“It’s really hard to be one of the only third-graders who still believes, and it’s easier coming from a parent or caregiver than from a peer poking fun of you about it.”

Maeda carries himself like a man who laughs in the face of pressure, who pokes a finger in the eye of stressful situations such as this.

In other sketches throughout his career O’Brien joked about his “daddy issues,” poked fun at his dad’s tough love and likened his father’s physique to the video game monster “Slender Man.”

In one scene, his head practically pokes into the rafters of a gymnasium.

Later, when the gang pokes fun at the local police for attempting to disguise themselves in comical chef hats, it’s momentarily a bleak satire of these Keystone Kops.