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I'm nostalgia'ing, how are you?

I'm getting progressively more intoxicated.

FOR THE LAST TIME I AM NOT GIVING YOU AN URINE SAMPLE

what is this from?

it looks so familiar

I'm getting high.

>>27498141
I'm doing very well, thanks. Just popped into to check on /co/ as I do from time to time.

>>27498189
YA CAN'T TELL A HERO BY HIS SIZE

ITS YOU

I...REMEMBER....

Eh, pretty bored honestly.

OH SHIT
SESAME STREET FLASHBACKS

>>27498227
I remember you too. Sort of our job.

>>27498266
Seasame Street? Never seen it.

I remember this dude from Nick Jr.

CHILL IT DOWN WITH THE WILD GANG!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=42xhm16ueXI&feature=related

OH GOD ITS COMING BACK TO ME

>>27498352
Never left.
You carry all you need of us inside you.
Ready when you need us.

>>27498419
And if you spend all your life looking for happyness, well, you just might miss that it already found you.

>>27498303

The only things I remember from Nick Jr. is Blues Clues, Kipper, Little Bear, Gullah Gullah Island, Allegra's Window, and Franklin.

The lessons and imagination.
The ability to be who you are and always accepted.
And knowing that out there there are always somebody that loves you, just the way you are.

>>27498506
Good point, Mister Rodgers. If we all just lived together and made people happy, the world would be a much nicer place.

People to be silly with.
To grow old with.

>>27498506
Thank you Mr. Rogers. Thank you for always being my neighbor.

Friends who stay behind you, and support you, even if your ideas seem crazy.

Some friends may leave you, but they live in your heart, for ever.

>>27498439
>>27498506
>>27498640
>>27498707

Jesus christ you guys, way to make me weep openly.

>>27498506
>>27498556
>>27498640
>>27498707

Fuck you all.

FUCK YOU ALL TO HELL.

The planet watched in horror as the reports of the meteor that would destroy their little world grew more and more dire. Such a small, insignificant world in the deepness of space, when the inevitable crash takes them, it wont register on anywhere else in the galaxy.
No one was coming they knew, nothing to do but hope.
They watched the final day come and the crashing death of the planet was visible in the sky now, day and night. Still they cried out for someone to come, anyone.
Then as the meteor kissed the atmosphere, they saw the flash of blue surround the extinction event. Taking the shape of an odd looking feline form. We would know it as Daniel Striped Tiger, hugging the rock on another course.
The origin of their reprieve didn't stay for accolades. He just recalled the blue construct to a smaller form, petted his old friend for a job well done, and flew off to another place he was needed more.
It's such a good feeling to be needed.

>>27498506
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Upm9LnuCBUM
if this doesn't make you cry, you have no heart.

Someone very close to you may disappear... but know they still love you.

Remember /co/, "You Cannot Leave the Magic."

>>27498114
MY MIND IS BLOWN FROM NOSTALGIA

>>27498901

STOP. MAKING. ME. CRY.

I am twenty god damn years old, there is no fucking reason a bunch of felt puppets and some old guy with a model railroad in his house should be making me shed tears.

>>27498582
FUCKIN SWIFT AHHH

One of the first of many let downs in life
"no honey you can't have a fox for a pet,they're not safe"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b7qOFB4IXA8
You are never all alone in the world.

>>27498967
It's because there was such things and they were there for you when you needed them. They still are and always will.

Life's like a movie, write your own ending.

>>27498828

It's...it's his voice. He just sounds like...like he truly, honestly cares with no strings attached. Oh my god, I miss Mister Rodgers.

>>27499121
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yXEuEUQIP3Q
When he fought for PBS against Congress.
I like how they were flippant and arrogant against him at first, but as he spoke, they could not stand against his truth and caring. They said he was the deciding factor that saved their cause.

He actually cared for what he did, and all those of us that watched him.

>>27499233
>Senate, I am sorry.

>>27499233
That truly is the amazing part of this.

He stood up there and was laughed at by some of the most hardhearted senators on the floor, and by the time he was done he'd reduced everyone listening to teary little children.

Just by telling them that it was okay to feel like that.

