TIME editors rather than generated automatically.  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Jun 20, 2017 2:32 PM UTC  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Jun 20, 2017 2:32 PM UTC Although [he’s a father](http://time.com/4762882/jimmy-kimmel-baby-heart-surgery/) himself, [Jimmy Kimmel](http://time.com/4811002/jimmy-kimmel-on-comey-testimony/) seems committed to never allowing his fellow dads to enjoy a peaceful and relaxing [Father’s Day](http://time.com/4823587/fathers-day-2017-barack-michelle-obama-message-exchange/). For this year’s [Father’s Day YouTube Challenge](http://time.com/4816233/jimmy-kimmel-fathers-day-2017-challenge/), the late night host called on kids to prank their dads by yelling, “I love you,” at them as loud as possible — and filming the ensuing freak-outs, of course. Kimmel then aired a selection of the best submissions on Monday’s episode of _Live!_ “In years past we’ve asked you to spray dad with a hose on Father’s Day, to serve him breakfast in the shower, to dump breakfast on him in bed,” he explained. “We’ve had a lot of very bad ideas. But this year the challenge was simple — sneak up on your father and yell, ‘I love you, dad,’ as loud as you can. I was starting to think this might not work, but I was very very wrong.” The results were definitely not disappointing. 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