Mr. Rogers

gypsy_spirit

The picture you are referring to was probably part of the "Where is Thumbkin?" song. I believe he is referencing "Tall Man". So legit picture - bad interpretation.

gypsy_spirit

THIS one is my all time favorite. Who knew?

BigBellyGoAway

I don't remember this happening.....I was probably only four or five at the time, but my mother tells me that I used to cry my eyes out when Mr. Trolley disappeared behind the wall because I thought it was going away forever.

FitWithWit44

The picture you are referring to was probably part of the "Where is Thumbkin?" song. I believe he is referencing "Tall Man". So legit picture - bad interpretation.

No, it was definitely a photoshop. I didn't save it though.

ItsMeGee3

Ahhh the Land of Make Believe

DSTMT

Not photoshopped...I'm sure he wasn't always in character, even on set, he was a grown-up after all so they probably had non-G rated joking around occasionally.

I always found Mr. Rogers and his puppets really creepy, I hated the show as a kid lol

George_Baileys_Ghost

It's not a photoshop. Oi, again....internetting is hard innit?

'Images of Fred Rogers posing with one or both middle fingers extended have long been circulated on the Internet with captions claiming they captured the children's show host disdainfully "flipping off" his audience during the taping of the final Mister Rogers' Neighborhood episode. Although the pictures may appear puzzling out of context, they're actually screen captures from a harmless moment in 1967 when Fred Rogers led some youngsters through the familiar children's song "Where Is Thumbkin?," which is traditionally accompanied by participants' holding up the corresponding fingers as they are each named in the song"
Read more at http://www.snopes.com/radiotv/tv/mrrogers.asp#CLufLcGTlgU4B9wt.99"

FitWithWit44

It's not a photoshop. Oi, again....internetting is hard innit?

'Images of Fred Rogers posing with one or both middle fingers extended have long been circulated on the Internet with captions claiming they captured the children's show host disdainfully "flipping off" his audience during the taping of the final Mister Rogers' Neighborhood episode. Although the pictures may appear puzzling out of context, they're actually screen captures from a harmless moment in 1967 when Fred Rogers led some youngsters through the familiar children's song "Where Is Thumbkin?," which is traditionally accompanied by participants' holding up the corresponding fingers as they are each named in the song"
Read more at http://www.snopes.com/radiotv/tv/mrrogers.asp#CLufLcGTlgU4B9wt.99"

I do just fine with the internetting thing, but when she posted the thumbkin reference I was under the belief that the picture I received was him in his red sweater. In hindsight, it was probably just how I always remembered him so I didn't believe it was from the same picture.

Thanks for sharing.

likitisplit

It's not a photoshop. Oi, again....internetting is hard innit?

'Images of Fred Rogers posing with one or both middle fingers extended have long been circulated on the Internet with captions claiming they captured the children's show host disdainfully "flipping off" his audience during the taping of the final Mister Rogers' Neighborhood episode. Although the pictures may appear puzzling out of context, they're actually screen captures from a harmless moment in 1967 when Fred Rogers led some youngsters through the familiar children's song "Where Is Thumbkin?," which is traditionally accompanied by participants' holding up the corresponding fingers as they are each named in the song"
Read more at http://www.snopes.com/radiotv/tv/mrrogers.asp#CLufLcGTlgU4B9wt.99"

He was a minister...not a flipping off type.

Another story that my friend told was when he was in the elevator and Fred Rogers asked him how he (my friend) was. He was a little taken off guard and started to answer honestly until he caught himself, realizing that it was probably asked out of politeness. But, when he looked at Mr. Rogers, he (Fred Rogers) was REALLY listening. He hadn't intended it as a polite question because that's not how he functioned in the world.

ETA - he always was in character because he had real character.

FitWithWit44

Another story that my friend told was when he was in the elevator and Fred Rogers asked him how he (my friend) was. He was a little taken off guard and started to answer honestly until he caught himself, realizing that it was probably asked out of politeness. But, when he looked at Mr. Rogers, he (Fred Rogers) was REALLY listening. He hadn't intended it as a polite question because that's not how he functioned in the world.

I don't recall ever seeing a negative story about him.

doug_pierce

He was a minister...not a flipping off type.