Who came first him or Inch-high P.I.?

I met Mr. Rogers shortly before he died. It was just a chance meeting on the street after I parked my car, but there he was, walking out of the Allegheny Athletic Club. (Even in his declining health, he kept up his swimming regimen.)

I was enrolling at the University of Pittsburgh (right down 5th Avenue from the WQED Studios where Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood was filmed.) at the time. Our meeting was brief, but I shook the man's hand and thanked him for everything he's done for children, television, and children's television.

As we parted, he turned to me again and said, "Welcome to the neighborhood."

Greatest memory ever. I fucking teared up just typing this.

/b/ has Raptor Jesus.
/co/ gets Fredosaurus Rex
Pretty fair.

I GOT A NEW WAY TO WALK
WALK WALK
I GOT A NEW WAY TO WALK
WALK WALK

>>27498640
Man, I don't know what kind of magic Jim Henson had harnessed and had at his disposal, but he did some things that you could in no wise get away with these days.

I watched the first episode of Fraggle Rock recently. This is a show that was aimed at children the same age and younger as Sesame Street's audience. In it, the fraggles go on some kind of adventure, and learn a lesson at the end. Do you know what the very first episode's lesson was? "Sometimes, Slavery feels like freedom."
That man, Jim Henson, he had fucking BALLS, man.

Jim Henson looks like Jesus.

Fred Rogers drove a plain old Impala for years. One day, however, the car was stolen from the street near the TV station. When Rogers filed a police report, the story was picked up by every newspaper, radio and media outlet around town.

Amazingly, within 48 hours the car was left in the exact spot where it was taken from, with an apology on the dashboard. It read, "If we'd known it was yours, we never would have taken it."

My.... My.... childhood....

http://occasionalcomics.com/muppet-thor/
Give this a go.
Wonderfully drawn and the characters are spot on.
The moment with Jim...

He watched his figure to the pound. In covering Rogers' daily routine (waking up at 5 a.m.; praying for a few hours for all of his friends and family; studying; writing, making calls and reaching out to every fan who took the time to write him; going for a morning swim; getting on a scale; then really starting his day), writer Tom Junod explained that Mr. Rogers weighed in at exactly 143 pounds every day for the last 30 years of his life.

He didn't smoke, didn't drink, didn't eat the flesh of any animals, and was extremely disciplined in his daily routine. And while I'm not sure if any of that was because he'd mostly grown up a chubby, single child, Junod points out that Rogers found beauty in the number 143.

According to the piece, Rogers came "to see that number as a gift... because, as he says, "the number 143 means 'I love you.' It takes one letter to say 'I' and four letters to say 'love' and three letters to say 'you.' One hundred and forty-three."

Jim Henson, Fred Rodgers...these are the saints of our childhoods. They taught us lessons on friendship, on being ourselves, on how to never let life get us down even when things seem bleak. And they made us feel like we mattered.

Kids...they don't get that these days, do they? Who will be the Mister Rodgers to the children of this day and age? Who will sing to the youth that it's not easy being green? Is there hope?

>>27498114
I REMEMBER

He was genuinely curious about others. Mister Rogers was known as one of the toughest interviews because he'd often befriend reporters, asking them tons of questions, taking pictures of them, compiling an album for them at the end of their time together, and calling them after to check in on them and hear about their families. He wasn't concerned with himself, and genuinely loved hearing the life stories of others.

And it wasn't just with reporters. Once, on a fancy trip up to a PBS exec's house, he heard the limo driver was going to wait outside for 2 hours, so he insisted the driver come in and join them (which flustered the host).

On the way back, Rogers sat up front, and when he learned that they were passing the driver's home on the way, he asked if they could stop in to meet his family. According to the driver, it was one of the best nights of his life the house supposedly lit up when Rogers arrived, and he played jazz piano and bantered with them late into the night. Further, like with the reporters, Rogers sent him notes and kept in touch with the driver for the rest of his life.

>>27499589
There's always hope.

But I agree that the lack of such figures for this generation may be a truly negative thing.

Sesame Street is still going. It's made by different people, but what Henson set in motion persists after he's left us. Is it enough?

