5. He might have been the most tolerant American ever. Mister Rogers seems to have been almost exactly the same off-screen as he was onscreen. As an ordained Presbyterian minister, and a man of tremendous faith, Mister Rogers preached tolerance first.
Whenever he was asked to castigate non-Christians or gays for their differing beliefs, he would instead face them and say, with sincerity, "God loves you just the way you are." Often this provoked ire from fundamentalists.
Here in the US, PBS is a commercial-free network funded entirely by donations. Their original programming is mostly documentaries and children's educational shows like Sesame Street. They fill out most of their programming blocks by airing reruns of shows that someone on the staff clearly owns on home video. I watched the anime Evangelion because someone at my local PBS affiliate owned a set of VHS tapes. Most Americans are exposed to British comedy programming through PBS.
It is literally the last network that needs to be ported to another country.
Which is why I'm surprised they have a channel here now. Its not like Five U.S or Sky Atlantic which show stuff like Boardwalk Empire, Game Of Thrones,
ect
PBS spoon feed Americans middle england corny old fashioned ye olde stuff. They should something like Top Boy on PBS.
You'll like this reason, Mysti.
All kinds of awesome. If more Christians were like him...
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That would be awesome.If the British Version did what the U.S. does, then they should show, like, Family Ties, Happy Days, and the Cosby Show.
Maybe a few episodes of Law and Order at night.
I like to think Mr. Rogers wouldn't hurt a fly. He'd convince the fly that sucking blood from people and inadvertently spreading diseases was an awfully irresponsible thing to do, and then the fly would go on a hunger strike and die hungry but repentant and go to fly heaven.
Superferret said:Mr. Rogers was someone I only really appreciated as I got older, but he's definitely an admirable person, and the world is worse off without him.
Mr. Rogers and Bob Ross FTW![]()
Jesus H. motherloving Christ, this class is boring.![]()
Research Methods. This week we get a good two hours on surveys.![]()
Manic said:Hop on the train to the Neighborhood of Make Believe, then ride a happy little cloud to a prussian blue mountain top.