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| TeenWeek what's a status? | posted on 08-28-2001 @ 12:33 PM |    | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Oct. 00  | Anyone else watch him as a kid? August 28, 2001 -- TV without Mister Rogers? It's almost too awful to contemplate, but contemplate it we must, for Fred Rogers is hanging up his sweater. And in so doing, television loses a man who just might be the last true believer in the medium's potential to achieve great things. This summer marks the closing of "Mister Rogers' Neighborhood," which premiered in 1968 and today is one of the last refuges left on television suitable for sheltering small children. Mister Rogers taped the final episode months ago, and it will air on PBS stations - including Channel 13 here - this Friday. After that, the show continues in reruns - the thinking being that his young viewers won't know the difference. But for how long it will run, nobody knows. Mister Rogers pledges to remain active in TV and in the development of Web sites for children, but at age 72, it's clear he's moving into a new phase of his life. Call it semi-retirement or just stopping to smell the roses, but TV's most eloquent spokesman for decency is riding off into the sunset and leaving an enormous void that might never be filled. Listening to him talk, you get the feeling that the soft-spoken yet persuasive Mister Rogers is no less than the Gandhi of television. When he articulates what he sees as TV's mission, he makes statements that are stunning in their bare-bones simplicity and unassailable truthfulness. "Those of us who are the producers and purveyors of television are servants of the people," he said in an interview last month on ABC's "Nightline," seated before a piano wearing his familiar zippered cardigan and canvas deck shoes in his Pittsburgh studio. "And if those who sponsor programs and those who sit on boards of directors of places that own networks, if they would simply watch what's on a lot of their air and say to themselves, 'Do I want my family watching this?' I think that the . . . climate would change and the landscape of television could be what it's meant to be, and that is a landscape of nourishment for the human family." A "landscape of nourishment for the human family"? When was the last time you heard words like that coming from someone in the TV business? Probably never. But that's Fred Rogers for you. Here's a guy who, after more than 45 years in the TV business, still unabashedly refers to the space between TV screen and child as nothing less than "holy ground" and considers TV's capacity for performing miracles a "mysterious wonder." On "Nightline," he explained. "I had a letter the other day saying this woman had been abused and raped as a young child, and she would find her solace in going into a little room that had the television," Mister Rogers recalled. "And she said, 'I really believed it when you said that people could like me exactly as I was, because I really didn't like myself that much at first. But I really came to believe you.' "Well, to me," Mister Rogers said to ABC newsman John Donvan, "that's a holy enterprise. The space between the television set and that little girl who was in such desperate need - the space there was holy ground. Something was happening that wasn't in my control. I was just saying what was in my heart, and she - between that moment and her receiving it - was, I think, a mysterious wonder." A "mysterious wonder?" I think Mister Rogers is a mysterious wonder whose words are worth committing to memory. Because when he leaves, who will be left to utter them? | ||||
| WoundedAngel Absolutely spectacular, and 1337 as hell. | posted on 08-28-2001 @ 12:36 PM | | |||
| Psychopath Registered: Jan. 01 | I thought this thread would be about his death! How old is he how? Like 457? | ||||
| Arpikarhu Harmless Teddy I wish Maynard was still posting here so I could implant my head up his ass. Needle dick, bear salesman. I think I'm a revolutionary. Actually, I'm a one trick pony. I enjoy C&BT | posted on 08-28-2001 @ 12:42 PM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Apr. 01 | i guy i know grew up in pittsburgh and used to swim at the Y when he was a kid. one day he went o shower after a swim and saw fred rogers in there naked. it destroyed his childhood. he said he was traumatized forever.lol Arpi Karhu Kauppias Forever!!! AIM- Arpikarhu  | ||||
| TeenWeek what's a status? | posted on 08-28-2001 @ 12:46 PM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Oct. 00 | in the article it says he is 72. Thought this might be of interest to some of the older posters. | ||||
| Shelle Bink True star of the celebrity softball game: the redhead in section 101. | posted on 08-28-2001 @ 12:46 PM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Jul. 01 | like WA, I also thought he'd be dead. He's kinda like the younger kids' version of Bob Ross. I miss Bob Ross.  WOWing Gets You Things... | ||||
| Sloatsburgh | posted on 08-28-2001 @ 12:48 PM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Oct. 00 | quote: I guess you don't need to know how to read at Oneonta, just how to roll blunts.  42 | ||||
| CantHandleMyBooty | posted on 08-28-2001 @ 12:48 PM | | |||
| Psychopath Registered: Mar. 01 | Ugh i used to watch him and he always gave me the creeps.  When i whip my hips you slip into a trance. | ||||
| fbdlingfrg wow, my name looks odd without 5 lines of type below it in bold and purple and red G.O.O.F.B.A.H.G.S. Red Wings Captain Cecil JBA~Remove the Pick & Click NOW! | posted on 08-28-2001 @ 12:49 PM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Oct. 00 | its the end of an era.i used to love that show i may be a little catholic boy, but i'm still HLJC 4 LIFE! | ||||
| spitfire421 | posted on 08-28-2001 @ 12:59 PM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Dec. 00 | Yeah, CHMB, he always freaked me out for some reason too...always left me a bit uneasy, I never watched the show much Hey I'd like to daze away to a place like no one has known In a state of mind I could call mine that only I could own Where I could hum a tune anytime I choose, and then there's no such thing as time Where I can feel no pain just calm and sane what a place for one to find | ||||
