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They call me the "Bill Cosby of German-Americans", and I take the compliment graciously. Cosby's Fat Albert series broke new ground of understanding between the races here in America, as well as between your more slender and porcine inhabitants.
That's what it's all about, understanding. When little Gunther accidentally breaks his mother's cookie jar, viewers learn that German-Americans, like all Americans, can make mistakes. Or when Solveig's lemonade stand ends disastrously, we see that German-Americans, like the rest of us, are indeed fragile. Or even when lovable Kleinhuf, the schnauzer, gets swept up by the Animal Control people, we learn that German-Americans can suffer from discrimination as well. Yes, Gunther, Solveig, Freida, Heinrich, Bernard, Lotte, Wilhelm and Kleinhuf have made me rich in dollars, but I hope that they have also made this fine nation rich in understanding, understanding of what it is to be different.
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