Really..? Dang...I don't think I ever saw the tv show.
ETA: And it started when I was 10.
Really..? Dang...
I'm curious as to how a rather odd, little kid tv show host, provides enough horse power to have a movie biography (I guess) done about him unless: He did some outlandish behavior off the set and was it was kept on the down low until now...
Basically. Listen to his testimony to the senate subcommittee on communications in 1969:By every account I have ever read he was a genuinely ultra decent guy who only wanted children to be treated decently.
Beat me to it. Had the link copied and ready to paste. He was instrumental in getting.public TV funded.Basically. Listen to his testimony to the senate subcommittee on communications in 1969:
By every account I have ever read he was a genuinely ultra decent guy who only wanted children to be treated decently.
Interesting fact about him is that he was a huge figure in the USSR.I'm curious as to how a rather odd, little kid tv show host, provides enough horse power to have a movie biography (I guess) done about him
I suspect he ruined a generation by telling them that they were all special.
I disagree, Gen X & Millennials took it to a whole new level, even a different galaxy.Among other things, he was a Presbyterian minister. He was a very genuine person and lived as he believed. He thought children's shows should do more than just advertise toys.
I never liked his show. Much bigger fan of Captain Kangeroo. My sisters loved Mr. Rogers. I guess it's that "non-threatening" manner.
I suspect he ruined a generation by telling them that they were all special. They told their children that and the Millennials were inflicted on the world.