The Ugly Side of Kids TV

[@PaperWill]

**Notes and Corrections (…of which there are many)** 1. Thanks again to Nord VPN for sponsoring this video nordvpn.com/paperwill and coupon code paperwill for a 2 year plan with 30 day money back guarantee. Down at the bottom of this comment you’l find some of my favorite region-restricted Japanese music. 2. As always, I got some stuff wrong. Here's a list of my dumb, dumb mistakes. A) When the Flintstones originally aired, it turns out that it was geared more towards families than just kids. That rebranding happened a couple years later, so grouping the show into "Kids TV" was a mistake. B) OMG is apparently a super common vape flavor of orange, mango, and guava….all of which are clearly visible on that product box. Whoops. (Although I stand by my statement that Puffbar targeted young users, as there were ads from the company talking about how you could take a break from “parental texts”.) C ) Keiko the orca’s reintroduction to the wild was much more complex than I went into here. Despite some problems, their quality of life was still given a massive step up and shouldn't be viewed as a bad thing. It had ups and downs, and while not necessarily a massive success, it was still better than the alternative. D) In the video, I argued that most internet theories about Dan Schneider were speculative. At the time, there had yet to appear a direct allegation by a former child star or performer that had worked with him to substantiate these rumors. But a couple of days after this video’s release, Jeanette McCurdy (a Schneider show veteran) released her new book “I’m Glad My Mom Died”. This memoir is easily the most damning evidence against Schneider we've ever seen, and I’d encourage everyone to believe McCurdy’s account as well as to ignore my outdated video info. You can find her book here: www.amazon.com/Im-Glad-My-Mom-Died/dp/1982185821 3. Wanna see some bloopers? They’ll be appearing over on Paper Will’s Garbage Can, my sub channel! kzbin.info/door/w6W11eNE-cwaDoSjjIstvQvideos 4. If you like my stuff and are in a financially stable place, consider joining my Patreon where you'll find more behind the scenes stuff and production updates. But as always, nothing on my Patreon is behind a paywall, so if you're curious, take a look! www.patreon.com/paperwill Finally, here’s that music! A) kzbin.info/www/bejne/ooeseaygbtaJr5I This is called “Happy Wedding” and it’s from one of my favorite groups, Yabai T-Shirtsyasan. It’s a song about a couple on their first date, being pushed to go get married at the local city hall by the band. B) kzbin.info/www/bejne/imXYdKN9qtKigNk Another great song from them about being failures in life. Fun! C) kzbin.info/www/bejne/mWexZah4gL-Ym7c　Kuroki Nagisa's "Hone". My absolute favorite song of all time, and I promise it'll be one of yours if you listen start to finish. The ending around 03:05 is killer. This song's apparently also a bit less restricted (some have said it's region locked for them, others have said it's not) but you should check it out regardless.

[@platinumdiamond7]

y do you not have more subscribers tho? You've earned it.

[@kristinfrostlazerbeams]

Luckily for you, paper can be recycled and made into more paper so you are like a paper Phoenix rising from the ashes. 😆 Welcome back.

[@CoduhyMinecraft]

Omg is the worst puff flavor just had to let it be known

[@The_Blue_Otaku]

Fun Fact: in 1971 the first anime to target teenagers/young adult as it's main audience was Lupin The Third based on the manga writen by Kazuhiko Katō (or known by the pen name Monkey Punch) that started pubishing in 1967 fallowing the cime based escapades/heists of master thief Lupin The Ⅲrd grandson of the gentleman thief Arsène Lupin

[@The_Jimmy_Turner]

You might want to add that you accidentally said it's somewhat Nintendo's fault for everyone getting seizures from the pokemon episode despite the fact it would be Game Freak's fault since Nintendo doesn't make the Pokemon anime

[@Peringon]

Something I love about Mr. Roger's speech to senate is that when he says the first line of the song "What do you do with the anger you feel?" He clarifies to the senator "That line came straight from a child". What makes people who work on children's tv so amazing is that they understand kids have complex feelings that they express in what simple vocabulary they have.

[@LittleMissLounge]

This is why I will never concede that insulting bullshit argument "It's just a kid's show. Kids don't care if it's bad."

[@justanothermortal1373]

I love Mr. Roger so much. Wish we had more people like him.

[@minnion2871]

@@LittleMissLounge It's less that kids don't care that its bad and more "They don't have enough experience to realize just how bad it is until they experience good content to contrast it with.... and even then they might not know how to express that they don't like something in a way the grown ups take seriously...." At which point they look back on their childhood and wonder "Why did my parents let me watch this shit?"

[@Sdir]

@@minnion2871 omg literally our situation

[@minnion2871]

@@Sdir And then of course getting the adults that actually have power over the animation industry to listen is still a difficult to do since many of the old guys in charge still think in the false dichotomy of "If it's not inappropriate for kids then its a kids show and kids will watch anything so we don't need to try....")

[@bio9leader60]

As a child who was abused and neglected, that Mr. Rogers bit made me actually cry. I never had anyone to tell me I matter. In fact, I had several people insisting I didn't matter. Or much worse. Something like that is so much more important than most people know.

[@tuwubah]

i unfortunately have the same situation. he's so comforting even though he knows nothing about me. it's lovely

[@99sins]

exact same thing. I still can't stop. God where was this man when I had no one I could trust.

[@thepeanutgallery6100]

Idk if this will help but I just wanted to let you all know that you all matter and you have value and you all are loved dearly never forget that.

[@theamazinggamerperson3474]

Sorry you had to go through that

[@mosshivenetwork117]

Sorry that happened to you.

[@Ganondorfdude11]

The Flintstones had cigarette ads because it wasn't a kids' show in its time, it was a primetime show like the Simpsons is today.

[@mal2ksc]

Some of the humor was pretty risqué for the day too, because it wasn't considered a kids' show. Basically if it would fly on _The Honeymooners,_ they'd imitate it.

[@jack-a-lopium]

Makes me think of the recent 'outrage' over the TV show Friends... it was literally broadcast after 9pm to young adults, with subjects that young adults might find interesting and funny... it's only become 'controversial' now that reruns are being aired constantly round the clock... so you end up with post-watershed (yes I understand that is a British concept, and likely means nothing in the US) humour and situations broadcast at breakfast, or at 3pm when young kids might come into contact... the demo was never for people that young.

[@Ganondorfdude11]

@@mal2ksc It was the Honeymooners set in the Stone Age but without the wife-beating jokes.

[@blungus123]

@@jack-a-lopium I think people's problems with Friends have less to do with perceived raunchyness and more to do with the way they handled certain subject matters aging rather poorly (see the handling of Chandler's father's sexuality).

[@jack-a-lopium]

@@blungus123 Yeah, must admit... I avoid all of that social media stuff, so I'm not 100% certain.

[@morganleanderblake678]

I met Fred Rogers when I was 5 in the 80s. My babysitter and I took a train and two busses for me to sit in the audience for a live recording at the Boston Museum of Science. They didn't show this part on the television show, but he would spend hours with the kids in his audience. He would just hang out with us in a room full of the kids and their parents/etc. I remember really clearly how little he talked while he was with us. He just listened. And when kids would interrupt or be impatient he would be so gentle and say I'm so excited to hear their story too, can you help me listen? God, he was a saint of a man. Looking back it was like he was imparting empathy lessons to us by just showing us how to exist together.

[@punkrckr6889]

This comment genuinely got me choked up, I miss this man so much 😭

[@Slenderquil]

"Would you help me listen" is such a perfect way to respond to interrupting people. What a wise man

[@ryanthoms]

I used to watch his show all the time growing up in the 2000’s, I miss the guy dearly. I think he imparted a lot of his kindness to so many kids, so absolutely awesome to hear that he basically single-handedly saved the network that defined my childhood.

[@bswtsp21]

Watching the segment with Mr. Roger’s makes me want to cry. He was such a kind and gentle and loving man. We need some of that these days.

[@mharlon09.]

I remember my parents prohibited me to watch The Fairly Oddparents because people in church said they made kids be "disrespectful" and it "mocked" parents, when in retrospective, Timmy had Cosmo and Wanda because his parents didn't even want him and neglected him 💀

[@ltchugacast131]

“Oh that’s my chest of hopes and dreams! That’s ok. Those dreams died years ago… How long ago? How old are you?” That line made everything click for me.

[@nellkellino-miller7673]

Yep, I think it's actually really important for some kid's shows to teach kids to disobey and subvert their parents' authority if their parents abuse that authority. I'm really grateful for show like that, as someone whose single mother was a deeply neurotic, emotionally neglectful narcissist. It taught me to notice things like gaslighting, which in turn taught me to build the right emotional defense mechanisms to said gaslighting. Shows that teach kids to blindly obey their parents are undoubtedly responsible for many abuse victims not speaking out or even realising there's a problem in the fist place.

[@knucklestheyoutuber4694]

As someone who has been through mental abuse, trauma, and grooming (not by my parents, hell, my parents fucking love me to death and i love them to death), I feel really disgusted when I get told that I should listen to my abusers because they are older. It makes me feel like I don't matter, that my situation is petty and meaningless. I'm basically being silenced by someone I look up to, and it really hurts when I'm told I should just listen to the abuser because their an adult and they know what's right and wrong, and that I'm the stupid 13 year old indian boy who has ADHD and autism. Whenever somebody even starts to say "well, they were kind of right about one thing" I get really pissed off because they are indirectly victim-blaming me. Sorry for the long textwall

[@nebulanova4761]

I remember when that was a controversal show for that very reason... It was one of my favorites and luckily my parents didn't see any problems with it because it's a cartoon and it's not like Timmy does anything to wrong or disrespect his parents (besides a few episodes where he rebels against them or the other terrible adults in his life) without having some big apology at the end of the episode, followed by a joke to wrap it up. Yeah, the show depicted adults as pretty terrible, but any kid could of took that and said "wow, I'm glad my family, teacher, baby-sitter, w/e isn't like that". TLDR; However you teach your kid to think, that is how they are going to view the show

[@dhruvakhera5011]

@@knucklestheyoutuber4694 do u have adhd? 🤔 not being offensive but kinda doubt since u said 13 as well cause it can be that you can't study with your phone around you.

