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Kadie Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Donate to DU! Thu Nov-05-09 01:40 PM
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Fred Rogers ("Mr. Rogers Neighborhood") statue unveiled in Pittsburgh today - pics
Edited on Thu Nov-05-09 02:03 PM by Kadie

People attending the dedication applaud the unveiling of the statue of the late Fred Rogers of the PBS television program "Mr. Rogers Neighborhood" in Pittsburgh, Thursday, Nov. 5, 2009. The statue by renowned sculptor Robert Berks depicts the children's television pioneer changing his shoes as he had done in the beginning of his show.


People attending the dedication mingle around the statue of the late Fred Rogers of the PBS television program "Mr. Rogers Neighborhood" in Pittsburgh, Thursday, Nov. 5, 2009. The statue by renowned sculptor Robert Berks depicts the children's television pioneer changing his shoes as he had done in the beginning of his show.


more info here...


http://www.fci.org/children /
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   Cool. My favorite Mr. Rogers story:  FSogol   Nov-05-09 01:43 PM   #1 
   lol  eShirl   Nov-05-09 01:46 PM   #3 
   That's so cool I hope it's true.  jobycom   Nov-05-09 01:50 PM   #4 
      If it isn't, I don't care. and damn, I really can believe it. nt  blondeatlast   Nov-05-09 01:52 PM   #6 
      ha! Works for me.  jobycom   Nov-05-09 01:54 PM   #8 
      Snopes says it is undetermined  FSogol   Nov-05-09 01:52 PM   #7 
         Close enough.  jobycom   Nov-05-09 01:54 PM   #10 
   Okay, I admit--I let out a little sob. My son got to see a little of Mr. Rogers; what a wonderful  blondeatlast   Nov-05-09 01:44 PM   #2 
   It's hideous.  rucky   Nov-05-09 01:50 PM   #5 
   What possibly could, though? (nt)  Posteritatis   Nov-05-09 01:59 PM   #13 
   No, it doesn't. nt  Captain Hilts   Nov-05-09 02:02 PM   #15 
   Well from one angle it looks kinda like him...  redqueen   Nov-05-09 02:52 PM   #23 
   I agree....  Dorian Gray   Nov-05-09 03:40 PM   #26 
   *Sniff* - I loved Mr Rogers.  myrna minx   Nov-05-09 01:54 PM   #9 
   That's gorgeous. What the heck is it made of?  jobycom   Nov-05-09 01:55 PM   #11 
   Okay, I found that it was bronze. What is the texture supposed to mean?  jobycom   Nov-05-09 01:57 PM   #12 
      It looks like the Einstein statue in DC. But Einstein was scruffy, Rogers was not. nt  Captain Hilts   Nov-05-09 02:02 PM   #16 
      Don't know, but  Kadie   Nov-05-09 02:04 PM   #17 
   NOT a good likeness. Was Arnold Palmer there?  Captain Hilts   Nov-05-09 02:01 PM   #14 
   I have always loved Mr. Rogers. He was a kind and gentle soul.  BrklynLiberal   Nov-05-09 02:10 PM   #18 
   They shouldn't have hired Robert Berks.  JVS   Nov-05-09 02:13 PM   #19 
   My own encounter with Mister Rogers.  nolabear   Nov-05-09 02:19 PM   #20 
   Wow, I'm glad he was there for you.  SalviaBlue   Nov-05-09 03:28 PM   #25 
   Statue looks more like Dan Rather.  elvisbear   Nov-05-09 02:30 PM   #21 
      i thought so as well!  frylock   Nov-05-09 02:49 PM   #22 
      Looks like Howard Cosell to me  Xenotime   Nov-05-09 03:07 PM   #24 
 