>>27499587

>making calls and reaching out to every fan who took the time to write him

I heard about that. He never let any fan go unanswered, and he never gave them a static, fill-in-the-blank letter. They were all personalized to the child who wrote in.

>>27499529
there was a comic by Derf, a true story, about how one rainy day he was taking his portfolio to a publisher.
and Mr. Fred Rogers just stopped, offered this random stranger a ride, and offered him encouragement on his art career. He dropped Derf off and that was it.
Mr. Rogers makes me believe in a greater good in this world.

>>27499655
I'd say he should be canonized as a saint

But really, it feels like it's not enough

>>27499510
Yeah, it's kind of amazing, what Jim Henson was capable of.
It's strange and almost contradictory, but he could talk at and make a specific audience understand some very deep concepts without having to talk down to that audience. That's really what made Jim, Jim. He does it in Fraggle Rock to deal with some serious sociological issues, he does it in Sesame Street for basic social skills, he does it in The Dinosaurs for some rather delicate topics having to do with puberty and becoming an adult, and he does it in The Muppet Show, and a couple of his movies to straight up poke fun and mine comedy from the entertainment industry as a whole.
It's really quite remarkable what he was capable of.

>>27499512

I believe that God and Jesus, if not looking exactly alike, at least look very similar to Fred Rogers and Jim Henson, respectively.

Why?

Because I can think of no other two faces I have ever known that so strongly are associated in my mind with peace and joy and love.

>>27498114

Drinkin' after a long day in DUI court. Watchin' Louie at a bar. Shit's great!

>>27499589
We were lucky...

He ended most of his letters with "I'm Proud of You"
or I.P.O.Y.
Just to know that he was.

>>27499587
That's a touching story, except it's completely impossible to keep your body weight that static for that long unless you're never sick, never eat a holiday meal, never get hot and never exert yourself

You know what sucks? Carol Spinney, the guy who met both Jim and Fred, is getting up there in age now... He's 76. I'm going to bawl my eyes out when the Bird and the Grouch pass on.

Calling for rule 34 on OP's pic.

>>27499629

Ask a child on the street what shows they watch, what characters they love. Chances are, they're going to say something like Dora the Explorer or something.

And Dora the Explorer may be okay at entertaining the small minds of kids, but it doesn't truly make a child feel like they matter, doesn't make them think they're worth more than the world has to offer.

>>27499620
>>27499587

The scary thing about these is that they're true. They sound like exaggerated tales, but Fred Rogers truly did do all these things, and nobody he ever met could say they hated him.

>>27499742
I think he cared enough to try, and that's the point of the story. Sure it would be hard to the point of impossible, but the fact he cared about such a trivial think just so he can say I Love You even when saying what his weight was. It means he was amazing.

Someone needs to stream the Big Bird movie or any of the early muppet movies.

We need a puppet stream folks.

>>27499801
Can we please not.
It wont be shocking or funny. It will just be dumb.
We have enough hatred and stupidity in life, I think this thread is trying to show some class and honest caring is still out in the world.

>>27499862

Or a stream of Mister Rogers Neighborhood.

Because I feel a weird sadness in the pit of my heart that isn't going away.

http://www.rotten.com/library/bio/misc/fred-rogers/

>>27499895
if you watch Mr. Rogers now, you'll just bawl your goddamn eyes out.
It's a beautiful day in the neighborhood
a beautiful day for a neighbor

>>27499916
>On Tuesday, July 28, 1998, more than 300 PBS stations aired an episode of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood featuring Koko, the sign-language using gorilla. This week-long series addressed the confusion and fear young children often experience when confronted with new situations or people who look different from themselves. The week long theme of "inclusion" featured Koko and helpful talks about feeling included, no matter what a child can or can't do. Dispelling the age-old myth of gorillas as frightening monsters, Koko's affinity for Mister Rogers was immediately apparent. His quiet manner soon had Koko so relaxed that she had her arm around him and was intent on removing his sweater and shoes.
OH GOD THAT IS AWESOME

I have no idea if it's actually true or not, as I've never really been there before...

