A couple o'guys, flappin' their gums

On the dope

Here is the dope sheet for the initial dialogue between Norman and the cop.

'Chico' is the cop, and 'Groucho' is Norman, by the way - I forgot to re-name the voices whilst doing the dope sheet, so I have them under the names of their original speakers.

Outta the way, Cool Guy coming through

And thus began the animations proper!

I tried the walk cycle with a double bounce initially, but before I had even finished it I could see that it was just a little bit too happy for the scenario. Making him go bounce-bounce for every single step looked like he was too overtly, exhaustingly happy.

I reduced it to a single, distinct bounce, and eventually went with this walk cycle, which I'm quite pleased with.

He looks comfortable. Contented. And as I'm sure any father will tell you, that's all I want for him.
*sniff*