Not necessarily. I’ve spoken about this at length with one of his personal friends, who is very similar in temperament to his mentor (Fred). I couldn’t understand why my friends liked the show when I was growing up, because I couldn’t believe his way of interacting in the world was real. It felt fake to me, and even though it was a treat to be able to watch TV when I was at someone else’s home, I just didn’t trust that an adult could be like that so I wouldn’t watch. It actually made me uncomfortable. I wish I could have met him and told him that, because I’ll bet he would have responded by figuring out how to reach the most abused and unsupported children too.
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