NPR just played a clip of Mr. Rogers talking and I suddenly found myself with tears in my eyes. The last few weeks, dealing with nasty old women at work, nasty old women at the yarn shop, and nasty people in general, I just want to curl up on the couch under a blanket and listen to Mr. Rogers councel me in the virtues of sharing and being nice and fall into his make believe world. We’ll miss him.
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February 27th, 2003 at 11:26 pm
WHO on earth is Mr. Rogers… ?
February 27th, 2003 at 11:45 pm
Even though I’m 40, I remember watching Mr. Rogers when I was a little kid. An American icon.
Sounds like your new Noro project is getting you out of your doldrums. Can’t wait to see it!
February 27th, 2003 at 11:52 pm
Oh no, Anne! Being in the UK I don’t know if he’s on television there. He had the longest running childrens show on television - shown on PBS - and he just died. Here, check him out: http://pbskids.org/rogers/
February 28th, 2003 at 1:04 pm
I was very sad to hear it too, Jamie. DH was especially fond of Mr Rogers as he wasn’t allowed to watch TV as a child, except for PBS and only 1 hr a day. Mr Rogers was his whole TV experience for the first part of his life. The most consoling fact is that every show he did has been captured on tape… at least his spirit can live on and affect our kids too!
March 2nd, 2003 at 4:07 pm
i did the same thing! i had been feeling kind of sad all day thinking about him, then my husband paused his channel surfing on a whole mr. rogers’ interview from way back when…i had to go over and curl up with him on the couch and cry…just felt so old all of a sudden. and i didn’t want to.
cheryl