The Ugly Side of Kids TV 

**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against Schneider we've ever seen, and I’d encourage everyone to believe McCurdy’s account as well as to ignore my outdated video info.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! ru-vid.com/show-UCw6W11eNE-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) ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-lVIHyj9qVy0.html 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) ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-T4uCpGumoJw.html Another great song from them about being failures in life. Fun! C) ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-c6N4uBKZeeU.html　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.

When you brought up the Muppets right after the animal mistreatment, for some reason my first thought was "Oh God no, they abused Muppets???"

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.

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

Fun fact: the reason why the Muppet Show pilot was called "sex and violence" is in part because of what Sesame Street did to Jim Henson's reputation. Puppetry was generally regarded as something for kids, and although Jim loved entertaining kids he wanted his work to be something more (which is why much of his earlier work was on nighttime talk shows and coffee advertisements), he was afraid that anyone would see a pitch for a puppet show by the guy who made Sesame Street and assume it was a children's show. So the pilot was named "Sex and Violence" specifically in the hope that such an outrageous and adult name would cause people to take a second look rather than brush it off.

Fred Rogers was so powerful he made a politician feel empathy. What an absolute specimen.

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.

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

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.

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 💀

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.

That part at the end with Fred Roger actually made me cry. It was like it was literally like a movie moment, where the main villain just wanted someone to speak with them genuinely

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!

it's crazy how the Traumatized Child Star is such a well-known thing, but seeing the backlash over Jennette McCurdy's book title ''I'm Glad My Mom Died" is something else... like all the shit her mother put her through i don't blame her

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

Guys I’m not even kidding when the daughter said, “This is my favorite picture, it has my mom and Gillian and I love them so much.” I STARTED TEARING UP 😭😭😭

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.

Damn Mr. Rogers single handedly saved pretty much the entire industry of kids TV. If it wasn't for him we wouldn't have really anything we know today

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

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...

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

The worst thing about the porygon episode is that the Pokémon company has refused to use porygon in any future episodes. Pikachu was the one who made the flash, so porygon wasn’t even at fault

kathy deciding to kill herself in her former trainer’s arms really hit me. like damn it shows you despite the fact that she was an animal how intelligent she was and how much that isolation made her depressed, ive never heard of animal just choosing to pass like kathy did. it kinda baffles me how humanlike the dolphins intelligence is, such a shame kathy’s needs were neglected during her retirement

I love how the "fairness doctrine" was like "Yeah so tobacco lobbyists get 3, you anti-smokers get 1".

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

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.

I never watched Mr Rogers because I was born too late, but listening to him recite that song touched me to the point of tears. It felt like he wasn’t speaking to me, but to my inner child, and I can see why so many people cherish this man

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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).

Gotta fill my tum is a certified hood classic

Mr Rogers is such a great man. After all the depressing things talked about in the past hour, I'm really glad that you ended the video with such a hopeful message. I didn't grow up with Mr Rogers, but seeing these short clips of him really showed me how amazing he was. Also welcome back man! I was watching back some of your previous videos and thinking if you were gonna upload and you did! Amazing work

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

Oh yeah, one other comment: Fred Rogers was, and IS, a real national hero.

I just discovered this channel. Please come back 😢

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.

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

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

I remember watching Ren and Stimpy as a kid and thinking "Wait...The Simpsons is too adult but THIS is ok...?"

"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

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.

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.

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.

When you played the Mister Rodgers clips, I literally started crying. I'm not even from America, I'm a troubled kid in east Asia, and hearing his openning song just hit me with how familiar and warm his voice was, even though its been years since I watched the show. This was very well presented. Amazing video, keep up the great work!

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?

I was listening to the video and doing some chores when you said Ronald Brown wanted to eat children. I genuinely GENUINELY thought that was just censor-speak for what we normally think of regarding adults and children. Imagine my shock when i came back to the screen at 4:56

I remember going on coolmath games one day at school and seeing an advertisement for the movie Sex Tape, and as a Mormon kid back then, I didn't want anybody to know, so I made sure I zoomed in to get it of screen.

God, Keiko's story makes me sooo mad. His caretakers KNEW he wasn't ready, they voiced their concern through the entire reintegration process, but the backlash from animal welfare groups was just too harsh. His death was entirely preventable had the world just listened to the people who actually worked with him.

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.

Wait .. You are living in Japan...which means you studied/are studying Japanese....working in Japan....AND you wrote this script for this video AND drew all your own characters AND animated them AND edited the video. Dude.... You are like a work machine. Incredible grind.

That dolphin story is unbelievably sad.. wow

1:02:15 The saddest thing about Bobby Driscoll's death honestly is that when his body was found, he initially wasn't even recognised by anyone and with no identification found, had his body buried on Hart Island where New York's unclaimed bodies went, unable to ever be recovered among the other remains once his family finally found out about it

I’m a little embarrassed to say, but I cried at hearing Mr. Fred Rodger’s song to the senator. I was just watching this video out of mild curiosity, and was surprised by some of the info I learned, but this was a truly eye opening experience for me about how we expose children to the world through kid’s media. Thank you for making this, it was a really great video!

