It's a Beautiful Day for a Mister Rogers Retrospective

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Written By Jamie Fenderson

In the neighborhood this week on The 80s and 90s Uncensored, Jamie and Milo relive the joys of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood. The classic television show, which aired from 1968 to 2001, taught children and adults how to be the best person they can be while reminding them that they are perfect just the way they are.

 
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In the greatest subgenre nobody asked for but everyone remembers, TV gave us intergalactic visitors who moved in with human families, disrupted suburban routines.

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Cheers Drinking Game
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Jamie Fenderson

Independent web publisher, blogger, podcaster… creator of digital worlds. Analyst, designer, storyteller… proud polymath and doer of things. Founder and producer of “the80sand90s.com” and gag-man co-host of the “The 80s and 90s Uncensored” podcast.

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