Won't You Be My Neighbor? (2018)

I would say may he rest in peace but if he is not resting in peace then the rest of us are fucked.

I'm amazed there's not a cult surrounding him. Jesus was mostly myth, but Fred Rogers was everything Jesus was supposed to be and right before our eyes. He's literally the only person you can bring up and I'll get teary. No dead dogs or relatives. Just Mr. Fucking Rogers.

During the last marathon, the actress who played Lady Aberlin hung out in twitch chat and was giving some insight (although just one side of it obviously). It sounded like most of the cast was all in on his mission and he had basically anointed Chuck Aber as his successor, but PBS didn’t pick up their pitch for a continuation of the show. It also sounded like she had some sort of beef with Mr. McFeely lol. She got pretty passive aggressive/sarcastic when he showed up in an episode and she was in chat.

I think his influence was strongest with the 70s/80s kids. I remember reading some interview where Mr Rogers was in NYC in the early 2000s and some kid didn’t recognize him, but the parent did and freaked out when the kid was rude. He used some child psychology and got the kid to behave, though (kid had some sword and he thought it was a possible projection of wanting to appear strong, so he called the kid on it but let him know he was strong without the sword)

If you can make it through his acceptance speech without getting misty you are a robot.

I'm pretty confident that Betty Aberlin was responsible for my first pre-adolescent boner. She was a total knock-out when she was younger and managed to hang in there pretty well for a while.

The 1968 episodes are currently on Twitch. I jumped in and Betty Aberlin is in chat (or was). Good if you want some behind the scenes insight.

Just watched this the other day. Get ready to sob like a bitch if you see it. The trailer itself is hard enough.

Maybe the greatest man to live in our lifetimes?

Just watched this. Yeah, you kind of have to go into it knowing that you'll sob like a little bitch at some point.

The man really was a damn saint.

Hes such a strange man. I kept waiting to hear the dark side come to light, or some kind of scandal. But turns out, the dude was the real deal, which is pretty amazing. I watched this documentary and found it pretty fascinating.