In another board, what I was expecting to see here SOMEWHERE, I would've seen: some loser being irreverant and disrespectful about Mr. Rogers, exercising his "rights of speech." I don't see this here, I'm very happy to announce.
I thought the guy was great, frankly, and at the very least he was a much better counter to crap like Barney if only because he treated kids like kids, not idiots. And he was human, which Barney is not.
But more than that, he was just a good man, I think. I watched him a lot growing up, and he just always had a nice, pleasant show, and sometimes you even learned a little something--but it never felt like "education," thankfully. It was just nice.
May he rest in peace, and may his family be proud of him and consoled that he did so much good.
And Ace, this may sound very weird, and maybe I'm just going through a twentysomething mid-life crisis, but reading that he taught you to tie your shoes actually got me a little bit. Seriously, that's really something, isn't it?