[@Stripeschan]

Mr Rogers was a great man an it's honestly heart breaking how many adults, especially parents, didn't like him. They hated that he was giving kids confidence and telling them that each one was special because they "didn't earn it". They felt like those kids were gaining a sense of entitlement because the nice man on TV was being too kind to their children. All Fred Rogers wanted was to help kids grow and learn and have confidence in themselves. And that speech in this video proves it. Long live Mr Rogers.

[@henrybyrd8381]

Dude, he was probably a time traveler.

[@alpyki2588]

There has to be a balance between praise and criticism. Too little and you get confidence issues. Too much and you get over confidence issues that can be just as bad, if not worse, than having no confidence. Florence Foster Jenkins is a great example of that. She couldn't sing opera and was constantly showered with praise because people found her so darn funny to listen to. She didn't get that people were laughing at her, until she gave one public concert. She died 5 days later of a heart attack. True, she was 76, but one has to wonder if all the negative attention received all at once had contributed to it. Had someone told her privately she was terrible at it, her name wouldn't be synonymous with terrible singers. Everyone would like to be informed if they were doing something wrong, or embarrassing, or questionable.

[@michibmoon]

@@alpyki2588 ​ You can praise and criticize kids. That's what discipline is for. You can tell a child to improve what they are working on. That's why grading systems exist. They should be able to recognize what their strengths and weaknesses are. Some children grow up in broken homes where nobody tells them they are loved or special. I think that demographic is the one Mr. Rodgers was catering to hence being on a channel that is only run by donations. He interned to cater to the hearts of children who are having to grow up too quick and balance school, stress, death, abuse, neglect, and so many unfortunate things. They need the reminder that they are loved the most. The truth is, everyone needs a reminder now and again that they are loved. It makes us feel good to know that someone cares about our struggles or accomplishments. The opera singer example you gave is a good one about lack of criticism. It does seem that the people who were hyping her up really didn't care about her though. They actively wanted to watch her crumble. That is praise but used with negative intentions. I do agree that there needs to be a balance. Mr. Rodgers was trying to create that balance for some children. He knows that far too many kids start out life being expected to behave like adults.

[@Hamilton-TheMusical]

This comment made me cry when the video couldn’t (on the inside though, I’mi’m in public)

[@zaodedong9935]

I can't help but think of how many children he probably helped who were being abused, bullied, or made to feel like they were nothing. He told those children, "I like you for being you."

[@misterwyrd8132]

Not gonna lie the bit with Mr. Roger's made me cry. I was one of the kids growing up in a Bad Household like he spoke of (abuse, conflict, violence, neglect, manipulation all the typical dysfunctional family stuff) and my favorite show as a kid was Mr. Roger's Neighborhood. In hindsight after seeing this I wonder how much of me being able to break the dysfunctional cycle almost my entire family is consumed by was due to him just being kind and saying we all mattered and I had a choice in my behavior at such an early age.

[@averysspookshowspectacular6205]

I've had this absolute passion since I was like 4, that I wanted to be a teacher, specifically for elementary. That's what I've been working towards, special education for elementary students. Mr. Rogers must have been my earliest inspiration for that. It had me crying, and I never cry (my tear ducts don't work super well).

[@princesspikachu3915]

I adore Mr. Rogers and my 6 year old daughter adores him as well. She really likes simple puppets as a result.

[@davidhatred7275]

same, i'm a brit so we never had mr rogers but learning about him and the sort of person he tried to be just makes me go all weepy, too beautiful for a world like this.

[@mynameisworld]

Those of us who are older have a different memory of Mister Rogers than the young'uns in these comments. Back when the show was still in production, I was always horribly teased for watching Mister Rogers. He was very much NOT a beloved figure when he was alive. Mister Rogers was treated as a joke by most people. I kept watching him secretly in my own room, all the way into college, and when the show ended I kept watching the reruns. During that time, other adults and teenagers would still joke about him, saying how "creepy" he was and making up rumors about what the believed were his true actions toward kids, making accusations about the interest he showed in the kids on his show and the way he looked at them. Then he died. That very day, the people who had always called him creepy and had made up lies about him suddenly claimed to have always been his biggest fan. So for us older folks, Mister Rogers is either a very secret, private show in which he talked only to the one person watching, or he was a creepy pedo joke. Most often it's the creepy pedo joke. Now, I've seen how the young people talk online. If these kids in this video's comments had been alive back in our time, most of the kids claiming to have been sad to see him on this video would be making the creepy pedo jokes instead. Most of these kids are only "sad" because it's cool to be sad now that he's dead. They don't know anything about him but the fake give-me-sympathy garbage that is STILL thrown around by people who insulted him for years only to pretend to be hurt when he died.

[@princesspikachu3915]

@@mynameisworld I was a teenager when the final episode aired in 2001. I was never teased. Then again I never told anyone I was watching it. It wasn’t as taboo as Barney, Sesame Street, Teletubbies, Caillou, Sagwa, or Dragon Tales. I was a closet fan of those last two.

[@urphakeandgey6308]

If you think kids television is bad, imagine how bad online children's content is. We literally have a generation being raised off KZbin Kids and other streaming services as we speak.

[@yesseru]

Elsagate for example, softcore fetish porn aimed at children.

[@FourteenWords-n4l]

Missing comment.

[@gigaprofisi]

​@@FourteenWords-n4ltwo of them now

[@_.rainydays._]

​@@FourteenWords-n4l??

[@SineN0mine3]

​@@FourteenWords-n4l I can't imagine what people were saying that KZbin wouldn't want us to know about in response to that particular comment....

[@thekingofcheese9005]

The thought of a room of adults having a serious meeting to talk about Tinky-Winky being gay propaganda has always been hilarious to me.

[@xoselhket]

Me too. I remember laughing so hard and still do. They were things, creatures that spoke jibberish (which should have been a more important reason to be taken off the air) and they were not people. I also laugh how it couldn't be aired in Russia because of the jibberish lol but good move on them.

[@azadalamiq]

well at the time it was seen as that.. due to the character had a deep voice, carried a purse, was purple.. the gay color at the time, and upside down triangle which was an old gay symbol. it was the times back then still wrong though, and stupid.

[@dynogamergurl]

ikr? tbh until a few years ago I didn't even know that they even had names, let alone genders/sexes.

[@pearlchinasa1770]

@@azadalamiq so every triangle that can even be turned pink is a gay symbol? How do you teach kids shapes then

[@murrmakesstuff9269]

@@pearlchinasa1770 1 don't make it pink 2 who cares?

[@ManOfEthnicity]

PW: "He hosted weekly pizza parties at his house for some of the kids" Everyone: "Oh no."

[@myriadmaestro572]

My exact response.

[@michaeltheoret3842]

Red Flag went up for sure when that was brought up. YIKES !!!

[@Xeorboom]

next he'll be like 'follow me to the back room and I'll harvest your soul juice'

[@bellezanegra0206]

Literally my gut reaction

[@nevaehhamilton3493]

Pizza = child rape, apparently.

[@vikkipink1288]

Mr Rogers is an absolute treasure and possibly one of the most genuinely kind hearted people who have ever lived. What an absolute legend single handedly saving educational programming for kids armed with nothing but his pure wholesome energy that could melt the most icy of hearts.

[@monkestudios2927]

I’m very thankful for him saving PBS cuz I practically grew up on it

[@HenshinFanatic]

@@monkestudios2927 shame it got taken over by the same kind of people he fought while he was in the army.

[@monkestudios2927]

@@HenshinFanatic Hey uh- that theory was disproven but also what

[@alistertowelie]

just think where we would be without him

[@kellywalker1664]

Mr. Roger's was an outlier because Fred was trying to teach emotional intelligence, something my parents were clueless about, so I didn't get to appreciate his show 'til much later in life. Just before he passed the outrage porn "news" tried to pass him off as some enabler for the Me Generation, just because he suggested that people might have some unconditional or innate value as human beings.

[@theautistictomboy4003]

What makes Yoshifumi Kondō's death even more tragic is when you watch the film Whisper of the Heart, the first and only Ghibi film he directed, it tells the story of a girl who at one point of the film attempts to write a fantasy book within two weeks (I'm skipping a lot of info but that's the gist of it). The girl collapses onto the ground in complete and utter exhaustion and just lies there, after neglecting herself for the past two weeks. It's already an upsetting scene but that context makes it even worse for me.

[@DiamondKingStudios]

I didn’t know that much subtext about the film that inspired the whole “lofi girl” trend.

[@theautistictomboy4003]

@@DiamondKingStudios it’s a great film, I highly recommend it

[@DiamondKingStudios]

@@theautistictomboy4003 It’s a Studio Ghibli 2D animated feature film; you’d be hard pressed to find one that isn’t.

[@theautistictomboy4003]

@@DiamondKingStudios eh valid, but I feel it’s a very underrated ghibi film

[@Emirichu]

Oh man Mr. Rogers' PBS speech still makes me so warm and happy. PBS shows were some of my only source of entertainment as a kid and they really shaped my childhood. I remember being sad over Mr.Rogers' death before I was even old enough to grasp the concept of it. This was a really great video--I can only imagine how much research you had to do for this behemoth of a video essay (on top of almost scrapping the whole thing!) Thanks for reminding me of some of my happy childhood kids tv memories! really helps with the dread from all the other not-so-fun facts haha

[@punklover99]

Love your work

[@PaperWill]

Glad you liked it, and I'm glad to see you're posting again! When I moved here to Tokyo, it was a really surreal experience with a lot of ups and downs of culture shock, but it's also just about the coolest place in the world.

