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[size=1]Fred Rogers died today.

[URL=http://channels.netscape.com/ns/news/story.jsp?floc=FF-APO-1401&idq=/ff/story/0001%2F20030227%2F154165792.htm&sc=1401]News Story.[/URL]

"One by one, all my childhood dreams are shattered...."

*sigh*[/size]
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Yeah, my mom told me this morning. I remember when I used to watch him soooooooooooo long ago...then I went to elementary school. It's very sad, and lots of kids will miss him, even though all of his shows are repeats I hear. In honor of him, I made Charles get his Mr. Rogers avatar back. :)
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[color=indigo]I never trusted Mr. Rogers...I always thought he liked children a bit too much, if you catch my drift. He always seemed so creepy with his quite drawl, his cardigan sweater, and all of those wierd puppets. It wouldn't suprise me if Fred Rogers had shattered some childhood dreams before he passed away.[/color]
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[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by Sara [/i]
[B][size=1]*clobbers H Cloud*

Speak not ill of my childhood idol![/size] [/B][/QUOTE]

[color=indigo]Come on Sara, what do you think he meant when he sang to children "oh please won't you be my neighbor" with those come hither eyes. Do you think a grown man keeps a toy train and a bunch of puppets in his living room unless he wants to seduce young children? It really wouldn't suprise me if old Freddy boy was a member of NAMBLA[/color]
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[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by Heaven's Cloud [/i]
[B][color=indigo]Come on Sara, what do you think he meant when he sang to children "oh please won't you be my neighbor" with those come hither eyes. Do you think a grown man keeps a toy train and a bunch of puppets in his living room unless he wants to seduce young children? It really wouldn't suprise me if old Freddy boy was a member of NAMBLA[/color] [/B][/QUOTE]

Dude, that's sick. Really sick.
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I was really bummed when I saw that on the MSn homepage... I grew up watching him on PBS... all those stupid puppets. I dunno why but I loved the owl... he was so cute. I also really liked it whenever the puppets were at the school house.
I hated the prince and the king. The prince creeped me out for some reason...

Those were good memories... Hopefully the next couple of generations will enjoy him as much as I did groowing up
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[color=royalblue]Yes, I too was saddened by Mister Rogers passing. I even made a dedication of sorts in my sig. I used to watch him everyday. I saw him singing on GMA this morning, and I was like "Oh, no. Not Mister Rogers." And then Diane Sawyer said "Yes, it's a beautiful day and a sad one as well." I about fell over. I'll really miss him.[/color]
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[color=ff00cc] [size=1]I remember when I was about five, I fell asleep while I was watching the show before school. ^_^;

Our teachers were talking about it all day. oO; Our math teacher still watches CBS, and she was really upset all day.

I never really got into the show very much though. Although, I'm still kind of shocked...[/color] [/size]
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Poor poor man... I was just reading an article in the newspaper last month about jobs he could take if he wasn't on the show. It was a lighthearted article, mind, but it reminded us what he was capable of.

Dude, the guy's a pastor, as is my understanding. I once watched outtakes of his show, and he never once swore--not even when the tent pole hit his head.

Mr. Rogers, we'll miss ya...
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do you know what's scary about it,

last night i was looking around our science fair projects in the gym and some of them where sooooo laaaaammmmmeeee,anyway,
i said quote "it's not a beautiful day in the neighborhood"

and then i woke up.

i'll never say something like that again,
i loved mr. rogers
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[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by Heaven's Cloud [/i]
[B][color=indigo]Come on Sara, what do you think he meant when he sang to children "oh please won't you be my neighbor" with those come hither eyes. Do you think a grown man keeps a toy train and a bunch of puppets in his living room unless he wants to seduce young children? It really wouldn't suprise me if old Freddy boy was a member of NAMBLA[/color] [/B][/QUOTE]
Viagra wasn't around back then (atleast when I watched it) so I doubt it.
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Man, I couldn't believe it when I heard the news. I knew that Mr. Rogers was old, but I didn't realize he was pushing eighty. It's very heartbreaking. I grew up watching his show and it's better than most of the garbage pushed on children's television today. There was no violence or anything of that nature--it was just so [i]pure[/i].

Men like Mr. Rogers are rare. Sadly enough, today's children will never get to grow up with him. What a bummer. I'm especially saddened that he had to die from such a nasty disease.
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[color=red] Somewhere far off the children cry. Somewhere far off the sky isn't as shiny as it used to be. The world is moving on, but they've lost and lost--something is dying. The pure innocence of being a child ruffs through my hair. It blows in the wind and sways, wandering off.

Something has died, it can't quite be pinned. It wasn't just a momentary death, either. It was something more. That man emblazoned more than just a man, he was an entire era. He was an entire generation.

Far away I can still hear the tune play. Far away, maybe in years and years after and come, children will still smile, and remember.

Mr. Rogers will smile that genuine smile, saying so suavely and wonderfully: "Won't you be my neighbor?" And somewhere, somewhere far off and gone, his grave will stand, the forefront to the death of a generation. And the tears will fall and tumble into a nothingness that will never be filled by any such figure ever again.[/color]
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[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by Charles [/i]
[B]I grew up watching his show and it's better than most of the garbage pushed on children's television today. There was no violence or anything of that nature--it was just so [i]pure[/i].

Men like Mr. Rogers are rare. Sadly enough, today's children will never get to grow up with him. [/B][/QUOTE]

I agree. I hope they play reruns, like how they still have Peanuts in the Sunday newspaper. Mr. Rogers is so much better than many other children's shows, I hope that my kids will be able to watch him even though I never did.
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I always watched this show when I was a child. I still occasionally watch the show when I can catch it.

Goodbye Mr. Rogers, you'll always be my favortie neighbor.
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Thanks to whoever merged the topics... I didn't see Sara's.
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