[tomwed]

Hey Joe,
What do ya know.
Just got back from the movie show.

I don't recall the last time I heard that. I know we said it when we were kids. Did anyone else?

I just got back from the Movie show about Mr. Rogers. If you have a moviepass don't pass this one up. I learned a lot. He had an episode on divorce and another on assassination after RFK was assassinated. He spent a week on death talking in a way that was direct and understood by little children. The guy you saw on the TV was the same person off camera.

Everyday he would swim a mile and then go on the scale. He weighed exactly 143 everyday.

[Abby10]

Originally Posted by tomwed

Hey Joe,
What do ya know.
Just got back from the movie show.

I don't recall the last time I heard that. I know we said it when we were kids. Did anyone else?

I just got back from the Movie show about Mr. Rogers. If you have a moviepass don't pass this one up. I learned a lot. He had an episode on divorce and another on assassination after RFK was assassinated. He spent a week on death talking in a way that was direct and understood by little children. The guy you saw on the TV was the same person off camera.

Everyday he would swim a mile and then go on the scale. He weighed exactly 143 everyday.

I have got to see this. I literally lived in Mr. Rogers' neighborhood when I was in college. I had an apartment that was on a street that ran perpendicular to where his home was. Although, I did not have the good fortune to meet him, I did have a couple of friends that knew him well and even vacationed with him and his wife. They said the same thing about him that you said above.

[Madelaine Amee]

Mr. Rogers was never missed in our home. Every day we sat down to watch Mr. Rogers. If I close my eyes I can hear the music and see him coming through the door, taking off his jacket and putting on the button through cardigan. I remember one episode where he had to have a surgical procedure and he showed how concerned he was about the surgery.

I think my kids are kind and thoughtful and very considerate of others and their daily TV watching was Capt. Kangeroo, Mr. Rogers and Sesame Street.

Their kids, my grandchildren, are also kind and thoughtful and considerate and they have been brought up on digital cartoon TV, so who knows!

[ColdNoMore]

Originally Posted by tomwed

Hey Joe,
What do ya know.
Just got back from the movie show.

I don't recall the last time I heard that. I know we said it when we were kids. Did anyone else?

I just got back from the Movie show about Mr. Rogers. If you have a moviepass don't pass this one up. I learned a lot. He had an episode on divorce and another on assassination after RFK was assassinated. He spent a week on death talking in a way that was direct and understood by little children. The guy you saw on the TV was the same person off camera.

Everyday he would swim a mile and then go on the scale. He weighed exactly 143 everyday.

If Mr. Rogers was a required subject in every grade through 6th...it would eventually make America a much better place.

[My Daily Run]

Mr. Rogers babysat my son everyday...he was one of a kind...I plan on seeing this documentary...I know he lived in Winter Park for many years...

[My Post]

One of the few human beings no one has a bad word for. Was he in WW2?

[jnieman]

We wanted to go see this with the grandkids this past weekend but realized it is PG 13. Very disappointed.

[manaboutown]

Fred Rogers - Wikipedia

[tomwed]

When I was a teenager I was with my friends and we were all gabbing about the dumb things we did as little kids. My best friend said he was pretending to be superman and he jumped off the couch and crashed on the floor. Apparently that happened more then you think and Mr. Rogers, using puppets, showed what would happen if you jump out a window.

Mister Rogers' 50th Anniversary DVD Collection | POPSUGAR News
This might make a great present if you have little ones in the family.

[John_W]

Tom Hanks is scheduled to play Mr. Rogers in a bio-pic called 'You are my Friend' due out October 2019. I never got a chance to see Mr. Rogers, he was after my time. When I was a kid it was Capt. Kangaroo on weekdays and Howdy Doody on Saturday morning. I remember when Howdy Doody went off the air, I was 12 and it was a sad day.

[tomwed]

I had a crush on Lady Aberlin. I was 35 at the time. No one caught on.

I submitted a drawing to a contest on the Rex Trailer show and won a stamp collection. That was before Mr Rogers and I don't know why I posted this.

[Taltarzac725]

Originally Posted by John_W

Tom Hanks is scheduled to play Mr. Rogers in a bio-pic called 'You are my Friend' due out October 2019. I never got a chance to see Mr. Rogers, he was after my time. When I was a kid it was Capt. Kangaroo on weekdays and Howdy Doody on Saturday morning. I remember when Howdy Doody went off the air, I was 12 and it was a sad day.

Fred Rogers - Wikipedia

Me too his show would have been too "young" for me. On that upcoming movie I love almost anything with Tom Hanks in it.

[Villageswimmer]

Originally Posted by tomwed

I had a crush on Lady Aberlin. I was 35 at the time. No one caught on.

My son had a crush on Lady Elaine Fairchild. Daniel Striped Tiger was my guy! Kinder, gentler times for sure.

[bilcon]

Where have all the role models gone. Sad. My kids were mesmerized by him. Today's media would probably find something wrong with him anyway.