[@14g0t7]

About that second part-I always forget how much work goes into making videos on this site. Makes me respect creators more when I think about it.

[@enterchannelname7395]

Emi you here!

[@thomasjess5029]

@@PaperWill What's living in Japan like? Also that story about the evil puppeteer sounds almost too horrifying to be true, until you look it up.

[@yamaracruz1268]

I miss Mr.Rodgers' Neighborhood so much. I actually cried when I learned he had passed. He was my whole childhood, and I wish he would have been my childrens' too. He was a giant part to how I learned english as a second language and learned that life is not fair and that's ok and somehow, somewhere out there, there was a man who always told me he was proud of me.

[@PaperWill]

Thanks for this comment. As long as we continue Rogers’ lessons in life, he never really left. We get to continue making him proud, and he continues being proud of us.

[@100gecsrbetterthangod5]

I mean, you could have bough dvds/VHS/online seasons of Mr Rogers' that is exactly what I am going to do with my daughter and what I wish I had done with my son.

[@kamalionify]

I never experienced Mr Roger's Neighborhood since I am not a US citizen, but oh boy I got teary eyes just seeing how peaceful he was with the senator.

[@zzulm]

Same and as an adult I see all the hard work, patience and love he put on his show.

[@XISCify]

I didn't have tv as a kid so I never watched Mr Rogers (or anything else on pbs) but that part had me weeping

[@princesspikachu3915]

I watch it even as an adult. It’s worth watching the show. Hopefully anyone who hasn’t seen it will end up finding a way to experience Mr. Rogers Neighborhood. Just don’t get your hopes up when it comes to the animated series Daniel Tigers Neighborhood.

[@pauldickhoff3594]

Many see Pastore as a villain. But I never seen a more sincere politician. He was noticable fed up with PBS being used as a lucrative tax write-off and managers faking good intentions. But he was willing to give money to the decent people doing actual good . Imagime havimg a senate filled with Pastores dealing with the US of today..

[@milhousevanhoutan9235]

@@pauldickhoff3594 Yeah people don't give Pastore the humanity he deserves. He GENUINELY felt that way about PBS and it's not an unreasonable argument, that funding a television network is not necessarily the job of government especially at that time (choice in channels had only just significantly increased as opposed to the old 3 channel days). A lot of people agreed the time for government funding of television was over. Then he heard what Fred Rogers was doing and he CHANGED HIS MIND. Fred Rogers gave such a powerful argument that what he did couldn't be done on for-profit television (This wasn't in his verbal testimony but was part of his written testimony), that it was a worthwhile enterprise to do this for our children, and that it on it's own was a social good, that Pastore did a complete 180 and became one of PBS' ardent defenders for the rest of his time in government.

[@joeburch6754]

I went several minutes thinking "eating children" was a euphemism for something that you usually expect the average predator to want. But no, he actually wanted to EAT kids. that's mental

[@cassiehosh1677]

where i'm from "to eat someone" is a slang to fuck someone (which is already terrible in this case) so imagine my reaction when i realized he was being literal lol

[@burrybondz225]

Didn't he want to do both?

[@playernotfound9489]

@@cassiehosh1677 yeah, i hate how stupid young adults and teens ruin words. hell innocent words get ruined. so that's why the brazen bull should come back.

[@shrew6674]

@@playernotfound9489 brother what

[@playernotfound9489]

@@shrew6674 ?

[@Kuronosa]

Another part of why cigarette companies eventually stopped making their own ads WAS the Fairness Doctrine... If there were no ads promoting smoking, then there were no ads they had to pay for that said that smoking was bad for you....which left it all up to packaging, branding...and billboards...you know...those things that you see on the side of the highways sometimes? Does...anybody ever look at those anymore?

[@PaperWill]

Absolutely correct. In an earlier draft of this video I went on a pretty long rant about how it was all lobbied for by the tabacco industry itself, but truthfully this video is already on so many tangents I had to cut it lol.

[@Kuronosa]

@@PaperWill video's already long enough.

[@MechanicalShockwaveBow]

what else are you supposed to look at when you're driving through missouri?

[@aroach7461]

People do look at them on the highway. Most of the time people just don't remember it in their immediate memories.

[@jack-a-lopium]

Outside of the US, tobacco companies found a neat little bit of free-advertising... they found that 'No Smoking' signs put up in public places (by the public) made people *REALLY* want a cigarette 😹 I dunno if you have these public signs in the US.

[@NPDGX]

I will forever claim the PBS is worth every penny. I still remember watching Cyberchase as a kid, to the point where I remember learning about specific concepts from specific episodes far above what should have been my age. Exponential growth in elementary school? Sure. And now I have a B.S. in comp sci, and a good progress in grad school to go with it. Never let anyone tell you these programs are worthless. They want to show how fun education can be to kids, and it works.

[@larae6885]

So cool! Congratulations man

[@loading7496]

Martha Speaks, Word Girl, Wild Kratts... incredible shows, each and every one.

[@larae6885]

@@loading7496 between the lions

[@RutabegaNG]

Excellent!

[@notaburneraccount]

I loved cyberchase! Also zoom!

[@aurorethebore]

I started crying over the part about Mr. Rogers. As a kid who grew up never feeling valued or loved, I really wish I’d watched that “baby show” I never liked as a kid. Despite that, I’m so glad so many kids who did watch got that validation and love (parasocial as it may be) growing up.

[@astoldbynickgerr]

I was fighting back tears during those clips. I’m an adult now and still don’t feel valued or loved. I wish I had someone like Mr. Rogers in my life. I definitely agree with your last sentence. I think they should reboot that show or something for ppl today 😅🥹

[@theamazinggamerperson3474]

Hope your doing better now

[@craigcuozzo6791]

@@astoldbynickgerr i do honestly would wish that too but, to be real, a saint like him comes along only once or twice in a generation.

[@AzureRadio]

I'll fully admit that it made me cry as well. We were so very blessed to have had him in this world and he made such a huge impact, in millions of lives. All because he stood up and spoke, and spoke from the heart, not to convince a business man, but just spoke to him as another human and poured his heart out. I regret that I never got the chance to meet him, but that's OK, he still had an impact

[@LeUberTroll]

I was thinking I would’ve been the only one to feel how you all do. Stay safe, love yourself even though it’s hard. Eat and sleep well, exercise if you can. It’s really all we have. Maybe I’m feeling really sentimental but I love you guys.

[@fishlordusername891]

Used to love teletubbies between the ages of 3-4, which I conveniently actually remember. I don't think I even perceived the teletubbies as having a gender. Like in hindsight I just... never looked at a teletubby and went "ah yes that is a girl teletubby". Anyways the appeal was definitely the aesthetic. Child me just enjoyed watching them do stuff and look a specific way. It was all atmosphere.

[@tentativegazer]

**glances at pfp** Teletubbies to Homestuck fan pipeline real?!?!?!

[@fishlordusername891]

@@tentativegazer [BUZZER PLAYS] Teletubbies was ever present in most children's lives, BAD science. I'm a Homestuck because I'm a freak in an unrelated manner.

[@flowerfloofs]

​@@fishlordusername891based response and based character choice

[@sedi2066]

Same lol....

[@alpine8590]

"Gay people love purple" Sir I dont have a single valid argument against that

[@ohmygoditisspider7953]

I'm colorblind lmaoo can't see purple or blue or red or green. SO WHAT ABOUT COLORBLIND GAY HUH?

[@alexevier]

@@ohmygoditisspider7953 you have a free pass to gayness

[@knownevildoer]

my favorite color has almost always been purple… ohhhh boy 😳🏳️‍🌈

[@MEOWMIX3DS]

what happens if I don't like purple

[@toukonanami1219]

@@ohmygoditisspider7953 oh so you cant see all the colors? guess you're not allowed to be gay

[@mmechrizma]

I literally teared up when you brought up Mr. Roger's. Although children's tv programming is full of ugliness, there are a few sincere and caring people that are really changing kids lives for the better by connecting with them in a positive way. When we have more people like that in the world, we will know we're moving in a better direction than we've been so far.

[@leahtv7778]

No apostrophe in his surname.

[@DookieheadRed]

ALL CAPS WHEN YOU SPELL THE NAME@@leahtv7778

[@alicesavage69420]

You left out the best/worst part of the John K. story: After the backlash, he wrote an official apology letter that his lawyer strongly advised him not to release, and he released it anyway. In it, he blamed the whole grooming thing on HAVING ADHD

[@skye4082]

W H A T ??? ACTUALLY? THATS CRAZY

[@HailHydreigon]

Wow, WTH? As someone with ADHD, that's not a damn thing we do. 😡

[@xibalbalon8668]

He's neurodivergent and likes minors

[@thatgaming1940]

As someone with ADHD but that's not a fucking reason

[@ahmadmalaki8364]

@@HailHydreigonthat’s like saying a horrible person is horrible because they have autism or they use autism as an excuse for their awful actions That’s real btw

[@kieravermeal9127]

Whoooo boy, the Dan Schneider section aged even worse than when Jeanette MacCardy released her book For context, there's been a new documentary called Quiet on Set, that exposes all of Dan's dirty laundry

[@PaperWill]

You ain't wrong lol. Her book actually dropped 2 days after this video did. So basically: I was totally wrong and kind of a moron.

[@brngthemetal]

@paperwill, did u stop making videos? I just found your channel, and i really enjoyed your videos

[@PaperWill]

@@brngthemetal New video in about a week!! :D

[@almond-dt8mn]

also theres a theory that dan actually r-worded and impregnated amanda bynes

[@alchemistofsteel8099]

@@almond-dt8mn say the world, censoring it makes it seem more trivial

[@stephenbriggs9153]

The reason you see the two towers in so much pre-2001 media is ironically the same reason why they were targeted, they're iconic landmarks that were distinctly American.

