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James Amaz's avatar

*Googles*

Yep, just as I suspected Dav Pilkey has ADHD. He's also dyslexic.

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Johnny Socko's avatar

This just gave me a flashback to how surprisingly moving the Lil' Petey plot was in the original book. My daughter was not super into this series, but we both enjoyed it for what it was.

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Feb 5Edited

I'm a school librarian and always have to defend Pilkey's books. Captain Underpants, this, and the earlier Ricky Ricotta's Mighty Robot. I always say come for the toilet humor, stay for the heart.

In Captain Underpants one of them main characters in the future is (spoiler) revealed to be gay. He and his husband hav kids. Nothing big is made of it. It's almost a throwaway. Because that's what it should be in this story. Pilkey rocks.

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Jenny In ABQ's avatar

Oh snap! I haven't seen you in awhile. Me always liked your comments on AV Club.

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James Amaz's avatar

I just want to say that my kid loves your work on Sesame Street and sometimes says "Om non nom!" when eating.

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Jenny In ABQ's avatar

Same.

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