I never really got to experience Mr. Roger’s Neighborhood – as a child, I was more inclined to NOT watch creepy dudes emerge from behind train sets. In fact, I really didn’t know all that much about the show until I watched this clip which, let’s be honest, is awesomecrazy terribad. The show itself ran from 1968 to 2001, and can best be summed up like so:
Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood was characterized by its quiet simplicity and gentleness. Episodes did not have a plot, and consisted of Rogers speaking directly to the viewer about various issues, taking the viewer on tours of factories, demonstrating experiments, crafts, and music, and interacting with his friends. The half-hour episodes were punctuated by a puppet segment chronicling occurrences in the Neighborhood of Make-Believe.
I dig that the premise of this show was a cool old dude in a sweater just hanging out with you. But that’s also the premise of the Saw films. At least, I think it is, having never bothered watching beyond the first one. They’re all about make believe and old guys in sweaters, right?
Right? Right. Time to do some actual research. Brb.
OH GOD I’VE BEEN LIVING A LIE
/Paul
7 responses so far ↓
1 Luke // Feb 5, 2010 at 11:28 am
Great, I’m going to have to go wash my brain with Ajax now. Again.
2 keeraireaNORTON(anti-virus) // Feb 5, 2010 at 4:37 pm
paul, i love you.
p.s. that clip gave me much joy.
<33
3 Highly Strung // Feb 5, 2010 at 4:39 pm
Paul, bizarre in the extreme, but strangely mesmorising…
4 luke // Feb 5, 2010 at 5:16 pm
oh sweet jesus. that was fantastically distressing.
5 paul // Feb 6, 2010 at 5:55 am
Good stuff, no?
6 ozbloggers // Feb 6, 2010 at 8:51 am
do visit http://www.ozbloggers.com to ping your blog and share with others
7 blotto // Feb 7, 2010 at 11:33 am
bizarre is the right word there, i think i could watch a saw movie with out being as creeped out as i am right now
Leave a Comment