Old, Dorky, Great

re: Old, Dorky, Great

xine — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 00:43:13 GMT

I adore Mister Rogers. Always have, always will. One of my first words was "Rogie"! I love his gentleness, his assurances, his sincerity, his fashion sense, his adventures, his security, his nuturing.

Full disclosure, my mom worked at WQED with Mister Rogers before I was born, so he was more real to me than, say, Captain Kangaroo. Who I also adored.

re: Old, Dorky, Great

AllisonWonder — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 14:48:28 GMT

I love him. It's easy to make fun of him, but I think he honestly loved entertaining and educating children, and they're still benefitting from it.

That said... the Neighborhood of Make-Believe seemed weird when I was a kid, and it creeps me out now. Lady Elaine Fairchild is possibly the creepiest puppet ever, and Daniel the tiger gets on my nerves.

But that doesn't stop us from watching it once in a while.

re: Old, Dorky, Great

bz — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 23:57:36 GMT

As a kid I never really liked the neighborhood, it was too weird to me.

As an adult I am thoroughly creeped out by his cardigan, smile and odd drawl. You know, in a "No way in hell am I letting you show my son your 'land of make believe,' Fred." kind of way.