“A tortured, abused and outcast poor child in a rich school full of athletic kids much bigger and stronger than me, each day was a matter of just survival. Getting home to see Mr.Rogers on WHYY TV was always the best part of the day. I could stop, and forget about everything else, and for 30 minutes, no longer felt like I was the constant victim of a fox hunt. I only recently found out my sister also found solace in this show.
Hearing episode 3 “Fat Freddy” was a watershed moment, and I cried a lot; realizing that Fred had actually lived part of my life as well.
Many times, I’ve tried to start a YouTube version/homage of this show: but never been able to get through it due to many calamities in my life. I think that if there is anything that would make the world a better place now, it would be Mr.Rogers.
How many millions MORE children are out there like me? Feeling like they are constantly in a fox hunt, and the fox? To them, it is all a video game, at blinding speed, Mr. Roger’s “slow down” and simple quiet talking makes all the difference in the world.
There was a song “America needs you Harry Truman”. I believe it’s “America needs you Mr.Rogers.”
G-d bless you for this podcast
Jonathan F”
JonathanDHS via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
11/07/19