BUG/TST: Fix failing FRED comparison tests.
Fixes #4827

Assertions were being made about arrays (of one item) equaling
a scaler.

thanks :) Can you rebase on master and remove the skip tests?
 Oh hell, I messed up git.  Give me a minute to figure this out :) 
 @jtratner I'm not sure how to dig myself out of this hole. I figured it would be easier to start anew at #4891.
