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Ahoy, squirts! Quint here with today’s Behind the Scenes Pic!
As with any kid my age my young childhood was dominated by two forces: Sesame Street and Mr. Roger’s Neighborhood.
Later on I’d get into Pee-Wee’s Playhouse, but for that early time in my childhood you couldn’t ask for a better role model. Mr. Rogers was the kindly grandfather we all wish we had and in a lot of ways reminded me of a grandfather role-model I did have growing up. But Mr. Rogers, along with his puppet friends, taught me about using my imagination for the first time while Sesame Street was more focused on introducing me to sharing and counting with a vampire. And eating cookies.
So, thank you Mr. Rogers. Every time I see an old man take off his shoes I’ll think of you.
Thanks to Lawrence Martin for bringing this shot to my attention.
If you have a behind the scenes shot you’d like to submit to this column, you can email me at quint@aintitcool.com.
Tomorrow’s behind the scenes pic has no dick.
-Quint
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You know how, by just you being you... There's only one person in the whole world like you And people can like you just the way you are. I'm sorry but what TV show, children's or otherwise, taught you how to respect and love yourself and others? Fred Rogers said that people would mention that their kids still were watching him in college, and he was not surprised...that because he knew the timeless importance of his message.
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Aug. 25, 2011, 11:24 p.m. CST
As a little kid, what amazed me was his shoe tying speed
by m00kiedood
I remember trying to take off my shoes, put on another pair of shoes, and tie the laces before I finished singing the song. Couldn't do it. I was in awe of his dexterity. Especially the way he tied his sneakers that weird way by tying the two loops together.
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They say we only use a fraction of our brain's true potential.. now that's when we're awake. When we're asleep, our mind can do almost anything.
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BAM! That's how ya do it! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yXEuEUQIP3Q or tinified... http://tinyurl.com/3e9mmq That clip = BEST EVAR!
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charlie horse was a true pimp bitch
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I'd like to see some BTS pics from The X-Files, LOST, Firefly, Millennium, Supernatural,etc.
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Aug. 25, 2011, 11:43 p.m. CST
The BTS pic from Mr. Rogers that I want to see is...
by John Maddening
...behind the Neighborhood of Make Believe puppet set.
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I'd like to see some BTS pics from The X-Files, LOST, Firefly, Millennium, Supernatural,etc.
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How often he's watched old men take of their shoes?
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I REALLY hope you're NOT insinuating this isn't Cool News. Hey what happened to the Muppet movie report where a fat woman in the audience yelled out they love Kermit? Maybe you don't think THAT'S Cool News either, huh tough guy? Fuck, let's be realistic around here, shit man, this isn't the place for negativity or jokes, fuck bro
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this is one of my favorites from the series so far. a great mix of nostalgia, voyeurism and a slight bit of behind the scenes gadgetry. bravo
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Better be a good one tomorrow, Quint! I ain't fraid of no behind the scenes pic of the day!
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That... that... that was a SET?! He fucking LIED to me. He told me that was his HOUSE. Mother fucker! God damn. What ELSE did he lie to me about?! Did the trolley not really go to a special land?
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AICN talkbackers are really regressing back to their childhoods. Climbing back into the wombs when everything was safe and sheltered from the harsh, cruel world.
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He was Pittsburgh, when Pittsburgh wasn't cool.
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you really cant argue with a creed like that.
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A real winner of a BTS pic. Everyone will joke, but Fred Rogers ushered in imagination for millions of kids.
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as a freelance soundman on a field segment of the show in 1999. I have never encountered a more present and genuine person my entire life. He was mobbed by fans all day, and took time to connect with each and every one of them, including me. http://web.me.com/blocktek/Site/Louis_Block_-_Production_Stills.html#8
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Up there with Sesame Street and The Electric Company. These two series plus Mr Dressup and The Polkadot Door (Canadian viewers will know that latter two) and I suppose Captain Kangaroo (which was a bit before my time) had a major influence on how I consumed media in the mid 80's and early 90s. Although, I have to say that "Mr McFeely" is a rather unfortunate name for a character in a children's series.
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Aug. 26, 2011, 1:07 a.m. CST
the lone evidence of an assassin leaving set after poisoning Mr. Rogers' last cup of java
by Tigger Tales
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First off... I'd like to point out that I was a huge fan of Fred Rogers growing up. Still am. His efforts in increasing a child's understanding of the confusing world around them is beyond reproach. However, it was the same Fred Rogers that helped me get in tune with my imaginative side which is the side that I tap for humor. As far as negativity goes, my post was only an innuendo free of four letter words. I let the reader fill in the joke, using their own vulgar imaginations.
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when did that happen
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I checked out your webpage and looked through all those pictures. How absolutely cool that you got to meet all those people. I would think someone in your position could write a book about all the famous people you met. Any juicy tidbits you could enlighten us with?
