Your Favorite
Explanation
The Joke
A child asks their mother, "Which of us is your favorite?" The mother diplomatically says, "I don't have a favorite." The father, however, immediately launches into a detailed answer: he thought Bobby was his favorite for a while because of the glamour, but then Bobby struck out in T-ball (T-ball! Bobby just stood there!). After that, he thought Sally was his favorite for a while, but she's four and still can't pronounce "yellow" -- it's "yellow" not "yeah-haha, eeellll..." In the final panel, the children tell each other: "Daddy is our favorite." The mother responds: "But he's not trying to fix it!"
The Humor
The comic plays on the taboo question of parental favoritism. The mother gives the socially expected answer ("I don't have a favorite"), while the father completely violates the social contract by not only admitting to having a favorite but also ranking his children based on absurdly petty criteria -- striking out in T-ball (a sport designed so that every child can hit the ball) and mispronouncing words at age four (which is completely normal). The irony of the punchline is twofold: first, the kids prefer the parent who openly criticizes them over the diplomatic one, because at least the father is honest and engaged. Second, the mother's frustrated response ("But he's not trying to fix it!") reveals that she sees the father's behavior as a problem, but the kids interpret his blunt, unfiltered commentary as a form of authentic attention and love. The comic gently satirizes how children often prefer the "fun" parent even when that parent's behavior is questionable.