This was supposed to cap Badass Week, but a little delay in production, so here it is now. :-) Also, here's Mister Rogers' Senate speech ua-cam.com/video/yXEuEUQIP3Q/v-deo.html
He kept PBS going! He's the reason why we got to see Monty Python, Dr. Who, the Goodies and all of the great "English Invasion of comedy" in the USA on PBS in my bedroom B/W TV set in the 80's!
As a Brit growing up in the 70's I never knew of Mr Rogers, but we did get another PBS series, Sesame Street from The Childrens Television Workshop. It was so much better than the BBC offering, Play School, at the time. I also learnt to count in Spanish as well as English, but it also led to some great playground bullying so poor people such as myself whose parents could not afford the latest Adidas or Sergio Tacchini would be called "Oscar" (who lived in a Sesame Street bin). Despite all the vibrant diversity and political correctness, kids are just ruthless cruel bastards. It seems Mr Rogers tried his best, but failed.He didn't even make it to the BBC.
"Badass" probably isn't the first word that comes to most people's minds when they think of Mister Rogers, but he absolutely was one. Thank you for producing this.
@@scottmiller6495 - Not a complete loss! Due to technology we still have him and all his shows and recorded speeches and interviews. There will never again be such a wonderful and effective human being. He was the very best of our very flawed species.
I just have to tell you how deeply meaningful this was to me. My little brother died many years ago. One of the joys of his sad short life was 'Mr. Rogers Neighborhood.' Thank you for taking your considerable talents and valuable time to praise this good man. You brought tears of comfort and joy to a nearly 70 year old big sister. Thank you both. Francis
Best of all, Mr. Rogers realized it and made it a point to look directly into his eyes to say it knowing it could be one of their last times together with it being the last day of the show. How precious for someone to try to get through all those years and to keep trying.
"Love thy neighbor as thyself" I might be an agnostic/atheist, but those are some great words from the Bible. Mr. Rogers lived them in a way few human beings could hope to match.
when i was younger and watched mister roger, i never realized i was watching re-runs. i thought he was still making them day by day. i remember being told that he had died one morning and i cried so much. i felt like i had lost someone close to me and someone who loved me very much. mister rogers was one of the best shows i watched as a kid. i think i had taped some of the episodes myself.
@Elyer Gonzalez I followed the teachings of Mr. Rogers my whole life, so much so, I too became a man of the cloth. Please stop teaching your ill informed version of the Gospel. Jesus's message was love, acceptance, and righteousness. I can't speak to Bob Ross, he was a very private man, but Fred Rogers was pro gay rights, because gay rights are human rights. He would have been pro trans rights, because trans rights are human rights. In an era of Jim Crow politics, Rogers normalized inter-race relations. Now go re-read your good book and focus less on the black letters and more on the red ones. Oh, and stop spamming the comments section before you get banned.
He is exactly like the guy you saw on TV! My friends lived in a condo in Delaware just south of PA in the early 80's. We were young, long haired, hung over, Grateful Dead heads in tie dyed t-shirts that smelled like beer and cigarettes and stuff... We did know that Mr. Rogers also lived in the condo. We were going out early one morning to buy some smokes after an all night party, and then Mr. Rogers got on the elevator and said, "Hi kids. It's a nice day, isn't it? How are you this morning?" My buddy and I looked at each other through our blood shot eyes and all we could say is, "Yes, fine, Mr.Rogers!" "Have a nice day." He said. WE WERE BLOWN AWAY! HE NEVER JUDGED US AT ALL! He was really, really that cool! Hung over, dead head hippies like us could be loved and accepted as we were! WOW! The most sincere man you could ever meet! RIP Mr. Rogers.
Said it before and I will say it again, quite possibly the best human being ever. Certainly the best famous one. His Presbyterian church should name him a saint. .
I used to fantasize that he was my father when i grew up watching him. My own father had a terrible temper & was judgemental & hateful towards others. Mr. Rogers was my proof that not all men were like that & I loooved his show!
Kraye Inluv: I think Mr. Rogers was exactly that for a lot of kids! He brought order and peace to those who needed it. Watching his routine of coming inside, changing his shoes and singing “It’s a beautiful day in the neighborhood” was really comforting. RIP, Mr. Rogers! 💖
My Dad was Fantastic in that he was very discerning, wise to the ways of most men, handsome, a genius, ...! a bit of a temper he grew out of being an adult isn't easy either.
Fred Rogers used to have a condo in Florida near where I grew up and occasionally I'd see him walking down the street, sometimes in one of his sweaters. That memory makes me so happy; he was a great man.
Mr. Rogers was my college commencement speaker. I will NEVER forget it. He just got up and sang, I like you just the way you are, and that was pretty much it. He was getting yet another honorary doctorate in the arts for children's programming.
Another fact that's more anecdotal than quantifiable- Any time there's a post/video/blog/article about Mr. Rogers, it's guaranteed to be one of the most polite and positive comments sections the internet has ever seen! Even when one in a thousand is negative and clearly looking for a fight the other commenters, no doubt inspired by Mr. Rogers' example, respond to them in loving ways, telling them that their opinion is valid and they are sure Mr. Rogers would love them just as they are!
I was quite surprised to hear a number of these things: The actor who played officer Clemmons was gay That Mr Rogers was a vegetarian and that that he was Red/Green colorblind Etc.
My dad put in phones at the PBS station in Pittsburgh, he actually got to talk to Fred Rogers. He got his autograph and Mr.McFeelie's as well, but we lost it in a flood. Another fact: Someone stole Mr.Roger's car and was returned to him when they found out it was his car with an apology letter.
I've heard a lot of people say very kind things about Mr. Rogers. One of the things that stuck out to me was people saying I want to be or be like Mr. Rogers and that's fine. However, if you are one these people who have said this, with all due respect, I think you kinda missed the message he was trying to convey. You shouldn't want to be Mr Rogers after watching his program, you should feel absolutely awesome and content about being yourself. And knowing that you have at least one friend in him just makes it that much more rewarding. I'm not attacking anyone for their opinion, I'm just being subjective. One of the many things that he (along with people who cared about me) taught me was okay to do. He is one of the few people that whenever I see or hear about makes me truly feel like a kid again. And it overwhelms me to the point of tears when I recollect not only how much he fought for me, but how much he sacrificed just for me and many children (and adults) around the world. I was abused as a child, so I had my fair share of being told that I wasn't special, that I was worthless. His program, if only for 30 minutes, was the contrast that I can honestly say, saved my life. I love and miss this man. That is all.
While I always respected Mr Rogers, I didn't really enjoy the show when I was young and never really thought one way or the other about the person until one day around the time I graduated from high school. I was with a friend who WAS very into the show and had a hard time with people until the last couple years of school when he moved to my city. We had a chance encounter where we ran into Mr Rogers. My friend thanked him for always being there for him as a child, and apologized for bothering him. Mr Rogers said that there was nothing to apologize for and that he always loved to take a break to talk to his old neighbors and see what fine people they were growing up into. It felt like he would have stayed and chatted for as long as needed. At that age, I didn't think that anything public facing about anyone was real. Everything I could see about people was a lie, and it was up to me to sort it out if I cared enough. This was the first exchange that I can remember where I thought that some people really do just put themselves out there.
ShinyGoldBacon I don’t believe in heaven, but gosh that would be something! Two of the nicest kindest people ever! I loved watching Bob Ross and I loved Mister Rogers talking to the camera. I was never a big fan of the puppets, however.
i was born in a non english speaking country, so i never watched mister roger's show, but after watching this video i rushed on the web and watched a few episodes, and i say, he was a wonderful human being with an amazing message. i think more children all over the world should have acess to his great show.
I didn't know it was even possible for my opinion of Mr. Rogers to become more positive, but he just earned so many more respect points in my book. 😍 What a darling man he was. I badly wish there were more Mr. Rogers in the world. We need him now more than ever. 💖
Just be the decent person you know you can and want to be. Don't force people to be better just let your example make them want to choose it for themselves.
Every story of Mr. Rogers makes me go "damn, he must be one of the best human beings that ever lived.." - I'm an atheist, but I think maybe they should grant him sainthood.
He far surpasses sainthood, as he did not promote wars, as many "saints" did. He did not relish the suffering of the poor, as a very recently canonized "saint" did. He did not persecute those who did not believe as he did, again, as many "saints" did. He loved unconditionally, unlike most of the "saints". He did not believe one had to belong to a special club, to be special, unlike "saints". He was human, like the rest of us...or at least how the rest of us could be, if we tried. He desired for no one to suffer. He knew we were ALL special and loved us all, without ever knowing us. Fred Rogers was the embodiment of love and acceptance. He will always be remembered for giving so many children such a precious gift as unconditional acceptance and love.
I live in Latrobe, pa. I dated a woman whose mother was in school with mr Rogers. It was something to see her year book with him in it. Clowning around with the others in school. A real treat!
He really was a remarkable man. My kids today love Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood, which faithfully follows in his footsteps to bring his characters to a new generation. It is produced by the Fred Rogers Institute, so you know they have good people behind it. It was the first show that they watched that taught them things they needed in their daily lives as pre-schoolers.
My son watches Daniel Tiger Neighborhood on PBS and its the best show ever, I love it and have found my self emotional at time singing along with my son who is 1.5 years old. Its great thanks for Mr Rogers.
Angry Applesauce There are more than you think out there, I'm not one of them but I've known a few. It's such a rare thing to see someone like that achieve the level of fame Mr Rogers did and it's comforting that at least one of the persons many of us grew up watching was the genuine article.
Gulp. Wow. I grew up watching Mr. Rogers and Sesame Street, like most of my generation. I knew he was a great guy. As a little kid with a handicap, often made fun of by other kids, it meant a lot to me to be accepted and liked for who I was. When I grew old enough to understand I had gay feelings, I didn't know what to do about that, how to accept myself, and I was afraid to talk to my parents, probably rightly so. I grew up religious. I was so conflicted and didn't accept myself that I didn't make it through college the first time. It was years before I could come out and begin to come to terms with it. (Still working on that, I think.) -- So to know that Mr. Rogers, a childhood hero to so many, an educator and a minister, really was a good person, and not only that, but that he could be accepting and friendly and loving toward others, including people he knew were gay; for him to try to reach them with a message of love and acceptance...oh, gosh, this moved me so much. Thank you, guys. Thank you. I wish there could be more people as good as that. I wish my parents could have talked to me and accepted me. If they knew, they never once said so or said it was OK to be gay. I was surprised when I came out to find some friends were, uh, not really surprised, and more surprised and flummoxed because...I really wish I'd known before that they were fine with me being gay. I'd known some of them since high school. How I wish I'd really known then, and how I wish I could've come out back then, instead of living so terribly unhappy, denying my feelings and so alone. I wish everyone could be loved and accepted as they are, instead of judged for some small thing they cannot change about themselves. I wish I hadn't been so scared, and I wish I'd had friends who could see I was so scared and conflicted, and who would've helped ease that, including some first relationships. I think it would've helped tremendously, but I still don't know what really would've reached and convinced me it was OK, back then. I kept questioning whether God could really love me because I was gay. I now think I was using that as an excuse not to accept myself and begin to heal and live my life. So I missed out so much, because I stayed too isolated. I believe this is one of the worst things about not accepting gay people, is that it leaves them without any chance to love and be loved for who they are by nature. I believe it's wrong to do that to others or to yourself. We all need love and acceptance and the chance to be our truest selves and share love and friendship with others who need it. -- So, Thank you guys, for this video. You just helped more than you know.
Ben W I’m so sorry you lived so long so conflicted and unhappy. Turn that around now. Know that you are just as worthy of love and acceptance as anyone else. And then treat others the same way. Find ways every day to be positive towards yourself and others. I meet people ( even just a cashier in a drive thru) and I make a point of being friendly and will compliment them on something. That may be just the thing they need at that particular moment. Even if it isn’t who doesn’t like compliments?
Ben W ik that feeling being an autistic kid growing up i was always picked on for being the "weird kid" but Mr Rogers taught me that there are good ppl in this world who would accept my quirky antics and yes there are ppl who accept u the way u r too man i myself is one of them. Ppl are like books the cover is weird but the story inside is something to always at least give a chance to read.
I am so sorry you had to deal with this, feeling alone & confused, growing up. I hope this video gives you some peace that there are many people out there, good, honest, loving people, who will accept you just the way you are. I know I do, even though I don't know you 😉 💞
I'm so happy I grew up watching Mr. Rogers from the 70s till the end in the 90s. I was never to old to learn a hidden lesson and always fascinated on the videos of how things were made. I wish his shows were in reruns. Thank You, for a lifetime of memories Mr. Rogers
One more fact: His reason for vegetarianism was "I don't want to eat anything that has a mother." In my opinion, this is one of the best ways someone could say animals have souls.
Albert Nave But, plants are just as alive as animals and are created through sexual reproduction as well. Plants have parents, too. I love Mr. Rogers but, the "don't eat animals because they're similar to us" argument doesn't make much sense when you can say the same about plants. The truth is in order to sustain life, we must eat living things. I agree with the vegetarian diet as a healthy alternative to a red meat diet but, that doesn't negate that both diets require you to eat living things.
@Doppelganger D Yeah, except literally everything you just said is unconfirmed. We don't know if plants are sentient because we're not even sure definitively what sentience is. We don't know if they feel pain, scientists have argued either side; even PETA admitted this. The Bible has never mentioned a specific diet of Adam and Eve before leaving the Garden of Eden whatsoever. We have no idea what they ate. In fact, the Bible explicitly said they can eat any tree in the Garden except the Tree of Knowledge; God never gave any instructions against eating animals in the Garden of Eden as well as any other plants. It is very possible they ate animals but, again, not confirmed. Basically, your reasons for why plants are not the same as cattle are not confirmed scientifically or Biblically. In fact, sacrificing lambs, INFANT sheep, was considered an act high praise of God in Biblical times. It is why many call Jesus, "The Lamb of God". Sources: www.theguardian.com/environment/radical-conservation/2015/aug/04/plants-intelligent-sentient-book-brilliant-green-internet onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/pce.13065 www.quora.com/Are-plants-sentient-beings www.peta.org/features/do-plants-feel-pain/ www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis+2%3A16-17&version=NIV www.gotquestions.org/Jesus-Lamb-of-God.html
@Doppelganger D - sadly, your comment shows you have not continued your learning throughout your life. You said about plants, "They dont feel pain nor do they think" which has been proven to be false. If they do not have a form of that, they would not be able to warn other plants of danger or produce chemicals to ward off a predator which they do. With our modern devices, there has been scientific record of plants communicating to each other and mostly for the purpose of warning of danger. Do keep in mind at one time people sincerely believed the brain served the purpose of what we now know the heart does. That we do not know something happens does not mean it doesn't happen. Ignorance is a very sad thing but ignorance can educated. Stupidity cannot. I prefer to think you are ignorant.
my favorite Mr Rogers fact was that he always announced that he was feeding the fish because he got a letter form a blind child who was concerned about them not getting feed.
I thought that was absolutely precious!!! Even if he left to take us on a visit and had not fed the fish when he arrived, he made it a point to feed them when he got back and always told us.
Anyone else spend the last half hour looking through the comments just to see if there was a single negative one... and find that there wasn't? I stopped looking after a while but damn. Only for Fred are we this loving.
Probably bots did the downvoting. There are upvote bots that artificially upvote videos in exchange for money, but it's pretty hard to program a bot that behaves a lot like a human (with its timing and pattern of opening and interacting with new videos). UA-cam filters out any likes that it thinks are from bots. So bots try to seem more human by downvoting some videos too. But they're pretty random in which videos they choose, so . . . they'll downvote something is nice as this video.
Like many people in their late 20's I grew up watching his show. I liked him but I never realized just what an amazing person he really was until I watched this. The fact that he was not only a minister but also one who was so accepting of everyone at a time when most religious people hated anyone who wasn't a straight white Christian is truly something to be admired and hopefully repeated.
Great video! I grew up watching his show and have very fond memories of it. Even to this day, when I hear his name, right away I hear the theme song in my head. Sounds like he was the genuine article, and the world is less off because he’s no longer in it. But, he did leave behind a great and respectable legacy. 🙂❤️
Just WOW!!!! I grew up with Mr. Rogers, and this presentation is AMAZING!!! It actually brought tears to me. I've missed that show, and believe I'm a better person/parent because of him!! THANK YOU BOTH SOOOOOO MUCH FOR BRINGING MY CHILDHOOD FRIEND BACK!!!!
I didn't expect one of your videos to make me cry. Mr. Rogers is such an important, incredible man, and I hope I can share his videos with my children one day.
I remember watching him when I was a child. I always got sad when the show ended because I’d have to wait another day for a new episode. And when I had kids I would sit and watch it with them. I think I loved it so because it helped teach empathy for all and that is something I fervently believe in. That and no one is better than anyone else.
Omg so sweet! I got choked up when you said he told Clemmons he had been talking to him for years but just heard him..that really warmed my heart!!!💜💜💜💜
Everything about Mister Rogers makes me smile so much. I do my best to practice his lessons in my own everyday life because his influence continues to be that important. I know I will never come close to measuring up to him, but that's yet another valuable lesson of his: be the best version of your own self that you can be. He was such a truly wonderful man and I just hope the younger generation gets a chance to get to know him even though he is physically gone. He is still so important to this world.
Can we all stop making stuff up about mr rogers and acknowledge he was one of the kindest man who ever lived? Its just nice to have a good person to look up to.
His family was very wealthy and donated The Rogers Memorial Pool to his and my city of Latrobe. His sister went to Rollins College an elite university in Florida and was as masculine as Fred was feminine. I stayed at one of their Summer homes because a friend of mines aunt worked as a cook there. Lovely people..
Mister Rogers is my hero. I have never seen or heard a more brilliant, more compassionate person. We are so fortunate that he made a television show that we can look back on and grow from.
I always admired Mr. Rodgers, especially now more than ever seeing as he wasn’t like other people if his time (holier-than-thou and against LGBT peoples) the man proves that humanity can be truly kind and forgiving. I wish I could have met him
The Mr. Rogers Neighborhood was a truly wonderful children's show. I grew up w/the show & later so did my children. Over the last few years or so Mr. Rogers filmed his show & moved on to work w/others, I felt so blessed to have had the honor of being somewhat of a penpal. (Yes, actual handwritten letters w/postage stamped envelopes) I was even more fortunate to have spoke with him on a few occasions, one of which after the last episode was in the can awaiting it's release. Fred Rogers WAS Mr. Rogers, the good neighbor. I'm sure my kids will run across the correspondences along with the autographed photo of Mr. Rogers & another of my favorite... Trolley. It broke my heart to hear he had cancer then to hear the news of his death. It's sad, but we all know that wherever Mr. Rogers goes, he will always be a good neighbor.
Oh my goodness...I didn't realize how good of a person Mr Rogers was ......I remember watching his show when I was a kid and it made me happy to see someone caring about kids so much
I love Mr. Rogers. I watched as a child & would watch with my kids. I personally feel he is timeless. There really needs to be more children's shows like his these days.
6:20 - 7:10 had me welling up a little. That kind of impact from one person's expression of caring for another shows all that is good in people. That made all the difference to the man who heard it, changing his life. Words matter. It doesn't take much to show how much you care, but it can mean the world to someone else.
Who are the people in your neighborhood? Probably these two and those who watched the episodes with loving hearts. You can never find anyone like him these days who always find positive things in every difficult situation.
Probably why he died in 2003. After seeing the horrors of 9/11, and the nightmare of a country tearing itself part, he just couldn't handle it anymore. There was nothing positive here.
Yep. Both he & Lynne Thigpen (The Chief of ACME CrimeNet & Luna the moon from Bear in the _Big Blue House_ from The Jim Henson Company & Walt Disney Productions) died the same year, of stomach cancer & a brain hemorrhage, respectively. Funny enough, _Mister Rogers' Neighborhood_ & _Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego?_ (and its _Where in Time...?_ sequel) were distributed by WQED Pittsburgh (the _Carmen_ series was also co-distributed by WGBH Boston, although the show was taped in New York and, of course, was based upon the hit edutainment computer games of the same name to help American children learn geography & history). Indeed, if she was a real person, Carmen Isabella Sandiego (her last name taken from the California city of the same name, although the ACME Detective Agency that ACME CrimeNet was based upon was headquarted in San Francisco & New York, with the second branch originating out of Vermont, the original home state of America's first president George Washington) wouldn't steal from Mr. Rogers (despite WQED Pittsburgh distributing both PBS series), even though the classy crime queen as the head of V.I.L.E (acronym for the Villain's International League of Evil) only stole for the cat-and-mouse thrill of the chase because she was a former top-level ACME agent who tired of it being too easy to capture the low-end crooks she put behind bars, so she flipped to the other side to become the greatest theif of all-time, but ultimately returning what she stole in the end, whether she herself was captured or not. Carmen, for a criminal crime boss, has always maintained a strict moral code & never wished to have the gumshoes trailing her killed in their escapades. The gumshoe siblings Zack & Ivy from the "Junior Detective Editions" of the later _Carmen_ computer games who also appeared in the early 90's cartoon _Where On Earth is Carmen Sandiego?_ on FOX Kids (and later syndicated channels like Qubo, Kabillion & the like) even allied with Carmen against worse threats like crooked ex-ACME agent & former Carmen protege gone rouge Lee Jordan who sought to usurp Carmen as the greatest crook ever by using Carmen's morals against her to show that she was unfit to run a criminal enterprise & Malstrom, the first major baddie Carmen herself had convicted prior to her own switch to crime, who was found out using the broken legal system to get himself exonerated & subsequently frame Carmen for future crimes he himself committed in secret & putting Carmen on trial himself for her own criminal efforts. Carmen's supposed backstory as the bilingual, Brazilian-born orphaned missing daughter of noteworthy philanthropist Malcolm Avalon (who resembled the male lead Don Jose of the famous opera _Carmen_ fittingly & the wife whom he lost coincidentally resembled the iconic gypsy also named Carmen for whom the opera was named after, which might also explain why Ms. Sandiego herself was given the first name of Carmen, in the beginning, certainly if Malcolm & his wife had ever previously cited the opera as their favorite production, which is why they named their daughter after the title character) was also covered in detail & showed Carmen's tender side, showing that she couldn't rob the man whom she believed might be her biological father (Malcolm, for his own part, was shocked that the infamous "Lady in Red" would show up in his home with the very necklace that he had given to his long-lost daughter before a brush fire burned down the Brazilian hut which he, his wife & their young daughter all lived in, before his grief at losing his wife & possibly his daughter [In actuality, widdle Carmen escaped the burning hut but could never find her father again & was quickly soon discovered by social service workers to be sent to an orphanage due to lack of biological documentation, but neither Malcolm nor Carmen herself knew that they had just simply missed each other, until well after Carmen's switch to criminal activities when Carmen unearthed secrets of her childhood past & found herself in Malcolm's mansion, after feeling a strong pull drawing her somehow to it] saw the philantrophist going back to the U.S. & growing his charitable efforts, but otherwise holding himself up in his mansion with a walled fence, security cameras and doberman guard dogs, bemoaning the loss of his family as evidenced by the lavish family portrait painted of his lovely wife & their young daughter dating back to when Carmen was an infant/toddler hanging on the wall in Malcolm's study [Carmen being cornered by the snarling guard dogs after coming face-to-face with the painting is how Malcolm discovered Carmen in his home, leading him to tell her off, citing that if she had lived, his daughter would've used her beauty & intelligence for something worthwhile, instead of becoming a highly-sought after criminal, causing Carmen to look down in shame like a child being chided by her parent) as well as trying to protect him from the aforementioned Lee Jordon, who used Malcolm as a hostage to get Carmen to commit thefts for him before a scuffle atop Malcolm's roof saw Malcolm defending himself (and Carmen, to a lesser extent, after seeing Carmen's goodness beneath her criminal persona, hoping that their finding each other could help Carmen reform her ways, if it's true that they are father & daughter), only to fall off his roof & get amensia, forgetting the whole adventure, leaving Carmen heartbroken that she essentially lost her father again (Not physically this time, of course, but mentally due to his forgetting who she was again & having to make her escape once more to elude capture as Lee Jordon was being placed into custody).
There's a clip of him accepting the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 1997 Emmys. Rather than gushing over his own achievements in the beginning, he gives everyone present and watching 10 seconds of his time on the stage to think about THEIR own inspiring person who help to get them where they are. There were tears all over the room for his selflessness even in a moment of recognition. ua-cam.com/video/Upm9LnuCBUM/v-deo.html
All I have to do is think about that young man coming out in his wheelchair to present him with the award and I choke up. 🤗😰 Mr. Rogers was over 70 years old and literally climbed onto that stage to greet him.
@@wendychavez5348 I would hope not. Jesus was fine with slavery, I'm pretty confident Mr. Rogers was not. Of the two, we should hope that it's a bit of Mr. Rogers that might make its way into us all.
I swear this was so sweet. Hearing how accepting and pure he was to his black gay friend almost made me cry. He may have been doing things strange for his time, but that man marched on the correct side of history.
Why are you angry? Being gay wasn’t acceptable back then, and it’s barely been becoming more acceptable by today’s standards. It’s not “titling people,” people suffer because they are gay.
He knew the answer to WWJD. "As you do it unto the least of them, you do it unto Me." (This atheist considers him one of the few genuine Christians to live in United States in the 20th century.)
Ravenwolf Foxtrack I remember it as well, even only being 9 years old. I sobbed, remember feeling at a loss of such a good person. Our favorite neighbor was gone. The world hasn't been quite the same since then but at least we can still remember him more than fondly and try to share his message of being good, wholesome people. And of course being true to yourself.
The video of Rogers testifying before John O. Pastore was very interesting. I know of Pastore's reputation and he was a cast iron SOB - but Rogers got to him and that's how he got $20 million.
i have loved Mr. Rodgers, i could feel his good energy through my tv screen. To this very day, at age 40 i still enjoy the show. it brings back happy childhood feelings
As someone from Pittsburgh, Mr. Rogers is a local hero. If you ever come here, don't talk down about the Steelers, Pens or Mr. Rogers or you will get in a fight (you can talk crap about the Pirates, we all do).
davidalex565 As someone from Philly I will definitely talk smack on the Steelers and Pens, but NEVER Mr Rogers...that man was and always will be a national treasure. RIP good sir...
one of the things they didn't mention is that Mr.Rogers answered all his fan mail.All of it.I never wrote him but felt I didn't need to---now I wish I had.Love you Mister Rogers.
Why not? He's a man worthy of being a hero, more so because it's not something he'd ever call himself. He's still someone ppl should strive to be like.
Ironically, Mr. Rogers began his mission in earnest starting in Canada by creating _The Children's Corner_ with Josie Carrey. When the show moved Stateside to WQED Pittsburgh as _Misterogers_ & then _Mister Roger's Neighborhood_ by 1968, the assistant puppeteer Mr. Rogers brought on _The Children's Corner_ to help him do the show, Ernie Combs, filled the void left in Canada from Mr. Rogers' return to the U.S. by becoming Canada's equivalent, _Mr. Dress-Up_ (meanwhile, unfortunately, as a result of Mr. Rogers' unassuming hidden success, he supplanted Josie Carrey as the on-camera host, as before, he just composed the music & performed the Make-Believe puppets like Daniel Striped Tiger & King Friday the 13th, whereas with the transition to _MRN_ for NET, which morphed into PBS, he did that on top of hosting the on-camera portion too, as Josie Carrey left the program).
angeleyes green absolutely, he was a huge part of my childhood, and everything I learn about him makes it seem like the world is less for him not being here.
This is one of the best you've ever done. I grew up with mr. Rogers and didn't know most of this. Good to see he was genuinely the man he portrayed on TV.
Neither did I, it's great that he was in favor of Fair Use. It seems that Mr. Rogers is one of the few public figures that the more you learn about them, they only seem to become better.
I was thinking about our current net neutrality problems too after the video, wouldn't he be a great guy to have in our corner of this fight? He would be saddened by a lot of what's on the internet, but I think he would be very much in favor of people of all types and backgrounds having equal access to the internet (both download and upload). We need to share this world, it can be a wonderful place if we just work together. The internet has the potential to be a great equalizer, a way to let people of all kinds share their stories with each other.
Yet, the company founded in his name, The Fred Rogers Company (formerly, Family Communications, Inc.) doesn't seem to mind copyright striking people who upload episodes of his show to online video services.
That last quote brought tears to my eyes. As someone who greatly fears being mundane and replaceable (experiencing replacement at the hands of more than one lover over the years will do that to you), I really needed to hear those words, and to know they came from someone who really and truly meant it.
I grew up with Mr. Rogers t.v. show. The man is sorely missed and I do hope that parents from my generation will continue to show his legacy to them. Mr. Rogers Neighborhood. Daniel Tigers Neighborhood. Rest in peace Fred Rogers, may a flight of angles sing your praise.
I would like to say that I very rarely comment on videos. However Mr. Rogers is one of my lifelong heroes. I think that the world would be a better place with more people like Fred Rogers. I try to emulate him as best as I can because I think he was a very positive example of how people should treat one another. I have to admit that your video brought many a tear to my eyes. That’s saying something considering I’m a 45-year-old heavy equipment mechanic. I’m the kind of gruff looking person that you would see in an advertisement for some manly thing, and you have me sobbing like a baby. Thank you for a tribute to such a great and wonderful human being.
my great-grandmother and i used to watch mr. rogers all the time when i was little. i lived with them (my parents were/are divorced) and my mom worked a lot so my great-grandparents would watch me all the time. my grandma and i would watch pbs together: mr. rogers, lambchop (i was reeeeaaaally little when this was on tho so i barely remember it), sesame street, and reading rainbow.
I grew up watching Mr. Rodgers but when i was a kid they were reruns. there is so much foundational wisdom from that show that i took for granted and now seeing what's happing in the world today, I feel like the world needs more folk like Mr. Rodgers. Reading Rainbow was another show i watched as a kid.
@@brigidtheirish It IS a Christian thing. Christians are hands down some of the most tolerant and freedom advocating people on Earth. It's ludicrous that the perception has changed.
@@scythelord More sad than ludicrous. Unfortunately, we've had some very loud zealots over that past few hundred years who were also massive bigots. People tend to notice the loud crazies more than the sane majority.
So much love and respect for the man! I watched his show intently as a kid, completely engaged in whatever was happening. My parents would giggle watching me watching the show because he would ask the viewers a question and pause for their answer. My dad still reminds me of the time Mr Rogers asked "Do you ever get angry?" To which I passionately nodded my head and said "Yes, I do!" Then seeing my reaction to how to deal with anger, made him nearly tear up. All my parents efforts to calm me down as a youngster, did not even come close to the effect Mr Rogers would have. ❤
Knew most of these but love the video. Fred Rogers was an amazing human being and I am sad to say we may never see his like again. He gave the world something very special, his true self which was a kind and gentle person who always thought the best of people and encouraged them to be the best human being possible through example. God bless you Fred and rest in peace.
I miss Fred... This country needs him now more than ever before.... I had an opportunity to meet him once years ago at a silkscreen company I worked for. Think it was 1995-96. Something I will never forget to this day. We were doing shirts for his show and PBS in general.
This was supposed to cap Badass Week, but a little delay in production, so here it is now. :-) Also, here's Mister Rogers' Senate speech ua-cam.com/video/yXEuEUQIP3Q/v-deo.html
He kept PBS going! He's the reason why we got to see Monty Python, Dr. Who, the Goodies and all of the great "English Invasion of comedy" in the USA on PBS in my bedroom B/W TV set in the 80's!
Fred Rogers was a badass.
As a Brit growing up in the 70's I never knew of Mr Rogers, but we did get another PBS series, Sesame Street from The Childrens Television Workshop. It was so much better than the BBC offering, Play School, at the time.
I also learnt to count in Spanish as well as English, but it also led to some great playground bullying so poor people such as myself whose parents could not afford the latest Adidas or Sergio Tacchini would be called "Oscar" (who lived in a Sesame Street bin).
Despite all the vibrant diversity and political correctness, kids are just ruthless cruel bastards.
It seems Mr Rogers tried his best, but failed.He didn't even make it to the BBC.
Oops on saying 'fair' instead of the 'rare' written in the final quote. 12:27
"Badass" probably isn't the first word that comes to most people's minds when they think of Mister Rogers, but he absolutely was one. Thank you for producing this.
Mister Rogers is one of those rare human beings who gets better with every new thing you learn about him.
He was the greatest and sadly he,s gone now and it,s a terrible loss !!!!!
Gotis I like researching people and I always find some shady stuff with them, but the more I look up mr Rogers he seems better and better
@@scottmiller6495 - Not a complete loss! Due to technology we still have him and all his shows and recorded speeches and interviews. There will never again be such a wonderful and effective human being. He was the very best of our very flawed species.
He really do.
I agree! The more I find out about him, the more I love him!!
I just have to tell you how deeply meaningful this was to me. My little brother died many years ago. One of the joys of his sad short life was 'Mr. Rogers Neighborhood.' Thank you for taking your considerable talents and valuable time to praise this good man. You brought tears of comfort and joy to a nearly 70 year old big sister. Thank you both. Francis
“Yes, I’ve been talking to you for years but you heard me today.”
I lost it.
Best of all, Mr. Rogers realized it and made it a point to look directly into his eyes to say it knowing it could be one of their last times together with it being the last day of the show. How precious for someone to try to get through all those years and to keep trying.
Me too. Waterworks.
That was deep man
Me too
"Love thy neighbor as thyself"
I might be an agnostic/atheist, but those are some great words from the Bible. Mr. Rogers lived them in a way few human beings could hope to match.
when i was younger and watched mister roger, i never realized i was watching re-runs. i thought he was still making them day by day. i remember being told that he had died one morning and i cried so much. i felt like i had lost someone close to me and someone who loved me very much. mister rogers was one of the best shows i watched as a kid. i think i had taped some of the episodes myself.
I watched him in 1989 and I was 6 when I heard he died in 2009 I cried for 3 hours and didn’t want to leave my house for work.
@Elyer Gonzalez Um I am not Christian or Cauthlic
@@Wildtooth-mg9sl He died in 2003.
Mr. Rodgers showed entire generations what the best of humanity could be.
Jason Flay
Umm, probably / possibly more than one, perhaps?
MR( DRESS UP) LOL
Unfortunately, too few of us were paying attention.
I try to approach every situation with the question, "WWMrRD"
@Elyer Gonzalez I followed the teachings of Mr. Rogers my whole life, so much so, I too became a man of the cloth.
Please stop teaching your ill informed version of the Gospel. Jesus's message was love, acceptance, and righteousness. I can't speak to Bob Ross, he was a very private man, but Fred Rogers was pro gay rights, because gay rights are human rights. He would have been pro trans rights, because trans rights are human rights.
In an era of Jim Crow politics, Rogers normalized inter-race relations.
Now go re-read your good book and focus less on the black letters and more on the red ones.
Oh, and stop spamming the comments section before you get banned.
I'm 57 and I am just now appreciating what a great man he was. We need an army of Mr. Rogers in this world!
Amass a collection of MR ROGERS and create Heaven on Earth
He is exactly like the guy you saw on TV!
My friends lived in a condo in Delaware just south of PA in the early 80's. We were young, long haired, hung over, Grateful Dead heads in tie dyed t-shirts that smelled like beer and cigarettes and stuff... We did know that Mr. Rogers also lived in the condo. We were going out early one morning to buy some smokes after an all night party, and then Mr. Rogers got on the elevator and said, "Hi kids. It's a nice day, isn't it? How are you this morning?" My buddy and I looked at each other through our blood shot eyes and all we could say is, "Yes, fine, Mr.Rogers!"
"Have a nice day." He said.
WE WERE BLOWN AWAY! HE NEVER JUDGED US AT ALL! He was really, really that cool!
Hung over, dead head hippies like us could be loved and accepted as we were! WOW!
The most sincere man you could ever meet!
RIP Mr. Rogers.
Wow. Thank you for sharing that with us.
You win the internet today. That's a wonderful story. Thank you.
John Loftus
This genuinely warmed my heart and made me smile.
Thank you for sharing your experience!
Said it before and I will say it again, quite possibly the best human being ever. Certainly the best famous one. His Presbyterian church should name him a saint. .
😊❤
"I've been talking to you for years, but you heard me today". brought a tear to my eye
I like to imagine Mr Rogers and Bob Ross sitting around a table in heaven sipping on iced tea telling stories
J Fox yes
Actually, I would picture that scene with Bob Ross painting a happy little neighborhood.
A neighborhood with happy trees and a cabin.
Great, with happy little trees around the neighborhood.
And then Steve Irwin runs up to show them the latest creature he's found.
I used to fantasize that he was my father when i grew up watching him. My own father had a terrible temper & was judgemental & hateful towards others. Mr. Rogers was my proof that not all men were like that & I loooved his show!
Kraye Inluv: I think Mr. Rogers was exactly that for a lot of kids! He brought order and peace to those who needed it. Watching his routine of coming inside, changing his shoes and singing “It’s a beautiful day in the neighborhood” was really comforting. RIP, Mr. Rogers! 💖
My Dad was Fantastic in that he was very discerning, wise to the ways of most men, handsome, a genius, ...! a bit of a temper he grew out of being an adult isn't easy either.
Fred Rogers used to have a condo in Florida near where I grew up and occasionally I'd see him walking down the street, sometimes in one of his sweaters. That memory makes me so happy; he was a great man.
His mom made those sweaters
Mr. Rogers was my college commencement speaker. I will NEVER forget it. He just got up and sang, I like you just the way you are, and that was pretty much it. He was getting yet another honorary doctorate in the arts for children's programming.
Another fact that's more anecdotal than quantifiable- Any time there's a post/video/blog/article about Mr. Rogers, it's guaranteed to be one of the most polite and positive comments sections the internet has ever seen! Even when one in a thousand is negative and clearly looking for a fight the other commenters, no doubt inspired by Mr. Rogers' example, respond to them in loving ways, telling them that their opinion is valid and they are sure Mr. Rogers would love them just as they are!
Molly Stegmeier What an excellent comment, I’m happy I came across it! Thank you for pointing this out ❤️
Gotta say, I was on the verge of tears through the "Officer Clemmons" segment.
i lost it when Mr Rogers said I've been saying that to you every day. .You only heard me today.
I straight up balled through that entire part... it just kept getting better and better!
The Brennan omgggggg yes tears
I was quite surprised to hear a number of these things:
The actor who played officer Clemmons was gay
That Mr Rogers was a vegetarian and that that he was Red/Green colorblind
Etc.
I am every single time I hear it.
My dad put in phones at the PBS station in Pittsburgh, he actually got to talk to Fred Rogers. He got his autograph and Mr.McFeelie's as well, but we lost it in a flood.
Another fact: Someone stole Mr.Roger's car and was returned to him when they found out it was his car with an apology letter.
even if untrue this is hilarious.
wow, i didn't even know that was possible
i guess there are benefits to being such a nice guy
@@freetoplayking7362 I agree I have been thinking all my life that no good deed goes unpunished that mr. Rogers has changed my mind
@@MarkEdwardRom It was in a news magazine article decades ago. I remember reading it as a teen.
I've heard a lot of people say very kind things about Mr. Rogers. One of the things that stuck out to me was people saying I want to be or be like Mr. Rogers and that's fine. However, if you are one these people who have said this, with all due respect, I think you kinda missed the message he was trying to convey. You shouldn't want to be Mr Rogers after watching his program, you should feel absolutely awesome and content about being yourself. And knowing that you have at least one friend in him just makes it that much more rewarding. I'm not attacking anyone for their opinion, I'm just being subjective. One of the many things that he (along with people who cared about me) taught me was okay to do. He is one of the few people that whenever I see or hear about makes me truly feel like a kid again. And it overwhelms me to the point of tears when I recollect not only how much he fought for me, but how much he sacrificed just for me and many children (and adults) around the world. I was abused as a child, so I had my fair share of being told that I wasn't special, that I was worthless. His program, if only for 30 minutes, was the contrast that I can honestly say, saved my life. I love and miss this man. That is all.
What a wonderful world if we could have leaders like Fred Rogers.
What a wonderful world if we all strived to be the people Mister Rogers knew we could be. :-)
Truth!!!
+Ash Kitt Along with stopping antifa's rampage ;)
We've got to spread love not hate.
Gillian Wilson Forget leaders my friend. Be your own leader.
Us kind people are rare,if only we had our own country, Kanye even world :(
The world needs Mr. Rogers, now more than ever.
While I always respected Mr Rogers, I didn't really enjoy the show when I was young and never really thought one way or the other about the person until one day around the time I graduated from high school. I was with a friend who WAS very into the show and had a hard time with people until the last couple years of school when he moved to my city. We had a chance encounter where we ran into Mr Rogers. My friend thanked him for always being there for him as a child, and apologized for bothering him. Mr Rogers said that there was nothing to apologize for and that he always loved to take a break to talk to his old neighbors and see what fine people they were growing up into. It felt like he would have stayed and chatted for as long as needed. At that age, I didn't think that anything public facing about anyone was real. Everything I could see about people was a lie, and it was up to me to sort it out if I cared enough. This was the first exchange that I can remember where I thought that some people really do just put themselves out there.
Lisranda love this post. It brought a tear to my eye.
"But perhaps victory is in the simpler things that you've long forgotten. Things that require a smaller, more honest soul."
Lisranda its funny because i didnt really care for the show either as a kid. But the more i remember it the more i want to rewatch it.
@@teamcybr8375 is that a quote of his?
@@Ekkaisara It is not.
It's from a webseries created by the late Monty Oum.
Everything about Mr. Rogers is so wholesome. There has never been, and will never be enyone else like him.
If there is a heaven, surely Mister Rogers and Bob Ross are having a great time chatting about happy things there.
ShinyGoldBacon I don’t believe in heaven, but gosh that would be something! Two of the nicest kindest people ever! I loved watching Bob Ross and I loved Mister Rogers talking to the camera. I was never a big fan of the puppets, however.
Happy little neighbors.
Daniela Chavez oh, it’s exists all right. Mister Rogers is currently waiting at the gate to greet all his neighbors.
i was born in a non english speaking country, so i never watched mister roger's show, but after watching this video i rushed on the web and watched a few episodes, and i say, he was a wonderful human being with an amazing message. i think more children all over the world should have acess to his great show.
I didn't know it was even possible for my opinion of Mr. Rogers to become more positive, but he just earned so many more respect points in my book. 😍
What a darling man he was. I badly wish there were more Mr. Rogers in the world. We need him now more than ever. 💖
Well.... you can always do your part to make sure there is one more like him. (If you aren't already)
LET’S DO IT!
Maggie Foster We really do
We need more people like Mr. Rogers.
Just be the decent person you know you can and want to be.
Don't force people to be better just let your example make them want to choose it for themselves.
He sure got to that Burger King exec., too!!! Lol.
We would all go Crazy if that happend
No we Need to be more Like The Main man Mister.Rogers
@@jimmyfreeman5714 ...and the Senate committee, and many others.
Every story of Mr. Rogers makes me go "damn, he must be one of the best human beings that ever lived.." - I'm an atheist, but I think maybe they should grant him sainthood.
Yushatak same same.
Yushatak
If there is a heaven, he deserves to be in it.
Well put bro. I agree with you 100%
He far surpasses sainthood, as he did not promote wars, as many "saints" did. He did not relish the suffering of the poor, as a very recently canonized "saint" did. He did not persecute those who did not believe as he did, again, as many "saints" did. He loved unconditionally, unlike most of the "saints". He did not believe one had to belong to a special club, to be special, unlike "saints".
He was human, like the rest of us...or at least how the rest of us could be, if we tried. He desired for no one to suffer. He knew we were ALL special and loved us all, without ever knowing us. Fred Rogers was the embodiment of love and acceptance. He will always be remembered for giving so many children such a precious gift as unconditional acceptance and love.
Christy T
WOW. I did not know that!
Mr. Rogers: the most wholesome man to ever live
Wow! He was like the Chuck Norris of nice guys!
Ash Kitt literally killing him with kindness!
Mr. Rodger is the only man that Chuck Norris will listen to
Ash Kitt I'm sure they'd both agree the best way to defeat an enemy is to make him your friend.
I love this comment!
I was just thinking that too.
I live in Latrobe, pa. I dated a woman whose mother was in school with mr Rogers. It was something to see her year book with him in it. Clowning around with the others in school. A real treat!
He really was a remarkable man. My kids today love Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood, which faithfully follows in his footsteps to bring his characters to a new generation. It is produced by the Fred Rogers Institute, so you know they have good people behind it. It was the first show that they watched that taught them things they needed in their daily lives as pre-schoolers.
My son watches Daniel Tiger Neighborhood on PBS and its the best show ever, I love it and have found my self emotional at time singing along with my son who is 1.5 years old. Its great thanks for Mr Rogers.
Wow, he was an amazing person.
An actual Christ-like Christian! Who knew that was a thing? ;)
I had the same thoughts.
Angry Applesauce There are more than you think out there, I'm not one of them but I've known a few. It's such a rare thing to see someone like that achieve the level of fame Mr Rogers did and it's comforting that at least one of the persons many of us grew up watching was the genuine article.
*Fuc kYourAds*
What are you babbling about?
He was far too good for this world.
Mr Rogers is one of those people who I gain more and more respect for the more I learn about him.
Gulp. Wow. I grew up watching Mr. Rogers and Sesame Street, like most of my generation. I knew he was a great guy. As a little kid with a handicap, often made fun of by other kids, it meant a lot to me to be accepted and liked for who I was. When I grew old enough to understand I had gay feelings, I didn't know what to do about that, how to accept myself, and I was afraid to talk to my parents, probably rightly so. I grew up religious. I was so conflicted and didn't accept myself that I didn't make it through college the first time. It was years before I could come out and begin to come to terms with it. (Still working on that, I think.) -- So to know that Mr. Rogers, a childhood hero to so many, an educator and a minister, really was a good person, and not only that, but that he could be accepting and friendly and loving toward others, including people he knew were gay; for him to try to reach them with a message of love and acceptance...oh, gosh, this moved me so much. Thank you, guys. Thank you. I wish there could be more people as good as that. I wish my parents could have talked to me and accepted me. If they knew, they never once said so or said it was OK to be gay. I was surprised when I came out to find some friends were, uh, not really surprised, and more surprised and flummoxed because...I really wish I'd known before that they were fine with me being gay. I'd known some of them since high school. How I wish I'd really known then, and how I wish I could've come out back then, instead of living so terribly unhappy, denying my feelings and so alone. I wish everyone could be loved and accepted as they are, instead of judged for some small thing they cannot change about themselves. I wish I hadn't been so scared, and I wish I'd had friends who could see I was so scared and conflicted, and who would've helped ease that, including some first relationships. I think it would've helped tremendously, but I still don't know what really would've reached and convinced me it was OK, back then. I kept questioning whether God could really love me because I was gay. I now think I was using that as an excuse not to accept myself and begin to heal and live my life. So I missed out so much, because I stayed too isolated. I believe this is one of the worst things about not accepting gay people, is that it leaves them without any chance to love and be loved for who they are by nature. I believe it's wrong to do that to others or to yourself. We all need love and acceptance and the chance to be our truest selves and share love and friendship with others who need it. -- So, Thank you guys, for this video. You just helped more than you know.
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Thanks for that honest share. I pray you can find true peace and acceptance in your life.
Ben W I’m so sorry you lived so long so conflicted and unhappy.
Turn that around now. Know that you are just as worthy of love and acceptance as anyone else. And then treat others the same way.
Find ways every day to be positive towards yourself and others.
I meet people ( even just a cashier in a drive thru) and I make a point of being friendly and will compliment them on something. That may be just the thing they need at that particular moment. Even if it isn’t who doesn’t like compliments?
Ben W ik that feeling being an autistic kid growing up i was always picked on for being the "weird kid" but Mr Rogers taught me that there are good ppl in this world who would accept my quirky antics and yes there are ppl who accept u the way u r too man i myself is one of them. Ppl are like books the cover is weird but the story inside is something to always at least give a chance to read.
I am so sorry you had to deal with this, feeling alone & confused, growing up. I hope this video gives you some peace that there are many people out there, good, honest, loving people, who will accept you just the way you are. I know I do, even though I don't know you 😉 💞
I'm so happy I grew up watching Mr. Rogers from the 70s till the end in the 90s. I was never to old to learn a hidden lesson and always fascinated on the videos of how things were made. I wish his shows were in reruns. Thank You, for a lifetime of memories Mr. Rogers
Fact 21: Mr Rogers is the only one 4chan not only won't insult, but may ban you for doing so.
Really? Wow.
Don't they also do that for the comic strip Calvin and Hobbes?
HAHAHHAA THAT'S AMAZING
If that isn't true, it should be.
I feel like I once saw someone get at least a temporary ban for this.
tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/EvenEvilHasStandards
One more fact: His reason for vegetarianism was "I don't want to eat anything that has a mother." In my opinion, this is one of the best ways someone could say animals have souls.
Albert Nave But, plants are just as alive as animals and are created through sexual reproduction as well. Plants have parents, too. I love Mr. Rogers but, the "don't eat animals because they're similar to us" argument doesn't make much sense when you can say the same about plants. The truth is in order to sustain life, we must eat living things. I agree with the vegetarian diet as a healthy alternative to a red meat diet but, that doesn't negate that both diets require you to eat living things.
I like the fact he didnt shove it ur face and try and convince every1 of his belife
@Doppelganger D Yeah, except literally everything you just said is unconfirmed. We don't know if plants are sentient because we're not even sure definitively what sentience is. We don't know if they feel pain, scientists have argued either side; even PETA admitted this. The Bible has never mentioned a specific diet of Adam and Eve before leaving the Garden of Eden whatsoever. We have no idea what they ate. In fact, the Bible explicitly said they can eat any tree in the Garden except the Tree of Knowledge; God never gave any instructions against eating animals in the Garden of Eden as well as any other plants. It is very possible they ate animals but, again, not confirmed.
Basically, your reasons for why plants are not the same as cattle are not confirmed scientifically or Biblically. In fact, sacrificing lambs, INFANT sheep, was considered an act high praise of God in Biblical times. It is why many call Jesus, "The Lamb of God".
Sources:
www.theguardian.com/environment/radical-conservation/2015/aug/04/plants-intelligent-sentient-book-brilliant-green-internet
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/pce.13065
www.quora.com/Are-plants-sentient-beings
www.peta.org/features/do-plants-feel-pain/
www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis+2%3A16-17&version=NIV
www.gotquestions.org/Jesus-Lamb-of-God.html
@Doppelganger D - sadly, your comment shows you have not continued your learning throughout your life. You said about plants, "They dont feel pain nor do they think" which has been proven to be false. If they do not have a form of that, they would not be able to warn other plants of danger or produce chemicals to ward off a predator which they do. With our modern devices, there has been scientific record of plants communicating to each other and mostly for the purpose of warning of danger. Do keep in mind at one time people sincerely believed the brain served the purpose of what we now know the heart does.
That we do not know something happens does not mean it doesn't happen. Ignorance is a very sad thing but ignorance can educated. Stupidity cannot. I prefer to think you are ignorant.
Mothers, with DNA and Cloning today his statement is fading fast
Rest in peace Mr. Rogers!
he lives in our hearts, he is never gone :)
my favorite Mr Rogers fact was that he always announced that he was feeding the fish because he got a letter form a blind child who was concerned about them not getting feed.
I thought that was absolutely precious!!! Even if he left to take us on a visit and had not fed the fish when he arrived, he made it a point to feed them when he got back and always told us.
Holy smokes that’s so wholesome
Anyone else spend the last half hour looking through the comments just to see if there was a single negative one... and find that there wasn't? I stopped looking after a while but damn. Only for Fred are we this loving.
I'm wondering who those 53 people who gave this video a thumbs down were.
EVERYONE, no matter who they are loves Mr. Rodgers... because we all learned he loved all of us... just the way we are.
sanityisrelative They’re dead now. No one fucks with Mr. Rogers’ good name.
That's not very neighborly now.
Probably bots did the downvoting. There are upvote bots that artificially upvote videos in exchange for money, but it's pretty hard to program a bot that behaves a lot like a human (with its timing and pattern of opening and interacting with new videos). UA-cam filters out any likes that it thinks are from bots. So bots try to seem more human by downvoting some videos too. But they're pretty random in which videos they choose, so . . . they'll downvote something is nice as this video.
Like many people in their late 20's I grew up watching his show. I liked him but I never realized just what an amazing person he really was until I watched this. The fact that he was not only a minister but also one who was so accepting of everyone at a time when most religious people hated anyone who wasn't a straight white Christian is truly something to be admired and hopefully repeated.
Great video! I grew up watching his show and have very fond memories of it. Even to this day, when I hear his name, right away I hear the theme song in my head.
Sounds like he was the genuine article, and the world is less off because he’s no longer in it. But, he did leave behind a great and respectable legacy. 🙂❤️
Darque Queen
Yes!
Maggie Foster 👍🏽
It's a wonderful day in the neighborhood
And if you have children, “Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood” is a great addition to the Mister Rogers legacy.
daniel tiger is annoying as hell.
Just WOW!!!! I grew up with Mr. Rogers, and this presentation is AMAZING!!! It actually brought tears to me. I've missed that show, and believe I'm a better person/parent because of him!! THANK YOU BOTH SOOOOOO MUCH FOR BRINGING MY CHILDHOOD FRIEND BACK!!!!
I cry every time I think of his wonderful contribution to my life with the show. I am grateful to this day!!!
I didn't expect one of your videos to make me cry. Mr. Rogers is such an important, incredible man, and I hope I can share his videos with my children one day.
I remember watching him when I was a child. I always got sad when the show ended because I’d have to wait another day for a new episode.
And when I had kids I would sit and watch it with them.
I think I loved it so because it helped teach empathy for all and that is something I fervently believe in. That and no one is better than anyone else.
Omg so sweet! I got choked up when you said he told Clemmons he had been talking to him for years but just heard him..that really warmed my heart!!!💜💜💜💜
Everything about Mister Rogers makes me smile so much. I do my best to practice his lessons in my own everyday life because his influence continues to be that important. I know I will never come close to measuring up to him, but that's yet another valuable lesson of his: be the best version of your own self that you can be. He was such a truly wonderful man and I just hope the younger generation gets a chance to get to know him even though he is physically gone. He is still so important to this world.
WHO ON EARTH COULD DISLIKE THIS?!?!??
Statistically speaking, people have to hit the thumbs down button on accident, and....
No, that is the only logical reason.
also bots, no one with a soul could intentionally dislike Mr. Rodgers
At this point, 303 people who need some deep introspection.
I used to watch Mr. Rogers, looking back now, i can see he was very passionate about what he was showing on his show. Very good videos Guys.
Can we all stop making stuff up about mr rogers and acknowledge he was one of the kindest man who ever lived? Its just nice to have a good person to look up to.
tbh I really liked the rumor that he was a sniper in ww2. made him sound more patriotic but these facts are awesome too.
MarkEdwardRom He would have only been a teenager during WWII. The rumor was that he was a sniper in Vietnam.
His family was very wealthy and donated The Rogers Memorial Pool to his and my city of Latrobe. His sister went to Rollins College an elite university in Florida and was as masculine as Fred was feminine. I stayed at one of their Summer homes because a friend of mines aunt worked as a cook there. Lovely people..
Mister Rogers is my hero. I have never seen or heard a more brilliant, more compassionate person. We are so fortunate that he made a television show that we can look back on and grow from.
I always admired Mr. Rodgers, especially now more than ever seeing as he wasn’t like other people if his time (holier-than-thou and against LGBT peoples) the man proves that humanity can be truly kind and forgiving. I wish I could have met him
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The Mr. Rogers Neighborhood was a truly wonderful children's show. I grew up w/the show & later so did my children. Over the last few years or so Mr. Rogers filmed his show & moved on to work w/others, I felt so blessed to have had the honor of being somewhat of a penpal. (Yes, actual handwritten letters w/postage stamped envelopes) I was even more fortunate to have spoke with him on a few occasions, one of which after the last episode was in the can awaiting it's release. Fred Rogers WAS Mr. Rogers, the good neighbor. I'm sure my kids will run across the correspondences along with the autographed photo of Mr. Rogers & another of my favorite... Trolley.
It broke my heart to hear he had cancer then to hear the news of his death. It's sad, but we all know that wherever Mr. Rogers goes, he will always be a good neighbor.
Mr Rogers makes me want to be a better man and a better Christian.
Babalooza Christians representative of Jesus Christ's teachings . Wow, What a concept! You're a minority.
hukamur1 sad, isn't it?
Amen , I feel the same way brother... God Bless You!
You should just focus on the first part
The world became a little darker after Mr. Rogers passing ...
Oh my goodness...I didn't realize how good of a person Mr Rogers was ......I remember watching his show when I was a kid and it made me happy to see someone caring about kids so much
Mr. Rogers literally saved half of humanity when Thanos saw his show and decided Earth didn't need "correcting."
I love Mr. Rogers. I watched as a child & would watch with my kids. I personally feel he is timeless. There really needs to be more children's shows like his these days.
I really enjoyed this video. I adored Mr. Rogers as a child and he's one of very few famous people that I wish I had or could meet. Thank you.
Thank you for this video. Mr. Rogers was a part of my childhood and now that I struggle with being a parent, I can still rely on his guidance.
6:20 - 7:10 had me welling up a little. That kind of impact from one person's expression of caring for another shows all that is good in people. That made all the difference to the man who heard it, changing his life. Words matter. It doesn't take much to show how much you care, but it can mean the world to someone else.
How could anyone accuse such a sweetheart of such things. It breaks my heart.
Who are the people in your neighborhood? Probably these two and those who watched the episodes with loving hearts.
You can never find anyone like him these days who always find positive things in every difficult situation.
Probably why he died in 2003. After seeing the horrors of 9/11, and the nightmare of a country tearing itself part, he just couldn't handle it anymore. There was nothing positive here.
No, I'm very confident it was the cancer, speaking with experience in the matter.
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Yep. Both he & Lynne Thigpen (The Chief of ACME CrimeNet & Luna the moon from Bear in the _Big Blue House_ from The Jim Henson Company & Walt Disney Productions) died the same year, of stomach cancer & a brain hemorrhage, respectively. Funny enough, _Mister Rogers' Neighborhood_ & _Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego?_ (and its _Where in Time...?_ sequel) were distributed by WQED Pittsburgh (the _Carmen_ series was also co-distributed by WGBH Boston, although the show was taped in New York and, of course, was based upon the hit edutainment computer games of the same name to help American children learn geography & history).
Indeed, if she was a real person, Carmen Isabella Sandiego (her last name taken from the California city of the same name, although the ACME Detective Agency that ACME CrimeNet was based upon was headquarted in San Francisco & New York, with the second branch originating out of Vermont, the original home state of America's first president George Washington) wouldn't steal from Mr. Rogers (despite WQED Pittsburgh distributing both PBS series), even though the classy crime queen as the head of V.I.L.E (acronym for the Villain's International League of Evil) only stole for the cat-and-mouse thrill of the chase because she was a former top-level ACME agent who tired of it being too easy to capture the low-end crooks she put behind bars, so she flipped to the other side to become the greatest theif of all-time, but ultimately returning what she stole in the end, whether she herself was captured or not. Carmen, for a criminal crime boss, has always maintained a strict moral code & never wished to have the gumshoes trailing her killed in their escapades.
The gumshoe siblings Zack & Ivy from the "Junior Detective Editions" of the later _Carmen_ computer games who also appeared in the early 90's cartoon _Where On Earth is Carmen Sandiego?_ on FOX Kids (and later syndicated channels like Qubo, Kabillion & the like) even allied with Carmen against worse threats like crooked ex-ACME agent & former Carmen protege gone rouge Lee Jordan who sought to usurp Carmen as the greatest crook ever by using Carmen's morals against her to show that she was unfit to run a criminal enterprise & Malstrom, the first major baddie Carmen herself had convicted prior to her own switch to crime, who was found out using the broken legal system to get himself exonerated & subsequently frame Carmen for future crimes he himself committed in secret & putting Carmen on trial himself for her own criminal efforts.
Carmen's supposed backstory as the bilingual, Brazilian-born orphaned missing daughter of noteworthy philanthropist Malcolm Avalon (who resembled the male lead Don Jose of the famous opera _Carmen_ fittingly & the wife whom he lost coincidentally resembled the iconic gypsy also named Carmen for whom the opera was named after, which might also explain why Ms. Sandiego herself was given the first name of Carmen, in the beginning, certainly if Malcolm & his wife had ever previously cited the opera as their favorite production, which is why they named their daughter after the title character) was also covered in detail & showed Carmen's tender side, showing that she couldn't rob the man whom she believed might be her biological father (Malcolm, for his own part, was shocked that the infamous "Lady in Red" would show up in his home with the very necklace that he had given to his long-lost daughter before a brush fire burned down the Brazilian hut which he, his wife & their young daughter all lived in, before his grief at losing his wife & possibly his daughter [In actuality, widdle Carmen escaped the burning hut but could never find her father again & was quickly soon discovered by social service workers to be sent to an orphanage due to lack of biological documentation, but neither Malcolm nor Carmen herself knew that they had just simply missed each other, until well after Carmen's switch to criminal activities when Carmen unearthed secrets of her childhood past & found herself in Malcolm's mansion, after feeling a strong pull drawing her somehow to it] saw the philantrophist going back to the U.S. & growing his charitable efforts, but otherwise holding himself up in his mansion with a walled fence, security cameras and doberman guard dogs, bemoaning the loss of his family as evidenced by the lavish family portrait painted of his lovely wife & their young daughter dating back to when Carmen was an infant/toddler hanging on the wall in Malcolm's study [Carmen being cornered by the snarling guard dogs after coming face-to-face with the painting is how Malcolm discovered Carmen in his home, leading him to tell her off, citing that if she had lived, his daughter would've used her beauty & intelligence for something worthwhile, instead of becoming a highly-sought after criminal, causing Carmen to look down in shame like a child being chided by her parent) as well as trying to protect him from the aforementioned Lee Jordon, who used Malcolm as a hostage to get Carmen to commit thefts for him before a scuffle atop Malcolm's roof saw Malcolm defending himself (and Carmen, to a lesser extent, after seeing Carmen's goodness beneath her criminal persona, hoping that their finding each other could help Carmen reform her ways, if it's true that they are father & daughter), only to fall off his roof & get amensia, forgetting the whole adventure, leaving Carmen heartbroken that she essentially lost her father again (Not physically this time, of course, but mentally due to his forgetting who she was again & having to make her escape once more to elude capture as Lee Jordon was being placed into custody).
kirby march Barcena Yes, he really seemed to be a Christ like figure.
There's a clip of him accepting the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 1997 Emmys. Rather than gushing over his own achievements in the beginning, he gives everyone present and watching 10 seconds of his time on the stage to think about THEIR own inspiring person who help to get them where they are. There were tears all over the room for his selflessness even in a moment of recognition.
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Charles Daussin made me cry like a baby... I just watched it erlier today.. Wheres the love button??? ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
If there ever was a Jesus, Mr. Rogers is his equal in love and compassion.
@@TonyAncom ,there is the theory that Jesus is embodied in every living creature you ever encounter. Mr. Rogers may be proof of that!
All I have to do is think about that young man coming out in his wheelchair to present him with the award and I choke up. 🤗😰 Mr. Rogers was over 70 years old and literally climbed onto that stage to greet him.
@@wendychavez5348 I would hope not. Jesus was fine with slavery, I'm pretty confident Mr. Rogers was not. Of the two, we should hope that it's a bit of Mr. Rogers that might make its way into us all.
I swear this was so sweet. Hearing how accepting and pure he was to his black gay friend almost made me cry. He may have been doing things strange for his time, but that man marched on the correct side of history.
Why are you angry? Being gay wasn’t acceptable back then, and it’s barely been becoming more acceptable by today’s standards. It’s not “titling people,” people suffer because they are gay.
He knew the answer to WWJD. "As you do it unto the least of them, you do it unto Me." (This atheist considers him one of the few genuine Christians to live in United States in the 20th century.)
...This whole episode...is an important reminder.....of just how Awesome(e.g.; full of Awe) one man...one person can be.
I remember the night when Fred Rogers died. I cried.
Ravenwolf Foxtrack I remember it as well, even only being 9 years old. I sobbed, remember feeling at a loss of such a good person. Our favorite neighbor was gone. The world hasn't been quite the same since then but at least we can still remember him more than fondly and try to share his message of being good, wholesome people. And of course being true to yourself.
I was in my twenties when that happened and I cried like a baby.
Ravenwolf Foxtrack I think that everyone who grew up watching Mr Rogers' neighborhood cried when they heard about his passing away, myself included
Indeed. Public figures die all the time, but this; this was different, this mattered. Like you could feel an overall dip in the goodness in the world.
@@ladyi7609 I was pushing my 40's...I cried too! 😢
The video of Rogers testifying before John O. Pastore was very interesting. I know of Pastore's reputation and he was a cast iron SOB - but Rogers got to him and that's how he got $20 million.
Fred Rogers was a beautiful human being. An absolute gift to the world.
I confess that this was a risky click, I was afraid of seeing anything that made Mr. Rogers less wholesome.
Not a chance!
The man had no obvious flaws.
There is literatelly nothing to make this man seem bad, because he was the goodest, kindest man in recent history.
nope, it made him more wholesome
Me also. But I have yet to find anything on the man. Who else, in life, anywhere, has such a seemingly clean moral record
ComplicatedNickname me too. But I’m very happy I watched this video
i have loved Mr. Rodgers, i could feel his good energy through my tv screen. To this very day, at age 40 i still enjoy the show. it brings back happy childhood feelings
Its amazing how he reached us ALL no matter the creed race or otherwise
As someone from Pittsburgh, Mr. Rogers is a local hero. If you ever come here, don't talk down about the Steelers, Pens or Mr. Rogers or you will get in a fight (you can talk crap about the Pirates, we all do).
davidalex565 As someone from Philly I will definitely talk smack on the Steelers and Pens, but NEVER Mr Rogers...that man was and always will be a national treasure. RIP good sir...
That's because the Pirates are so bad you can get good seats by walking up to the stadium on game day.
Let's be honest, what city is there where it would be appropriate to talk shit about Mr. Rodgers?
Menuki LOL. True.
To bad the one thing Steelers can't take is a win.
*Abadum-tish
one of the things they didn't mention is that Mr.Rogers answered all his fan mail.All of it.I never wrote him but felt I didn't need to---now I wish I had.Love you Mister Rogers.
Me too!!
I really enjoyed this video. Quality content. Mr. Rogers was a good man
Just be the person Mr. Rogers believed you could be and the world will be just that much better.
He cares about hearts souls and issues that addresses life lessons
Mr Rogers is my hero, and I'm 22 years old
He's my hero too, and I'm 28.
Don't sub pls same here I’m 20
Why not? He's a man worthy of being a hero, more so because it's not something he'd ever call himself. He's still someone ppl should strive to be like.
I Am 30, I never knew it was still going in 2000.
He's my hero and I'm 33
That video got me a little choked up. I'll never forget Mr. Rogers. He is who we all should aspire to be. Amazing man.
Any body else get teary eyed during this video?
thetony458
only because I'm tired and yawning
The story about Officer Clemons was especially poignant
I got all teary eyed. Man I am Canadian and have never even seen Mr Rogers
thetony458 af
Ironically, Mr. Rogers began his mission in earnest starting in Canada by creating _The Children's Corner_ with Josie Carrey. When the show moved Stateside to WQED Pittsburgh as _Misterogers_ & then _Mister Roger's Neighborhood_ by 1968, the assistant puppeteer Mr. Rogers brought on _The Children's Corner_ to help him do the show, Ernie Combs, filled the void left in Canada from Mr. Rogers' return to the U.S. by becoming Canada's equivalent, _Mr. Dress-Up_ (meanwhile, unfortunately, as a result of Mr. Rogers' unassuming hidden success, he supplanted Josie Carrey as the on-camera host, as before, he just composed the music & performed the Make-Believe puppets like Daniel Striped Tiger & King Friday the 13th, whereas with the transition to _MRN_ for NET, which morphed into PBS, he did that on top of hosting the on-camera portion too, as Josie Carrey left the program).
My favorite childhood TV show growing up he taught me so many valuable lessons in life
I'm not crying, you're crying
jman8904 Nuh uh! I'm not crying you're cry! *Sniff*
I have never given two shits about celebrities, but hearing that Mr. Rodgers had died actually brought tears to my eyes.
Kyle Morton you, too? It felt like my daddy died. Horrible day.
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angeleyes green absolutely, he was a huge part of my childhood, and everything I learn about him makes it seem like the world is less for him not being here.
This is one of the best you've ever done. I grew up with mr. Rogers and didn't know most of this. Good to see he was genuinely the man he portrayed on TV.
What an amazing person. A true wonder of humanity.
The world needs more people like Mr. Rogers.
Yoo, I didn't know about Mr Rogers' stance on recording his shows. Looks like he truly cared about the people
Fred Rogers would support net neutrality. Take that Ajit Pai!
Neither did I, it's great that he was in favor of Fair Use. It seems that Mr. Rogers is one of the few public figures that the more you learn about them, they only seem to become better.
I was thinking about our current net neutrality problems too after the video, wouldn't he be a great guy to have in our corner of this fight? He would be saddened by a lot of what's on the internet, but I think he would be very much in favor of people of all types and backgrounds having equal access to the internet (both download and upload). We need to share this world, it can be a wonderful place if we just work together. The internet has the potential to be a great equalizer, a way to let people of all kinds share their stories with each other.
Yet, the company founded in his name, The Fred Rogers Company (formerly, Family Communications, Inc.) doesn't seem to mind copyright striking people who upload episodes of his show to online video services.
That last quote brought tears to my eyes. As someone who greatly fears being mundane and replaceable (experiencing replacement at the hands of more than one lover over the years will do that to you), I really needed to hear those words, and to know they came from someone who really and truly meant it.
I grew up with Mr. Rogers t.v. show. The man is sorely missed and I do hope that parents from my generation will continue to show his legacy to them. Mr. Rogers Neighborhood. Daniel Tigers Neighborhood. Rest in peace Fred Rogers, may a flight of angles sing your praise.
I would like to say that I very rarely comment on videos. However Mr. Rogers is one of my lifelong heroes. I think that the world would be a better place with more people like Fred Rogers. I try to emulate him as best as I can because I think he was a very positive example of how people should treat one another. I have to admit that your video brought many a tear to my eyes. That’s saying something considering I’m a 45-year-old heavy equipment mechanic. I’m the kind of gruff looking person that you would see in an advertisement for some manly thing, and you have me sobbing like a baby. Thank you for a tribute to such a great and wonderful human being.
my great-grandmother and i used to watch mr. rogers all the time when i was little. i lived with them (my parents were/are divorced) and my mom worked a lot so my great-grandparents would watch me all the time. my grandma and i would watch pbs together: mr. rogers, lambchop (i was reeeeaaaally little when this was on tho so i barely remember it), sesame street, and reading rainbow.
i miss reading rainbow
MarkEdwardRom right?? Had a sick theme song too. I loved that show.
k a y l e e hell yeah! It got cancelled for not being educational which is bullshit!
Mr. Rogers and Lambchop are two of my favorites from when I was little.
The world needs more people like Fred Rogers.
Real stand-up guy.
We were lucky to have had a neighbor like you for as long as we did, Mr. Rogers.
I grew up watching Mr. Rodgers but when i was a kid they were reruns. there is so much foundational wisdom from that show that i took for granted and now seeing what's happing in the world today, I feel like the world needs more folk like Mr. Rodgers. Reading Rainbow was another show i watched as a kid.
I appreciate how he did this show without pushing any religious beliefs on the viewers.
Practice, not preaching, is the best form of evangelism. Whether religious or secular.
I love how accepting he was despite his beliefs and the time. If Jesus would return to Earth im sure even he would admire and be very proud of Rodgers
@@MrRushhour4 Sad thing is, being accepting is *supposed* to be a Christian thing.
@@brigidtheirish It IS a Christian thing. Christians are hands down some of the most tolerant and freedom advocating people on Earth. It's ludicrous that the perception has changed.
@@scythelord More sad than ludicrous. Unfortunately, we've had some very loud zealots over that past few hundred years who were also massive bigots. People tend to notice the loud crazies more than the sane majority.
So much love and respect for the man! I watched his show intently as a kid, completely engaged in whatever was happening. My parents would giggle watching me watching the show because he would ask the viewers a question and pause for their answer. My dad still reminds me of the time Mr Rogers asked "Do you ever get angry?" To which I passionately nodded my head and said "Yes, I do!" Then seeing my reaction to how to deal with anger, made him nearly tear up. All my parents efforts to calm me down as a youngster, did not even come close to the effect Mr Rogers would have. ❤
R.I.P. Fred Rodgers!
Such a sweet, gentle person.
Don’t say R.I.P say Rest In Peace He Should have more Respect.
Knew most of these but love the video. Fred Rogers was an amazing human being and I am sad to say we may never see his like again. He gave the world something very special, his true self which was a kind and gentle person who always thought the best of people and encouraged them to be the best human being possible through example. God bless you Fred and rest in peace.
Thank you for the tears of joy. I needed that.
You've brought me to tears. Well done all. A great man remembered beautifully. Carry on, gentlemen.
Fred Rodgers. A man's man.
Thank you for this list (and your collaborations with List 25). Always very cool videos.
I miss Fred... This country needs him now more than ever before.... I had an opportunity to meet him once years ago at a silkscreen company I worked for. Think it was 1995-96. Something I will never forget to this day. We were doing shirts for his show and PBS in general.
This is one of the most inspiring videos I've seen on UA-cam. What a great guy!