...but I once heard that, even if just in that one thread where Mr. Rogers was discussed, that the denizens of /b/ once had a whole thread, from OP to autosage taking it away, where not even once did the words "faggot", "nigger", "rape", or any other /b/-common obscenity appear.

Like I said, I don't know if it really happened, but I like to think it really did, if only because it just feels right that even the /b/astards loved him enough to show him the respect he deserved.

>>27500012

I saw that thread. It seriously fucking happened. I was stunned, because I know there were so many people who wanted to troll but couldn't bring themselves to do it.

How powerful is the legend of Mr.Rogers?


Grown men are admitting to crying in this thread: No one called a faggot

This is 4chan

IN the summer


NOw thats POWER

A small boy, brandishing a toy laser gun was blasting people he saw left and right, even Mr. Rogers, whom he shied away from when he recognized his target.
Mr. Rogers and the interviewer met the mother of the boy and he still hid behind the legs clutching his weapon at the gently smiling adult.
The mother was mortified at her sons behavior around Mr. Rogers, but he still smiled and calmly leaned down to the child, whispering into his ear.
The child was still shy, but seemed to reflect in his own way on the words and as they went on, the child waved a small goodbye to the writer and Mr. Rogers.

The interviewer asked, "What did you say to him?"
And Mr. Rogers said, "I just said I think he's strong. So very strong, even without that weapon."

>>27500110
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FaYR5lwzomE

>>27500127
oh god dammit I'm going to cry.

This man was like an angel. If we were all half as wise and strong and calm as he was the world would be a utopia.

>>27500012
>>27500084
He is an Untouchable of /b/. Don't disrespect him there. It calls a wrath that's not good.

>>27500127

The more I hear these things, the more I wish I had met Mister Rogers. I also feel a great pity for future generations, because they won't have someone who really, honestly cares about them like Mister Rogers did.

>>27500182
They might. All it takes is one person willing to show that love and spread it to everyone like he did.

Fred Rogers was just a man. The world is waiting for us to follow him.

He's waiting.

>>27500145

If that's Rogers at the Senate I'm watching it bro. I'm already cryin like a bitch enoughin in this thread thanks.

>>27500216
He has some time to converse with Jim Henson then. The two are probably in heaven right now, having casual chitchat.

>>27500240
it's just the intro to his show. Here. you'll smile at this.
a little black kid teaches Mr. Rogers to breakdance.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fw_GnjE-des&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lrZyMptC2eQ

Bye, Mr Henson.

Wasn't there also a Story of how He would drive his car to the set each day but ended up getting stolen?

I think it went something like, it came up in the news that Mr. Rogers car had been stolen, then the next morning when i hitched a ride with a co-worker and there it was. his car was right where it was the previous day before getting stolen, along with a note saying "I didn't know it was yours."

>>27500246
Fred Rogers is in hell, talking kindly to the damned.
Because no matter what they've done, everyone is special, and everyone matters.

Another thing that amazes me about Mister Rogers (they just don't stop) is that he was a devout Christian, but he never once brought up God or Jesus or anything like that on his show. Never trying to tie his niceness and sincerity to his religion. He...he respected boundaries, something that I find can be rather rare in this day and age.

>>27500216

In this day's cynical age, someone who is willing to show their love for the world and not be afraid is hard if not impossible. And that truly, truly saddens me.

I think he's busy making a much nicer neighborhood for us, one day.

The sad thing is that someone like Mr. Rogers were to have a show today, he would quickly be branded a Pedophile.

>>27500127


DAMN YOU!! That shit got me completely of gaurd! T_T

oh man, this thread makes me said because im australian and grew up without rogers, although i still grew up watching the muppets and sesame street.
this mr rogers character genuinely interests me though, anywhere i can read up on him or learn more about him?

I get tired of cynicism and sarcasm that has replaced the honesty inside of people now. They look for the joke or the darkness without considering that it's just something innocent and pure.
They wanted so much for him to be the monster behind the mask, but at every turn he was found to be something more than any lie could damage.

