# Mr. Rogers... DEAD?!?!
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-rogers-dead/158368
**Category:** The BBQ Pit
**Created:** [March 1, 2003, 8:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-rogers-dead/158368 "2003-03-01T08:02:59Z")
**Posts on this page:** 18
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### Author:  [@bludaycious\_babe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bludaycious_babe)
#### Post date: [March 1, 2003, 8:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-rogers-dead/158368/1 "2003-03-01T08:02:59Z")
Does anyone else thinks Mr. Rogers dying is appalling? I thought he’d never die. And how many pairs of shoes does he have exactly? (correction: did have) I want them. All. Shoooooooeeeessss… I wonder how big his feet are… Crazy, but hey… I have been brainwashed by his singing and the constant changing of shirts and shoes. :eek:
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### Author:  [@Soup\_du\_jour](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soup_du_jour)
#### Post date: [March 1, 2003, 8:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-rogers-dead/158368/2 "2003-03-01T08:27:10Z")
Mr Rogers was, quite possibly, the most stand-up guy that the entertainment industry has ever seen.
He shall be missed, along with his sweaters.
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### Author:  [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)
#### Post date: [March 1, 2003, 11:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-rogers-dead/158368/3 "2003-03-01T11:07:11Z")
Most of his sweaters were knitted by his mom.
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### Author:  [@Bad\_News\_Baboon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bad_News_Baboon)
#### Post date: [March 1, 2003, 11:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-rogers-dead/158368/4 "2003-03-01T11:49:04Z")
I thought those were cardigans?
Babs,
The Rogers purist.
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### Author:  [@amarone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarone)
#### Post date: [March 1, 2003, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-rogers-dead/158368/5 "2003-03-01T12:43:53Z")
Who was Mr. Rogers?
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### Author:  [@Cosmopolitan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cosmopolitan)
#### Post date: [March 1, 2003, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-rogers-dead/158368/6 "2003-03-01T19:40:54Z")
> [@](#):
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> Who was Mr. Rogers?
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Oh, dear… Everyone should get to know the childhood joy that is _Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood_, I think; he’s right up there with The Muppet Show (Hm. Jim Henson’s dead as well… I’m sensing a disturbing pattern here.).
Google “Fred Rogers children”; you’ll find out all about the illustrious Mr. Rogers & his children’s show.
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### Author:  [@Cosmopolitan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cosmopolitan)
#### Post date: [March 1, 2003, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-rogers-dead/158368/7 "2003-03-01T19:42:24Z")
…Or have I been thoroughly wooshed?
:dubious:
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### Author:  [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)
#### Post date: [March 1, 2003, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-rogers-dead/158368/8 "2003-03-01T22:37:18Z")
> [@](#):
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> \*Originally posted by Bad News Baboon \*
> **I thought those were cardigans?**
Nope, as my girlfriend refers to them, they are “Mr. Roger’s sweaters”.
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### Author:  [@Lobelia\_Overhill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobelia_Overhill)
#### Post date: [March 1, 2003, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-rogers-dead/158368/9 "2003-03-01T22:50:38Z")
Who?
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### Author:  [@Joyfulgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joyfulgirl)
#### Post date: [March 2, 2003, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-rogers-dead/158368/10 "2003-03-02T01:03:54Z")
It’s such a good feeling to know you’re alive.
It’s such a happy feeling: You’re growing inside.
And when you wake up ready to say,
“I think I’ll make a snappy new day.”
It’s such a good feeling, a very good feeling,
The feeling you know that we’re friends.
☹
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### Author:  [@bludaycious\_babe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bludaycious_babe)
#### Post date: [March 2, 2003, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-rogers-dead/158368/11 "2003-03-02T01:17:04Z")
Poor ol’ Mister Rogers. Let him **R.I.P.** He will be miss dearly. If you DON’T know who he is… **What the hell were you watching when you were kids?! Do you own a tv set at all?**
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### Author:  [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)
#### Post date: [March 2, 2003, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-rogers-dead/158368/12 "2003-03-02T01:19:39Z")
Well, Lobelia seems to be from Ireland, so she -like myself- may not know who mr. Rogers was. I know now, after having read about it on the boards, but I didn’t know beforehand.
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### Author:  [@bludaycious\_babe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bludaycious_babe)
#### Post date: [March 2, 2003, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-rogers-dead/158368/13 "2003-03-02T04:50:18Z")
> [@](#):
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> \*Originally posted by Coldfire \*
> \*\*Well, Lobelia seems to be from Ireland, so she -like myself- may not know who mr. Rogers was. I know now, after having read about it on the boards, but I didn’t know beforehand. \*\*
If you live outside of the US it’s completely understandable if you didn’t know who Mr. Rogers was. 🙂
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### Author:  [@Lear\_s\_fool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lear_s_fool)
#### Post date: [March 2, 2003, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-rogers-dead/158368/14 "2003-03-02T05:39:44Z")
this is kinda updeat for the pit
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### Author:  [@Philosophocles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Philosophocles)
#### Post date: [March 2, 2003, 7:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-rogers-dead/158368/15 "2003-03-02T07:17:44Z")
We’re BBQing stomach cancer–damn you, you bastard stomach cancer…HOW DARE YOU TAKE AWAY OUR MR. ROGERS!!! We’re gonna kick your ass someday, stomach cancer, hopefully.
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### Author:  [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)
#### Post date: [March 2, 2003, 7:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-rogers-dead/158368/16 "2003-03-02T07:33:14Z")
This may come as a shock to some folk, but actually nobody gets to live forever. Even Mr Rogers. Whoever he is.
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### Author:  [@The\_Raven\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Raven_1)
#### Post date: [March 2, 2003, 7:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-rogers-dead/158368/17 "2003-03-02T07:50:48Z")
> [@](#):
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> \*Originally posted by GuanoLad \*
> \*\*This may come as a shock to some folk, but actually nobody gets to live forever. Even Mr Rogers. Whoever he is. \*\*
Yeah, but it’s a shock when it happens to some folk, knowwhutimean? The man had serenity down to an art form. I realize there’s no cultural frame of reference I can give ya…
Just the cacklings of a corvid…
-Rav
☹
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### Author:  [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)
#### Post date: [March 2, 2003, 8:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-rogers-dead/158368/18 "2003-03-02T08:28:51Z")
Quoth the Raven. He’s never more.