March 20- Won’t You Be My Neighbor’s Sweater?
Okay, I don’t believe this either- according to sources, today, March 20, has been proclaimed “Sweater Day!” Does it have to do with the cooler temperature? Nope. Is it some promotion from the fashion industry? Uh-uh. Is it a holiday sponsored by deodorant manufactures as a tribute to the consumers who need their products the most? Wrong kind of “sweater”…
No, it’s “Sweater Day”- a day in which we are all asked to wear a sweater- in tribute to- Fred Rogers- the beloved gentleman known as “Mister Rogers”-who always changed from his business clothes to a casual sweater. The reason for the tribute? Today, he would have been 80 years old. It’s sad when people we like have to go away and be not alive, isn’t it? Sure. (That was a Mr. Rogers impression-not a rude editorial.)
Longtime Sven fans recall my “Mister Robber’s Neighborhood” bit, which we’ve shown a few minutes of occasionally. It was always one of the most frequently mentioned bits I did back in the “Son of Svengoolie” days. Mr. Robber, who invaded people’s homes in a gentle, nurturing way, should have his own tribute day- maybe “Crowbar Day” in honor of his friend, Mr. Crowbar, who he’d use to break into locked areas.
Since Mr. Rogers gets “Sweater Day”-shouldn’t other celebrities who have birthdays around this time of year get special days in their honor as well? For example, March 16th was Jerry Lewis’ birthday- so we should have “Lighting a Cigarette Lighter with an Enormous Flame day” or, at least
“Nice LAY-DEE! Day”…March 18 was the birthday of Peter Graves- so that day should have been “Your Birthday Cake Will Self-Destruct in 5 Seconds Day” (if you never watched the old “Mission: Impossible” TV show, I know you’re confused…)
Coming up, March 22 is famous mime Marcel Marceau’s birthday, so it could simply be “Shut Up Day.” The very same day is William Shatner’s birthday- so we have our choice of
“Beam Me Up Day” or “Get It On Priceline Dot Com Day”-or, to quote his famous Saturday Night Live skit- “Get a Life Day!”
Of course, my birthday, March 12th, could have been “I SHOULD get a Life” Day…
Speaking of special days, I realize that I neglected to mention in my March 15th blog that it was the date known as “the Ides of March”- famous for being the day that Julius Caesar was
Assassinated…by not mentioning it, it also kept me from making some lame joke linking it to my friends, the fine rock group that was spawned by Berwyn- the Ides of March! I’m sure Jim Peterik and the guys will excuse me this once….
No, it’s “Sweater Day”- a day in which we are all asked to wear a sweater- in tribute to- Fred Rogers- the beloved gentleman known as “Mister Rogers”-who always changed from his business clothes to a casual sweater. The reason for the tribute? Today, he would have been 80 years old. It’s sad when people we like have to go away and be not alive, isn’t it? Sure. (That was a Mr. Rogers impression-not a rude editorial.)
Longtime Sven fans recall my “Mister Robber’s Neighborhood” bit, which we’ve shown a few minutes of occasionally. It was always one of the most frequently mentioned bits I did back in the “Son of Svengoolie” days. Mr. Robber, who invaded people’s homes in a gentle, nurturing way, should have his own tribute day- maybe “Crowbar Day” in honor of his friend, Mr. Crowbar, who he’d use to break into locked areas.
Since Mr. Rogers gets “Sweater Day”-shouldn’t other celebrities who have birthdays around this time of year get special days in their honor as well? For example, March 16th was Jerry Lewis’ birthday- so we should have “Lighting a Cigarette Lighter with an Enormous Flame day” or, at least
“Nice LAY-DEE! Day”…March 18 was the birthday of Peter Graves- so that day should have been “Your Birthday Cake Will Self-Destruct in 5 Seconds Day” (if you never watched the old “Mission: Impossible” TV show, I know you’re confused…)
Coming up, March 22 is famous mime Marcel Marceau’s birthday, so it could simply be “Shut Up Day.” The very same day is William Shatner’s birthday- so we have our choice of
“Beam Me Up Day” or “Get It On Priceline Dot Com Day”-or, to quote his famous Saturday Night Live skit- “Get a Life Day!”
Of course, my birthday, March 12th, could have been “I SHOULD get a Life” Day…
Speaking of special days, I realize that I neglected to mention in my March 15th blog that it was the date known as “the Ides of March”- famous for being the day that Julius Caesar was
Assassinated…by not mentioning it, it also kept me from making some lame joke linking it to my friends, the fine rock group that was spawned by Berwyn- the Ides of March! I’m sure Jim Peterik and the guys will excuse me this once….
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