Man shares the delightful reason Mr. Rogers’ theme song was different in every episode

“Yeah! This is beautiful! And it goes so much deeper than that! Mr Rogers treated every member of his audience as if they are on their way to becoming a sophisticated adult. That’s why he chose this God level jazz musician to allow children to be exposed to high and sophisticated musical expression.”

“Costa also worked for practically free. Mr Rogers repeatedly tried to pay it properly, Costa refused because he didn’t want the shows limited budget to just go to him.”

“Being an abused child. I loved watching Mr. Rogers. He was my safe-haven. I was so blessed to be Mr. Rogers neighbor in real life as an adult. He was such a truly beautiful man. He would sit and read the books he wrote to my daughter. Such a blessing.”

“Another amazing fact – he started describing everything on the show – what stuff looked like, what he was doing – very gently and casually because a little girl who was blind wrote to him and said she wished she could see what he was doing.”

“I wrote Mr. Rogers three letters. He answered all his own mail and each letter was carefully typed so you could tell that he had taken the time to actually read the letter and respond. A few years ago, in my classroom, we were reading a book about Mr. Rogers. The kids didn’t know who he was so I found an episode on YouTube. They were glued to it. Even with their modern limited attention spans, the man hooked them into being a part of his neighborhood because he was speaking directly to them.”

No matter how many new things we learn about Mr. Rogers, he truly remains the best of us.