VIDEO Boy stops pre-teen boot camp drill sergeant cold with response on Jenny Jones

In this video clip from an old episode of Jenny Jones a pre-teen boot camp drill sergeant is taught a valuable lesson about scaring a kid straight: your intimidating rhetorical question might be perceived in a different light by a young kid. In other words, someone can call your bluff when you didn’t even realize you were all in…

And just in case you can’t watch Youtube clips, here’s a transcript with the loud drill sergeant blustering in all caps:

YOU LOVE THAT WOMAN RIGHT THERE? [Pointing at the boy’s mother] YOU LOVE HER RIGHT?

[Boy nods yes]

YES SIR?

Yes sir.

NOW, YOU’RE NOT AN ADULT UNTIL YOU’RE 18. DO YOU WANT ME TO BE YOUR DADDY FOR THE NEXT YEARS SON? HUH?!?

Yes.

YOU DO?!?

[Boy nods yes]

[pauses] Why do you want me to be your daddy?

I have no daddy.

You have no daddy? Well let me tell you something. Come here. Give me a hug.

(Yes, this is an older clip, but I had never seen it before and it really kind of blew my mind so I thought I would share it.)