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I drive past a Mr. Rogers t-rex on the way to work. That's cool. http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_llbfekNuKz1qcf2rso1_500.jpg
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A very close friend of my family, while in college, found himself hitch-hiking once (not sure what the deal is behind why), and gets picked up By Fred Rogers himself. Said he was the nicest guy in the world, asked him all about what he's in school for, etc.
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*A* story, at any rate.
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Aug. 26, 2011, 2:38 a.m. CST
Mr. Rogers was the kindly grandfather we all wish we had and in a lot of ways reminded me of a grandfather role-model I did have growing up.
by Bill Brasky
I always knew that Harry didn't hire people who are educated in the finer points of the English language, but dude, what the fuck? Please try to write sentences that actually make sense, especially on BtSPotD. This is your baby... and you just spat in its face with that line. *also: "Every time I see an old man take off his shoes I’ll think of you." - That's just plain creepy man. How many times per day/week/month/year do you see an old man take his shoes off? Whatever. I can tell that you weren't in a good place when you wrote this.
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When I was 5 I was watching the show and built The Land of Make Believe out of all my Legos. That was the start of my imagination right there. And it never stopped. Thanks Mr. Rogers!
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Does anyone else find that disturbing he still has that up after a week?? I know I do.
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You can hate the show, that's fine. But Fred was about as good as a person can be, and saying anything bad about him personally says nothing but volumes about yourself.
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Aug. 26, 2011, 6:42 a.m. CST
Thats the problem with you guys writting, you pick the eassy names to drop
by LargoJr
... Electric Company, Zoom.. those were what came on after Romper Room & Sesame Street, but nobody ever talks about them... Oscar the Grouch & Big Bird couldn't hold a candle to 'LetterMan' & Spidey!!
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based on that headline; which is a weird conclusion to jump to. I guess my childhood is officially dead.
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Are you kidding? Even at 5 years old I was disgusted with Electric Company's 'Spidey'. There's a reason nobody talks about Electric Company and Zoom anymore. Meanwhile Sesame Street is celebrating 40+ years.
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mommy, mommy, mommy
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Oh wait that was Lawrence Martin....
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He was who he was. I also heard he thought Eddie Murphy's Mr. Robinson's neighborhood was funny.
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Mr. Rogers was certainly a great person. Did a lot for my generation. He's was probably the one person in America (or the world?) that is universally loved. Practically no one else can lay claim to that!
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I'm not sure about the shoes.
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what about 3-2-1 Contact and Square 1 TV? Contact got me very interested in science, and S1TV almost got me slightly interested in math.
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Even as a kid I knew that. I avoided watching his show because it made me feel uncomfortable. At the time I didn't know why.
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he never put on his other shoe...like at the end he takes off his slippers as he's saying goodbye, puts on one shoe, ties it, then he just says he'll see everyone later...i was like "wait your other shoe!!!"
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The ELECTIC COMPANY Spidey was nothing special, but the show itself was really fun. Great actors, old vaudeville sketches and songs by Tom Lehrer.
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Big Blue Marble, Villa Allegre -- most of those were for slightly older kids. Sesame Street and Mr Rogers were preschool, most of the others were for 1st and 2nd grade.
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Dude, you are one disturbed individual and frankly, a complete asshat. Sounds like projection to me.
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His time as a cold-blooded Navy SEAL really did something to him psychologically.
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You jaded ass fanboys feel the need to bash EVERYTHING? This is Mr. Rogers...
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I used to like the way she talked: "Meow-meow-meow-meow telephone." etc. The other puppets were a hoot (X the Owl, haha!) and all voiced by... Fred Rogers himself, wow.
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Aug. 26, 2011, 8:13 a.m. CST
Michael Keaton worked as a crew member on Mr. Rogers's Neighborhood
by Bobo_Vision
And he said the crew working on that show were some of the most vulgar, dirty people he has ever met. He talked about it on Letterman, I believe.
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Possibly my favorite piece of film from my childhood: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lIgPLVjo-S8 (Sorry if they've turned it into a speed metal video or something; I'm posting at work and don't have sound.) The man was the closest thing to a legitimate saint I've ever heard of. It's pretty humbling to look back on that show and realize just what he was doing for kids. ...And that Michael Keaton story is going to keep me smiling all day.
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It is an urban legend.
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Said he was one of the nicest persons she ever met. And his demeanor was exactly the same as on the show. Just a nice person. Go Fred.
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Aug. 26, 2011, 9:36 a.m. CST
I always wanted to see Mr. Rogers play a serial killer in a movie.
by blackmantis
That would have freaked audiences out to no end.
