Probably just an age thing Paul, we are both similar age group, although you are much much older (much) and perhaps The Jungle Book was one of the first films we saw that we can remember and as a kid we identified with Mowgli given his similar age. We may have seen Baloo as a kindly father figure which given it was just a cartoon was OK to embrace as it did not have to replace our own father but also allowed us to add value and also slip into that fantasy world that we, as now growing young boys, were developing in our every day life as well as in play.
Or we like big ass cuddly bears than can talk, sing and dance.
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