Whenever he was asked to castigate non-Christians or gays for their differing beliefs, he would instead face them and say, with sincerity, "God loves you just the way you are." Often this provoked ire from fundamentalists.

arewethereyet

This is my favorite!

decblessings

In for Mr. Rogers!

My middle kid is singing Mr. Roger's Neighborhood songs in his music class, and my youngest LOVES Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood, so I introduced my kids to Mr. Roger's Neighborhood last weekend via YouTube. I gotta say, I loved the show as a kid. I love everything Mr. Rogers stood for and his take on the world. I found the puppet part of the episodes we watched this weekend to be a little disturbing though...

Mia_RagazzaTosta

Are you sure it wasn't Mr. Robinson?

BigBellyGoAway

Are you sure it wasn't Mr. Robinson?

Hello, boys and girls! You know, Christmas is a special time in Mr. Robinson's neighborhood. It's a time for giving, and look what Mr. Landlord gave me - it's an eviction notice.

FitWithWit44

SpeSHul_SnoflEHk

One of my favorite Mr. Rogers quotes. I have ordered posters of this to put up in my clinic for sexual assault awareness month (April).




Here is my number 2 favorite Rogers quote.

MizTerry

I loved Mr. Rogers, but I found this funny. Plus, suddenly I have a hankering for shoe shopping. :ohwell:

FitWithWit44

Are you sure it wasn't Mr. Robinson?

Hello, boys and girls! You know, Christmas is a special time in Mr. Robinson's neighborhood. It's a time for giving, and look what Mr. Landlord gave me - it's an eviction notice.

BinaryPulsar

One of my favorite Mr. Rogers quotes. I have ordered posters of this to put up in my clinic for sexual assault awareness month (April).




Here is my number 2 favorite Rogers quote.

This is nice! :flowerforyou:

AllOutof_Bubblegum

Wait, you started a whole thread about the manner in which someone FR'd you, rather than dealing with it yourself directly? The passive-aggression is strong in this thread.

likitisplit

One of my favorite Mr. Rogers quotes. I have ordered posters of this to put up in my clinic for sexual assault awareness month (April).




Here is my number 2 favorite Rogers quote.

This is nice! :flowerforyou:

You know the thread about who we want to be when we grow up? I'd like to be somebody who is capable of being as fundamentally good as Fred Rogers.

FitWithWit44

Wait, you started a whole thread about the manner in which someone FR'd you, rather than dealing with it yourself directly? The passive-aggression is strong in this thread.

Someone be a good neighbor and give this girl some bubblegum

likitisplit

Wait, you started a whole thread about the manner in which someone FR'd you, rather than dealing with it yourself directly? The passive-aggression is strong in this thread.

Someone be a good neighbor and give this girl some bubblegum

I kind of agree with her, but Mr. Rogers is giving me warm fuzzies.

jacques57

I grew up in Pittsburgh, PA, and Mr. Rogers had his studio there in the top floor of the Joseph Horne's Department Store. I never really liked his show as a kid. the voices of the puppets made my teeth grind, and I was 5. I probably was meant to be born in NYC..

Anyway, one day when my mom is taking me downtown to get another woolen sailor suit to replace the outgrown one (it was 1962), we drive to Pittsburgh, go to Horne's and park in the basement, get in the elevator, and Fred Rogers hops in as the doors close. He was wearing a minister's collar. Just as the elevator gets underway, it lurches, the lights go out, the emergency light comes on and then silence. Mr. Rogers looked at me and my mom and said, "Well looks like we can play some games until Mr. Elevator man gets here!" I retreated behind my mom and she said "He doesn't watch you show." And thus began the most awkward silence waiting for Mr. Elevator Man, which was not a fun game. I have felt horrible for all the rest of my life that I never took the chance to make friends with Mr. Rogers.

Hey, is that why I eat too......??:noway: :ohwell:

BlueBombers

RockWarrior84

I remember hearing that Mr. Rogers was some ex-military bad *kitten*. And the reason he wore long sleeves all the time was to hide his tattoos down his arms.

fauxpunker

Sorry to rain on Mr. Rogers, but...

likitisplit

I remember hearing that Mr. Rogers was some ex-military bad *kitten*. And the reason he wore long sleeves all the time was to hide his tattoos down his arms.

No

http://www.snopes.com/radiotv/tv/mrrogers.asp

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