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Mr Roger’s “Robert F Kennedy’s Death Special Episode”. Shows how Mr Rogers wasn’t afraid of answering the questions he knew kids have.
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This is what made Mr. Rogers a genius. He didn’t feel the need to shield children from difficult topics, nor did he try to break their magical view of the world. He spoke to kids directly, with dignity and empathy; he knew they could understand big concepts if presented to them on their own terms, in the ways they themselves communicate. So few children’s shows today (if any) bother to actually understand children.
When every other show (children’s or otherwise) was too cowardly to address 9/11, he alone explained to kids the tragedy that happened, within a context that they could understand and feel safe.
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u/Lancassa Mar 24 '23
Most children's shows nowadays just capitalize on children's short attention spans to keep them watching and coming back for ad/toy revenue instead of properly engaging them and broadening their horizons as they mature.
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u/DangWoa Mar 24 '23
Y'all need some Bluey in your life then...
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u/zjl707 Mar 24 '23
Beat me to it lol. Bluey is so wholesome my gf and I watch it sometimes and we don't have kids. I love how they talk about real topics and show examples of good and bad parenting, and how even parents can have flaws and need to apologize sometimes. Stuff like that, it's good to see.
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u/sonsofgondor Mar 24 '23
The genius of Bluey is that it teaches kids and adults alike. Seeing Bandit make the same mistakes as me and working himself through it has helped me during the times when I'm questioning myself as a father. It really is a great show all round
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u/ppprrrrr Mar 24 '23
The only downside to Bluey is how urealistically amazing the parents are.
They do have some flaws, but most of the time they are extremely engaged in whatever game is going on and spend an enormous amount of time and effort with the kids.
It makes you feel bad for not being able to do the same. Be it because of work, willingness, ability or otherwise.
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u/I-PUSH-THE-BUTTON Mar 24 '23
My youngest adores bluey and one day asked why we as parents don't do as much with them as blueys parents.
It sets fantasy levels of parental engagement. Don't get me wrong it's an amazing show, but man was that a blow when my kid asked.
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u/NewDad907 Mar 24 '23
I’ve had the “But Bluey’s dad…” over and over.
Sorry kid, but I’m not a cartoon dog that apparently doesn’t have any adult responsibilities.
At least the Daniel Tiger show actually teaches kids sometimes adults have adult things they need to do, and encourages children to use their imagination and go play until parents can play with them.
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u/sisk91 Mar 24 '23
I have a niece whose favorite "show" (if you call it that) is just kids playing with toys. I changed it immediately.
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Mar 24 '23
Consider that nowadays many children don’t play together as we did in past. A show where they can see how this works could be helpful. Please consider that even if it may sound silly to us at face value, she might be getting some positive things from it.
You don’t want her always playing in isolation, or online only.
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u/sisk91 Mar 24 '23
True but my worry is seeing other children who do consume that content while having kids to play with. Also, these shows are to sell toys. She'll see something then tell me to look at it and want me to buy it for her.
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u/PayPalsEnemy Mar 24 '23
Oh boy. Wait until you hear about He-man, Thundercats, GI JOE, Transformers, Strawberry Shortcake, etc.
I mean that sarcastically, by the way, I see what your concerns are with the program your niece consumes. However, this tactic has been around since the 1980s it's not a new concept. I applaud you for at least making the attempt in trying to cut out that type of programming though.
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u/sisk91 Mar 24 '23
Thank you. I'm fully aware of programming designed to sell kids, but this just feels much more malicious than those. He-Man was definitely for selling toys but at least there was a story to it and an adventure for the characters to go on.
This, is just two kids in bright saturated colors playing with toys, making excited noises then shoving the toy to the camera only for my niece to say how cool that toy is.
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u/wholelattapuddin Mar 24 '23
Yeah, that's kind of creepy. My favorite YouTube show is Cars Vs Sharks. It's just hot wheels type cars launching into computer generated shark jaws. My friends son loves it. All I know was we had 8 inebriated adults on the edge of their seats, waiting to see if the car makes it. Sometimes the shark eats the car, sometimes the car yeets off into infinity.