| TeenWeek what's a status? | posted on 08-28-2001 @ 1:04 PM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Oct. 00 |  | ||||
| MaynardGKrebs | posted on 08-28-2001 @ 1:30 PM | | |||
| O&A Board Veteran Registered: Jan. 01 | quote: OAS, comment?  Welcome to my nightmare. | ||||
| Dryblood | posted on 08-28-2001 @ 1:36 PM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Sep. 00 | all im going to say is "bye bye faggit" Strapped in the chair of the city's gas chamber Why I'm here I can't quite remember The surgeon general says it's hazardous to breathe I'd have another cigarette but I can't see Tell me who you're gonna believe - Guns N' Roses | ||||
Nay. We are but men. ROCK. The man with the plan. | posted on 08-28-2001 @ 2:41 PM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Oct. 00 | Geez.... now dirty old uncles won't be able to tune into Mr. Rogers and learn how to talk to their nephews juuuust right so they'll be susceptible to the good molestation. Guess they'll just go Gonzo - so you'll be seeing a lot more kids checked into the hospital's ER with spade shovel head traumas.  Me droogies: HydratedPeach is siiiiingin' in the rain. Syndra has graduated and will one day take on droogs of her own. One position available. Come and get one in the yarbles.... if you have any yarbles. | ||||
| CantHandleMyBooty | posted on 08-28-2001 @ 2:49 PM | | |||
| Psychopath Registered: Mar. 01 | quote: Its something in his eyes...isnt it? He looks like a psycho! ::shivers: Creepy fn dude! When i whip my hips you slip into a trance. | ||||
| FeelMyFunBags | posted on 08-28-2001 @ 3:43 PM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Jan. 01 | My mother used to plop me on the couch and let me watch that and Sesame Street... Won't you be my neighbor.... :)  why do I say I'm fine when it's obvious I'm not? why's it so hard to tell you what I want? why can't you just read my mind? | ||||
| IkeaBoy P.L.F. Portugese Liberation Front- Liberating Status' everywhere from the Tyranny of Portugal I will die a traitor's death | posted on 08-28-2001 @ 4:00 PM | | |||
| O&A Board Veteran Registered: Sep. 00 | does anyoneremember the episode where a tree is molested or does molestering? The narrator in Fight Club is the man we will be, Patrick Bateman in American Psycho is the man we want to be Eliza Dushku- Hotter Than Brittny | ||||
| BaLLooN NoT | posted on 08-28-2001 @ 4:04 PM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Oct. 00 | quote: so did i... damn he been on longer than most people on this board have been alive..:) **EDIT** quote: FMFB i would love to be u'r neighbor.. as long as i can have the room across from you..:)  Thank you Jolene for the sig!!! E-Mail = E-Mail Me AIM = OABaLLooNNoT This message was edited by BaLLooN NoT on 8-28-01 @ 4:09 PM | ||||
| Arpikarhu Harmless Teddy I wish Maynard was still posting here so I could implant my head up his ass. Needle dick, bear salesman. I think I'm a revolutionary. Actually, I'm a one trick pony. I enjoy C&BT | posted on 08-28-2001 @ 4:04 PM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Apr. 01 | quote: that sounds dirty. anyway, besides doing his show, fred rogers is a big corporate magnate in pennsylvania Arpi Karhu Kauppias Forever!!! AIM- Arpikarhu | ||||
| NJ Panther | posted on 08-28-2001 @ 4:23 PM | | |||
| Psychopath Registered: Feb. 01 | I tried never to watch him as a kid.Finally, he's leaving? I couldn't stand him...F'n stupid ass sweater wearing, childmolester voice, gay shoes, lil trollie with the stupid king and that mutha f'n .... Oh sorry.... Good riddins.;)  Never bother having an argument with an idiot who controls your ability to voice your responses. | ||||
| Banana_juice | posted on 08-28-2001 @ 4:29 PM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Jan. 01 | my father did a lot of musical stuff for sesame street for about 15 years, and since mister rogers was part of the pbs family, i met him on a few occasions along with mister mcfeeley (the speedy delivery mailman). he actually is a pretty nice guy in person. but he is just way to damn friendly.  E-Mail Me special thanks to maynard and grumpy for the sig pic and the help posting it | ||||
| Black Lazerus | posted on 08-28-2001 @ 4:42 PM | | |||
| Psychopath Registered: May. 01 | quote: Did he touch you in a dirty place. your about to catch hell for that post buddy The Leader Of The Black Revolutionary Army Have 2 spots for Revolutionaries E-mail me @ snakeyes_08873@yahoo.com | ||||
| Banana_juice | posted on 08-28-2001 @ 4:44 PM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Jan. 01 | quote: nope he didnt i pushed him away. haha... and yes i know i am gonna thrown in the barrel.. i didnt even think of that until after i posted. haha. E-Mail Me special thanks to maynard and grumpy for the sig pic and the help posting it | ||||
| Thrillhouse Alkey gave me my bonus points back. | posted on 08-28-2001 @ 5:36 PM | | |||
| Psychopath Registered: Aug. 01 | i used to always watch that show when i was little, and i think my dad got a little freaked out by it. then i was watching it a couple of months ago and i saw why he might be freaked out, i know i was while watching it. it was kinda creepy. Graduate of AFDude's Academy | ||||
| o&aswallow | posted on 08-28-2001 @ 5:48 PM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Jan. 01 | quote: I didn't like Mr. Rogers. I was loyal to Captain Kangaroo, Mr. Greenjeans and Howdy Doody.  o&aswallow Recognized His Destiny Early. Too Many Hotties, Not Enough Horny Goat Weed It at first you don't succeed, keep on sucking till you do suck seed. - Curly Howard. Pennsylvania resident, but original NYC listener. | ||||
| FeelMyFunBags | posted on 08-28-2001 @ 7:43 PM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Jan. 01 | quote: Does my door have a lock? :) quote: LOL :) why do I say I'm fine when it's obvious I'm not? why's it so hard to tell you what I want? why can't you just read my mind? | ||||
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