He was the speaker at my brother-in-law's graduation. It was a decent speech.
I always want to like him more than I actually do. Nice, extremely principled person, pianist, creative, humanist...plus there's a cool train. I love that shit at Wegman's! But Mr. Rogers walks in the door and takes off his shoes and puts on the damn sweater and I'm annoyed. I know that says way more about me than it does him, but the annoyance dates back to age 5 or so. He was a great guy and made wonderful television, just not for me, somehow.
I always want to like him more than I actually do. Nice, extremely principled person, pianist, creative, humanist...plus there's a cool train. I love that shit at Wegman's! But Mr. Rogers walks in the door and takes off his shoes and puts on the damn sweater and I'm annoyed. I know that says way more about me than it does him, but the annoyance dates back to age 5 or so. He was a great guy and made wonderful television, just not for me, somehow.