FSogol Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Thu Nov-05-09 01:43 PM
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1. Cool. My favorite Mr. Rogers story:
Once his car was stolen in Pittsburgh and when the radio reported that it was his car, the thieves returned it.
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eShirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Thu Nov-05-09 01:46 PM
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3. lol
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jobycom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Donate to DU! Thu Nov-05-09 01:50 PM
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4. That's so cool I hope it's true.
:)So many urban myths about him.
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blondeatlast Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Thu Nov-05-09 01:52 PM
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6. If it isn't, I don't care. and damn, I really can believe it. nt
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jobycom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Donate to DU! Thu Nov-05-09 01:54 PM
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8. ha! Works for me.
:)
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FSogol Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Thu Nov-05-09 01:52 PM
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7. Snopes says it is undetermined
http://www.snopes.com/radiotv/tv/rogerscar.asp

The other urban myths about him are untrue.
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jobycom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Donate to DU! Thu Nov-05-09 01:54 PM
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10. Close enough.
:)
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blondeatlast Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Thu Nov-05-09 01:44 PM
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2. Okay, I admit--I let out a little sob. My son got to see a little of Mr. Rogers; what a wonderful
thing for us to share across the years.

:cry: :)
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rucky Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Donate to DU! Thu Nov-05-09 01:50 PM
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5. It's hideous.
doesn't do the man justice.
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Posteritatis (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Thu Nov-05-09 01:59 PM
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13. What possibly could, though? (nt)
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Captain Hilts Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Thu Nov-05-09 02:02 PM
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15. No, it doesn't. nt
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redqueen Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Thu Nov-05-09 02:52 PM
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23. Well from one angle it looks kinda like him...
but yeah.
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Dorian Gray Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Thu Nov-05-09 03:40 PM
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26. I agree....
and I think that the statue looks like it's made from elephant dung.
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myrna minx Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Thu Nov-05-09 01:54 PM
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9. *Sniff* - I loved Mr Rogers.
He really *meow* made my *meow* childhood special *meow*. RIP my dear old neighbor.
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jobycom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Donate to DU! Thu Nov-05-09 01:55 PM
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11. That's gorgeous. What the heck is it made of?
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jobycom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Donate to DU! Thu Nov-05-09 01:57 PM
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12. Okay, I found that it was bronze. What is the texture supposed to mean?
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Captain Hilts Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Thu Nov-05-09 02:02 PM
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16. It looks like the Einstein statue in DC. But Einstein was scruffy, Rogers was not. nt
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Kadie Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Donate to DU! Thu Nov-05-09 02:04 PM
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17. Don't know, but
here is more info about the artist..

http://www.fci.org/children/artist.html


and about the statue and tribute...

http://www.fci.org/children /
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Captain Hilts Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Thu Nov-05-09 02:01 PM
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14. NOT a good likeness. Was Arnold Palmer there?
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18. I have always loved Mr. Rogers. He was a kind and gentle soul.
Edited on Thu Nov-05-09 02:12 PM by BrklynLiberal
I felt he gave kids a safe place to be whoever they wanted to be.
When my son was a toddler he and I would sit and watch it every day.
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JVS Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Thu Nov-05-09 02:13 PM
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19. They shouldn't have hired Robert Berks.
Back in the 1980's when our mayor died, he did the sculpture in his memory. Berks deals with texture in a way that makes this children's TV icon look like he has some kind of horrible monster skin.
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20. My own encounter with Mister Rogers.
My mother dies in 1968, when I was thirteen. She died a long, painful death and it was an awful time for us all, since children couldn't be with their hospitalized parents then. It was around the time that Mister Rogers' Neighborhood began, and I used to come home from school and watch this quiet, gentle man and his friends every afternoon. It was truly one of the things that let me be young when I felt old, and to have a bit of calm in a pretty awful life.

Years and years later, when I was a new mother myself and living in Pittsburgh, I wrote him a letter telling him how much he'd meant to me and how much he was helpful in my being a good mother myself. He wrote me back, a lovely typed letter that thanked me, with a little hand written note at the end that said "Your mother in heaven would be so proud of you." I had long since decided that heaven wasn't part of my beliefs, but the kindness and generosity in that little note made me cry. Still does.
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25. Wow, I'm glad he was there for you.
I loved Mr. Rogers and so did my son.
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21. Statue looks more like Dan Rather.
:wow:
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22. i thought so as well!
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24. Looks like Howard Cosell to me
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