Affirmations

[The Great Carouser]

"The reward for conformity was that everyone liked you except yourself."
Rita Mae Brown, Venus Envy

[lliam]

Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm
Author: Ralph Waldo Emmerson

[The Great Carouser]

"Nothing has a stronger influence psychologically on their environment and especially on their children than the unlived life of the parent."
Carl Jung (1875 - 1961)

[treebeau]

"Today is a beautiful day.......for me to poop on." - Triumph the Insult Comic Dog.

Couldn't resist after seeing his "Making the Video" on MTV last night.

Regards,
Tim B.

[piqaboo]

Its a Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood.

Mr Rogers

[shostakovich]

There was something passed on e-mail Saturday (when we got it) to the effect that Fred Rogers was a WWII Navy Seal war hero, and that his sweaters covered tattoos.
In the same mail was a story about Lee Marvin telling Johnny Carson, on his show, that the bravest soldier he ever saw was a sergeant at Iwo Jima. That sergeant was Bob Keeshan.

These bits of info stretch credibility, it seems to me. Has anyone heard of Mr Rogers or Captain Kangaroo as war heroes before?
Dubious Dmitri

[Selma in Sandy Eggo]

Shos: the google bios of Mr. (Fred) Rogers that I could find didn't mention any military service at all. Somehow, "Seal" doesn't fit with the rest of the man's character. I somehow doubt that the e-mail author did much research.

Selma

[barfle]

I've heard both of those tales as well, but I haven't had any verification of either one.

But if it makes you happier, Gray Davis was a combat Marine in 'Nam. I wonder if he was any more respected there...

[OperaTenor]

I've heard the Bob Keeshan story before. I seem to recall it was froma source I regarded as reliable.

The only thing I knew for sure about Fred Rogers' background was he was an ordained minister. A group of us brought him up in conversation last night, and it was alleged he behaved in real life just as he did on his show - as gentle as could be.

[shostakovich]

Thanks for the responses, folks.
Shos

[Shapley]

Here's a link to Bob Keeshan's bio. He was a Marine, but late in the war. It doesn't say whether he saw combat or not, unless I overlooked something.

http://www.museum.tv/archives/etv/K/htmlK/keeshanbob/keeshanbob.htm

[Shapley]

According to this site:

http://www.who2.com/fredrogers.html

The Mister Rogers story is bunk. He didn't serve in the military.

There's no mention of military service in his obituary, either.

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[piqaboo]

"Opportunity rarely knocks on your door. Knock rather on opportunity's door if you ardently wish to enter." B.C. Forbes.

[Serenity]

Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgement that something else is more important than fear. - Ambrose Redmoon

It is better to die on your feet than to live on your knees.- Emiliano Zapata

[Marye]

There's a fine line between genius and insanity. I have erased this line.

Oscar Levant

[The Great Carouser]

"Use what talents you possess: the woods would be very silent if no birds sang there except those that sang best."
Henry Van Dyke

[shostakovich]

Thanks, Shapley, for the input. I looked over the Keeshan bio. It said Marine Reserve 1945-46. I just checked "Iwo Jima". The battle was in Feb, 1945. This doesn't eliminate Keeshan from the battle, but it lowers the likelihood.
Shos

[shostakovich]

"The World Wide Web is very susceptible to bullshit. BEWARE."
Me

[bignaf]

Originally posted by Marye:
There's a fine line between genius and insanity. I have erased this line.

Oscar Levant

hmmmmm I also invented that saying independently...

[The Great Carouser]

"There is no revenge so complete as forgiveness."
Josh Billings (1818 - 1885)