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I was VERY little when it was on in New Zealand and it hasn't since, so I didn't always see each episode (couldn't tell the time) and didn't always get what they said, so I thought they were father and son for real.

I knew they didn't look alike but I don't with my dad.

I'm sure many did as they were VERY close.

I KNOW now, but as a slightly clueless kid I did.

I'm sure a lot of kids made that mistake, it's not the first time I hear it.
I can't say anything because I only discovered TaleSpin recently, so I did not get confused.
It's part of the million things that makes kids don't understand TaleSpin. It's a shame because this relationship is a key element of the series : they're not blood related, yet they are even more close than the average father and son.

In some ways the father/son is greater in this form then by blood. I'd know my dad's a dope and others have filled the role in some ways.

Truthfully when I first saw the show as a kid I thought Baloo was Becky's henpecked husband.

That's kind of the wonderful thing about the show's chemistry. It feels so authentic it's like they are actually a real family.

Yeah, some 'real' familys don't have it... sadly.