I saw the show as a child, and Mr. Rogers gave me the creeps.
No, really, he seemed like the kind of adult who'd tell children that Santa is real, and that you should come and sit on his lap.
As a non-American I had never heard of him until the documentary was released last year -- apparently he is a hugely iconic, legendary figure to millions who had somehow completely passed me by!
I have little to no interest in seeing this film.
I dont think his popularity is what it seems.
I remember this show pretty much being a joke growing up. It was even parodied on SNL a few times. I think what's happened is that you have a younger generation of hipsters embracing him for the kitsch factor, and then you have the older the generation that grew up mocking the show maturing, looking back on the show and now trying to give it it's due.
I never liked Mr. Roger's Neighborhood. Boring. I never liked Sesame Street either. I liked Bugs Bunny.
shareGreat minds think alike!
The Warner Brothers cartoons were AWESOME!! They were one of the great influences of my childhood, along with the horrible monster movies on "Creature Features". So much more fun than those awful talk-down-to-the-kiddies programs on PBS.
The ones before 1957, when What;s Opera Doc santisised the studio, and they wenty fore the non_Daffy Duck who chased Sp[eedy.This incouded the Hanna-Barbera shows (though Columbia's the one to thank for backing them back then,along with a certain rooster/tiger cereal). Chuck Jones was NOPT the only director.. (Note I don't mean ANIMANIACS, TINY TOONS< whcih were Simpsons and Ren and Stimpy ripoofs, only theatircals..)
The Hanna-Barbera cartoons, and the Trans Lux/Paramount Felix the Cats, too..
Same.
shareYet Bugs Bunny got gay (What's Opera Doc, and a few with the Coyote) when a certain director directed him..you love tyhe crumym BASKERTBALL movie?
shareNo, you're not the only one. When I was a kid, I disliked it because it was so unhip compared to everything else at the time (Electric Company, 321 Contact, etc.) and felt patronizing the way he talked to the audience. When I became a little older, I jumped on the "he sounds like a pedo" bandwagon. Of course I dont think that way anymore but back in the 1970s and 1980s when hip, cool shows were all the rage that show felt completely out of place to me (like a throwback, especially because of the old-fashioned Punch and Judy hand puppets), and I would make fun of it all the time.
shareTHATS WHAT MADE HIM SPECIAL.NO FRILLS,JUST LOVE.
shareI remember that intro for Electric Company and it was damn catchy!
shareHere it is, on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_iGaQglnKg
I loved this show to death. This and 321 Contact.
I couldn't stand the show either. I feel like Mr. Rogers is why we have participation trophies.
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I watched it, but as a Canadian kid, I much preferred Mr. Dressup.
shareI loved this show and watched it all the time. Fred Rogers was great. May he R.I.P.
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