I grew up with Fred Rogers. He was as much an institution in my household as Sesame Street, Thundercats, Transformers and all those other series that have been strip-mined clean of their original value by psuedo-comedians whose stock in trade is capitalizing on the hazy memories of a generation caked in bong resin and the glamour of recreational heroin abuse.
To watch him in the above clip, in which he comes face to face with Miyamoto's Donkey Kong, brings back a flood of memories from a happier, more innocent time, but it also fills my mind with questions:
First, do we all sound autistic when explaining video games to the older generation?
Second, when did we start basing all of our pedophile stereotypes on Fred Rogers, and what the hell is wrong with all of us?!
[Thanks to Mog ... er ... Fae ... er, Mark, for sending this in and forcing me to spend ten minutes figuring out his confusing signature.]
Contest:
3:32 AM on 04.26.2007
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But seriously, is that Ernie Hudson up in that bitch?
Any person who hadn't heard of Donkey Kong or Pacman would think you're crazy. Not to mention all the trippy elements of Super Mario Bros...
"you know video games are fun, but i got some cool video games in the back of my van and puppies and candy. Wanna see?"
True, but usually I think that the whole "left to go left and right to go right" thing needs no explanation.
My favorite moment of that entire clip is when the kid chimes in with "Down's not really used." He's a goddamn expert at the importance of "down" in various video games. The kid actually sounded mad at the suggestion that one would press down while playing Donkey Kong.
And was it just me, or did the chef totally get you pumped up as he brought Mr. Rogers into his forbidden love den?
you're all special in your own way, every one.
I wish I'd met Mister Rogers. Not while playing Donkey Kong though, because I'd rather not shout "FUCK" into his ear 47 times.
Someone track down that kid.
Meow-meow Kitty OTOH... Fair game.
What a pussy.
Autistic sounding or not, if Fred Rogers had me on the show as a kid, and offered me a part playing Donkey Kong, It would have been "on like neckbones"
I do admit, looking at that now, with the way the world is now, he's kinda creepy. He's the guy you'd tell your kids to watch out for. But back then, he was just a nice guy who liked to teach kids things and learn stuff, and that was alright.
God, I wanna go watch some more Mr. Rogers and find some Captain Kangaroo. Maybe some old-school Sesame Street (back before it started sucking balls). I'm off to Google Video to re-live a bit of my childhood. Toodles!
Also, I have it on good authority that King Friday totally owned at Asteroids.
And second the thought... WAIT FOR ME TO FINISH MY DAMN GAME, BEFORE YOU COLLECT THE QUARTERS! Dayum.
WIIIISE FWOM YOUH GWAAAVE!