You can say you’re mentally stable but just wait until they pull out the “Life’s like a movie, write your own ending. Keep believing, keep pretending. We’ve done just what we’ve set out to do. Thanks to the lovers the dreamers and you.”
Jerry Juhl originally wrote Gonzo as a character with low self-esteem, and originally in the 70s, Dave Goelz leaned into that. At that time, he used Gonzo to highlight his personality and fears. However, when he asked Henson to change the puppet to have more expressive eyes, the wacky phase of Gonzo’s life started. Gonzo’s third, soulful phase came after Goelz went to therapy and began “unlocking [his] emotions.”
Sources:
Jim Henson: The Biography. Brian Jay Jones. Random House Publishing Group. 2016. (Pg. 247).
