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Tentacles / Announcer / Bus Driver / Cop / Fish Guy / Mailman / Male Fish #2 / Clint / Customer / Customer #4 / Customers / DJ / Employee / Fish #108 / Fish #4 / Fish #68 / Fish 4 / Fish Husband / Health Inspector / Kelpy G / Male Fish #4 / Self / Squidward Tenatcles / Acorn / Administrator / Angel Fish / Announcer #1 / Another Fish / Another Random Fish / Artist / Audience Fish #3 / Balloon Two / Band Member #3 / Beard / Big Fish / Bike Fish / Bill / Blowtorch / Bonsai / Boss / Bubble Person / Bubble Principal / Bus Passenger / Business Fish #5 / Captain Lutefisk / Charles / Child / Chintzy McGee / Chocking Fish / Choir / Clerk / Cloud / Clown Flea / Club Members / Construction Fish #2 / Construction Worker / Cop #107 / Cop #108 / Creepy Customer / Crowd Member #3 / Customer #6 / Customer #8 / D. Fred Rogers WAS a nice guy.Ĭlearly we need another show like Mr.SpongeBob SquarePants Squidward Tentacles / Squidward / Doctor / Customer #2 / Fish #1 / Customer #1 / Customer #3 / Fish #2 / Salesman / Delivery Fish / Fish #107 / Mrs. Here's some of Fred Rogers's thoughts on fears from his official websiteĪlthough he's been parodied many times, he was clearly loved and respected because more than anything else, Fred Rogers wasn't just an actor playing a nice guy.
Rogers goes to the Doctor, and even gets a needle. These may sound simple, but to a child it had a big impact.
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Fred Rogers knew this, and he often would satisfy their curiosity and allay their fears by talking about things that children may not have understood, like bad dreams, TV monsters and ghosts, going to the Doctor or a barking dog. Young children are curious, and sometimes their curiosity can make them shy or afraid of things they don't understand. who they are, what they do, where they go and most importantly, it was a show about being friendly, kind and polite to your neighbors. The show wasn't about learning the alphabet, spelling, science, math or the things they test you on.
and Fred Rogers took for granted.ĭo you see how different that is? He knew that kids were fascinated by all the simple things like the mailman, the fireman, and well. Actually, I should say everyday things that everybody except kids. Everything that followed was just a flow of everyday things that everybody takes for granted. Each show began the same way Fred Rogers took off his shoes, put on sneakers and a sweater and then he said "Hi Neighbor". The show itself didn't have a plot, or an agenda. Rogers' Neighborhood was a bit like Seinfeld. Don't get me wrong, I love the fact that children have a lot more diversity of characters, and they gain as much watching TV as they would in many pre-schools, but they lack the kind of heart Fred Rogers brought to children through his show. These shows are formulated and tested by focus groups that end up producing a highly polished, but watered down message. entertainment or purely academic education.
So many of today's children's shows are the product of two distinct factories of thought. There are countless shows geared at children today, including some very high quality shows, but there's a big hole in children's television where Mr. More than anything, I was thinking about how so many of today's children will never know who he was. Today I was thinking about Fred Rogers, and how special Mr.
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