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September 21, 2018 5:11 PM

For those in need of a 2018-strength unicorn chaser, today's Google Doodle celebrates the 51st anniversary of the first episode of Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood.
posted by nonasuch (7 comments total)

Thats's a lovely video they made for it.

Loved the Google background when I saw it this morning.
posted by FleetMind at 5:51 PM on September 21, 2018 [1 favorite]

*sigh* We need this man now more than ever. Last year I changed my .sig to be "Be the person Mr. Rogers knew you could be." to keep him in the front of people's mind.

Which reminds me: can anyone help a brother out?
posted by wenestvedt at 6:14 PM on September 21, 2018 [3 favorites]

First, this was lovely.

But, I didn't like him cheering up the boy by giving him a paper crane. Mr Rogers advocated that it was okay to feel sad (and mad and scared and happy). I don't know how they'd depict that, but the "sad boy, quick fix" didn't jive.

Finally, still, this was lovely.
posted by jazon at 6:20 PM on September 21, 2018 [3 favorites]

wenestvedt, there are auto-generators, if you look for "obama hope poster generator app" or "shepard fairey image generator"; here's one made via lunapic
posted by Iris Gambol at 6:37 PM on September 21, 2018 [3 favorites]

It was indeed a good video, it made my day a bit better.
posted by RolandOfEld at 7:40 PM on September 21, 2018 [1 favorite]

I discovered this earlier today while taking a break from a heinous task for work. And at the first notes of the theme I legit teared up.
posted by EmpressCallipygos at 7:57 PM on September 21, 2018 [5 favorites]

This was lovely and much needed.
posted by jzb at 1:59 AM on September 22, 2018