[jekylljuice]

I just remembered - it's been ages (by which I mean years and years) since last I saw it, but, concerning the Malcolm in the Middle episode, "Water Park", I do have the vaguest memories of Dewey having a discussion with his babysitter upon the subject of imaginary friends, during which she introduced him to her own. I think the scene ended with Dewey attempting to offer her IF a cookie and her informing him that he was offering in the wrong direction. But maybe I'm wrong.

Also, there was a later episode in which Dewey became extremely miffed with his family, when he announced that he'd made a new friend that day and they automatically assumed he meant an imaginary friend, as if he was incapable of making any other kind.