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u/Practice_NO_with_me Mar 24 '23
Jeez, what's the name of the show? That sounds like a kids show from the Robocop universe.
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u/JoefromOhio Mar 24 '23
I was talking about the tragedy of kids shows now … it’s all a fucking computer generated algorithmic bullshit. The last effort of having real people actually trying was the wiggles I’m pretty sure. Everything since is just cg animated bullshit.
Elephant show, Barney, Sesame Street, Mr Rogers all of them had HUMANS talking to kids and trying to connect and teach lessons that actually translated to the real world because it was actual people.
Fucking robot dog cops and pirate anime kids and whatever the fuck coco melon is just hits the color and sound parts of kids brains to keep them locked in. It’s crack
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u/FuzzyMagnets Mar 24 '23
Sesame Street also doesn’t shy away from hard topics either. Both excellent shows.
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u/PaperbackBuddha Mar 24 '23
His way of reframing tragic events was masterful. In the midst of the chaos, he told kids to look for the helpers.
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u/FupaHorizon Mar 24 '23 edited Mar 24 '23
Adventure time is a rare gem if you’re interested in psychology/philosophy. I mention it because the creators have a similar skill of tackling profound/difficult topics with an elegant and accessible logic.
I was really taken aback when I first started watching it. Also the guy who voices bender on futurama is one of the main characters.
Back on topic; so greatful for mister Rogers, another rare gem
Edit: multiple people have said it’s for adolescents, not children. Which is an important distinction.
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u/permalink_save Mar 24 '23
Saying this as someone who lets their young kids watch it, it's not necessarily a young kid's show. There's several episodes that are borderline nightmare fuel. I don't know that it's in the same realm of Mr Rogers. It does have some pretty crazy deep moments though. I'm in my 30s and appreciate the show.
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u/JimmyLegs50 Mar 24 '23
iirc, Sesame Street did an episode after 9/11 where Big Bird’s nest was vandalized/destroyed by an unknown person.
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u/Tyler1243 Mar 24 '23
Arthur did a post 9/11 episode about the school burning down.
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u/Sanity_LARP Mar 23 '23
I watched a lot of Mr. Rogers as a kid but it seems like the earlier stuff had a waaay different tone.
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u/Kenji_03 Mar 23 '23
He didn't aim for hard hitting shows, but when something came up he didn't shy away from it.
He didn't plan on defying segregation by sitting in a pool with a black actor, he just did when he was told not to buy executives.
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u/TheFirsttimmyboy Mar 24 '23
How much does an executive cost these days?
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u/NonarbitraryMale Mar 24 '23
If you have to ask, you can’t afford one.
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u/ThisOnePlaysTooMuch Mar 24 '23
Viewing most of his stuff as adult brings me close to tears. He had so much love to give, and he gave it so freely and genuinely. It’s always a good reminder that some people do in fact want the world to be a kinder place.
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u/Significant-Onion-21 Mar 24 '23
It definitely makes me cry as an adult
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u/ThisOnePlaysTooMuch Mar 24 '23
The pool soak with officer Clemmons always gets me.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=K6O_Ep9bY0U
This was in 1969.
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u/Significant-Onion-21 Mar 24 '23
He is just an admirable man. I also feel like there was important symbolism with the song Clemmons sang. Thanks for sharing.
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u/nikatnight Mar 24 '23
They had episodes on race. I remember watching with my dad who was a high school kid from a nonwhite neighborhood that got bussed into a white school. The show was the start of a real conversation.
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u/multiarmform Mar 24 '23
ugga mugga
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u/juliazzz Mar 24 '23
So this is where Daniel Tiger got the ugga mugga?
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u/robb04 Mar 24 '23
My kid watched Daniel tiger religiously when he was little, and the first time he gave me “ugga Muggas” I melted. That was 8 years ago, and now my two year old is learning about Ugga muggas.
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u/glemshiver Mar 24 '23 edited Mar 24 '23
The way Daniel posed the question, all of sudden, out of nowhere, it's exactly how children do. My kids act like that sometimes.
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u/Mr_Hu-Man Mar 24 '23
Same, that was hilarious honestly
But again yep, that is what kids are like and was likely the perfect way to do it instead of a long set up preparing people for a conversation
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u/One_for_each_of_you Mar 24 '23
When he said that my brain immediately went, "Listen here, you little shit!"
