My step son was just telling me that he heard {and believes} that the reason Mr Rogers neighborhood came about was because it was a community service punishment for the crimes he had commited. Have any of you ever heard of such nonsense. I googled it and I can't find ANYTHING to support his claims.
2006-08-20 19:33:41 · 12 answers · asked by dingydarla 3 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Theater & Acting
Fred Rogers never went to prison. He never served in the Military. It's all Urban Legend.
2006-08-20 22:26:48 · answer #1 · answered by darthclown 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Mr. Rodgers and Captain Kangaroo were both heavily decorated military veterans. They both fought in wars as well.
Mr. Rogers wore long sleeves to cover military tattoo's.
2006-08-21 02:38:09 · answer #2 · answered by Dolphin lover 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Your step son is conning you.
Fred Rogers was a minister, I believe, and first ran his show in Canada.
He never was an ex con.
2006-08-21 02:39:33 · answer #3 · answered by Chief BaggageSmasher 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Nonsense. Fred Rogers had no rap sheet, he was a Presbyterian minister.
2006-08-21 02:39:26 · answer #4 · answered by urbancoyote 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Perhaps your stepson somehow confused the career fiasco of Paul (Pee Wee Herman) Reubens with Mr. Rogers.
I cried when I read this bio.
http://www.rotten.com/library/bio/misc/fred-rogers/
2006-08-21 05:10:01 · answer #5 · answered by maî 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, Mr. Rogers was everybody's friend and neighbor.
2006-08-21 02:40:44 · answer #6 · answered by RG 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
100% not true. He seemed a pretty level man. He served his country. He died very painfully in 2002 I believe of cancer.
2006-08-21 03:09:21 · answer #7 · answered by kazak 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
What?! Are you sure he wasn't talking about Mr. Robinson, the Eddie Murphy parody? That I could believe. :-)
2006-08-21 02:38:44 · answer #8 · answered by truthyness 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
No but he was a war veteran, and killed people. He certainly became more tame.
2006-08-21 02:38:24 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
thats interesting lol i never herd of that
2006-08-21 02:39:44 · answer #10 · answered by Kittie_Nash 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