I love that he apparently got the job because he looked so pathetic that children truly believed he would be unable to solve puzzles created by a cartoon dog without their assistance.
dora the explorer is the only other show I could think of that was Audience Interaction and i would be like dora u know exactly what you're doing. don't play games with me (granted, i was older than the Target Audience when it aired)
but Steve had such 🥺 🥺 🥺 energy that even when i was aging out of the target audience i never felt like i could imagine trolling him in good conscience. he needs me
the execs got their wish when they hired for Joe though, i had heard more than a few moms were down bad for himhearythrob would have made babysitting sssooo much worse, lmao
our chosen weirdo was just far more engaging even for the non preschoolers pft