>>27500279
>Big Bird is singing it
>Kermit is considered dead with Henson

oh fuck I feel so shallow for crying about this but it's the little things that get you, you know?

it's the little things that slip through while you're trying to be tough about the big stuff

>>27500371
He wasn't a character. Fred Mcfeely Rogers was a real man who genuinly cared for every living thing on this earth, weather they were deserving of such care or not. He was honestly a person the likes of which we shall never see again. I take solace in the words: "Don't despair that such men died, but be proud that such men lived!"

>>27500371
I wanted to link to TVtropes, but I felt bad because that's a kind of trollish thing to do. Honestly, http://www.rotten.com/library/bio/misc/fred-rogers/ was posted earlier in this thread, and it's got all you need.
>>27500434
"Mr. Rogers projected an air of genuine, unwavering, almost saintly pure-hearted decency. But when you look deeper, at the person behind the image ... that's exactly what you find there, too. He's exactly what he appears to be."

You guys This thread has ended my time on 4chan for tonite right??

I cant fuckin go act like a dick or troll in any thread after this! What would Mr.Rogers Think! DAMMIT!

Thanks OP You...You....dammit you good person! See that shit?? I'm Done! Goodnight!

>>27499814
Well, to be fair, Dora the Explorer is doing wonders for children by teaching them English as well as Spanish. Many psychologists believe that there is a certain age (I've heard that it's around seven or eight) where children stop developing their grasp of language at the incredible speeds they had been before. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Critical_period_hypothesis#Second_language_acquisition

A child who watches Dora the Explorer (or Go Diego Go) growing up is very likely to continue to learn Spanish throughout their life, and become fluent. The widespread popularity of these shows will surely have a beneficial effect on the US's relationship with Mexico. Growing up in California, I definitely felt that there was a division between white students and Latino students, or at the very least I felt divided from Latino students, because I did not speak Spanish. The division was, of course, cultural as well, but diminishing the language barrier can only help connecting the cultures.

Dora the Explorer may not have taught the same values that we learned during our childhoods with Mr. Rogers and Sesame Street, but it deserves merit for what it does.

>>27500506
Heh, see?

The best way to make someone act nice is to just be so kind and honorable yourself they're ashamed to be a jerk.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Zzfdlxjx4Y&feature=related
;_;
Jim always beleived in us...

>>27500506
I hope you come visit us again sometime, neighbor.

>>27500494
Oh god

That image is adorable, it made me laugh

It still amazes me that Family Guy and Robot Chicken had the BALLS to make fun of Mister Rogers Neighborhood. All in good fun, maybe, but it still doesn't excuse the fact that they were basically trying to shit on a treasured childhood memory for many.

>>27499510
That was the second episode.

As an adult and able to watch it in reception that wasn't snowy and phasing out and in more recently, I was able to realize that episode was hippie-as-fuck bull-shit.

>>27500584
The fact that they removed that from the episode speaks volumes.

>>27500584
He liked Eddie Murphy's parody of him. He only stopped Burger King's parody because the parody looked too much like him, and he didn't want kids confused as to his message.
He wouldn't mind. You shouldn't either.

After Fred Rogers' death, "Family Guy" did a mocking "tribute" to him in the episode "Brian in Love" where Stewie basically destroyed the Neighborhood of Make Believe and massacred the inhabitants.

It got aired only once before protests made them remove it from later broadcasts of the episode - the segment is now a hidden clip on the Family Guy DVD boxset.

>>27498114
jesus christ the nostalgia from pinwheel

>>27500588
What makes you say it was hippy bullshit? What parts don't you agree with?

I remember crying when his fish died and he explained death to us.

>>27500494

>that image

You know what, at this point I seriously fucking believe he could do that.

>>27500626

I...you're right. I just don't like disrespect towards Mister Rogers.

>>27500634
That episode aired in 2000, and Rogers died in 2003. Nice try.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yXEuEUQIP3Q

>>27500575

Stop that dammit! Your makin me tearup again and I already said GOODNIGHT SIR!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IPKng8j9Mnw

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mm1W6C6dDRI
Mr Rogers on Sesame Street.

>>27500687
well

Silent Hill is supposed to reflect the inner darkness and regrets of the person that goes there. It's a punishment drawn from their deepest guilt and most selfish urges.

