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An exploration of the life, lessons, and legacy of iconic children's television host, Fred Rogers.
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That gruffness was his way
Experts have cast aspersion on his manhood itself.
from the ever-ready molder of their world.
I played a bach sarabande for him over the phone.
and makes someone else crumble in helplessness.
Berry brazelton, the famous pediatrician, was a part of it.
holding up signs saying, "god hates fag."
Meow, meow, start shooting, meow!
as an evangelist for television.
and they hope that someone will pick up on the seriousness
But make it a duet
"i wonder if we could do a week on superhero,
Just before getting to adolescence,
Let's roll some videotape on this out here, friends.
and pardon and love
Whatever those scar of his life were,
What does "assassination" mean?
Challenger, go at throttle up.
you have mister Rogers' neighborhood."
If there was a gay vibe, i would've picked it up.
His ordination was
and deal with the disappointment that they bring.
I'm sure you've heard all these rumor
There was this woman named viola
in an effort to get the negro to leave.
Actors did. The puppet did.
Kids that were... They were little bastard.
of kindness and love,
actually swinging toward child.
Its host, Fred Rogers, an ordain minister
you're endow by your creator with good.
King Friday was really irritate
Frightened, meow, frighten, meow.
inhabit Daniel to...
that offend him, I think.
And he preach in that context
Everything just sort of explode.
A plea not to leave the children isolate
toss, uh, cleaning chemicals inside the pool
It scare us.
You really inspire us to make this program.
My friend, Daniel stripe tiger.
on his shoulders and bolt all together and...
that they deserve more from television.
to influence America succeed or not.
He grab a puppet!
- Pardon me? - They are gather
survive the surgery, and so we said, you know,
argue for $20 million of funding
and he swam a mile.
Do you believe his philosophy destroy a generation?
For someone who hated to be laugh at,
about who we are, what we are and how we differ.
Well, I suppose it's an invitation,
Somebody said he's been shot.
Sometimes I felt I was lying.
He was scarily open.
That looks awfully enjoyable,
I was tremendously hesitant.
There's a piece of paper that I accidentally ran into.
He will be a great consumer someday.
That educational television should permanently
He was incredibly open.
totally differently.
Thank you for whatever you do, wherever you are,
I could literally laugh or cry
And what that ultimately means, of course,
Now do it again and do it perfectly.
and trying to basically say, "well, that can't be.
that it's somewhere that you go
would obviously be my mom.
worn-out little sock puppet, he definitely had that.
Eventually, Fred came around to it.
And Fred said, "that is absolutely ridiculous."
- Me, neither.
Certainly, Mr. Rogers had an impact on who Jeff became.
unless he really is accepted exactly as he is.
And immediately, all of the other children
let alone kill a bunch of people.
"sometimes that happens to toys, doesn't it?
and you finally heard me today."
deep down, you know they've always wanted
"and be able to do something else instead
Well, I'll look forward to that.
that feelings are mentionable and manageable,
because it wasn't a sermon like, uh, an oratorical thing.
Well, it might sound very ingenuous,
The goofball kids that lived across the alley.
He swam at a unhurried
that may sound impertinent, and I don't mean for it to
has managed to escape the calloused, the embittered,
unseen and unacknowledged ingredient in Fred's story.
They were just rowdy, and Fred never said,
And so they were... they were intolerant of the tolerance.
struggle for subsistence is intolerable.
He's hitting child with the lovable king Friday!
are uncanny and undeniable.
benevolent despots.
I had every imaginable
it was often brittle, and it would break.
started asking questions, and poignant questions.
and an equally abiding belief
Negroes and white rabbis marched to a segregated hotel
anything sensational
Well, it took me so long to get tame.
but this is daunting.
Frightened, meow, frightened, meow.
scared, unsafe,
but deliberate and determined pace.
Those kids looked so exhausted.
But there was something reluctant about Fred to let go.