Of course, it completely missed the point of Mister Rogers, at least Mister Rogers as I, and most of the world, experienced him, but then how could it not? Mister Rogers spoke softly, calmly, and he paused almost as much as he spoke, often for a long time. Like many, my brother and I watched “Mister Rogers” long after we left the 2-5 target audience. When Eddie Murphy debuted “Mister Robinson’s Neighborhood” on “Saturday Night Live” in 1981, no one laughed harder than those of us in the original “Mister Rogers” audience. But Fred Rogers was also magic, plain and simple, and to understand that, well, you really had to be there.

Source: Los Angeles Times November 30, 2019 13:52 UTC