[Texas Songwriter]

This is the parents idea of drumming up publicity. That little kid would not devise a plan, "We did it for the show!". The fathers response was illogical.

[dragnet2]

That little kid would not devise a plan, "We did it for the show!". The fathers response was illogical.

And completely inconsistent with the response from his kid....The old man white washed what the kid said in an effort to kick up the deception dust...Didn't work.