The idea Rogers would find nothing there but a sunny vacation home is thus great.

>>27500634
Really? That was more about Stewie being a scumbag and I don't understand removing it later when the timing was the main problem.

>>27500741
people get all snarky with him...
and he just disarms them with kindness.
heh. I'm happy to have seen him on PBS as a child.
I...
I was going to leave an angry note to my neighbors because they were making too much noise. Now I just want to leave a friendly note telling them how their effect on my life. Fred Rogers, I hope you'd be proud of the effect your thread is having on people.

>>27500733

>>27500842
Because you don't mess with Mr. Rogers. /b/ will show you that.

The Muppets and Sesame Street are also legendary, and can be evidenced by one simple fact:

Nobody bats an eye if Kermit or Big Bird show up at a huge Hollywood event, because the stars of Hollywood either grew up with them or have kids who grew up with them. They are powerful icons and garner immediate respect (as they well should).

>this thread

Jesus christ, simply MENTIONING Mister Rogers manages to rekindle the good in people.

I don't want to forget the lessons Mister Rogers Neighborhood taught me. I don't want to forget the kindness of Fred Rogers, or his always-sunny attitude.

>>27500854

Well Done Anon

They lit the way when we were young, in the darkness of understanding. Through the night of age and bitter cold the candles still shone, though we now had to search for the light, but it was still there for us, showing our steps. And when the final darkness comes they will light the way again and then it will feel like that light is all that ever was.

>>27500970
Him and Jim Henson tend to do that.

>>27499529
>>27500287
The car was also washed, waxed, and had a full tank of gas.

>>27500569
Oh my God. ;-;

I'm glad I wasn't at that memorial. When I first saw the video of Big Bird singing "It's Not Easy Being Green," [>>27500279] a couple weeks ago, I cried. When I watched this video just now, I started to tear up. If I had to sit through everything at the service at once, I'd probably be a complete wreck.

>>27500794
oh god I died laughing at the end of this clip.
the humor, it's for everyone.

>>27500145
After taking jazz piano lessons for two years, I can now really appreciate how great this song is. And if what [>>27499620] says is true, then he probably wrote and played that theme himself.

I just keep learning more and more things about Mr. Rogers that make me look up to him even more.

I think we did some good in this thread.

>>27501253
I think we did

>>27498822
Drawfriends, I summon thee!

>>27501245
he wrote all his music himself.
the show started with a 40 dollar budget.
even in 60s money that doesn't buy songwriters.

So, this thread gets me to thinking, and maybe this goes in another thread, but what the hell;
So let's say someone decided to build a monument to the people who most helped us grow up and did the most good in the world of entertainment, and children's entertainment specifically. A giant Mount Rushmore style monument to their legacies, whose all faces would be on it?
Mister Rogers and Jim Henson for sure. Anyone else?
How about Walt Disney or Chuck Jones?

>>27501319
Eh...Disney was pretty strongly antisemitic.

I was going to fap tonight, but got side tracked in this thread for an hour and a half. Now I'm in tears and have no more interest in choking the chicken. Mr. Roger, wherever you are: I hope you know how much you meant to me and so many others in the world. If he does exist, see if god could let you come back for a little while to talk the world.

>>27500663
The extremist attitude about that subject

Also, the way the writer assumes you should see what the Gorks other than Junior, who hadn't been established as villains yet, were doing as bad before Wembly did, when the point where Wembly noticed was the only time they were doing something evidently wrong.

>>27501342
Disney was pretty fucking insane.

Damn it /co/ this needs to be archived. This level of love and tolerance is exceedingly rare to find these days, I'm so proud of you all.

>>27501319
Honestly, Weird Al. I've never heard a bad word said against him in his personal life either. He even had tragedy with the death of his parents due to carbon monoxide poisoning. But beyond the snit an artists throws over his parodies, he seems like a genuinely great guy.

