I don’t know for sure why I’m so fascinated with Fred Rogers. I was 11 and living in Pittsburgh when his show started to become popular. My Mother worked at WQED as a volunteer and sometimes helped out with the show, but not in any major way that I can brag about. My Uncle worked in television advertising at CBS (he was a drinking buddy of Bob Keeshan’s, but that is a different story).
No, I think I started to *really* appreciate Fred Rogers in high school probably after hearing the National Lampoon Radio Hour bit (feat. Christopher Guest and Brian Doyle Murray). And now that I’m collecting kids records, I note that it’s hard to find a Mr. Rogers record that isn’t *totally* whipped. Kids played the crap out of his records.
Track Listing:
- Won’t You Be My Neighbor?
- It’s You I LIke
- Sometimes People Are Good
- Let’s Be Together Today
- I’m Taking Care Of You
- Look And Listen
- Please Don’t Think It’s Funny
- You Are Special
- I Did Too
- Everybody’s Fancy
- I Like to Take My Time
- When A Baby Comes
- Be Brave
- Wishes Don’t Make Things Come True (by Negri)
- What Do You Do
- You’re Growing
- I’m Proud Of You
- I Like to Be Told
- The Clown In Me
- Just For Once
- It’s Such A good Feeling