Extra: Mr. Rogers' Foolish Neighborhood

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🗓️ 9 June 2018

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

Rule Breakers are often loud and abrupt, like the sound of shattering glass. But sometimes the most profound Rule Breakers are quiet—changing the landscape over time with gentle consistency. Fred Rogers, through his long-running TV Show, Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood, broke through the noise and brashness of his time with a soft-spoken kindness that shaped generations.

This interview was recorded in 2002. Won't You Be My Neighbor, a documentary about Fred Rogers, opens in theaters this weekend.

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0:00.0	It's the Rule Breaker Investing Podcast with Motley Full Co-founder David Gardner.
0:07.0	And welcome back to Rule Breaker Investing and thanks for joining me for this weekend extra.
0:15.0	And it's a really special extra.
0:17.5	It lives on in my mind.
0:19.5	And as I talked about this with my producer Rick Engdall and my longtime compatriot
0:23.9	Matt Greer, we thought we should definitely air our interview with Fred Rogers from
0:28.6	many years ago because of this weekend well Fred Rogers is documentary won't you be my neighbor is now out in
0:35.8	theater so yeah we're we're gonna promote it a little bit and get you out there in
0:38.9	fact by the time this year I've already seen it because I went to it Friday night
0:42.4	I bet I loved it because I went to it Friday night. I bet I loved it.
0:43.4	So I definitely wanted to have my friend Mac Greer in because Mac First of all hey
0:48.0	David good to see you happy weekend. Happy weekend happy weekend
0:51.1	happy weekend for me too I think we're going probably on Saturday to see won't you be my neighbor.
0:55.0	Yeah, we're going to the AMC Sherlington, which is not the biggest theater here in Washington.
0:59.7	I don't think it's in a huge release, right?
1:02.0	Not maybe making all of the IMAX screens out there but I think I hope you
1:06.2	know it'll do good sales. I think it will the preview looks awesome fast-paced not
1:11.6	anything like the actual Mr. Rogers real show, but that's okay.
1:16.1	So Mac, thinking back in the day, you had many roles at the Motley Fool and one of them was
1:20.8	helping us book guests like Fred Rogers. Do you remember like dialing
1:25.4	them up and trying to get them on the Motley Fool radio show? I do. This may have been my
1:28.8	high water mark. This is back in 2002 and if you're of a certain age then you look at Mr. Rogers I mean he's
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