The Moses bit, although funny....
In Egypt, the lighter the skin, the better. It showed you were from a higher class. He was a prince at one point. His adoptive mother would not have gotten away with saying "this really is my son" without the pharaoh making her pick up her teeth from the dirt. It was a sign of purity and since Egyptians share the same line as the Hebrews, his queen mommy could get away with it.
Thought I'd hit 'cha with some knowledge. Everything else was hilarious, by the way. I could have sworn having a similar matrix bashing discussion with my older brothers at one point. Great stuff.