Is the world Al reveals himself to also fictional? Yes
Are the people contemplating Al’s existence fictional? Yes
Is fictional Al best known from literature?
television?
movies?
other?
was it on a tv show or
commercial?
had this program or commercial theme been running for 16 years or more at the time of reveal?
Was Al best known for being someone’s friend?
was it on a tv show or TV show
commercial?
had this program or commercial theme been running for 16 years or more at the time of reveal?Yes
Was Al best known for being someone’s friend?Yes
Was that someone big? and a bird?
Was that someone big? and a bird?Yes
I knew I was too quick with that clue… Now, if you could just tell me what “a series of scandals” had to do with it (preferably without googling).
The Sesame Street executives were afraid that child predators would use Alphonzo Snuffalufagus as a precedent for “I’ll be your friend that only you know about”.
Which is silly, because Big Bird doesn’t try to keep Snuffy’s existence secret. He tells everyone he can about him.
That’s close enough to close this one. It was more that they were worried about giving kids the impression that adults won’t believe them if they have something important to say, such as if they’re being abused.
Anyone else got a new one?
It was Drowned Hopes, one of the Dortmunder books by Donald Westlake. A former cellmate named Tom came back into his life, wanting his help to recover a cache he left buried that’s now underwater, due to a dam having been let out. Tom was psycho, and kept calling Dortmunder “Al.” By the end of the book, Tom had met his end, but Dortmunder kept seeing reminders of him. He thought the dripping faucet was saying “Al, Al, Al…”
An additional point of information that it was mostly prompted by a 60 Minutes episode that profiled child abuse.
Is Al ALF (ne Gordon Shumway)?
More timely(?) politics:
The election was unexpectedly thrown into turmoil because of a hygiene product. Why?
Did Covid-19 have anything to do with it?
Was there controversy over one of the candidates using this product? Over them not using it?
Does the specific brand matter?
Was the product a menstrual hygiene product?
(I’m picturing some stupid man who’s proud of his ignorance of all things female)
reply to Ana_Byrd:
Did Covid-19 have anything to do with it? No
Was there controversy over one of the candidates using this product? No Over them not using it? No
Does the specific brand matter?Yes
reply to Chronos:
Was the product a menstrual hygiene product? No
(I’m picturing some stupid man who’s proud of his ignorance of all things female)
Was the product a sponsor of one of the candidates?
Did one of the candidates have a name that was similar to the product’s?
Was the product made primarily for use by senior citizens?