What I mean is that while their intentions (https://soundcloud.com/user-701217727/silver-spoons-s3e19-trouble-with-words) were good, they recognized it is neither funny nor nice to mock people with a disability (https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1665&dat=19850322&id=nHsbAAAAIBAJ&sjid=VE4EAAAAIBAJ&pg=945,3519360). So that right there, killed the potential for comedy with the character.