There are many people who like laughing at Mr. Rogers now that he's dead and calling him a pedophile. There is nothing wrong with you people that I can't fix with my hands.

Mr. Rogers was a treasure. The world's poorer for not having him in it. Sure, this clip of Mr. Rogers hanging around a video arcade with a small, unaccompanied little boy seems a bit pervy right now. They were simpler times.

I love everything about this clip, from John Costa's intro (don't be fooled: this man was one of the all time great Jazz pianist's) to the way Mr. Rogers refers to Mario as a "carpenter" and so cheerfully allows the little boy to rip the controller away from him, without doing what a lesser adult like me would do, which would be to slug the child.

Thanks to GayGamer for calling my attention to it. But it's not gay, dammit! Florian Eckhardt

Contact information for this author is not available.