Author Topic: Mr Rogers (Re: EP283: Grandfather Paradox) (Read 12964 times)

Talia · **on:** March 21, 2011, 08:14:58 PM

Quote from: birdless on March 21, 2011, 08:02:16 PM

(i couldn't stand Mr. Rogers)

*GASP* :/

stePH · **Reply #1 on:** March 21, 2011, 08:39:54 PM

Quote from: Talia on March 21, 2011, 08:14:58 PM

Quote from: birdless on March 21, 2011, 08:02:16 PM
(i couldn't stand Mr. Rogers)

*GASP* :/

Agree w/ Talia. Blasphemy most foul. Fred Rogers was the friggin' MAN.

acpracht · **Reply #2 on:** March 21, 2011, 08:50:56 PM

Quote from: stePH on March 21, 2011, 08:39:54 PM

Quote from: Talia on March 21, 2011, 08:14:58 PM
Quote from: birdless on March 21, 2011, 08:02:16 PM
(i couldn't stand Mr. Rogers)

*GASP* :/

Agree w/ Talia. Blasphemy most foul. Fred Rogers was the friggin' MAN.

Gotta chime in. While I agree that patronizing tone is annoying, you gotta give respect to Fred. Especially because he actually lived the unconditional "just you the way you are" philosophy that he presented on TV.

How did we get on Mr. Rodgers?

birdless · **Reply #3 on:** March 21, 2011, 10:29:02 PM

Quote from: acpracht on March 21, 2011, 08:50:56 PM

Quote from: stePH on March 21, 2011, 08:39:54 PM
Quote from: Talia on March 21, 2011, 08:14:58 PM
Quote from: birdless on March 21, 2011, 08:02:16 PM
(i couldn't stand Mr. Rogers)

*GASP* :/

Agree w/ Talia. Blasphemy most foul. Fred Rogers was the friggin' MAN.
Gotta chime in. While I agree that patronizing tone is annoying, you gotta give respect to Fred. Especially because he actually lived the unconditional "just you the way you are" philosophy that he presented on TV.

How did we get on Mr. Rodgers?

Wow! I'm surprised i'm coming in as such the minority here. My wife loved him, too. I didn't like him as a kid and… can’t… really… say… my appreciation of him has changed a whole lot in the intervening 30+ years. Your regularly scheduled critique will resume after the stone-throwing has commenced. (my apologies for the derailing!)

matweller · **Reply #4 on:** March 22, 2011, 01:30:09 AM

I interned at the station where his show taped. Met him in the elevator a couple times. He was on of the most genuinely kind people I've ever encountered.

birdless · **Reply #5 on:** March 22, 2011, 02:05:06 PM

Last thing i'll comment on regarding Mr. Rogers (again, sorry for the derailment): perhaps i should have said Mr. Roger's Neighborhood rather than "Mr. Rogers." I've nothing personal against the man himself. I just wasn't a fan of his show! =)

acpracht · **Reply #6 on:** March 22, 2011, 05:52:19 PM

A few notes on Fred and his show, quoting NPR Fresh Air:

His popular show, Mister Rogers' Neighborhood, was the longest-running program on public television. It ran 33 years and ended its run in 2001. Rogers was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest civilian honor the nation can bestow, in 2001.

His car was once stolen, but the thieves promptly returned it upon learning whose car they had taken.

Somewhere out there was a great interview they did with him on This American Life. I can't find it right now, but I'll post it if I do.

Gamercow · **Reply #7 on:** March 22, 2011, 07:17:01 PM

One last derailment(I've forked 3 episodes, why not make it a 4th?) if you haven't seen this senate hearing interview by Fred Rogers on the benefits of public broadcasting, please watch it, as it is an amazing piece of work by a very genuine man. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yXEuEUQIP3Q

Talia · **Reply #8 on:** March 22, 2011, 07:43:34 PM

That car theft tale was one of my favorite stories about the man, but I realized upon thinking about it smacks of urban legend. Sadly, Snopes doesn't think it really happened.

acpracht · **Reply #9 on:** March 22, 2011, 07:52:02 PM

Hm... Snopes says "undetermined"... Why did I think that I had heard this in an interview with him?

Now I must know...

Thanks for the link.

ElectricPaladin · **Reply #10 on:** March 22, 2011, 08:08:31 PM

Mr. Rodgers was awesome. I credit him with making me a good and decent person despite the fact that my parents are completely insane. Mr. Rodgers, Captain Kirk, and the works of J. R. R. Tolkien. Without them, I'd be an unpleasant, selfish, bigoted, raving lunatic.

