'Tis a good point. Might have been too much for his younger audience members.

BTW, I've been wanting to say this for a while now, but never had the chance. I've really come to enjoy his character above almost any other in TNG. He is good-hearted and good-natured, he befriends Data and almost any other "different" character, and yet he can be flawed and impatient. I enjoy his humanity but his unconditional acceptance of others. Plus I was a childhood fan of Reading Rainbow, so he probably appeals to a warm spot in my heart there too.