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u/burtwycliffe Mar 23 '23
Man… Mr Rogers was an amazing person.
As a parent watching this I am amazed at the delicate yet direct way he approaches a really tough topic.
As a kid Mr Rogers was a show I watched, it was fine but just another show. As a parent see Mr. Rogers Neighborhood for the gem that it is.
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u/ReginaldSP Mar 23 '23 edited Mar 23 '23
Fred Rogers and Levar Burton were the only two positive male role models I ever had as a child.
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u/MTFLSmitty Mar 23 '23
I guess if a kid can only have two, Fred and Levar make a pretty solid duo.
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u/Lord_Hugh_Mungus Mar 24 '23
Lone Ranger and the Professor were good too, but not Gillian.
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u/SpaceForceAwakens Mar 24 '23
The Professor from Gilligan's Island?
He was awesome — well dressed, articulate, clever, handsome, and funny. To some he's a gay icon, though it was never mentioned explicitly on the show.
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u/DelmarSamil Mar 24 '23
It's funny you mention that. As a kid, I knew that since the professor wasn't into Mary Ann or ginger, he must like guys, which seemed perfectly natural to me because I thought people could like whomever they wanted.
My grandparents never told me any different. It wasn't until middle school I learned that it wasn't acceptable to like the same sex. While I grew up liking the opposite sex, I had friends who were gay and hid it for years.
Still seems like a foreign concept to me, to care what other people like or don't like.
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u/doc_1eye Mar 24 '23
That's rough bro. Mine were mixed. Sometimes they were good examples, sometimes they were bad examples. Mr. Rogers helped me tell the difference.
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u/oki-ra Mar 24 '23
My PBS also had Bob Ross, it was really good to have them around
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u/lunayoshi Mar 24 '23 edited Mar 24 '23
I still want to get that shirt that had Bob Ross, Levar Burton, Fred Rogers, and Steve Irwin on horses with some cute caption about being the Four Horsemen of Wholesomeness or something.
EDIT: Found the shirt. Four Horsemen of Wholesomeness was right. It's on its way in the mail.
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u/RussMaGuss Mar 24 '23
As a 90’s kid, I had no idea he started his show in 1968, it’s blowing my mind!
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u/Lorzano88 Mar 23 '23
I would really recommend you to watch the full episode, it’s on YouTube. At the end, Mr Rogers talks about kids being exposed to too much violence
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u/petrefax Mar 24 '23
This really got to me too. There's just something so pure, innocent, and wholesome about this. I really hate being a cynic but it feels like I don't see things like this anymore and it hurts a little.
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u/Left-Star2240 Mar 24 '23
Because when he talked about kids being exposed to too much violence he didn’t it wasn’t a political ploy designed to deflect or place blame. He genuinely cared about children’s mental health.
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u/xxX-grumpymonk-Xxx Mar 23 '23
This guy NEVER talked down to children, a treasure through and through.
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u/xandercade Mar 24 '23
I learned my parenting style from Mr. Roger's. I don't talk down to them and don't shy away from answering the hard questions.
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u/MrFreezePeach Mar 24 '23
Sometimes its good to admit you can only give half an answer, give it, but promise to give a more complete answer at a later date.
You don't want to try and give a kid more than they can handle....but you don't want to lie to them either.
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u/xandercade Mar 24 '23
Exactly, I have always treated my daughter in a mature fashion when it comes to serious topics, and have never been ashamed to admit I didn't know something.
We actually turned into bonding experiences. If I couldn't answer her question, or I was unsure, we would look up the information we lacked, learning experience for both of us and at the same time teaching her that it was ok to admit ignorance and how seek out the answers for yourself.
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u/PositiveStress8888 Mar 23 '23
Mr Rogers was the shit, he also said when scary things happen and you don't know what to do , look for the helpers, the people that are helping, do what they are doing.