Fenrix · **Reply #11 on:** March 22, 2011, 08:31:22 PM

I alway preferred Captain Kangaroo to Mr. Roger's Neighborhood. I can't recall a single moment from his show other than the song at the beginning or end with the random archaic un(re)dressing.

Better than both? The endlessly creepy Gigglesnort Hotel.

Devoted135 · **Reply #12 on:** March 22, 2011, 08:37:45 PM

I loved Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood! Some of my earliest memories involve waking up to the sun peeping through my curtains and knowing it was time to go downstairs and watch the whole morning lineup. Mr. Rogers, Sesame Street, Zoobilee Zoo.... those were the days

acpracht · **Reply #13 on:** March 22, 2011, 08:51:05 PM

Found the This American Life Show. It's called "Neighbors" (duh...)

http://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/184/neighbors

I think what I find so touching is the way that he applies such simple ideas to real situations. And they actually help.

I also like that his publicist is Mr. McFeely (well, was...)

-Adam

tinygaia · **Reply #14 on:** March 23, 2011, 12:49:37 AM

I loved Mr. Rogers AND Captain Kangaroo!
Did anyone else watch Pinwheel? It was one of my favorite shows but I seem to be the only one who remembers it.

Talia · **Reply #15 on:** March 23, 2011, 02:27:07 AM

Quote from: Fenrix on March 22, 2011, 08:31:22 PM

I alway preferred Captain Kangaroo to Mr. Roger's Neighborhood. I can't recall a single moment from his show other than the song at the beginning or end with the random archaic un(re)dressing.

Better than both? The endlessly creepy Gigglesnort Hotel.

I haven't heard of that one...

matweller · **Reply #16 on:** March 23, 2011, 04:18:40 AM

Quote from: tinygaia on March 23, 2011, 12:49:37 AM

I loved Mr. Rogers AND Captain Kangaroo!
Did anyone else watch Pinwheel? It was one of my favorite shows but I seem to be the only one who remembers it.

I sing the theme song every time my Mac is 'thinking.'

Anyone old enough to remember Romper Room?

Talia · **Reply #17 on:** March 23, 2011, 04:30:43 AM

Quote from: matweller on March 23, 2011, 04:18:40 AM

Quote from: tinygaia on March 23, 2011, 12:49:37 AM
I loved Mr. Rogers AND Captain Kangaroo!
Did anyone else watch Pinwheel? It was one of my favorite shows but I seem to be the only one who remembers it.
I sing the theme song every time my Mac is 'thinking.'

Anyone old enough to remember Romper Room?

YES! Only very vaguely.

FireTurtle · **Reply #18 on:** March 23, 2011, 12:49:22 PM

Quote from: matweller on March 23, 2011, 04:18:40 AM

Quote from: tinygaia on March 23, 2011, 12:49:37 AM
I loved Mr. Rogers AND Captain Kangaroo!
Did anyone else watch Pinwheel? It was one of my favorite shows but I seem to be the only one who remembers it.
I sing the theme song every time my Mac is 'thinking.'

Anyone old enough to remember Romper Room?

Well, at the risk of total public embarasment- I was on Romper Room. Yep. My Mom still has the tapes.

ElectricPaladin · **Reply #19 on:** March 23, 2011, 01:19:38 PM

Quote from: FireTurtle on March 23, 2011, 12:49:22 PM

Quote from: matweller on March 23, 2011, 04:18:40 AM
Quote from: tinygaia on March 23, 2011, 12:49:37 AM
I loved Mr. Rogers AND Captain Kangaroo!
Did anyone else watch Pinwheel? It was one of my favorite shows but I seem to be the only one who remembers it.
I sing the theme song every time my Mac is 'thinking.'

Anyone old enough to remember Romper Room?

Well, at the risk of total public embarasment- I was on Romper Room. Yep. My Mom still has the tapes.

Dude... awesome. YouTube?

matweller · **Reply #20 on:** March 23, 2011, 01:24:32 PM

Quote from: FireTurtle on March 23, 2011, 12:49:22 PM

Quote from: matweller on March 23, 2011, 04:18:40 AM
Quote from: tinygaia on March 23, 2011, 12:49:37 AM
I loved Mr. Rogers AND Captain Kangaroo!
Did anyone else watch Pinwheel? It was one of my favorite shows but I seem to be the only one who remembers it.
I sing the theme song every time my Mac is 'thinking.'

