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I want to ask you

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if Fred Rogers were here today

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and you could sit down with him,

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and he sat across from you and said, actually,

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it's nice to meet you. I'm Fred. I want

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to know what you would ask him.

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I mean, it wouldn't be one question.

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I want you to tell me about every person

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you've ever loved. I

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think there's so much to learn from

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listening to people talk

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about the people who make

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them feel a certain way. So

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there I am on the couch

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with Mr Rotters. Wow, look

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at my face, the way that he looked

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at me. I

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felt like you saw me. Kids

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they grow out of him

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as though they've graduated from Fred

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Rogers, but it's

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still resonates. Are

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you okay today?

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I am because I'm getting to visit

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with you now. That

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makes my day a special one.

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He had a calling, one that allowed

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him to communicate in

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a way that the ordinary person does

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not. When we people

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can understand our feelings and talk

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about them, we're free

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to be who we like being.

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For thirty years, Mr Rogers looked

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through our television screens and said to millions

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of kids, I see you. I

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like you just the way you are. But

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what do we miss about Fred's message. When

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we only focus on the sweater and the sneakers,

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I mean, does Fred Rogers matter

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today? I think a lot

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of people just thought that he was very simplistic,

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but there was an incredible

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depth and call to action on

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the show. I'm Carlo Wallace

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and is Finding Fred a ten

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part series from I Heart Media and

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Fatherly in partnership with Transmitter

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Media about the life, the thinking,

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and the work of Fred Rogers, the

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man behind Mr Rogers

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Neighborhood. The thing he chooses to say

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is I still see you. I'm still

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proud of you, and see

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the child and you listen

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everywhere. Beginning October, It's

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time for me to go. Do you

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know when I go on one day, I

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usually come back the next