Anytime horrible things happen their are always people that show up to help
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u/rick_blatchman Mar 24 '23
I saw a car burst into flames while the owner was working on it. Before the fire department even arrived, several neighbors came around with garden hoses, buckets, and fire extinguishers of all kinds. They really pulled together to put the fire out. It sucked for the guy who owned the car, but it was nice to see people looking out for each other.
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u/ForsakenMongoose336 Mar 24 '23
What was her name on the show. Maria? I always thought,as a kid in the early 70’s, that I was going to marry her. Maybe in the next life.
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u/opermonkey Mar 24 '23
I'm an 80s guy and don't remember her but instantly felt her sweetness coming through.
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u/Gym_Tan_Optimal Mar 23 '23
If you didn't have a father, or any other positive male role models and life didn't resemble anything like The Brady Bunch, we at least had this. At the time, it was just a TV show that I watched, but never admitted to watching when I was with my friends because it wasn't cool. But, looking back now, it was all I had. A steady shining light of stability and wholesomeness in a world filled with questions and insecurity. It didn't matter if I was hiding in a motel with my mom after fleeing an abusive situation, or staying with relatives while my mom "worked things out," I could turn on the TV and see this guy and all the familiar surroundings of his world. He never seemed angry or sanctimonious, or bitter - no matter what was happening. Evrything seemed fine, because he always did the right thing. If not for him.... Idk. Then who? I wish I could have met him and thanked him for being there.
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u/Necessary-Reading605 Mar 24 '23 edited Mar 24 '23
Thanks for sharing that.
I get that TV shows nowadays want to be all edgy and cynical to the point that parodies about well good shows can last longer than the shows they parodied (like the simpsons). But to be honest, with the current state of the world. The rare thing nowadays is not war or edgy violence.
We can see any of this in the news. Sometimes I miss feel good shows and I am glad that there are exceptions like Ted Lasso.
Dunno it just feels that the older I get, goodness and kindness seem harder to find in this world, and that’s why we should treasure these things even more
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u/Gym_Tan_Optimal Mar 24 '23
I can remember that puppet, Lady Elaine, and thinking why would they use such an ugly stupid-looking puppet like that? But everyone else in the show didn't seem to mind. They accepted her and it was all good. Now I think back to that and wonder: was that on purpose? To teach us to be respectful and show love to all regardless of how they look, or skin color or whatever. I'm a biologist now and consider myself the least biggoted person I know. I feel like shit such as, racism and sexism are like cancer. I wonder how much had to do with Mr. Rogers message. It sure didn't come from the people I grew up with!
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u/moeru_gumi Mar 24 '23
Every story I’ve ever read about him meeting fans universally and without exception said that he was immensely generous with his time with EVERYONE, no matter their age. If you’d met him, he would have had all the time in the world to listen to you, even if producers were trying to pull him away. And he probably would have said he likes you just the way you are. :)
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u/Chicken_Col_Sanders Mar 23 '23
Fred Rogers is the greatest person to ever walk the earth. He wasn't afraid to talk to us as children about tough subjects like assassination, being gay, racism and other deep subjects. He helped give so many a start into understanding these things because many parents would not talk about it. I am a grown ass man who does not get overcome with emotions often, but bring on the tissues if I ever watch his documentary again. I just can't do it. Thank you Mr Rogers for all you did for all of us. I can't say that enough.
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u/Laur_duh Mar 24 '23
A true Saint
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u/SpaceForceAwakens Mar 24 '23
If more Christians were like him I'd go to church once in awhile just to talk to them.
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u/permalink_save Mar 24 '23
I named my first kid Fred and Mr Rogers was a really big reason why. He set a really high bar for us all to live our lives. He really understood the human experience.
I wish I could live his life. Instead I get angry, I drink a bit too much, eat too much, greedy, selfish, I'm a real mess. Mr Rogers and Bob Ross, both of them somehow found balance in their lives. I really envy them.
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u/Designer-Mirror-7995 Mar 24 '23
Hear Hear. Were it not for Mr Rogers I can't even guess how I would've survived my childhood. Thank you, indeed, Mr Rogers.
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u/90zGamer Mar 24 '23
there have been and are so many people just as incredible as Mr. Rogers. he happened to be on TV. I in no way mean to disrespect, but sometimes we put even the most wholesome celebrities on a pedestal that discounts the incredible volume of remarkable people consistently being amazing everyday.
