mister rogers appreciation

I watched a documentary on him over the holidays - what an utterly amazing individual, a total saint. I think it's so sad that some people think he's "creepy".

he never got kicked off television. he did his show almost all the way until he died. my earliest memories are watching mister rogers neighborhood with my dad. i was so sad when he died. he is definitely one of my heroes.

here are the words to my favorite mister rogers song:


It's You I Like

It's you I like,
It's not the things you wear,
It's not the way you do your hair--
But it's you I like
The way you are right now,
The way down deep inside you--
Not the things that hide you,
Not your toys--
They're just beside you.
But it's you I like--
Every part of you,
Your skin, your eyes, your feelings
Whether old or new.
I hope that you'll remember
Even when you're feeling blue
That it's you I like,
It's you yourself,
It's you, it's you I like.






words to fucking live by. that song brings me to tears.

i still rent the tapes from the library..
and i freak out when i catch it on TV..
i cried my lil eyes out when he died.. and yes, i agree, he was a total saint.
ill never understand how he can be called "creepy" but the kids shows that are on now arent.

r.i.p. my favoritest neighbor.. thanks for making me feel special & unique
oh! and thanks for the crayon episode.. that was quality tv!!!!!!! ♥

should we start a thread for the great mr. mcfeely too?



speedy delivery!

Did anyone ever hear the National Lampoon Radio parody where Mister Rogers talks to the jazz musician? Now that was funny.

Aww... I loved that show when I was little.

Don't even get me started on Free to Be You and Me, or we'll be here all night.

I still have some Mr. Rogers cassette tapes. I used to put "We Are Special" on corny mix tapes that I made for girls. I had a friend in 2nd grade that got a letter from him and I was insanely jealous.

Oh, and when I was 18 and moved out of the house, I put a sandbox in MY kitchen, too. But it just ended up becoming an ashtray.

i haven't seen the national lampoon parody, but he did go to talk to a jazz musician on his show before. i also seem to remember him going to talk to someone that makes brass instruments too.

and john costa, the writer of the theme song was a great jazz pianist. i love his piano solo in the theme song. mister roger's neighborhood was full of jazz.

Is that Koko?

He was one person i could look at, who could really restore my faith in mankind.

Seriously. A good man, who went out and spent his life doing good things. Pure, simple, wonderful.

Mister Rogers was awesome, I used to watch him every morning. I'm not sure if the PBS channel here airs his show anymore, and that's kind of sad. .

I remember seeing a show he did about art. He was teaching kids how to look at works by Picasso, and to see more than a bunch of weird shapes. I loved that show.

I saw that too. I be damned if I didn't lose it a bit when he sang "It's You I Like" to Jeff.

Me too! :sob:

Very touching how he was able to bring that witch Joan Rivers to tears as well.

I learned to tie my shoes from watching his show, and to me, that's a life skill

I cried when I found out he was dead

meow meow Point Blank meow meow Love Mr meow Rogers.

I saw that brass instruments show flipping through channels the other day. I actually stayed and watched it for a while, then stopped and thought, "Holy crap, I'm sitting here watching Mr. Rogers and it's every bit as fascinating as it was when i was 4!"

You rock, Mr. R.