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

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.

"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

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.

rewatching bc of quiet on set

Knowing that brian pecks victim was drake bell really turns everything upside down now...

Fred Rogers is one of the best examples of a Christian actually living out the Gospel - he is such a visible embodiment of love and sincere concern for the well-being of every person.

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.

Mr. Rogers shaped me in a way that I am forever grateful for. I cry whenever I see old videos of him. He’s such a special man and I will definitely be showing my kids his shows when I have them ❤

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

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.

The PBS hearing wasn't the only time Mr. Rogers testified in front of government. In 1984 he got up in front of the Supreme Court to argue for the educational value of VCRs. His testimony was specifically cited in their decision to uphold the legality of home recording. Hard to believe he's been gone for 20 years now.

Coming back to this after seeing Drake finally come forward about Brian Peck ://

I'm glad I checked out this great video if for no other reason than the part about Fred Rogers. I grew up watching and loving _Mister Rogers' Neighborhood._ Even when I was older and too cool for school, when I poked fun of him and laughed at the parodies, I was secretly _not_ too cool for school, and was still a fan. And now, when I think of this man, and the effect he had on my growing up, when I think of his kindness, his show, his accomplishments -- all achieved while navigating the treacherous world described in this video, and considering everything he did was to bolster his positive message to kids, I think to myself that this man is a *_real_* superhero! Apparently, he was the same offscreen as on. He's the real deal, and definitely my hero! Seeing this video also reminded me that I still haven't seen the Tom Hanks movie about him, so will be checking that out soon. God bless Fred Rogers!

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 RU-vid, but even I have to admit, just from what I've heard about him and his show, he's an amazing man.

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!

The Dan Schneider part didn’t age well with hindsight

i tear up with the Mr. Roger segment, because i know how important is that man for the children of america, and how hes lessons are so good for younger kids, and how that man show a real care for the learning experience of kids, thats what make me tear up. for the most part theres no meny people that show that caracteristics, and thats the people most needed in the loneliness epidemic of today, carring people that can guide the next generation, to be good and humble people. im mexican yeah, but even someone that never knew who Mr. rogers was, i feel the same way about carring and helping the kids of tommorrow grow in a better enviroment than the lone home with uncarring family. and more personal i saw what sacrifice Mr. Roger did make me see myself a little bit hehe

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.👏👏

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

Anyone else come here to rewatch after seeing Quiet On Set?

Dogs in production is one thing but dolphins are so intelligent, emotional, wise creatures. It’s like having a human being in the show but they don’t communicate the same way and are treated like objects

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

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).

Even us Danes were pretty shocked about John dillerman, his last name is literally dickman. But most of us grew up watching “Onkel reje”, a show about an old guy who’s supposed to be like a weird uncle who smokes a lot, hates personal hygiene and has a song about it, eats a lot of junk, teaches you to not listen to your parents and is generally pretty weird and definitely wouldn’t air on tv in most countries.

"Their weirdly psychadelic shire" Lol I've never heard the telletubbies described so aptly. It truly felt like a weird fever dream, even as a baby.

Kids aren’t the only ones that are able to experience mass hysteria, adults are 100% capable. Such a weird phenomenon! Geller wasn’t upset either he’s just a scam artist that saw a payday. Not a good dude.

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

that channel log for the video breakdown was flawless absolutely fantastic editing

There was a real life man (neuroscientist John Lilly) who tried to teach dolphins to speak. They filled a house with water, found a woman to bond with the baby dolphin and tried to teach him English. Lilly insisted he was starting to speak; not mimic like a parrot but actually understanding his words. The recordings are interesting but I'm probably hearing what I want to hear more than what is actually there. Turns out the ridiculous Flipper storyline is actually based on true events! I forgot to mention Lilly was also a strong advocate for hallucinogens. Although I'm certain that's entirely unrelated.

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

The idea of "oh it just needs to be more marketable" is nonsense tbh which is why 4kids was mocked so often. In reality, kids love hearing about foreign things that don't exist in their reality. Why else would fantasy and sci fi be so popular by default? Removing Japanese culture was just a coward tactic from 4kids that had never been necessary.

Ah. The Dan stuff is so weird to look at backwards (aka we didnt even know the tip of the iceberg)

Watching this AGAIN, and I am still in awe of your research and delivery. I have all the bells, whistles, and subscribes posted for you, and always look forward for your new posts. Keep up the briiliant posts with ALL of your research/documentary points. You are brilliant, thank you... Please More, Please More, Please More, you are an exceptional poster of substance and charismo.

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.

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

I’m from Canada (French-dominant part of it), so I only heard echoes of Mr. Rogers and only when I was older, but it’s truly admirable and touching to see how much he could not be ‘corporate’ to talk about this subject. He had to go off-script to get his point across rather than ramble a bunch of well thought out words; No, he had to talk with his heart about his passion for educating and teaching children, he couldn’t do it with a already written text