[@NoelWatson-kg9qh]

and the reason they are always falling down? think is most who take this stance have never done any research beyond... asking google and then repeating whatever the first page tells them. The 2 towers always were masonic totems. Joachin and Boaz, they stood for 33 years then crumbled in the sythesis of ideologies and the commencement of the global teardown. ONE WORLD tower is more than symbolic representation of peace. it is the start of the unification of global governance.

[@oshkeet]

I dont doubt there are some intentional refs, but those was likely to the 1993, much less violent bombing.

[@kalo_vera]

"Your favourite shows are probably being made by a studio of underpaid artists" Man that hits even harder after learning about the working conditions of studio MAPPA (AoT season 4, Jujutsu Kaisen, and the upcoming Chainsaw Man and Jigokuraku animes) Same could be said about the manga industry too It's just depressing

[@somo4227]

made me realise how bad it is for toei animations

[@menchita]

"Studios with good working conditions, like Kyoto Animation" =/

[@chanteshante]

Ye, the studio who made some of my favorite animated works of all times had one of their animators straight up die due to overworking, it's such horrible working culture that has been going on for a long time.

[@klear19634]

Dont forget a lot of the work is exported to overseas studios who never get any credit

[@Dr.Mlieko]

I suspect that this is precisely why they are capable of maintaining such high quality If they were to pay them better, the quality would decline to Family Guy levels in order to save costs in other ways

[@PinkManGuy]

The story of Flipper breaks my heart. That poor dolphin probably wanted to die weeks if not months in advance, but just wanted to see her handler one more time and die in her arms. It legitimately is making me tear up with equal part sorrow and indignant rage. We are the dominant species of the planet and this is how we treat our little brothers and sisters...

[@shamrous7368]

Yeah that's why I hate stuff with using animals for entertainment (circus, tv shows with pets and etc) I just won't believe anymore that people able to treat animals in shows nicely

[@КалинаТодорова-э9б]

Yes, they are abusing innocent animals just to entertain children...

[@hansjuker8296]

Waaah!

[@pemanilnoob]

@@shamrous7368genuinely the most important reason for CGI in my opinion

[@X0.LA_BRAVA.X0]

I can't imagine how terrified I'd be locked in a room with an adult, as a child, who is trying to molest me. Running around the room to get away from him? I mean seriously, poor Shirley!

[@Daviddity]

can we just talk about how great mr rogers is? like he saves all of children's educational television with one song he wrote. even without the notoriety, he still managed to single handedly carry the court case which is genuinely inspiring. i aspire to be a mr rogers.

[@Deinonuchus]

Ever see his appearance of The Tonight Show? He has poor Johnny Carson tied up in knots. It's worth watching.

[@matusfekete6503]

I'm too you young to have watched Neighborhood (and from wrong part of world) so I found about Mr. Rogers only recently, but from what I know he was really special and made world better place.

[@ryandoubleu.]

Mr Rodgers is from my hometown. He was an unbelievable human being. I had the pleasure to be around him many of time through the 90’s and still can’t believe he would remember my name and seemed to be truly interested in how I was doing each time I bumped into him. He was the same person in real life as you see on tv. Just the nicest man in the world. He was special and he is missed.

[@Valchrist1313]

One of our dogs was recruited for a major motion picture that came out in the last few years. They took her for about two months of training and a month of filming before she came home to live with us again. The one sad thing is that she was taught all these complex tricks, but they were 'trade secrets' so we weren't allowed to know the hand signals or commands. She was primed for all these reactions and communications that we couldn't understand.

[@beepbeeplettuce5890]

Yea that happened...

[@doefarris2189]

Okay, but Keiko wasn't "dumped" in the ocean, there was a whole multi-million dollar rehabilitation program set up for him which involved building a giant tank in Oregon with real seawater from the pacific ocean where he was taught to deep dive and hunt for fish. Then when his health had recovered, they took him back to Iceland with a team to supervise him, and while he never integrated with a pod, he did swim with them and was able to feed himself and go wherever he wanted (Norway, in particular) and had a much better quality of life in the ocean for three years than he ever did back at Reino Aventura (where he would have died sooner).

[@jessicaclakley3691]

Thank you for clarifying that, I’d heard that a lot of trouble had gone into his rehabilitation but was worried I’d been misinformed or misremembered which animal was being discussed

[@PaperWill]

You’re completely right, Keiko had a much better quality of life once leaving. I should have gone a bit more in depth about that, sorry. No matter how difficult Keiko’s experience was after being reintroduced to the wild (required feeding by the supervisors til his death, and local areas passing laws banning contact with Keiko due to his pursuit of human interaction) there’s no debate that it was still significantly better than captivity. Again, sorry about glossing over that.

[@doefarris2189]

@@PaperWill no problem, the captive orca industry is a special interest of mine, so even tho I knew it was just meant to be a joke, I was like, "I must tell the people what REALLY happened!"

[@everfluctuating]

@@PaperWill might be a good idea to collect all these corrections/elaborations and make a mini update vid!

[@PaperWill]

@@everfluctuating At some point I'm hoping to make a "Everything I Was Wrong About" video lol. Maybe a 100k sub thing?

[@BluetheRaccoon]

Mr. Rogers was some of the only meaningful emotional support and comfort I had as a small child in a house rife with untreated mental illness and drug abuse. I sincerely wish his show were on PBS as re-runs instead of the merchandisable "Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood". When my daughter was a toddler and I saw that program appear, it was the first negative outburst she'd ever seen in me, and I truly believe that Fred Rogers' body of work can heal this terribly damaged and traumatized world. He gave me faith that men can love and be gentle instead of scary. I would not be who I am now if it weren't for him. Edited to add: I didn't realize just how much I miss Fred Rogers until this video. My inner child has some grieving to do. The world needs Fred Rogers now more than ever. I wish I knew how to create a neighborhood organization that promotes community bonding based around his legacy.

[@TransDrummer1312]

As someone that grew up with Mr Rogers and had to sit through Daniel Tiger because of a sister a decade my younger… Daniel Tiger is brain numbing.

[@yes_this_is_saeko]

I never watched Mr Roger's neighborhood but i watched ONE EPISODE and I broke down

[@bloodgain]

If it makes you feel any better, I think Fred would have very much approved of _Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood_ and the people behind it. The creator, Angela Santomero, specifically studied child development and psychology and has dedicated her career to making positive children's programming. She also created _Blue's Clues_ (among quite a few other shows), during which she worked with Dr. Daniel R. Anderson, a leading researcher in developmental psychology, specializing in the effects and benefits of media in cognitive development. While Daniel Tiger has certainly been merchandised, the IP and therefore profits from this merchandise belong to the non-profit Fred Rogers Productions, which produces almost exclusively high-quality educational children's programming, most of which is available to children for free on PBS, following in Fred's legacy. Further, _Mister Rogers' Neighborhood_ was also merchandised, and the company that would eventually be called Fred Rogers Productions replaced the _for-profit_ company that benefited from that in 1971, so they've been using the income from any merchandise to improve children's programming for over 50 years now. They're doing the same work today that Fred cared about. _Mister Rogers Neighborhood_ isn't lacking a presence on TV because of them, but because it's not being asked for by PBS affiliate stations. (You can contact your PBS affiliate and let them know you'd like them to air it, by the way!) However, PBS Kids does rotate classic _Mister Rogers' Neighborhood_ episodes on their app and website alongside their newer content. (Also, unlike the cartoons I grew up with in the 80's, the merchandise follows the show instead of being the purpose for it. PBS does not advertise merchandise and does not allow advertisement within the shows. I'm familiar with several of their productions, and it's good content that children will engage with.)

[@sentinel2407]

I've never heard of that man nor his career in my life since I come from a completely different country, but his soft voice alone in this video and the carefully chosen words with love made me hurt. It's a good hurt, I suppose. The kind of hurt that makes you realize that "damn I'm miserable". And now, as an adult, I'm planning to watch his show to, maybe, learn something? I'm still yet to reach that point where I can, myself, love and care instead of being intimidating.

[@Tyler-2839]

I'm healing my inner child right now with the help of books, a therapist, and Mr Rogers.

[@izzypokemon6129]

NGL I think you glossed over Dan Schneider a little too quickly. Instead of focusing on the foot thing, I wish you could have spoke about his abusive tactics on set, inappropriate relationships with underage cast members (like buying them alcohol and pressuring them to drink it), the sexist behavior towards his female staff and so much more. I appreciate your content though!

[@kerri6011]

I agree Becks actor fro, victorious confirmed that he hardly remembers it cause most of the the time the main cast was always high and or drunk, Jeanette McCurdy in her book mentioned him pressuring her to drink underage and that she was offered a large settlement so she didn't talk that she didn't take, that weird creepy video on the slap by ariana grande, Trinas actor from victorious saying more or less she was like the only adult main cast on set that tried to keep things right since the rest of the cast were just teens

[@Mooms]

This video was released before Jennette McCurdy’s memoir came out. There wasn’t definitive proof that Dan was a horrible person, they were allegations

[@jelliebyte]

@@Mooms there actually was a lot of proof (at least enough proof for more) and even then there were A LOT of allegations and various accounts from actors and people that worked directly with schnider, so I think wills take was horrendous.