To be honest, I first noticed Mister Rogers right as I was entering that stage of childhood where you like to try to pretend you're a badass, so you distance yourself from things you perceive as being childish. Stupid, I know, but I'm sure we all did it. So I never watched Mister Rogers as a kid, even though as a child of the 80's, I had every chance to. But the stories you guys are telling about him makes me wish I had. I've always thought that if I ever have kids, I'd rather they have a lot of DVDs to watch, rather than crappy TV, and now I think I'll need to hunt down some DVDs of Mister Rogers, if they exist.

>>27501319

PLz Dont compare Rogers to Walt Disney. Walt Disney was a hateful racist.

>>27501319
Mr. C

>>27501405
Pony. Just saying.

Well, /co/mrades, I'm going to sign off for tonite. This thread has really made me feel good about not only myself, but about the world, and I hope you all can carry what you learned here on into the real world for at least a day.
I didn't even want to get all sappy, but I just HAVE TO.
You're all special. Goodnight.

>>27501425
yes

Yea... I'm done with 4chan for the night too.

Thank you Mr. Rogers. For more than you know.

>>27501408
Agreed! He belongs in the lineup

>>27501425
>>27501425
yes

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=42xhm16ueXI
I listened to this to cheer me up. Written by Jim Henson himself.

>>27501319
not really Children's entertainment, but when I think of saintly men who were as noble in real life as they were in the images they portrayed, I think of Gregory Peck.

The man who played Atticus Finch, and who was damn near as noble as him. Not a scandal to his name.

>>27501455
And the ironic thing, in RL, Mr Rogers was colorblind to Blue. I can just hear him.
"Oh! This is wonderful, I can see all of the rainbow now, and it's just wonderful. All will be well."

>>27501425
Carlin no.
Mr. Conductor, yes.

>>27500854
Screen capped from thread

(different guy btw)

1 vote down, 3 to go

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KmBzqZrZN8o

The final episode of Howdy Doody.
Clarabell the Clown who in all the episodes never uttered a word until the very last moment of the last show.
"Goodbye kids."

>>27501600
bumping

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People always give me a strange look when they ask me who my hero is and I say "Mr. Rogers". Probably on the account of my long hair and beard, and that I have a bit of a foul mouth. But it's true. In the spirit of Mr. Rogers, I'm am who I am. I'm crass sometimes, but I'm caring. I'll probably be the guy who tells you some of the dirtiest jokes you'll ever hear, while helping you roof your house and asking nothing in return. I'm the friend who comes over to cook you a meal, just because I like your company. I'll be your ear and shoulder to cry on when you're going through hell, because I know you'd do the same for me.

I'm young, barely older then 21, and I know so little still. But I've known for awhile now what my one true goal in life is: to leave this world a better place then I found it. If I can make one person smile during my day, that's all I ask for. I don't need tons of money, only enough to get by. I don't need fancy things, just practical stuff.

If there's one thing I would say to everyone on here right now it's this. Tomorrow, I'd like you to randomly ask someone how their day's going. Maybe it's just the cashier at the grocery store, maybe the lady who serves you your coffee, maybe a classmate, maybe a coworker. But just ask them, and listen, take in what they have to say. And accept them for who they are.

Man, I really need to stop smoking so much weed before posting on /co/...

But never forget guys, /co/ = love.

>Archived

i love you people.

>>27501832
You got it. Time to make somebody feel special.

>>27500584

He would have laughed at it too. Fred Rogers wouldn't have taken it too seriously. In fact, he might have taken it as a compliment--really, it wasn't meant unkindly.

He would probably have recommended that small children not be allowed to see it though.

This thread has inspired me to be nicer to people. I was pretty pissed off before I started reminiscing about Mr. Rogers. I'm all happy and friendly inside now.

I need to find all of his episodes on DVD. Future kids need to grow up with him.

I was going to post that one Fox News thing about Mr. Rogers to rile everyone up, but I just can't bring myself to do it...

>Go on /co/ angry
>See this thread
>Still angry, but now sad and nostalgic

I hate you /co/. I really feel like I'm going to cry for no reason.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WV2P6P4p6Hg

Somewhere, in a far better reality than this, Fred Rogers, Bob Homme and Jim Henson are wearing the blue rings of the Blue Lantern Corps and doing their level best to save all of creation.

