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Valiant Dancer
Forum Goalie
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 Posted - 02/28/2003 : 10:00:17 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by Jelly Fish
Well, without being too disrespectful, not by me he wont.
I take it he was American?
I think U.S. people ought to understand that there is a world outside the States, and not every semi famous American is a world wide treasure.
Never, ever , heard of him.
Sorry.
Jelly fish
Jelly Fish,
Fred Rogers was a host for a PBS show in the US and Canada. He started it in 1968. He was an advocate for children and even had suggestions for helping children deal with both the Gulf war and 9/11. While I realize that not all members here are American, he was a fine individual that was well known by the American public. The post was directed towards other people who probably knew of him and his work. It was not intended to show arrogance nor superiority. He was someone who had significant contributions towards non-violent children's programming and encouraged the use of imagination and reasoning skills.
You won't miss him. I don't doubt that for a moment. You have expressed that you have never heard of him. |
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Gorgo
SFN Die Hard
USA
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Posted - 02/28/2003 : 11:25:41 [Permalink]
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Yeah, I guess I wouldn't say that every time I mention a person I expect to have to apologize to those who never heard of them.
I liked Fred Rogers, although I couldn't stand to watch his show. That doesn't make him bad at all. He was a great guy. |
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PhDreamer
SFN Regular
USA
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Posted - 02/28/2003 : 14:35:28 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by Gorgo
I liked Fred Rogers, although I couldn't stand to watch his show. That doesn't make him bad at all. He was a great guy.
My opinion as well. The guy had unimpeachable character but I stopped watching his show at a relatively young age because I was simply bored with the same thing over and over.
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Slater
SFN Regular
USA
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Posted - 02/28/2003 : 16:31:59 [Permalink]
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| The gorillas are very fond of Mr Rodgers show. He came by for a visit once(before my time) and Koko and he got on like long lost friends. She particulaly liked taking off his shoes and sweater. |
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Randy
SFN Regular
USA
1990 Posts |
Posted - 02/28/2003 : 18:00:25 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by Slater
The gorillas are very fond of Mr Rodgers show. He came by for a visit once(before my time) and Koko and he got on like long lost friends. She particulaly liked taking off his shoes and sweater.
Look for the 1998 photo.
http://pbskids.org/rogers/all_ages/remember.htm
And this video stream at a Boston college graduation. Farewell good neighbor...
http://video.pbs.org:8080/ramgen/mr_rogers/AdviceforAllAges/bostongrad.rm
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Slater
SFN Regular
USA
1668 Posts |
Posted - 02/28/2003 : 18:22:15 [Permalink]
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He brought her a hand puppet of a cat. It doesn't fit her hand of course, but she still has it and plays with it every now and again.
I don't believe that Penny intends to tell her that Rodgers is gone. |
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NubiWan
Skeptic Friend
USA
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Posted - 03/01/2003 : 00:30:53 [Permalink]
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"Fred Rogers..??!!??" Surely yas mean Mr. Rogers, a gentle and kindly soul, who was able to connect and tried to protect in his special way, the fragile innocence of the child's mind and perspective. His shows were a kind of buffer, between the awakening curiosity and awareness of the world, for many of our american childern, and the world they found themselves in, as well as the harshness we all know it to contain as well. He could make it seem less frightning, and he always.., always reinforced the notion, that "You" mattered, neighbor. A message, that we, adult and child alike, don't hear often enough, IMHO. We are all lessened by his loss.
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Jelly Fish
New Member
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Posted - 03/02/2003 : 08:54:53 [Permalink]
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Hi Friends,
Well, after reading what you all said about him, he seems to have been a very nice man, and my remarcks I now see were pretty disrespectful. His reputation didn't cross the Atlantic I'm afraid, hence my ignorance, but if he had it sounds as if he would have brought a little gentleness, which is always welcome.
Nice, gentle people are a blessing on this fragile earth.
Jelly fish
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Randy
SFN Regular
USA
1990 Posts |
Posted - 03/02/2003 : 09:50:22 [Permalink]
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Never too late to learn and improve one's self.
Take a gander at his impressive dossier.....
http://www.misterrogers.org/mister_rogers_neighborhood/biography.asp
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Later that year (1963), Rogers was invited to create a program for the CBC in Canada, which the head of children's programming there dubbed MISTEROGERS. It was on this series that Rogers made his on-camera debut as the program's host. When he and his wife and two sons returned to Pittsburgh in 1966, he incorporated segments of the CBC into a new series which was distributed by the Eastern Educational Network. This series was called MISTEROGERS' NEIGHBORHOOD. In 1968 it was made available for national distribution through the National Educational Television (NET) which later became Public Broadcasting Service (PBS).
In 1968, Rogers was appointed Chairman of the Forum on Mass Media and Child Development of the White House Conference on Youth. Besides two George Foster Peabody Awards, Emmys, "Lifetime Achievement" Awards from the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences and the TV Critics Association, Fred Rogers received every major award in television for which he is eligible and many others from special-interest groups in education, communications, and early childhood. In 1999, he was inducted into the Television Hall of Fame. His life and work have been the subject of feature articles in national publications, including LIFE, Reader's Digest, Parents, Esquire, Parade, and TV Guide. In 2002, President George W. Bush presented him with the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian honor, recognizing his contribution to the well-being of children and a career in public television that demonstrates the importance of kindness, compassion and learning. On January 1, 2003, in his last public appearance, Fred Rogers served as a Grand Marshal of the Tournament of Roses Parade, and tossed the coin for the Rose Bowl Game.
Fred Rogers was the composer and lyricist of over 200 songs, the author of numerous books for children, including the First Experience series and the Let's Talk About It series, and the author of many books for adults, including the Mister Rogers Playtime Book, You Are Special, The Giving Box, Mister Rogers Talks with Parents, and Dear Mister Rogers: Does It Ever Rain In Your Neighborhood?. His most recent book, The Mister Rogers Parenting Book, was praised by Publishers Weekly for the "qualities of warmth and attentiveness that translate very well into this brief yet thorough parenting guide."
Fred Rogers received more than 40 honorary degrees from colleges and universities, including Yale University, Hobart and William Smith, Carnegie Mellon University, Boston University, Saint Vincent College, University of Pittsburgh, North Carolina State University, University of Connecticut, Dartmouth College, Waynesburg College, and his alma mater, Rollins College.
Rogers was chairman of Family Communications, Inc. the nonprofit company that he formed in 1971 to produce MISTER ROGERS' NEIGHBORHOOD and that has since diversified into non-broadcast materials that reflect the same philosophy and purpose: to encourage the healthy emotional growth of children and their families. Almost 900 episodes of MISTER ROGERS' NEIGHBORHOOD comprise an evergreen library which is offered each year to PBS stations. MISTER ROGERS' NEIGHBORHOOD is the longest- running program on public television.
Fred Rogers died on February 27, 2003 at his home in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He is survived by his wife Joanne Rogers, their two sons and two grandsons.
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"We are all connected; to each other biologically, to the earth chemically, to the rest of the universe atomically."
"So you're made of detritus [from exploded stars]. Get over it. Or better yet, celebrate it. After all, what nobler thought can one cherish than that the universe lives within us all?"
-Neil DeGrasse Tyson |
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