A Neighborhood Worth Visiting
Mr. Rogers', in the documentary running on A&E. What an amazing guy. I had no idea. Great documentary, worth watching: A&E's "Fred Rogers." Airing on Biography, too. Next one is October 10. Don't miss it. I'm serious.
A Neighborhood Worth Visiting
Mr. Rogers', in the documentary running on A&E. What an amazing guy. I had no idea. Great documentary, worth watching: A&E's "Fred Rogers." Airing on Biography, too. Next one is October 10. Don't miss it. I'm serious.
I don't get Biography, but I wish I'd known it was on this morning. I would have taped it. I think he's the greatest.
Amanda at October 4, 2008 1:24 PM
Rogers' Jazz piano was phenomenal. I watched his show to hear the man's chops.
Frank at October 4, 2008 9:23 PM
I'll have to wait for the DVD (we don't have a tee vee), but we will be on top of it. Fred Rogers was a truly remarkable man - so very much more than the guy I watched when I was toddling around.
I have never had such an emotional reaction to a "celebrity" dying, as I did when he passed - not even Johnny Cash.
(I will note that I am in a coffee shop and as I type this there are a couple of small children screeching at each other a couple tables away. Too, I was just accosted by someone wandering through, trying to get people to register to vote - she at least just got booted)
DuWayne at October 5, 2008 1:45 PM
I loved Mr. Rogers, and I was truly sad when he died. He was a great man. I always watched him and Sesame Street every day. Thanks for posting this. I've got the DVR set.
Amy K. at October 5, 2008 8:09 PM
I will always remember the interview where Mr. Rogers talked about wanting children to know that no matter what their home environment was, they had a freind in him. He went on to relate that sometimes adults approached him to say that he really was their special friend when they were growing up. The man was a true treasure.
LanceThruster at October 6, 2008 8:18 AM
Not widely known was that Rogers was a big First Amendment defender. During the PMRC-Tipper Gore silliness in Congress in the early '80s, Rogers testified against putting restrictions on recorded music. It was rather bizarre to see him sitting at the same conference table as Frank Zappa. But from everything I've read, Rogers and Zappa actually had a lot in common.
Cousin Dave at October 7, 2008 9:08 AM
Mr. Rogers was cool. I was deprived because my mother considered TV a false idol (no, I'm not kidding) but both my daughter and grandson have benefited. T just adores him. He likes old pictures of our city that I bought and one of them thrills him because it's one of downtown back when they had trollies. I think it's the only trolley he's seen apart from Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood and I love that he appreciates the connect to history through me and Mr. Rogers.
T's Grammy at October 8, 2008 10:05 AM
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