15 Reasons Mr. Rogers was the best neighbor ever

My favorites are numbers two, four, and six.

10 years of membership, 105 posts, and you come back to bring this up?

That was awesome. Cool find!

Television needs another Mr. Rogers. The cynicism on cable TV is overwhelming.

I review this speech every time I'm going to give a speech to convince anyone about anything.

I just watched that video and I had goosebumps too. Mr. Rogers spoke with such conviction and feeling. I really wish kids now-adays could have someone to look up to like him. I dont think Barney or any other childrens show host today could inspire and provoke introspection like Mr Rogers did.

12. He was a perfectionist, and disliked ad libbing. He felt he owed it to children to make sure every word on his show was thought out.

Good ad-libbing beats the crap out of good pre-scripted stuff.

But I can't really comment that much on this guy, as I've never heard of him before >_>

Mr Rogers was my childhood. Such an awesome man.

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and this

and, of course, this

If half the people in the world were even 10% of the man Fred Rogers was, there would be no poverty, hunger, or war.

"how ironic... rogers.... it almost ryhmes with... eliminate"

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You're not familiar with Guess are you?

That said, the car theft is my favorite one. That's hilarious.

Dude, would you steal from Mr. Rogers? I'd suicide out of disgrace.

That was a really really good show. We absolutely need more like it.

I don't know how Mr. Rogers did it, but he made the most mundane things interesting. Way back then, I remember watching a show about how something was packaged or made. Somehow I was intrigued the whole way through.

Would have been funny if it that rumor where he served in Vietnam was true. He would have been like the nicest badass ever known.

I still remember the trip to the crayon factory. Rogers had me wrapped around his finger with that one. And I used to always look forward to him feeding his fish.

The only reason I vaguely know who he is is because of Animorphs and Lemon Demon.

[quote=Mr. Rogers]He might have been the most tolerant American ever. Mister Rogers seems to have been almost exactly the same off-screen as he was onscreen. As an ordained Presbyterian minister, and a man of tremendous faith, Mister Rogers preached tolerance first.

Whenever he was asked to castigate non-Christians or gays for their differing beliefs, he would instead face them and say, with sincerity, "God loves you just the way you are." Often this provoked ire from fundamentalists.[/quote]
Large Irony: I think Mr. Rogers is more fundamental than "fundies." Mr. Rogers preached the fundamentals of Christianity of peace and love through God not hatred and bigotry.

But anyone who pisses off fundies is a-ok in my book. But Mr. Rogers did it with class.

The thing that's amazing is regardless of your stance on religion or media violence, you just can't help but respect the man.

Is it even possible for this man to become angry or shout at anyone?

"How stuff works" owes its success to Mr. Rodgers. Seriously.

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I enjoyed Mr. Rogers when I was a kid, but I always preferred Mr. Dressup.