I think he looks like Jacques Cousteau. Although, come to think of it, I have no idea what J.C. looks like...

I figure he looked like a dirty old man who smelled like wine and cheese, so you're probably bang on.

The thing in the water is indeed my son..a quasi-human amphibian we purchased from an aquarium when Bev and I were younger.

Like a sea monkey?

Yup!