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u/ZiOnIsNeXtLeBrOn Mar 24 '23
Teaching kids about life and about the terrible things in life and teaching them how to deal with it. Makes them better people in the future.
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u/eleven010 Mar 24 '23
And makes Mr Rogers a even better person for teaching such humane things to impressionable young humans!
My favorite part of Mr Rogers was the trains going through the tunnels into the other land( I can't remember what that puppet land was called)
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u/TheTattooOnR2D2sFace Mar 24 '23
Ugga Mugga indeed Daniel, Ugga Mugga indeed.
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u/athomas84 Mar 24 '23
I watched Mr Rogers a bit as a child, but I never realized until today that this is the OG Daniel Tiger! Did the new animated show steal the character and that phrase?!
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u/Laur_duh Mar 24 '23
Mr. Rogers created Daniel Tiger! The new show just continues his creation :) the new Daniel Tiger is the son of this tiger you see in the clip.
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u/monty_burns Mar 24 '23
It is produced by Fred Rogers production company, so I wouldn’t say “stole”
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u/LochAwe Mar 23 '23
8 year old me didn’t feel much like having a picnic that day, either. Life was never the same again.
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u/Scrungo_Mungo Mar 24 '23
Yeah it seems allot of children have that one event that changes them, for you it was this, for others it was watching the Challenger explode on live tv and for me, I was 11 years old watching 9/11 happen live on screen in my 6th grade class. Crazy how those events change your whole world view as a kid
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u/Kerensky97 Mar 24 '23 edited Mar 24 '23
"See, I'm different from the balloon. When I blow air out, I can breathe air back in."
"Oh.... What does assassination mean?"
LOL! Daniel isn't afraid to just drop that bomb right into the middle of the conversation. Just like a kid.
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u/Egad86 Mar 24 '23
It’s amazing how they were really able to recreate the thoughts process of a child.
Balloon has air > we breathe air > what happens if we don’t have any more air > that man on TV had a pink mist blow out of his head > what’s assassination?
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u/PissDistefano Mar 23 '23
It's fucked up but....
Anyone else bust out laughing at "What does assassination mean?" coming out of seemingly nowhere?
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u/Alternative-Iron Mar 23 '23
To be fair that’s how a lot of kids ask about stuff. They will just do a complete 180 to a totally unrelated topic out of nowhere.
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u/Mezzoforte90 Mar 23 '23
I’ve seen this before but it don’t surprise me. I think “all the air going out of your body” was sort of a soft prerequisite for asking about assassination
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u/legoshi_haru Mar 24 '23
Exactly, she tells him that people can always take air back in again, but his head is reeling on what happens when you don’t take air back in again. It’s so smartly written and in line with what a child’s thought process might be
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u/JonLongsonLongJonson Mar 24 '23
Yea, that was very clear and obvious in the video with no need to guess, I agree
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u/PissDistefano Mar 23 '23
Oh I know. I have a 6 year old son. This shit was still hilarious, though.
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u/Dizzman1 Mar 23 '23
My twins are 17 now. And I heard "what does ___ mean" more times than I can count. My son has autism so he's developmentally still about 6 or 7. Still hear it from him occasionally.
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I remember being asked is our plane going to hit a building
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u/orangejulius Mar 24 '23
Nothing like a 4 year old pointing at a woman and saying IS THAT LADY GOING TO HAVE A BABY?!
*points at a not pregnant person
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u/Dizzman1 Mar 24 '23
People excuse littles... It's when a grown ass man asks a woman when she's due that the problems begin...
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u/ActualMis Mar 23 '23
Loudly, in the grocery store: "Mommy, what's a clitoris?"
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u/PissDistefano Mar 23 '23
"Ladies and gentlemen, Mr James Taylor!"
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u/CanIBorrowAThielen Mar 24 '23
A prostitute is someone who loves no matter who you are or what you look like... 🎵🎵
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u/Kangar Mar 23 '23
Imagine how RFK felt when the assassination came out of nowhere!