[@SineN0mine3]

​@@jelliebyteyou can't expect literally every person to know what literally every other person has said about each other. The controversy was well known, but it's also been covered to death by other channels. If he didn't know it would be ethically reprehensible to accuse Schneider of the things that he's been accused of. Anyone who knows the story is likely to have strong opinions, but it's irresponsible to go around saying it's true if he didn't know. He pinned a comment explaining that he regretted not covering it in more detail, but this video is already an hour long and I seriously doubt he was going to have any hot takes about it when he's completely unfamiliar with the story. It's also illegal to accuse people of that kind of behaviour if you can't prove it if you make your accusations in published media. It's entirely possible to be used for defamation over things you said in a KZbin video

[@jelliebyte]

@SineN0mine3 i don't expect everyone to know the story, i never said that, all i said was because of the allegations from various child actors who worked with him, I'd say that its more than enough for ME to say that they're true. i understand he wasnt familiar with it, but i also have to assume he did research for this video considering it was such a big scandal and a very serious issue with serious allegations.

[@bai-zewarrior]

I never grew up with mr. Rogers, hell I didn't know he existed till I was a teen and heard about the lost episodes on KZbin, but even I have to admit, just from what I've heard about him and his show, he's an amazing man.

[@ebonykitsune5031]

Mr Rogers was a saint. Especially for kids like me where my parents weren’t always present. My mom worked full time nights as a bartender and my dad worked days but was pretty much napping on the couch after dinner or drinking beers and we kind of had to put our selves to bed most nights. We were super poor, parents were addicts and if I didn’t live up to any expectation I was a disappointment…so for me, Mr Rogers made me feel like I was appreciated for who I was, my feelings mattered, and he made me feel like someone cared when I believed nobody did. Growing up that was the utmost influential show of my childhood. #1. When that man died my heart broke for the next generation of kids that may not get that joy. He was humble, caring and truly an extraordinary human being. 💕

[@L0rdOfThePies]

As a foreigner who never grew up with mr rogers, he was definitely an amazing man who really cared about kids, because of my ideal professions i can connect with his care for the next generation, it inspires me to nurture them myself as best i can from my position as an older teen or any authority over them. he did alot of good from his place in the world

[@left4twenty]

Head injury as a toddler knocked out almost all of my memories before the age of five, but one of them is listening to Mr. Rogers. Listening to him is a sublime regressive experience for me every time.

[@Ryan_Metzelar]

Same here

[@sonic23233]

Pittsburgh loves the man

[@bluefox8011]

Mr. Rogers is the best person and example that there are people out there who truly care about not just kids but people in general to the point of convincing a hardened individual into helping fund a kids program that is funded by the people and for the people.

[@Sonichero151]

Fred Rogers was a genuine humanitarian and an angel. Ending on one of his most amazing and strongest victories after the hour of misery and pain was a really good pallette cleanser. The man was brave enough to not just talk about death to kids, he was there to help kids understand the goddamn kennedy assassination. With a tigar hand puppet he said "What does assassination mean?" On public television and then explained it to help kids understand the grief their parents were going through.

[@James11111]

I remember my mother parroted the "tinky-Winky is gay" stuff and even as a small child I thought it was ridiculous.

[@franze4]

lmao how did you grow up seeing your mum

[@James11111]

@@franze4 As a woman who did her best to raise me right despite her own struggles.

[@kanaka118446]

​@@James11111that's love right there

[@KathyHarrington]

What makes this all the more ridiculous is that Tinky-Winky is carrying a magic bag, not a purse. If you even look more closely at it, it looks much more like a shopping bag than a purse.

[@spacequeen2046]

I didn't know about that Mr. Rogers story. I actually had to stop the video because it made me cry so much. It seems so rare that somebody wins the day just by being good, kind, and patient. To me, it sounded like that little song was his way of reminding that man that he doesn't have to be the bad guy and that he can simply stop. It seems like a fantasy story-- that a very nice person could stop a powerful man from doing something horrible he was dead-set on doing, just by being earnestly kind. Knowing that could happen gives me hope that I haven't had in a long time.

[@michaeltheoret3842]

It was when that Senator smiled that made me realize that even the coldest of stern hearts can be warmed up and compassion welled up from the depths of this once icy heart .

[@TheCr0chetCr0ckp0t]

What is really impressive from this guy is not that he talked about depressing subjects for a whole hour and until 3 in the morning, but the fact that he wrote everything he said in English Captions. Well done man.👏👏

[@dragonk4tz470]

Yes! Big thanks for the captions!!!

[@panakinskywalker1386]

That clip of Mr Rogers at the senate hearing had me in tears. I've always felt that kids content, good kids content created by people with passion for the craft, has more heart and energy and meaning than almost anything created for adults. No industry is perfect, and kids media is FAR from being perfect of course, but the people who care REALLY care. And that makes it all worth it. It's good to see you back, man, your videos always resonate with me deeply. I'm already psyched for your next project.

[@crystalhamptonhines]

Okay. So tearing up at the senate hearing was normal. Phew. I was like, I shouldn't be getting this emotional!!!

[@Finchwing]

This was such an interesting watch, thank you for making this ToT I'm an animator in kids TV and the passion people have for something seemingly unimportant, like a kids show, is so strong. There's plenty of whack stuff like weird client requests for how to present kids, unfair pay/working hours, incredible crunching, but somehow with all that we are still ploughing on in the industry and trying our best

[@Finchwing]

@@PaperWill aw that's real sweet to say ;^; thank you!

[@darienb1127]

Man, I really hope that things can get better for you guys in the future

[@pxrfxct]

As someone who has grown up poor and is only recently doing better financially PBS and cartoon network were the only things I had to be able learn more about how to be a person as well as distract me from being neglected and abused, it helped me cope in ways that were better than what most others had and I'm glad that they didn't cut funding back then

[@shamrous7368]

Oh It's nice to hear that ;_; Just hope you'll be alright

[@hansjuker8296]

Neglected and abused...probably just a liberal.

[@marcellacassab4331]

I've gotten to a point in my life where I can't hear the first notes of "It's a wonderful day in the neighborhood" without tearing up a little. What a precious soul he was. An example for us all. It was always and still is my dream to create children's entertainment. Though my audience will be a bit older than Mr. Rogers was, I'm aiming more for the tween market, he's the example I will follow in terms of always being kind, empathetic and highlighting what makes everyone special.

[@AIA2637]

I just watched an episode with my niece the other day and it made me remember how special being a kid used to be

[@blizzard_the_seal9863]

keep at it bro!!! you can do it!!! you can make the world a better place for kids just like he did :)

[@helmaschine1885]

uh not creepy whatsoever. Maybe aim at a family audience, not specifically tweens because that sounds like a pedo aiming for their targets.

[@marcellacassab4331]

@@helmaschine1885 Of course I didn't mean it like that. Get your head out of the gutter. Every story needs a target audience and I think what I'm working on will most appeal to older kids and tweens. In the publishing industry this usually ranges between being marketed to ages 9-12 or possibly 10-14. That's all.

[@YoshiCh1ef-je6me]

The only time I don't get tearful hearing it is when the demonic entity Daniel Tiger is singing it

[@Solaris_0]

Mr. Rodgers was never a part of my childhood but when the documentary about Fred Rodgers came out in 2018 and they explained what he did for children all over it was really heart wrenching because growing up in a moderately dysfunctional family it was hard for me to realize how much I needed that. We need more people willing to take the time to help kids work through their emotions in a way that helps them be a better person rather than paying so much to send just one child to therapy. Public funding for that program was absolutely crucial for the newer generation he taught. I think I, and everyone else, needs a man like Fred Rodger in our lives. To help, care, and support us through our tough times. He was an amazing man and I hope he rests in peace.

[@SpellboundWolf]

My dad showed Mr. Rogers to me when I was incredibly young, but has forgotten all of the lessons about patience & kindness. He allows anger to control who he is because he's afraid of losing control himself. I haven't spoken to him in over a year. Thank you for teaching me about smoking advertising.

[@lazyssquid]

Whenever I hear the topic of where children television shows can get serious, I think of the part on Bojack Horseman where they show the Horsin Around bits. On camera the characters on the show are a happy family. Off camera, they were themselves. Sarah Lynn was neglected from the crew and gave her bad examples (drugs and leaving alcohol on set ). I feel like that's a good representation of the reality of children sitcoms.

[@hughcaldwell1034]

That's too much, man...

[@Gamingpandacat]

Oh yeah, I need to finish Bojack, its a window into the ruthless and exploitative film industry, and the state it leaves people in.

[@fluffynator6222]

@@Gamingpandacat I recently did and I wholeheartedly recommend it. Although make a lot of time for it, later on it gets some plot lines that go on for a while.

[@carwynscorner]

I thought onigiri/rice balls were legitimately called "jelly filled donuts" as a wee Pokemon-loving 11 year old, and I hold that clip of Brock fully responsible for that lol

[@ToruKun1]

I thought sakura mochi were ice cream sandwiches because that's what James called them in the 4Kids dub episode about Children's Day/Tango no Sekku LMFAO

[@ZeranZeran]

ME TOO!!!! What was even weirder was that a few weeks after I saw that, my school had a culture day where all kids were encouraged to bring home cooking from their country, or their family. I was shown REAL Onigiri and got to try it and I fell in love right away. So good. After that.. even as a 12 year old I was like "Why don't they just call it rice!? It's better than jelly donut!" Lol

[@S4M_404]

At the time I liked playing japanese-style games and when Brock had said jelly donuts I was confused

[@DarkOmicron]

@@ZeranZeran There is even a part in Pokemon where they are making them and actually call them rice balls, so the donut thing wasn't even consistent censorship. I had actually seen that before the donut scenes and was confused, I knew that couldn't be right because I heard them called rice balls in the same damn show before.

[@lainiwakura1776]

@@DarkOmicron I think they even called them sandwiches at some point.

[@KasumiKenshirou]

Fred Rogers was also involved with another hearing. When VCRs were first introduced, the movie studios tried to have them outlawed, and Mr. Rogers spoke in defense of the technology.

