#2 2008-07-28 19:08:33
Even though I enjoyed reading that, I think I need some insulin now.
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#3 2008-07-28 19:18:45
Hey, Mr. Rogers was cool.
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#4 2008-07-28 21:57:37
Everybody forgets Mr. Speedy Delivery's meth lab. Whoo, wotta ep. That trolley barreled thru the Land O' Make-Believe like gangbusters.
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#5 2008-07-28 22:10:08
I love Mr. Rogers. He gave children something real that wasn't fast and flashy, wasn't commercial or stupid or secretly tricking them into buying something. He understood childhood was scary sometimes, and his reassuring voice was more than a lot of kids ever got anywhere else.
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#6 2008-07-28 22:14:20
pALEPHx wrote:
Everybody forgets Mr. Speedy Delivery's meth lab. Whoo, wotta ep. That trolley barreled thru the Land O' Make-Believe like gangbusters.
Blasphemy, I say!!!! Blasphemy!!!
Mr. Rogers was actually that guy . . . remember --> there is an equal an opposite for everything - so obviously Mr. Rogers is anti-Lurker
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#7 2008-07-28 22:20:14
From a National Lampoon record, with Christopher Guest & Bill Murray...
Classic SNL - Mr. Robinson's neighborhood
And I have never been able to find this classic bit online, so I've putfiled it for y'all.
Mr. Rogers & Timmy
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#8 2008-07-28 23:13:46
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#9 2008-07-29 11:07:03
Hey, I once picked up a sweet Brazillian chick because I was whistling "Its a beautiful day" on the Metro one rainy day. "American men never whistle or sing" is what she said to me on the escalator and 30 minutes later we were going at it like meth addicted stoats in an empty office. So, Mr Rogers, I owe you one.
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#12 2008-07-30 04:47:35
You know the truth is, after sifting through Youtube clips of Mr. Rogers, I've come to realize that I love him. I love him in a much more personal way than any television personality. When I was a little boy, watching his show, waiting for the little red trolley to show up, I really thought he was talking to me. It's as if I'd stumbled across footage of a dead uncle that I'd loved as a boy, that I hadn't thought of in years, and that I'm only now wishing regretfully that I had visited more often.
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#13 2008-07-30 09:37:43
tojo2000 wrote:
I love him in a much more personal way than any television personality.
You and the rest of the world. I think it's because he was genuine. He wasn't a temperamental asshole in real life; he didn't have a secret life where he liked to piss in prostitutes' mouths, etc. He was a sincerely caring person. He never even expressed disapproval of those Mr. Rogers parodies--he just said that it was humor for grownups and it was fine with him.
There are lot of people out there for whom Mr. Rogers was the most stable, most pleasant and most caring adult they were exposed to in childhood; and that is fucking tragic, but at least he was there for them.
For me, it's just good to know that it is possible for a man like Fred Rogers to exist in the world.
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#14 2008-07-30 10:00:31
What's striking is watching the palpable hostility of the senator wilt in about six minutes. I'm not much of a sentimentalist, but this guy was special.
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#15 2008-07-30 10:08:02
George Orr wrote:
There are lot of people out there for whom Mr. Rogers was the most stable, most pleasant and most caring adult they were exposed to in childhood; and that is fucking tragic, but at least he was there for them.
I knew a therapist who would give her adult clients homework -- watching Mr. Rogers episodes.
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#16 2008-07-30 15:14:04
karenw wrote:
I knew a therapist who would give her adult clients homework -- watching Mr. Rogers episodes.
Was she also a Presbyterian minister?
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#17 2008-07-30 15:43:24
pALEPHx wrote:
Was she also a Presbyterian minister?
No, why?
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#18 2008-07-30 15:44:39
karenw wrote:
pALEPHx wrote:
Was she also a Presbyterian minister?
No, why?
Ba-da bamp! Thank you folks! We'll be here all week! You were great!
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#19 2008-07-30 15:51:53
Taint wrote:
Ba-da bamp! Thank you folks! We'll be here all week! You were great!
Sigh. Jokes are easier to spot when they're, you know, funny.
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#20 2008-07-30 16:09:23
Tip your waitresses!
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#23 2008-08-16 00:57:56
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#24 2008-08-16 01:06:40
George Orr wrote:
Speaking of sappy:
This belongs here because the referenced book was written by Mr. Rogers.
Oh, fuck. I cried. I'll blame it on pinkeye.
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#25 2008-08-16 01:13:37
Jesus. WTF is right. You suck, George.
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#26 2008-08-16 01:21:58
There are other Fred Rogers posts here...
Mister Rogers Calls an Escort
A Child’s Garden Of Nightmares
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#28 2008-10-18 23:36:23
icangetyouatoe wrote:
I love Mr. Rogers. He gave children something real that wasn't fast and flashy, wasn't commercial or stupid or secretly tricking them into buying something. He understood childhood was scary sometimes, and his reassuring voice was more than a lot of kids ever got anywhere else.
Hear, hear.
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#29 2008-10-18 23:42:05
I remember reading that story on Craigslist best of...awhile ago. I cried then. I cried again.
I can sleep at night because I know that there is at least one truly good person in this world.
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#30 2008-10-18 23:43:55
Oh, btw, this is the original CL post:
http://www.craigslist.org/about/best/tus/487665904.html
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#31 2008-10-18 23:49:03
PS: Abby, I will place a devine gift for you in the pocket of the postman who delivered this message. Everytime you see him, reach in and grab it.
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#32 2008-10-19 01:06:44
What in Hades is it with percussionists, and their "issues" (Neal Peart a-side of course).
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#33 2008-12-20 19:41:08
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#34 2008-12-20 21:13:06
Fred Rogers breakdancing. Pity he's dead. He could have Fergie in the Land of Make Believe.
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