This American Life- Father's Day '99

I thought it was nice how far the father went to get his son's teddy bear. The fact that no parent thought he was insane to go that far to retrieve his son's teddy bear is also touching because one would think of replacing it but I guess that's because the person is not yet a parent? I was also shocked that the hotel staff was nice enough to help! Usually you would not expect that much effort to come from complete strangers. The music gets really annoying at the end though.

The second act, in the beginning, makes me a bit depressed because the affects of Alzheimer's on the old man is clear, and sad, because he just cannot remember things that can come so quickly to some of us like the year we were born. It's really sad that their father can't even remember things from the past and even seems to be pretending that he actually does remember them. Things of the smallest significance, his father could not even remember. It's heartbreaking that he cannot even remember the name of his youngest son or what his sons even do. It's all generally depressing.

The girl, Sarah, creeps me out in the beginning with her one word answers. Also, creeps me out that she believes in the Borrowers. A lot. I may have been waiting for my letter from Hogwarts before age 11, so I can somewhat understand. However, I saw the movie when I was younger and I seriously never believed they were real. Ever. This kind of relates to things like Santa Claus and the Tooth Fairy only a bit weirder. The fact that she was six at the time makes sense that she believed in them but then she still believes in them at age 11 and that is really weird. I don't think the dad did anything wrong because parents do that sort of thing with other mythical beings like Santa Claus, the Easter Bunny, the Tooth Fairy, etc. It can upset the kid but I think it's important to in some way push the imagination in some way that does not completely break the heart of the kid. I guess it just has to do with the person. Interesting that this portion didn't have music to add some sort of effect.