Okay here’s a thread, maybe one that will surpase my teletubbies one. What woujld do if you moved to Mr. Rodgers Neighborhood? Would you want to?
I don’t know, an old guy whose best friend was a talking rail car, and liked putting his hand up an elderly kings arse to make him talk? I think Id rather take my chances with Michael Jackson. What about you guys, by the way, the day i move to Michael’s neighborhood, is the day Hell throws an all out party to commense their being kicked out of Heaven, hosted by Pope Benedict XVI.
Fred Rogers was a supporter of educational TV programming (educational as in character building). He despised the emptiness of shows such as Howdy Doody. He thought TV was condescending towards children, and he wanted to treat children as people. Mr. Rogers even admits to going into television because he hated its vapidness.
So, I reckon he was appalled by people being pied because it’s so… juvenile. He truly believed TV could and should be used for a higher cause, not just sitcoms and puppets. Being pied in the face basically stood against everything Mr. Rogers strove for.