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Mister Rogers Hangs Up His Sweater For Good | 14 comments (14 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)

Yes, he can be boring... (none / 0) (#4)
by matt (matt [at] satanosphere dotcom) on Sat Sep 1st, 2001 at 07:25:31 PM PDT
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But everyone has different tolerances for different types of boring. Me, I love to watch shows Discovery Channel about the building of giant things or architectual wonders and engineering feats, but most people are bored to tears by this stuff. It's just what I have a threshold for.

As far as Fred Rogers is concerned, "boring" was a good thing. To a 4 year-old, he wasn't boring, he was patient, somethng alot of their parents are not, thus the love.

He is a role model. I would love to have a dope trolley in my living room that talked to me like an R2-D2 on a track, that could transport itself to a Neighborhood of Makebelieve. Or to have a picture that would change every few minutes into another classical work of art with the switch of a button, only to show how glass is blown if I talked about it. And, as a cardigan wearer, he did have the best selection ever. How many emo kids have been influenced by his style? Think about it... Sweaters and sneakers, talking about your feelings. Why wasn't he ever in Weezer?

And Mr. Shrug is quite correct. The fact that he could teach amazing moral values and keep the big guy on the cross outta it is genius.

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Who has the "Oblique Diary Crown" right now? Rat? Well hand it over, buddy. -Zombified

The Root of All Cardigans (none / 0) (#5)
by Dead Air (deadair3@lycos.com) on Sat Sep 1st, 2001 at 10:15:31 PM PDT
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You know Asspants, I think you nailed it there. All these years, even I thought that I was copying Kurt Cobain, but obviously Mr. Rogers fashion sense was lodged deep in both of our subconsciousnesses. (I was born the same year as Kurt so I'd imagine Mr. Rogers probably had an impact on him too.)

Oddly, I do things other places.
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Boys and girls (none / 0) (#8)
by Chicago Shrug (thesameemailastheotherone@redundancy.com) on Sun Sep 2nd, 2001 at 12:40:56 AM PDT
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"We have a special guest today. This is Mr. Cobain. How are you Mr. Cobain?"

"I'm fine, Mr. Rogers. How are you?"

"Now, maybe you could tell everybody what it is you do?"

"I play guitar and sing in a band."

"That's very nice. What's the name of the band?"

"Nirvana."

"And what's nirvana, Mr. Cobain?"

"It's a place or state of oblivion to care, pain or external reality, and it's believed by many, many boys in girls in the Eastern Hemisphere."

"That's incredible. And why did you call yourselves Nirvana?"

"No reason."

"That's very nice. Sometimes, it's okay to do things for no reason. Why, the other day, instead of ordering a chocolate ice cream cone, I ordered vanilla. It just felt different. So what kind of music do you play, Mr. Cobain."

"Our major influences are the Beatles, the Smithereens, Black Sabbath and the Pixies. And the Melvins of course."

"Oh. I enjoy Black Sabbath too."

"You do?"

"Oh, very much. After I finish my visit with my neighbors here, I go back to my home and crank up War Pigs. I like to rock out. Do you like to rock out, Mr. Cobain?"

"Sure. Sure. I like rocking out."

"Now you have a person who plays the bass. He's very tall, isn't he?"

"Yes."

"And sometimes after you finish a show, you like to smash the amplifiers with your guitar neck and break your guitars on the ground."

"Yes."

"That's very unusual. Sometimes I guess we all feel the need to smash guitars on the ground. But we can't all do that, of course, because then we'd have to buy another one!"

"We have a lot of money, though."

"It's good to have a lot of money."

"Yes."

"Now you're going to sing for us?"

"Yes. I'm going to sing a song called 'Rape Me'."

"My goodness. Well, I'll just sit over here and listen to you play. And I'll smash the trolley with you when you're done."

"That sounds nice."

"Doesn't that sound nice?"

"That sounds really nice."

-CS
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Oh shit! (none / 0) (#9)
by ceruleannina on Sun Sep 2nd, 2001 at 02:43:51 AM PDT
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I love to laugh!...

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hahahahahahahhahaaha (none / 0) (#10)
by severedleopard on Sun Sep 2nd, 2001 at 06:11:49 AM PDT
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this is too fucking funny

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heeheeheeheeheeheeheehee (none / 0) (#14)
by Starwing on Tue Sep 4th, 2001 at 02:22:47 AM PDT
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That was really funny, Paul... I miss ya, buddy.

S T A R W I N G
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Those who understand binary, and those who don't.
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Why Matt! (none / 0) (#7)
by PaulsEx (jandponourown@olywa.net) on Sun Sep 2nd, 2001 at 12:36:29 AM PDT
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For a moment there, as you talked about Mr. Rogers' patience, you sounded so darned sweet and sincere!! It was a little disorienting.

Not that I don't agree with you about Mr. Rogers. One particular moment stands out in my memory: My daughter was about two, and Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood was on television. He had a little doll that looked just like him, complete with cardigan and everything. Mr. Rogers took the cardigan off the doll, then put it on again, then tried to get the doll to sit up. The doll fell over, and Mr. Rogers said "Oopsie!" and propped the doll up again. My daughter sat there raptly, as mesmerized as I was when I was watching O.J. being chased around the freeways of L.A. in his slow white Bronco. And I realized that getting your doll to sit up and failing is a big part of being two-years-old, and there was a reason this was interesting to her -- she knew exactly what he was going through! (Or maybe she was just staring in fascination because she'd never seen an adult react so calmly to frustration before.) In any case, I think Mr. Rogers' unflappable calm was comforting to her, and I much preferred her to watch his show over something fast-paced and overstimulating.

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Re: Why Matt! (none / 0) (#13)
by matt (matt [at] satanosphere dotcom) on Mon Sep 3rd, 2001 at 08:56:52 PM PDT
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You'll find I'm full of surprises. ;-)

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Who has the "Oblique Diary Crown" right now? Rat? Well hand it over, buddy. -Zombified
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