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And while we all know how everyones favorite neighbor helped raise generations of kids via his classic showMr.
Rogers Neighborhood, the tenderhearted TV personality kept whatever insights he had into his own life to himself.
He got a good taste of what bullying was all about, she says in the film.
David Newell, in the film.
In an archival interview, an older Rogers says he had every imaginable childhood disease, even scarlet fever.
Act like a grown-up, Id hear them say.
Well, I was afraid theyd laugh at me when I tried.
The format for the kids show that becameMr.
That was the beginning of Rogerss puppetry.
(Heres when Daniel Striped Tiger made hisofficialNeighborhooddebut.)
(What can I say?
Crozier replies in the film.)
Rogerss wife says Daniel was the real Rogers.
It was efficacious, to say the least, Rogers says about using Daniel as his mouthpiece.
Its a perfect interviewing trick.
(The twore-created the scenein 2015.)
If I came out publicly, he said, You cannot be on the show anymore.
Joanne says Rogers eventually came around, but I think Francois came a little too soon.
And, no, Rogers wasnt gay: I spent enough time with him that …
I wouldve picked it up, Clemmons says in the film.
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We could be ourselves around Fred … always having fun … [and] making jokes.
And it was aposterof that picture of … my butt.
Rogerss 1978 prime-time PBS show was a failure.After 590 episodes ofMr.
But a letter he wrote to himself ahead of its launch reveals his self-doubt about pulling it off again.
He may have even been struggling with depression.
In capital letters, he wrote: AFTER ALL THESE YEARS, ITS JUST AS BAD AS EVER.
THE HOUR COMETH, AND NOW IS WHEN IVE GOT TO DO IT.
GET TO IT FRED.
But dont let anybody ever tell anybody else that it was easy.
I mentioned it to him, and he said, Well, I miss my playmates.
Joanne says the ones that made fun of his philosophy offended him.
Its like sending a little loving message, he says in the film.