[@waterpicker]

11:10 Given dolphins are one of the species who are most likely at or close to human level intelligence, that's like putting someone into isolation. You are gonna drive them nuts or depressed.

[@kwarra-an]

Doing that even to a very stupid animal, like a guinea pig (love mine but they're dumb as rocks), would make them extremely depressed. All social animals suffer greatly when isolated, and p much all animals do badly without any stimulation. But you're right, it's particularly nasty to do it to a dolphin

[@loralubimaia2783]

What makes me mad about Kricfalusi is that he didnt even hide that he had a 16 yr old girlfriend and no one did anything about it. And Robyn was getting weird care packages and her parents were like "oh he's so nice" .....

[@mrmadmight266]

To me the ronald brown thing sounded way worse.

[@Dycehart]

Predators like John K don't just groom kids, they groom their families. They look for people who are trusting and vulnerable. If you read the article it took him months of gaining her family's trust before he brought her to California, and it was under the guise of mentoring her. Yes, the family should have known better, but John K was a well practiced predator who knew how to prey on people.

[@stinthad]

A 16 yo isn't a child, he actually was nice to her and did nothing wrong

[@megan4480]

@@stinthad so you must be around that age to think that... And we're just going to ignore that he started correspondence when she was 13? You can't be naive enough to say he had no intentions then, and you can't refute that 13 is absolutely a child

[@tempbauer2131]

Until the complaint about “gay” teletubbies, I thought they were genderless. They’re just alien or some sorta creature, idk BUT male and female didn’t cross my mind. Once I learned they were make & female, their sexual inclinations NEVER came to my mind. In the same way, MOST people look at MOST children 3 or less in a non-sexual way. And when playing in costumes if they put on “boy” or “girl” it doesn’t matter. My youngest son is 4yrs younger than my daughter. And his first introduction to regularly playing with other children were slightly older and mostly girls. There was 1 other boy his age. Both of them wanted dresses and makeup bc that’s what the older kids were doing. As the boys aged, played with other boys they slipped outta that. Except my son still wears nail polish

[@jordandixon6255]

You are wrong… simple and sad. I appreciate that you remarked but……

[@zvezdoblyat]

Right. A teletubby is a thing. I always thought they were monkeys lmao. Also nail polish is trendy right now, and it hides dirty nails which could be two reasons why your son still wears it

[@tempbauer2131]

Just to clarify i have no problem with my 13yr old son wearing nail polish or anything else he wants to wear. I’m more concerned with him being a kind human and a good man

[@zvezdoblyat]

@@tempbauer2131 yeah lol it's not a big deal. Personally I dislike it because of the dirty nails part but thats my problem

[@pearlchinasa1770]

@@jordandixon6255 what the fuck are you even saying. Why are you….. talking in this . Weird way ……..

[@aaaaaaaaaaaaaaa..]

Bro forget mr Rogers helping jus young kids. I'm 21 and hearing him tell me I'm special broke me down into tears lol. He looked and sounded so kind

[@lynnz6308]

I really never watched him as a kid, I grew up with Daniel Tiger 😭 but, Mr Rogers sounds like a very nice person. His voice feels like a warm hug and it’s so nice to know that he actually wanted to teach kids

[@Bell.-]

Man, if I didn't bawl like a big baby during the Mr Rodgers part. He was one of a kind. Such a sweet and kind hearted man. One of the rare ones that actually cared for children and it never took a dark turn. He and Bob Ross had a talent for warming hearts.

[@upsetstudios1819]

I've never met a 12 year old who weren't already into mainstream music videos and edgy 18+ games, it's hard to imagine them being into a silly song about lunch

[@PaperWill]

That is...not a bad point.

[@jackofalltrades6129]

I think the big thing missing is context. This was not only in the 80's, but also it was targeted for Christian families who absolutely restrict the kind of entertainment their kids consume. I know this because I was in a big community like that. Also, how many 12 year olds HAVE you met? >.>

[@icu3869]

@@jackofalltrades6129 Good point about context- that was my upbringing as well, now I'm amazed at how sheltered my neighborhood was in 1984. And anyone can meet lots of 12 year olds if they are involved with their community, church, shop at the mall, visit the zoo, waterpark or amusement park- or just have a big family- my neices and nephews keep me tuned in and very updated. (they are INCREDIBLY astute and media savvy, WAY more aware of many psychological concepts, family dynamics, and dicserning about how things like "demographics" ,"marketing" and branding works. It's pretty mind blowing how far technology has advanced the collective consciousness.)

[@sentane8031]

@@icu3869 just dont go eating kids okay?

[@JohnDlugosz]

@@sentane8031 Remember, commas save lives! "Let's eat, Billy!" ==> "Let's eat Billy!" It could just be a misunderstanding due to bad punctuation.

[@tastysand05]

Imagine being upset that kids have 2 loving parents and a non human children’s show character was purple and had a bag… and they call us snowflakes

[@LobsterMobster25]

The fact that someone found a way to get offended at TELETUBBIES of all things baffles me.

[@passtheapplejuice2619]

@@LobsterMobster25 who wouldn’t those fuckers are terrifying

[@LobsterMobster25]

@@passtheapplejuice2619 Honestly, true. Those dead eyes...

[@sothisishowusernameswork.2043]

@@passtheapplejuice2619 Offended not terryfied.

[@passtheapplejuice2619]

@@sothisishowusernameswork.2043 they are offensively terrifying

[@SimmonsProductions27]

As a former ventriloquist, I’d like to say that the underwear defense from Ronald Brown was some bs bc when you’re dressing your puppet you JUST PUT THE PANTS ON IT YOU DONT EVEN NEED THE UNDERWEAR

[@thetoaster6938]

IKR

[@stannosaurus]

Right? Clearly just a sicko taking advantage of a wholesome show

[@randomdeliveryguy]

So a puppet wearing a skirt is just going commando? That's kinda hot.

[@Mister_Sun.]

@@randomdeliveryguy 😁😄😃😀🙂😐😶🟡🟨⬜⬛

[@Mister_Sun.]

@@randomdeliveryguy R/Cusedcomments

[@malverdeislove]

My older brother put a Black Sabbath cassette in my Teddy Ruxpin. Teddy saying "I AM IRON MAN" gave me nightmares.

[@Richardiii2]

To be fair, at the time of the Flintstones smoking ad, it was apparently meant to be a cartoon targeted to adults, not children.

[@peteg475]

Yeah it was prime-time animation.

[@SGresponse]

Heh. It was a show PRODUCED BY THE TOBACCO COMPANY for the sole purpose of cigarette advertising. Learned that one recently and it blew my mind big time.

[@PsRohrbaugh]

@@SGresponse This was the case with a lot of shows (where the entire show was produced by a company as an advertisement). You'd have the "Geritol variety hour" or something.

[@Ranixo286]

Yeah it was the original "Family Guy" basically. Heavily based off the Honeymooners too, which was also moreso targeted at adults watching prime time.

[@d.b.4671]

@@SGresponse - I've long wondered if they picked the name "Flintstone" because it sounded vaguely like "Winston." Thanks for all but confirming it for me. ;)

[@twilight0885]

David Yost is a great person in my opinion. I had the privilege of meeting him in person at a local convention a few years ago, and just talking to him was so enjoyable. He was so approachable and we had a great conversation just talking and swapping convention stories. Just seeing how he's been able to reach a better place in life and even find success was really inspiring, and I was definitely grateful to get the chance to talk to someone who was a big part of my childhood. No matter how many Blue Power Rangers come and go, he will always be the original.

[@joelyface9667]

Who else started sobbing uncontrollably when Mr. Fred Roger’s came on screen? Just me?

[@Hazbin-hotel-babe]

Hes an angel that's for true

[@mynameisworld]

Those of us who are older have a different memory of Mister Rogers than you young'uns. I was horribly teased for watching Mister Rogers. Mister Rogers was treated as a joke to most people. I kept watching him secretly in my own room, all the way into college, and when the show ended I kept watching the reruns. During that time, other adults and teenagers would still joke about him, saying how "creepy" he was and making up rumors about what the believed were his true actions toward kids, making accusations about the interest he showed in the kids on his show and the way he looked at them. Then he died. That very day, the people who had called him creepy and had made up lies about him suddenly claimed to have always been his biggest fan. So for us older folks, Mister Rogers is either a very secret, private show in which he talked only to the one person watching, or he was a creepy pedo joke. Most often it's the creepy pedo joke. Now, I've seen how you young people talk online. If you kids had been alive back in our time, most of you who "sobbed uncontrollably" would be making the creepy pedo jokes. Most of you are only "sad" because it's cool to be sad now that he's dead.

[@unchpunchem8947]

@@mynameisworldso people aren’t allowed to have fond feelings toward him anymore because our culture has changed? This doesn’t make much sense to me. You should be celebrating the fact that people seemingly universally love the man who you once felt you had to hide your interest in, not gatekeeping those feelings for anyone born after that cultural shift.

[@WappleFan]

@@mynameisworld you know, there’s a quote from the movie “The Mist” that I think really applies here… “Shut up, you miserable old buzzard.”

[@bigbananae]

As someone with a terrible attention span, this was the first video in years that I sat throughout the entirety of without doing anything else. I just sat and watched you talk for a whole hour and I wasn't bored or compelled to click off throughout the whole thing. Really well made and a really interesting topic, a sub well earned from I, a random person on the internet!

[@Not_Tails]

I would recommend you to watch some of EmpLemon's content, he's really good at it

[@thatoneguy2188]

@@Not_Tails damn my guy has taste. Emp has brought back my attention span

[@joshuaschneider8411]

Same I recommended this to my friend because it's great for when you have a short attention span

[@tablescissors]

Ironic. I'm normally super patient. And found myself quickly bored and trying to see what the point was of "ugly side". And...was still fairly bored. But, I had enjoyed a previous vid by this person.

