RIP Mr. Rogers
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The people who are too young to remember Mr. Roger's will only see him as a goofy nerd who said funny things. I believe you had to be a child in the 70?s to really understand what the show was about. Even my mother never understood why I would watch ?that guy?. She?d ask, ?Don?t you think he?s a little wimpy?? Certainly in today?s world of Gangsta Rap and Vice City, Mr. Rogers was surly an anachronism.
In my opinion, the reason why the show had such a profound impact on so many people of my generation was that the program had a very one-on-one feeling. There were no fast camera movements and no loud music. It was a very quite and comforting show where this friendly guy would talk right into the camera and tell you stories or sometimes teach you how to cope with life. You really had the feeling that he was talking right to you. From what I remember the ?Me Decade? (The 70?s) was full of stressed out single mothers and coked out chain-smoking disco dads. As a child I craved the safe and somber world of Mr. Rogers Neighborhood.
If you don?t get it I couldn?t expect you to. You had to be there.