I'm not requesting this--this isn't the place for it--but I wish some wonderful drawfriend could draw this. It needs to happen.

>>27502390
Bob Ross wearing a Green Lantern ring making happy little trees stop intergalactic villains.

>>27502510
Villains laugh at his seemingly nonsensical constructs then BAM a mountain slams into thier escaping ship, then the trees there...and there... spring forth.

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>>27502274
It's okay to feel mad.

What do you do with the mad that you feel
When you feel so mad you could bite?
When the whole wide world seems oh, so wrong...
And nothing you do seems very right?

What do you do? Do you punch a bag?
Do you pound some clay or some dough?
Do you round up friends for a game of tag?
Or see how fast you go?

It's great to be able to stop
When you've planned a thing that's wrong,
And be able to do something else instead
And think this song:

I can stop when I want to
Can stop when I wish.
I can stop, stop, stop any time.
And what a good feeling to feel like this
And know that the feeling is really mine.
Know that there's something deep inside
That helps us become what we can.
For a girl can be someday a woman
And a boy can be someday a man.

>>27502390
I heard that most of the conversation in this show was improvised. Even as an adult it's funny just to listen to them make small talk. Is there an archive or DVD collection somewhere?

>>27502679
Not on Mr. Rogers, he was not one for improv.
He wanted to make sure every line and action was just right for the kids to hear or would not upset them in any way with something random.

>>27502095
He did enjoy some heavy stuff, according to Romero his thoughts on one of his movies was
>"It's a lot of fun, George."

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/parenting/detail?entry_id=63520

I was talking about Friendly Giant, the show in the YouTube link.

>>27502663
You've won this round, Rogers.

That's it, I'm blocking 4chan from my computer.
There's no reason to keep browsing this website.
Most of the time I get engaged in trolls and end up angrier even if I just see their posts.
I want to leave feeling happy.
This is the best thread I can imagine.
I don't know what happened to us as we got older but I want to keep this good feeling.
Goodbye, friends.

>>27502750
See, that's the thing. Mr. Rogers was an adult. He had a wife and an adult life, not a sugarcoated one. He did everything we did, but without the constant shadow of cynicism and sarcasm that drags everything into the gutter. He could swim with a boy and while we jump in our minds to pedo-jokes or darkness, he was just swimming with a boy, nothing more.
He was more of a man than I am. That scares me, and I hope I can let go of this need to be cynical at every turn, because it makes life horrid.
I will try because Fred would want that.

>>27502826
Or you can stay and use the tactics of passive friendliness that Mr. Rogers used and fight a fight for something good.
Welcome to the Fred Corps.
Enjoy the Sweater.

I grew up in the states but I never even heard of Mr. Rogers until he died. At first I didn't get what the big deal was, then I learned about him. To this day I still haven't seen a single episode of his show for a good reason. If I did I would just lament not growing up with it. Instead of focusing on what could have been, I should focus on the now, what may be, and how to make them both a better place. I'm sure that's what Mr. Rogers would want. Also about this who will kids look up to thing. Honestly I think it would be better if they had no one rather then someone just acting like they care. I wish I knew why I think that. Seriously, the world needs someone like Mr. Rogers, not just for kids but for everyone,

>>27502911
>Fred Corps
That would be amazing
An entire group of heroes that fights merely with understanding and compassion.

From meanest troll or sarcastic thread
I will show love to them instead
Let those who allow cynicism
Cloud their head
Know I'm so proud of You
The Corps of Fred

>>27502679

At the risk of sounding foolish, I don't think so--at least not yet. I think you could write the CBC or something and pester them. Maybe if enough of us did, they'd do it.

>>27502555

Fred Rogers uses his ring to carefully and gently probe the psyches of dangerous foes, whereupon he finds common ground to open up dialogue with them. His ring constructs allow him to immobilize enemies that cannot be reached by reason and calm compassion without harm and pacify them. Even a red lantern's rage can be calmed, at least temporarily.

>>27503291
I don't think Mr. Rogers would probe someone's mind. That seems like an invasion of privacy

Kids today won't know what we've gone through, all of their shows star cartoons.

does Mister Rogers have children?

>>27504005
We're all his children.