Anyone old enough to remember Romper Room?

Well, at the risk of total public embarasment- I was on Romper Room. Yep. My Mom still has the tapes.

Awesome! Where did they tape that show, WGBH? Were you a regular or a one-timer? I have no idea how that worked. I mean, I assume they make Barney have the same kids around him all the time so that they only have to destroy so many after receiving the infection so directly, but I don't know if that's how RR operated. How many times did you have to go through rehab to shake your coke-addicted child stardom?

I was very young when it went off the air, but I know I was at least four, because I remember at the closing of the show one day she was looking in her magic mirror and saying the names of the kids she saw and she said my baby sister's name and I freaked out. "She sees Rachael!" Friggin' kids are so gullible...

Wait -- you had a VCR in 1980? What are you, one of the friggin' Rockafellers?

matweller · **Reply #21 on:** March 23, 2011, 01:27:28 PM

Side note, this is the second time I've mentioned Barney in less than a week, so I have to post my favorite Barney story...
http://de.jihad.net/lib/bull-dotb.txt

Talk about classic, that was written and posted when ASCII porn was still the best thing online.

Talia · **Reply #22 on:** March 23, 2011, 01:29:13 PM

Quote from: FireTurtle on March 23, 2011, 12:49:22 PM

Quote from: matweller on March 23, 2011, 04:18:40 AM
Quote from: tinygaia on March 23, 2011, 12:49:37 AM
I loved Mr. Rogers AND Captain Kangaroo!
Did anyone else watch Pinwheel? It was one of my favorite shows but I seem to be the only one who remembers it.
I sing the theme song every time my Mac is 'thinking.'

Anyone old enough to remember Romper Room?

Well, at the risk of total public embarasment- I was on Romper Room. Yep. My Mom still has the tapes.

Can I have your autograph?

FireTurtle · **Reply #23 on:** March 23, 2011, 08:02:22 PM

Quote from: Talia on March 23, 2011, 01:29:13 PM

Quote from: FireTurtle on March 23, 2011, 12:49:22 PM
Quote from: matweller on March 23, 2011, 04:18:40 AM
I sing the theme song every time my Mac is 'thinking.'

Anyone old enough to remember Romper Room?

Well, at the risk of total public embarasment- I was on Romper Room. Yep. My Mom still has the tapes.
Can I have your autograph?

Ok,ok. I was like, 5 years old but apparently told my mother I wanted to be on TV. We lived in the LA suburbs so somehow she got me on Romper Room. You taped 4? episodes over 2 days and that was it. Pretty normal kids overall except for one Stage Mom who was scary. All I remember is walking around a Harlem Globetrotter in romper-stompers. And if anyone doesn't know what romper-stompers are then they are to young to remember Romper Room anyway. : )
And that was my fifteen minutes of fame. I should have held out for something better. ; )
Now, back to our regularly scheduled derailment.....

matweller · **Reply #24 on:** March 23, 2011, 08:38:00 PM

Quote from: FireTurtle on March 23, 2011, 08:02:22 PM

Quote from: Talia on March 23, 2011, 01:29:13 PM
Quote from: FireTurtle on March 23, 2011, 12:49:22 PM
Quote from: matweller on March 23, 2011, 04:18:40 AM
I sing the theme song every time my Mac is 'thinking.'

Anyone old enough to remember Romper Room?

Well, at the risk of total public embarasment- I was on Romper Room. Yep. My Mom still has the tapes.
Can I have your autograph?

Ok,ok. I was like, 5 years old but apparently told my mother I wanted to be on TV. We lived in the LA suburbs so somehow she got me on Romper Room. You taped 4? episodes over 2 days and that was it. Pretty normal kids overall except for one Stage Mom who was scary. All I remember is walking around a Harlem Globetrotter in romper-stompers. And if anyone doesn't know what romper-stompers are then they are to young to remember Romper Room anyway. : )
And that was my fifteen minutes of fame. I should have held out for something better. ; )
Now, back to our regularly scheduled derailment.....

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHahahahahahhHAHAHAHAHHHAhahahahahHHAHA...he said "Romper Stompers"...HAHAHAHHAHhahahahahahaHHAHAHahaHAHHhahHAHAha...

Do I correctly remember those involving coffee cans and rope?