How to Build a Better Ball Pit

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Ball Pit from Hell

Everyone loves the ball pit! Kids love playing in the ball pit. Unfortunately, this childhood institution may also act as a petri dish for disease.

In another episode of hit parenting comedy series Dads In Parks, comedian dads Jamie Kaler and Michael Beatrice discuss reinventing the ball pit for the safety and well-being of children and parents alike. Their ideas include:

Individual pits for each child, instead of one giant pit
A continuously flowing, self-cleaning “ball river” – that also gives kids a bath!
A constant mist of disinfectant, like they use in bowling shoes

Yes! Why not?

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Jamie Kaler

An accomplished actor, comic, host, voice-over artist, and radio personality, Jamie Kaler is best known for his starring role as “Mike” on the hit TBS show, My Boys. His prolific acting career includes appearances on Friends, Will and Grace, How I Met Your Mother, Parenthood, and King of Queens, as well as numerous films and over 150 commercials. He is currently the host of America: Facts vs. Fiction on the American Heroes Channel, which is entering it’s third season, and has his own radio show on SiriusXM named Kaler. As a voice-over artist he is the voice of the "Bloopers Host” on the cult classic Robot Chicken and has been the national spokesperson for Carnival Cruise Lines.

Originally from New Hampshire, Jamie graduated from Boston University on an NROTC scholarship and served as an officer in the U.S. Navy before beginning his career as a performer. As a comedian he was one of the new faces at the Just for Laughs Festival in Montreal and has appeared on Chelsea Lately, The Late Late Show, Live at Gotham, Mock-pocalypse, and World’s Dumbest.

When not working, he is obeying every command of his wife, Kate, and two daughters, Hannah and Claire.

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