<P> Tripp ( Matthew McConaughey ) , a 35 - year - old man , is still living with his parents Al ( Terry Bradshaw ) and Sue ( Kathy Bates ) in Baltimore . Tripp 's best friends Demo ( Bradley Cooper ) and Ace ( Justin Bartha ) are also still living in their parents ' homes and seem proud of it . Tripp has a number of meaningless romances ; when he gets sick of the women , he scares them off by inviting them to `` his place , '' and after seeing he lives at home , they promptly dump him , leaving him free again . Al and Sue are fascinated when their friends , whose adult son recently moved away from home , reveal that they hired an expert to get their son to move out . </P>
<P> Tripp ( Matthew McConaughey ) , a 35 - year - old man , is still living with his parents Al ( Terry Bradshaw ) and Sue ( Kathy Bates ) in Baltimore . Tripp 's best friends Demo ( Bradley Cooper ) and Ace ( Justin Bartha ) are also still living in their parents ' homes and seem proud of it . Tripp has a number of meaningless romances ; when he gets sick of the women , he scares them off by inviting them to `` his place , '' and after seeing he lives at home , they promptly dump him , leaving him free again . Al and Sue are fascinated when their friends , whose adult son recently moved away from home , reveal that they hired an expert to get their son to move out . </P>
who plays the dad in failure to launch
who plays the dad in failure to launch
Terry Bradshaw
Terry Bradshaw