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Mr. Rogers Fun Facts You Never Knew

A great list of fun little facts about Mr. Rogers, in honor of his birthday!

For instance: Did you know that all the sweaters he wore on the show were hand knitted by his mother? picked by muppetmaker 2 years ago

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Moe

2 years ago

Mr. Rogers was THE REAL DEAL. All these Hollywood / Washington asshats could stand to learn from him. He absolutely never violated any of the tenets that he taught.

Not. one. time.

Over the years I have held certain famous people to be a role model of sorts for my own life. 99.9% of the time, they ended up losing that spot due to some hypocrisy or another that popped up. Fred Rogers is that remaining 0.1%. Truly a man of his word and integrity.

I cannot think of any other "Hollywood" type that would have this happen to them (quoted from the article):

8. Mr. Rogers drove a used Chevy Impala. Towards the end of his career, his car was stolen from the studio parking lot. Word spread, and outrage swept the town. 48 hours later, the car was back in the spot where he had left it along with a note, “If we’d known it was yours, we never would have taken it!”

This alone speaks volumes of his influence on our society.

RIP, old friend.

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25	Mandolin...

2 years ago

He first worked with NBC, but then decided that commercial television's reliance on advertisement and merchandising undermined its ability to benefit kids, so he quit.

Oh, it's so very Smoochy...

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23	muppetma...

2 years ago

« MandolinOrange : Oh, it's so very Smoochy...

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