[@The_Lone_Crusader]

Same here

[@thelaurenbox9487]

The great thing is, those twenty million dollars weren't spent just for American kids, but for kids worldwide. I'm not from the US, but still, I've watched Sesame Street, Arthur, Cyberchase, and a bunch of others cartoons developed by PBS. I didn't get the joy of watching Mr. Rogers neighborhood, since it wasn't that popular here in Latin America, but still, I can see how much he means to Kid's TV and how he was a great, kind and empathetic man. We had some show's here that remind me of Mr. Rogers Neighborhood and I'm glad I grew up with them. Castelo Rá-tim-bum, El chavo del ocho (also know as "Chaves"), Mundo da Lua, Sítio do Pica-Pau Amarelo and various others managed to educate ant entertain a generation here in Brazil, and I can see that they were influenced by PBS.

[@zyaicob]

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[@brnne]

Agreed. I loved the weirdness that TV cultura had in these kid shows. Castelo Rá-tim-bum was a masterpiece, like what if Guillermo del Toro could be a director to a kid show lmao. Even the castle was based on Gaudí architecture, theres so much cool stuff hidden. I just feel glad I didn't watched sitio do pica Pau amarelo when i was a kid, the writer was such a racist that even USA didn't like his books.

[@burtan2000]

And to think, that's how much our military spends on fuel every 8 seconds. I made that up, but $20 million is to the ravenous monster we keep as a pet to scare all the other monsters. We spend so little on art and education. The DoD budget makes many millionaires out of defense contractors. Don't get me wrong, the world is not sunshine & roses.] a mean MF'er with a big stick (or gun) is needed in that wall Maybe we could make more educational content and less bombs and shit ? oh duck. they gonna read this aren't

[@personita2.733]

I think this is the first video about children entertainment related crimes and awfull things in general that has ended with me feeling hopeful about the world, this video is amazing

[@conwaytwittyer2667]

💖Mr.Rogers💖 does have that kind of effect on people

[@Jaz.7777]

Started sobbing when Mr.rogers said “I’m proud of you, you know that I hope you do” started sobbing bawling me eyes out

[@mal2ksc]

What I learned: Tinky Winky was actually a damn good dancer. It's HARD to look graceful in a costume like that. Also there was a unit of currency smaller than the yen, called the sen. Even though I'm pretty sure it's out of circulation now, you could say "sen on the yen" instead of "cents on the dollar".

[@PsRohrbaugh]

Today I learned! Seeing how 1 yen is worth 75% of a penny, I'd hope the sen is out of circulation.

[@mal2ksc]

@@PsRohrbaugh If I remember correctly it was 100 sen = 1 yen (I think "sen" was derived from "cent") so yeah, they'd be quite redundant today. But you can find sen being used as late as WWII. I have paper banknotes from the Japanese occupation of the Philippines that have a face value of 10 sen, because minting and shipping coins was not practical.

[@PsRohrbaugh]

@@mal2ksc wow, neat! With how things are going it won't be long before the same thing happens to the USD 😔

[@mal2ksc]

@@PsRohrbaugh Will we have to change the saying to "dollars on the Benjamin"?

[@benlutz1974]

@@mal2ksc I hope not! That'd be soooo annoying.

[@pokenutter]

Fun fact! The Porygon episode aired in 1997, and has been available online through a quick Google search for twenty-five years now. In all that time, the only seizures the episode has caused were in that first week. More points in favor of the mass hysteria argument.

[@leiakasta7602]

I cringed so much when Dan Schnider's name came up. That man feels incredibly creepy, the foot stuff in his shows never sat well with me. It makes my skin crawl. Though, hearing that he might not be as much as a creep as everyone assumed kind of helps. But hearing that someone else was definitely worse and got to go to Disney is horrible! Hate that!

[@TuesdaysArt]

Jennette McCurdy's book about her experience as a child actor is releasing very soon.

[@KawaiiStars]

there's a rumor he might be the father of zoe 101's kid, and it's kinda telling that most of his child actors have problems now

[@TuesdaysArt]

@@KawaiiStars Jamie Lynn Spears?

[@Quinhala11]

@@KawaiiStars Most child actors have problem in general

[@stitchfinger7678]

@@Quinhala11 Yeah... Shit like this is why.

[@JinxTiger]

I know I’ve got to this a year late but I just need to say. I like deep dive videos but it does get depressing at times. The ending is so good. I accident found the court hearing video on my own earlier this year and it brought me to tears. I didn’t have a good childhood, I haven’t spoken to my father in years now, and children’s programming was my escape. My life was better and brighter because of the worlds put in front of me. I mainly watched PBS too, a LOT of PBS. I never really watched Cartoon Network or any of those until way later but even then I still just preferred PBS. I sadly never got to watch Mr. Rodgers at the time but now, ever so often, I go out of my way to find it. What he had on his show is stuff I needed then and the affirmation I need now. The passion and drive he had to teach kids, love kids, and embrace kids is something I lacked in my household but is comforting to know he gave to so many others. I’m so happy that man existed. The world is definitely better now that he was in it.

[@WandererEris]

As a note: Jynx may also have ties to Japanese mythology. She could be based on the Yuki-onna and Yama-uba, two snow related female creatures. If you look up descriptions of the creatures, you'll see similarities. It's entirely possible the black skin was meant to represent frostbite, and the purple skin matches up with this idea. Her name fits with the mythology origin too. I think the ganguro thing may be real too, and the connections to Zwarte Piete and opera singers. She's a mishmash of all sorts of things that just so happen to align with an American thing that was pretty bad. I can't really blame the original devs because they probably didn't know and were just referencing their own culture as well as some European stuff.

[@KathyHarrington]

This is very likely as Yama-uba has been shown to have light colored hair, pitch black skin and a red dress just like Jynx. Though it was never meant to be offensive, it might not have translated internationally very well.

[@mollyrogers5851]

The PBS speech brings tears to my eyes. Mr. Rogers was such a wonderful person. He was the only person who told me they were proud of me as a child, and it helped me so much when I was a struggling kid.

[@hellbreakfast1590]

I started fighting tears as soon as Rogers was mentioned. I know that story well, but had never heard the hearings. Mr. Rogers was so unassuming, this plain little man. He was remarkable in his averageness. I think that's what I like best about him, how average he was, and how that hid and an extraordinary thoughtfulness and kindness that isn't just intrinsic to one person, but that can be learned. He was a special person, but one that we can strive to be like. I would like more people to do that.

[@PaperWill]

Someone else described him as having a backbone made of steel humility, which is a phrase I really like now.

[@BadWebDiver]

I have a deep respect for Fred Rogers ... and I haven't even seen any of his shows...

[@Beakerbite]

Rogers was anything but average. Unassuming yes, but not average. He took on world issues such as race when it was not safe to do so. He pushed forward the narrative of patience, kindness, and understanding then there were many with knives out and ready to fight. Yet he managed to work this societal progression into the show in such a way that even the angriest people saw at least a glimpse of the message he was portraying.

[@SniperOnSunday]

Fred Rogers was not a mere person. That man was an angel.

[@jaydinotjd]

That last segment is something truly special and boy did it hit harder after everything that was talking about before it. Dude I started crying which is a rare thing for me to do and probably was well needed. I’ve never watched Mr. Rogers but everything I’ve heard about him has been nothing but kind and loving. The way he talks and carries himself just radiates warmth and positivity. You can tell that he truly has some heart of gold and that court hearing was just so sweet. Some things are more valuable than money and profit. The quality of human life and the time we have to live each other is worth love. Bro I’m gonna cry again-

[@wendymccoy1093]

I actually met David Yost, along with most of the OG power rangers, at a convention several years ago. That's where I first found out about what happened. He talked very openly and candidly during a panel, and it was heartbreaking, but he's such a sweet heart, and I'm so happy to see him thriving! 💗

[@vinx3078]

I never grew up w Mr Rogers but anytime I see a clip of it, it feels so nostalgic for something I never experienced. The sheer empathy and love of this man can be felt through the screen. When he says he's proud of you, it feels like someone important in your life genuinely meaning it. He was truly an amazing person

[@blizzard_the_seal9863]

same dude….. im too young to have grown up with it but every time i see clips of him, i can tell that someone like him was missing from my childhood. as in, when i see clips of him, it feels like something is completed in my heart :’)

[@fatboysgarage7984]

As somebody who's gay, I can promise you that we have no agenda. Not only that, I know several gay people who prefer the color black over the color purple (myself included).

[@arkworthy8594]

As somebody else who's gay, I can't say for certain that there ISN'T an agenda, because there sure seems like one. It concerns me that LGBTQ+ groups are targeting children and schools with alarming predictability rather than places where they could actually do a LOT of good, like the prison system, homeless outreach, etc.

[@zomzomino]

​@@arkworthy8594why would you wanna teach homeless people about gay people?

[@arkworthy8594]

@@zomzomino because homeless populations are a massive risk for communicable sexual diseases?

[@zomzomino]

@@arkworthy8594 and what does that have to do with gay people

[@arkworthy8594]

@@zomzomino STIs in homeless populations HUGELY disproportionately impacts gay people. With almost ZERO support.

[@nuclear_bonsai]

The Porygon episode also changed the way TV animation is made, not just in Japan. You don't see flashing like that anywhere on TV. And Porygon and its evos haven't been in the anime since other than some cameos. Porygon2 doesn't even have a voice and Porygon-Z only has one because it was in Poképark. Which I think was a big over-correction. Also, I'm pretty sure Uri Geller reversed that Kadabra decision a couple years ago? I think he announced it on Twitter.

[@PaperWill]

You’re right about Geller! Completely missed that.