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u/PhoneticRainbow Mar 24 '23
I absolutely LOLed for real 😅
I have a 7 yr old and a couple years ago Grandpa passed away. Sometimes outta nowhere he mentions death or dying or passing away and it's a surprise heavy conversation. Here I am just going about my day and all the sudden he asks "What happens when a person passes away?" And I'm like...uuuuuhhhhhh...😦
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u/GratefulForGarcia Mar 24 '23
TBH I thought she was going to pop the balloon to demonstrate what happened to JFK
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u/kozilla Mar 24 '23
It wasn’t really out of no where. I feel like the question about what happens if you blow all your air out was leading into it. Like that was a child’s way of asking about death.
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u/delightfulfupa Mar 24 '23
Yeah the first time I saw this clip with no prior explanation I woke my wife up laughing so fucking hard
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u/tysonesque Mar 23 '23
Yea , caught me off guard. Must have been some surreal days/weeks even for an adult , let alone children. This video is such a trip.
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u/MattyNiceGuy Mar 23 '23
There’s something wrong with my eyes, I gotta go.
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u/Chicken_Col_Sanders Mar 24 '23
Nothing is wrong with your eyes. Seems you are human.
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u/Delicious-Ad1917 Mar 24 '23
I have the cold black ice covered heart of a sarcastic, jaded, autistic 40+ yo male and my eyes are broken too.
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u/ActualMis Mar 23 '23
Mr. Rogers has my vote for greatest American of all time.
If they tried to do that on a children's show nowadays, the OuTrAgEd PaRenT brigade would have a shit fit.
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u/ghighcove Mar 24 '23
Now that we're all grown up, we can all agree she was hot, right?
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u/Back_Alley420 Mar 23 '23
I forget what it is called but I watched a documentary on mr rogers that was sooo good! He was quite a man
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u/alwayswingingit Mar 23 '23
Won’t You Be My Neighbor? That one featured his wife and children and had everyone in the theater crying multiple times by the time it was over when I went to see it
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u/eleven010 Mar 24 '23
Why do we cry when we hear stories of such kindness and honest selflessness?
Is it because it is so rare and so beautiful?
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u/Misswinterseren Mar 24 '23
I learned a lot from Mr. Rogers and helping children deal with difficult subjects was definitely one of his talents. Death ,Segregation all sorts of things. I started every day with Mr. Rogers he was the best.
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u/Miserable_Week_2961 Mar 23 '23
She’s beautiful 😍
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u/heyitscory Mar 24 '23
Before everyone got crushes on Big Comfy Clown and the Pink girl from Lazytown, we had the likes of Betty Aberlin and Shari Lewis smoking up our TV sets.
And how cute was Frenchie on Shining Time Station?
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u/ThisOnePlaysTooMuch Mar 24 '23
I lost too many friends at a young age. Some funerals I attended, some I didn’t. That “picnic” discussion at the end was beautiful. We all mourn differently. There’s no right way.
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u/highs_a_kite Mar 24 '23
Honestly I was gonna laugh and make a joke but they did a real good job at getting that message out I think to the target audience
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u/renniechops Mar 24 '23
I’d rather talk about a lot of shit another day and stay here with my balloon too, Daniel
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u/Enichola10 Mar 23 '23
I’m sorry but the pacing and comedic timing of this is hilarious to me…
exhales into balloon breathes in
Ahhhh
exhales into balloon breathes in
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What does assassination mean?
Lol!
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u/ScarfMachine Mar 24 '23
It’s actually super accurate to having kids. I felt real emotion at that moment because I have young kids, and that kind of timing about something they’re unsure of and nervous about is perfect. It felt like my kid asking me a big question suddenly.
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u/PoxyMusic Mar 24 '23
I did that when I was a kid. We had a houseguest visiting from Germany, and in a lull in the conversation at the dinner table I asked “So, what about the Nazis?” I had been watching a lot of reruns of “Hogan’s Hero’s”, and thought Sergeant Schultz was very funny.
