what's going on here
This was Charlie when he was very much in his tired single dad era (1963-83), when all of his bandmates/idiot children thought it was hilarious to be as annoying as humanly possible as often as possible.
By doing things like not letting him sit on a bench for a photo:
Jabbing needles full of heroin in their bums for the sole purpose of embarrassing him:
And just generally needing help with the most basic possible things in every aspect of life:















