Its a sad day in the neighborhood. Mr Rogers R.I.P.

Of course, you realize that I'm speaking as someone who has yet to find that high-paying job which I so richly deserve.

http://www.avclub.com/articles/mister-rogers-neighborhood-greatest-tv-show-ever,91882/

http://www.esquire.com/features/can-you-say-hero-esq1198

happy birthday!

I miss having you in the world, Fred Rogers, but I'm gladder every day that you were here when you were.

http://www.esquire.com/features/can-you-say-hero-esq1198

― j., Thursday, February 13, 2014 3:29 PM (5 months ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

this is one of my favorite things that i have ever read

Tom Hanks -- not Eddie Murphy -- to play Mr. Rogers. #OscarsSoWhite #PBS pic.twitter.com/b5zrcs0upJ

— Dennis Perrin (@DennisThePerrin) January 29, 2018

the only reason people made up the legend of mister rogers having been a sniper in vietnam is because they are terrified that someone like him actually existed and he forcefully dares you to be a better person. so theyre just cynical as hell and also fuck all the people making pedophile jokes about him upthread, closest person i can think of to an actual saint

also he told me i wouldnt get sucked down the bathtub drain and that was a big help

A colleague of mine is one of the most absolutely inspirational humans I know. She keeps a framed photograph of Fred Rogers on her desk. That's not a coincidence. He was by every account and measure, an exemplary human being.

This is lovely and makes me sad and inspired in equal measure:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HV_kxc9PxrQ

I would truly love to see this in the theater, but if my reaction to the trailer (as to so many Mr. Rogers clips) is any indication, I'm not sure I'm comfortable sobbing that much in public.

seriously

omg i'm really looking forward to watching this at home when it shows up on streaming and bawling my eyes out

Considering actually taking the risk of seeing it at the theater. I hope they pass out Kleenex like they do 3D glasses in other movies.

Seriously, the Senate video, I've seen it I don't know how many times, gets me every time. That Davy Rothbart story on This American Life? Just thinking about it gets me choked up. There's no way I'm not bawling my way through this thing.

i hear the film's technique is the really pedestrian talking-heads & clips template

Yeah, that's pretty well demonstrated in the trailers. But thanks for the scoop!

i hear your mom's technique is really pedestrian too xp

well i think yr mom's technique ... nah i'll be a good neighbor

morbz don't sweat the technique

O noes, Mr. Rogers doc is not a dazzling cornucopia of groundbreaking visual delights, F-

apparently there's a story about a gay actor on the show that might put a dent in Fred's sainthood...

ok: clemmons is gay and rogers urged him to stay in the closet. clemmons holds no grudge over this, and rogers actively spoke about the aids crisis on his show in the '80s

spoiler i guess

Yeah, Fred could've told me the same thing and I'm pretty sure I'd have regarded it as the sagest advice I've ever received in my life. Next.

Well, I'd have stopped short of the "marry a woman as a cover" part, admittedly.

Keep at it, Morbs. I know you have what it takes to dredge up some nuclear-grade dirt on this monster.

Won't you please,
Won't you please,
Please won't you be my oppressor?

my best friend and i were both creeped out by the show as kids; thx bye

bye!!!

https://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s--4AhQOoMW--/c_scale,f_auto,fl_progressive,q_80,w_800/orz8myqdorfattixqgjp.jpg

yes! i'm sure they preferred Soupy Sales and Chuck McCann too

my best friend and i were both creeped out by the show as kids; thx bye

― the ignatius rock of ignorance (Dr Morbius), Thursday, June 7, 2018 9:26 AM (eight minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Somehow both unsurprising and revelatory.

has the meaning of 'bye' changed recently or

Eh, I generally employ it as a prelude to a dramatic 'and another thing...!'

The show was a little saccharine. And felt like it was trying to manifest some Waltonseque fantasy. But it never struck me as condescending, or, well, terribly creepy. Maybe he should have got his cock out a time or two.

He has been my #1 hero ever since my early 20s. My favorite moment is the Emmys speech '97. And nude greeting in the Esquire piece, naturally. Oh and flipping the bird.

Are you talking about morbs?

oh wait I misread this whole exchange never mind

Morbz is currently my #6 all time

Turned out to be quite a bit less of a shameless tearjerker than I was expecting. Still, audiences going to it are acting out of the same impulse that they do going to see, say, Marley & Me. Only the death in this case is the death of decency, gentility, etc.

What does that mean? People are seeing it to be sad at something sad because it's sad and shows something that is missed because it should be missed?

In a nutshell.

I mean, I don't know when decency died, but it's dead and it'd be nice to have it back.

If we could have just one thread where we all agree to refrain from '(thread subject) is garbage' posts, I guess I'd request that it be this thread. Because, really: why.

yes please

post deleted.

oh Christ, ilx's limits discovered at last.

I mean, I don't think deletion was necessary fwiw, but there's still every other thing in the universe for you to hate on, Morbs. Fear not.

how about the third post in the thread, kuntz?