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Like making Hershey's chocolate bars and candy jawbreakers and gumballs! The land of Make-Believe and the Trolly...the puppets...the King and the owl and the kittens The fish tank and when he went to that guy's music shop and they'd usually have a guest musician to play a quick tune. Grew up with it every day and loved it dearly then and have only the fondest of memories of the show today... Plus Roger's tireless crusade to help children of all types and ages in his "real" life (not much different than his tv life). Those of us of age were lucky to be children when his show was on...to this day, I'm captivated utterly by any candy factory tour...probably a boring job to most but Roger's made it a journey of discovery and fun and at the end you had a fresh bar of chocolate!!! The world could use more 'Mr. Rogers' I think... Fantastic BTS pic today, Quint! love this column!!!
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That name always made me cringe when I watched the show with the nephews. I really used to wonder about Mr. McFeely. I thought Mr. Rogers was getting in a little zinger there, since McFeely was the neighborhood mailman. You know, delivering his "package" to all the stay-at-home moms. Turns out, though, that "McFeely" was Mr. Roger's middle name. Which kinda makes me wonder about his parents...christ, who gives their kid a name like McFeely? That's some prime bully-bait right there. All lame-ass kidding aside, Mr. Rogers was a good and decent man, and his show was a tonic to many a child dealing with school and family issues. If there's a heaven, you know he's there.
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Aug. 26, 2011, 10:37 a.m. CST
Anyone remember the Eddie Murphy parodies on Saturday Night Live?
by Nasty In The Pasty
Here's how you answer the door in *my* neighborhood...!" [basso-profundo bark] "WHO IS IT?!
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Also kind of poignant seeing Mr. McFeely walking away since he recently passed on, as well....
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Well, I have her!
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mr. benn, that's where it's at.
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Every Christian was like Mr. Rogers, there would be a lot less hate for us in the world. I mean look how much people on this site loved him and all that he did. Every one saying what a great genuine person he was. That's how we all should be.
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Aug. 26, 2011, 11:35 a.m. CST
What I always found marveling was that Fred Rogers Really Behaved that Way in Real Life!
by Atkinson
Have you guys heard the story of the dudes who stole his car, and when they found out who the car belonged to, they returned it with a letter of apology. Few people garner that much reverence.
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Aug. 26, 2011, 11:39 a.m. CST
I remember the talkback here when he passed away- probably the most civil TB I've ever seen.
by Kamaji
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Mr. McFeely (David Newell) is still alive.
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Aug. 26, 2011, 12:44 p.m. CST
Fred Rogers always felt like the most genuine person in the world
by Cartagia
And by all accounts, he was. As for the Eddie Murphy parody, he supposedly loved it. And his acceptance speech for his honorary Emmy when he made all of Hollywood cry. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Upm9LnuCBUM
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Aug. 26, 2011, 1:10 p.m. CST
I remember wondering how they got his fish to swim around in the way that they did.
by frank
Like I thought that every aspect of television was orchestrated and planned to the most minute of details, so that it didn’t occur to me that the fish would just be allowed to swim around randomly in the tank. That was before I realized that most people are pretty much just winging it all the time. Mr. Rogers was a fantastic show. There was definitely a zen quality about the way he changed his clothes. He put on a sweater or changed his shoes because that was part of The Way.
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Nakes Puzzle basement. They cut out the scenes where Mr. R gets naked, puts on a cloak of female skin, goes down to the cellar, tucks his dingus between his legs, and dances around to club music while saying "fuck me." Oh shit! Harry is up in the top of the page doing just that!
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the shopkeeper appeared
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That was great. I love how the senator started off as a smug, sarcastic asshole, and by halfway through the clip his small heart grew three sizes that day. The power of Rogers compels you.
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Still have nightmares of that red pock marked nightmare fright mask and her tiny spinning museum of torture.
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Just in case you were wondering...
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spot on :)
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Aug. 26, 2011, 7:04 p.m. CST
All you New Yorkers and east coast peeps...be safe this hurricane weekend
by Bobo_Vision
I wasn't sure which thread to post this in, but I figured the BTS pic thread would be appropriate. Lots of love in these threads...and I love you guys..and fear for your safety. Be safe my internet lovers.
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Thanks for the total creep out. "Be safe my internet lovers?" Goddamn.
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I'm drunk.
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That youtube clip made me choke up. Fred Rogers was freaking amazing. Can you imagine someone being this clear, soft spoken and kind going up against a senate board today? I wish there were more people like him.
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I must be older than Quint, becuase I never thought of him as an "old man", just an adult.
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As horrifying as a trip to K-mart. As bad as starbucks coffee. As insane looking as smoking nuclear cowshit is insane to actually smoke. Nuclear cowshit mixed with piss, cyanide and a few thousand other forms of shit- what the fuck is with smokers? Smoke some fucking pot you suicidal fuck.
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A bad-ass in his own way. I remember watching this guy tie his shoes and being like "some day I will do that!"
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Aug. 27, 2011, 9:53 a.m. CST
Lady Elaine's rosy cheeks and nose point to her being a major boozer
by Bobo_Vision
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rip fred. great man.
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Drunk to drunk. Fuck geektard. It was heartfelt and we need more of that around here. Ultratron, LMFNAO!
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