What is your opinion of Mr. Roger's Neighborhood?

This was the best show that was ever on TV.

I loved it when I was little, but in retrospect something about it just seems off. It’s almost too perfect and Mr. Rogers was way too calm not to have been at least mildly doped up. I honestly don’t even remember learning any lessons from it because nothing ever actually happened on that show.

@YARNLADY any particular moment on the show that epitomizes your feelings?

From an adult viewpoint it seemed creepy.
From a child’s perspective it. Was nurturing and a wonderful show.

I loved watching it, growing up, and still think it’s a good show. I think that you’re suffering from cynicism.

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@Nullo I have a positive impression of the show…guy seems honest. Not at all egotistical.

I never liked Mr Roger’s Neighborhood, but oddly enough I found this charming.

@Ltryptophan I especially liked the let’s all get along together form of the neighborhood. The fantasy element, which children love, mixed with the friendly workers (mailman and so on), plus a man who is not the least bit aggressive, yet firmly self-assured.

Heh..I STILL wake up and say ” It’s a beautiful day in the neighborhood.” I was there, ground floor Mr. Rogers in the early to mid-60’s and my 24 yr. old daughter was raised on Mr, Rogers too. Dig the Cardigans and, well, that guy had BALLS, in the day of homophobic fag bashing. He was a SENSITIVE guy and a PIONEER in representing men as nurturing figures. Leave Mr. R alone, ya hear me? Leave him alone! lol

Won’t – you be – my neighbor? I loved Mr. Rogers. I honestly have not watched it as an adult, but I’m sure I would take a much different view of it now. But as kid, damn that shit was good! I loved the beginning when the took off his coat and put on his cardigan. I think my fave though was the trains! If I were to create a utopia, it would be Mr. Roger’s Neighborhood :)

It’s “Mr. Rogers”. Not “Mr. Roger’s.”

@Rarebear Are you hanging out with @ gailcalled lately? lololol

Misused apostrophes really bug me, sorry.

@Rarebear You are pardoned, we all have our pet peeves. ;-)

I liked it when I was a child, and as an adult, I found it kind of hypnotic. Kind of like watching (and listening to) Bob Ross as he painted his happy little trees. Soothing. As an adult, I also really came to appreciate the man, himself.

I recognize no hidden agendas. He was tolerant, kind and possibly a bit meticulous. He informed without being pedantic, and was always engaged. I wish I had half that man’s patience.

I thought it was terrific. My kids loved it. It taught lessons in a very gentle way for kids under 6. I liked his instructive songs, like ‘Everybody’s Fancy”. . . .Boys are fancy on the outside. Girl’s are fancy on the inside. Eveyrbody’s fancy. Everybody’s fine. Your body’s fancy and so is mine. Girls were girls from the beginning. Boys were boys right from the start . . This is great for 3–4 year olds who wonder why they got the equipment they were born with.
Mr. R took little kid’s fears and concerns out in the open and quietly talked about them in children’s terms. Kudos to an influential man and a life well lived.

I’d only watched the show a few times, and I wasn’t a big fan of it (it just wasn’t my thing). However, I still think that it was a good positive show for kids, and I think that Mr. Rogers was a positive role model.

I loved the show as a kid. I loved the puppets. I remember being horrified though when he showed where he stuck his hand up Henrietta Pussycat. My mom was surprised because she thought I was too old to think the puppets were real. I was in that halfway phase. I said “I know she’s a puppet, but puppets don’t like you to show where your hands are!”

Here are some true trivia facts that make me like him even more than I did when I was a kid.
http://articles.cnn.com/2008-07-28/living/mf.mrrogers.neighbor_1_mr-rogers-neighborhood-fred-rogers-koko-tv-station?_s=PM:LIVING

Oop! I just realized my post is unintentionally very filthy. Sorry bout that.

Oddly, I think I’m less creeped out by him now that I’m 20. I remember watching the show as a kid and being kind of off-put, but I see him now and see how positive he is and miss it.

@keobooks I always find it interesting to read about his impact on the world.

Mister Rogers Remixed | Garden of Your Mind | PBS Digital Studios

I a grateful for him raising me as a child.

I got a trip out of him always changing his clothes and whatnot even as a little kid. I liked the show, and trolley and the land of make believe in particular, I think that was his name, the little train thing. But I doubt I’d make it though a single episode as an adult.

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Oh, my bad @Ltryptophan:
On Mister Rogers Neighborhood: “Transformations”, 143 is used to mean “I love you”. 1 meaning I for 1 letter, 4 meaning Love for the 4 letters, and 3 meaning You for the 3 letters. Reportedly, Fred Rogers maintained his weight at exactly 143 pounds for the last thirty years of his life, and associated the number with the phrase “I love you”

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