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u/SnooStrawberries8174 Mar 24 '23
All this talk on how great Mr. Rogers was (and I agree he was) but no one is going to comment how freaking hot Lady Aberlin is?? Seriously 😆
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u/ApplesInOC Mar 24 '23
I just had a son. I plan to always be honest when he asks the hard questions
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u/modsarebeaches Mar 24 '23
Dropped that bomb outta nowhere lol
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u/Bright_Broccoli1844 Mar 24 '23
It was the current event at the time, and real children heard the adults talking about it or saw the news story on television. But yes, it was jarring.
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u/BarBeeeGirl Mar 24 '23
What makes him so amazing is he didn't talk down to the kids and in that day and age meant a lot
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u/moonshinensc Mar 24 '23
We need more shows like mr Rogers and reading rainbow. In today's society we need more positive tv shows.
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u/est1-9-8-4 Mar 24 '23
The four horsemen of my youth were reading rainbow burton, Fred penner, mr dressup and Mr rogers.
Honourable mentions to wishbone, ghost writer, the odyssey, degraassi original, Carmen san Diego, ready or not, John Candy and sctv, PSI factor, the outer limits, xena worrior princess, sinbad, married with children… ok I’m old I dunno where I was going with this comment. Hahaha
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u/PopADoseY0 Mar 24 '23
Who is the wonderful lady here? This was great and her gentle tone really made it. I wish I grew up watching Mr. Roger's. I had caught it briefly here and there at times, but it has been a long time.
I mainly remember him switching his shoes up and did he have a train set that went through his house? I gotta go watch this again!
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u/small1slandgirl Mar 24 '23
The "what does assassination mean?" out the blue nearly made me spit out my drink 😂
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u/bluitwns Mar 24 '23
"Some men see things as they are and say why. I dream things that never were and say why not." - Robert F. Kennedy.
I wrote my final thesis in college on his campaign run. He showed the country what it looked like in the mirror and encouraged us to go above and beyond and become the nation we told ourselves and the world. To make good on the promises and turn the lies into truth.
And they shot him for it, they shot anyone who did something similar. Bobby, his brother, MLK, Malcolm X, etc.
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u/dE3L Mar 24 '23
Sarah Silverman never ages.
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u/notaconversation Mar 24 '23
I immediately saw the resemblance to, I wonder if there's any relation
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u/CrankyPelicans Mar 23 '23
We need a new episode to help kids understand "what does 'school shooting' mean?"
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u/spasmoidic Mar 24 '23
he came out of retirement to do a special PSA on 9/11, and holy shit did that floor me at the time
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u/Garlicnotdreadlochs Mar 24 '23
That Ugga mugga hit hard, Mr Rogers Neighborhood was an amazing show.
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u/byronicrob Mar 24 '23
Her beauty looks so modern, like a time traveler from our time..
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u/crazy4finalfantasy Mar 24 '23
Thank you for being my friend and neighbor Mr. Rogers. I've messed up pretty bad throughout the years but I'm trying my best and I know you'd be proud.
I was going to make a joke here about onions but nah Mr. Rogers brings good tears
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u/Joaje-Joestar Mar 24 '23
This always makes me cry. It speaks to the kind of fear we never quite grow out of in a way that people of any age can understand and feel catharsis from.
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u/Meb2x Mar 24 '23
Not only are kids shows now too scared to discuss real issues, they probably wouldn’t be allowed to discuss this even if they tried. There’s no way this episode would be allowed to air today because people would complain it’s too inappropriate or that’s it’s indoctrinating kids.
Mr Rogers was so great because he wasn’t scared to discuss big issues like this. He knew that kids were smarter than adults gave them credit for, and he made it his goal to teach kids in a way that wasn’t condescending. We desperately need more people like Mister Rogers
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u/riedmae Mar 24 '23
We never earned Fred Rogers. We still haven't. We have a debt to pay to ourselves to earn the right to live in a world where Fred Rogers existed. He is the standard.
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u/VirtualLife76 Mar 24 '23
Looks like Marisa Tomei.
RR was an amazing teacher, sadly too lost today.
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u/hugg777 Mar 24 '23
There’s a wonderful documentary of Mr.Rogers on HBO. He had such love for people and children. A wonderful caring human being.
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u/mynameisrainer Mar 24 '23
Remember when Foxnews said Mr Roger's was a detriment to kids because he was nice, accepting, open, and honest?
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