[@richmcgee434]

@@PaperWill Doesn't really matter, the IP owners will never bring back Kadabra or other problem characters, and they've gotten a lot more wary about Pokemon designs that might cause them legal issues going forward. Once (or four or five times, really) bitten, twice shy. Which is probably for the best.

[@obits3]

Pikachu caused the flashing lights. #justiceforporygon

[@fleshrags]

homestuck username

[@nuclear_bonsai]

@@fleshrags Yes

[@jeanpaulsinatra]

"This was a christian-themed game show for kids" oh god he's a nonce "there was just one problem with the presenter" remember to act shocked at the reveal he's a nonce "he was a cannibal" o_o

[@tsunderenekokun]

as someone who spent his elementary school years in a Christian school... I'm actually kinda disappointed that this kind of stuff reminds me of how bad the Christian community can get. like how they say being clean is a really important thing in Christianity, yet its common for a lot of Christians in the US to be p**os...

[@cyrlizardboots878]

A nonce who wanted to eat his victims afterwards so unfortunately not far off

[@toothfairy10133]

this was my exact thought process, took me out

[@maryfreegirl2029]

he was a cannibal nonce!!

[@SM-ky6pb]

Fr I already expected the predator part but a cannibal?? That caught me off guard

[@The88Cheat]

I think Senator Pastore deserves credit for not dogmatically holding to his position. It's okay to change your mind.

[@justanotherinternetwiseguy8018]

I gotta say i really like your voice. I like how you are not trying to scare people with your video. Most KZbinrs that do documentaries on touchy subjects or dark subjects seem as if they want to scare people with their monotone voices and eerie music. I find it annoying but i am glad you are just being real and authentic with people

[@WetHamMan]

actually gasped and teared up at 1:08:02 when Mr. Rogers tune came on and he stepped out.. have good memories of this kind show

[@hasbruh2987]

I recognized that piano even without watching anything episodes

[@Amboynesss]

I completely bawled at Mr. Rogers. Every time I see how pure that man was it crumples me. This video had my attention the entire time, amazing work. I can’t imagine the amount of time and effort it took to research and put together something like this. Incredible work.

[@honeyLBP]

You probably won’t see this and many people are relating but you presented this video SO well. When you said it upset you so much that you almost scrapped the video at that point I felt that overwhelming feeling as well, but when you were introducing the said person who was gonna save PBS, nothing could’ve prepared me on hearing his name and intro song. I gasped and suddenly teared up in shock. I haven’t heard that name in years. And when you brought out that clip about him saying we were special or something like that, it felt so genuine. That brought back hope. AMAZING job!

[@PaperWill]

I saw this comment, and I’m glad you enjoyed it. Don’t tell anyone but I cried like 4 times while editing that section together because it kept hitting me. Dude was a saint.

[@growingupwithdisney]

Same happened for me, it was a lot to take in, and made me completely despise the industry. But when there’s darkness, there always has to be light somewhere (like yin and yang), there’s always still hope

[@the_aka_j5598]

1:11:36 Fred Rodgers was amazing, such a kind soul. I feel like a kid again when he talks to the audience, and it's like talking to your favorite elementary school teacher who made you feel cared for and treats you like your own person.

[@ImaginaryAlchemist]

Not gonna lie, that speech and song from Mr. Rogers brought a tear to my eye. It was just so moving to me that he'd fight so hard to keep PBS up for the kids. What a wonderful, wonderful man. We were all fortunate to have him. Without him, so many iconic shows that helped kids worldwide would have never existed. He's an absolute legend.

[@ChicoTooCold]

“and the man they asked to talk….” “It’s a beautiful day in the neighborhood.” I can’t be the only one who got goosebumps.

[@Vee_Sheep]

it's like a Dark Souls boss that's about to sit down and tell you everything will be okay and give you a blanket and cup of hot chocolate wholesome dread

[@Iroamaroundaroundaround]

@@Vee_Sheep Artorias, Abysswalker. He traveled through the abyss to talk to you. He is here for you.

[@Heart2soulz]

As a child i actually thought this would just be ugly cartoons or something NOT A CANNIBAL AND ANIMAL ABUSE…

[@ThwipThwipBoom]

same lol

[@rachelcookie321]

You’re a child?

[@Слышьты-ф4ю]

​@@rachelcookie321 ...FBI?

[@kestreldomann2787]

Loved the 2 seconds of Puppet Will, as a Theatre Props artisan I felt that "crew putting a ton of time into props and set pieces that are only on for a couple of seconds" in my SOUL, man

[@mamutepeq]

"How long do pigs live" About 20 years or so when cared for properly as pets, BUT you already know the destination of most pigs, so all of the 48 pigs being deceased isn't that much of a shocker

[@SuperFranzs]

@@dearestgoodlove Unless they taste good.

[@garchompenthusiast]

HBO has shown us a new terrifying aspect: the complete nonphysicality of streaming media

[@PsRohrbaugh]

Yes, this is a good point and very scary. Unless you pirate shows, corporations can just delete them forever.

[@somo4227]

@@PsRohrbaugh piracy 4 life

[@100gecsrbetterthangod5]

A: many saw it coming. The people who were/are made fun of for "still buying dvds?!?!?!?! You must be poor!!!😂" when it was mostly as simple as wanting to own it forever, being able to make copies etc. B: netflix being as big as it was with SO many offerings then suddenly having their library broken up and distributed to 10 other streaming sites was the real big indicator for many. Same with online versions of anything. Music, games, profiles, data, it is all there at the will of investors and CEOs and they don't give a damn about what you think you own.

[@elen5871]

if anything, this proves you can save basically any video idea, no matter how depressing, if you end it with a good clip that could be titled "Fred Rogers *OWNS* US Senator with *LOVE* and *KINDNESS"*

[@kaseybrianne]

Throughout this video I was grateful to see the sheer amount of research and time you put into this- No rehashing rumors for the drama of it all, no "pretending the Ren and Stimpy Adult Party Cartoons were from the Nick run so that I can say how gross it was", etc- but by the end I was doubly grateful for the respect and love you gave people behind all of these works. I'm an artist who's worked on a ton of different animated shows, for kids and adults, and me and my peers put so much work and effort into making these shows great. It always sucks when the ugliness of the industry in general outshines all of the love we put in.

[@PaperWill]

Thanks for your work!! It’s kind of surreal to hear this from someone who worked on the industry, and I’m glad you felt it was respectful. It took a lot of self restraint not to end each segment with “but remember, most people involved in this show aren’t monsters, and work hard to make something great for kids” because I wanted to save that for the ending haha

[@thenightstar8312]

I have always and will always continue to defend Adult Party Cartoon from people's wrong and ignorant opinions and over-generalizations and complete misunderstanding and misinterpreting of it. People's ignorant misunderstanding of it's "controversial" scenes are so stupidly overblown and no one to this day ever truly understands the real intentions behind it. Not to mention that more of it's episodes were actually GREAT more than they were bad.

[@Night-Lord]

Had to pause for a moment about 4 minutes in when the child cannibal came up. Like I was expecting child predators, but how could I have predicted *literal* child predation. But the ending definitely made up for that. I aggressively cried listening to Mr. Rogers talk, just talk. There's just something really special about that moment and I'm happy that it happened at all

[@jomorken4853]

In Norway we have translated text, and one time the rangers said "It's mophing time" The translation was: "It is time for Morphine" ( The Norwegian text said: "Det er Morfin-tid!") ( The correct Nord translation would be: "(Det er) Tid for å morfe!"

[@kidsyx]

Mr Rogers was one of the greatest men to ever exist. Period. The man almost single handedly saved childrens tv. you can thank Mr Rogers for all those Saturday morning memories of eating your cereal in front of the tv. Edit: I'm a full grown man and cry almost every time I see that man. RIP Mr Rogers ❤

[@booberfraggle]

Mr. Rogers and Jim Henson… man, the world would’ve been so much bleaker without their influence

[@kidsyx]

@@booberfraggle so true, my own child is literally watching sesame street as I read this 😂👌

[@taylorwright7428]

Mr. Rogers passing was a tragedy, but I appreciate people who help keep his image alive. There's even a cartoon on air which is based on the character of Daniel Tiger in the Land Of Make-believe, learning about the world from the perspective of a kid. Although I hope they re-run episodes of the original show every once in awhile.

[@isaacmiller1280]

Oh PBS still keeps running Mr Rogers for certain, I know that they themselves wanted to do it and I don't remember if Mr Rodgers said it himself in his will or if it was his wife, but I know that after his passing his wife desperately asked PBS to keep showing his program as much as possible. Every so often I can still find reruns of his show as well when I'm perusing TV on PBS kids.

[@marcusfridh8489]

The Daniel tiger of the cartoon is actually the son of the original, same thing with all the other childcharacters

[@taylorwright7428]

@@marcusfridh8489 Aww, that's pretty adorable!

[@taylorwright7428]

@@isaacmiller1280 I'm really glad! It has a lot of good messages for kids to learn from, and it's always nice to have a person telling you you're special and wanted and important, no matter the person's age.

[@marcusfridh8489]

@@taylorwright7428 as being in Sweden, Daniel tigers neighbourhood was My entrance to mr fred rogers

[@beegarrard9305]

THR PRODUCTION VALUE!!! THE THEME SONG! THE TV CLICKER TRANSITIONS!!! Bro your content has already grown SO much, I hope the well-deserved popularity keeps going!!! Proud of you man!!!

[@PsRohrbaugh]

There's a full version of the theme song on his second channel. I absolutely love it and have probably listened to it 100 times. kzbin.info/www/bejne/iXnGqKuOaZ12iZI

[@lars7282]

Oof. As a German, I only know about Rogers from YT. But even I had suddenly tears in my eyes when the last story hit. There aren’t a lot of really good souls in entertainment, but at least there are a few who really THINK about children.