Perhaps Alisid is what happens when boys like Calvin grow up. They kind of lose their cuteness and innocence at a certain age. Maybe that happens around puberty, when good night kisses from the babysitter take on a whole other meaning.
I’m pretty sure that the TV is jumping around to convey the message that it is loud, noisy, ….. and trying to cram a bunch of bleeep into your dormant mind.
You sit there passively, but it blares everything at you at 100 miles a second; kind of like a really rude car salesman.
I guess a father really can do something besides go to work and sit around the house, if he puts his mind to it.