This is old (duh), but Mr. Rogers is a huge MEME right now. Back when breakdancing (or “breaking”) first came out, or possibly several years later, The Rog had a little boy on the show to teach him and his television neighbors how to breakdance. The part that you’ll want to make an animated .gif out of happens at exactly 1:00:

He’s kind of good! And I think I just inadvertently learned something about the value of practicing. Also, it’s adorable that Mr. Rogers was so excited about the big piece of cardboard.

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Comments (7)
  1. he’s a regular Fred Astaire!
    supposin’ he could make it as a dancer posthumously.

  2. im pretty sure mr rogers is a paedophile

  3. asdfflkj  |   Posted on Aug 10th, 2008

    you shut your mouth cold war kid. you just shut your dirty mouth.

  4. i have no idea who the guy is, i’m just judging by this video. if he’s not a paedophile, just a weirdo, i sincerely apologise

  5. Even though Sesame Street is getting Feist to perform “1234″ and doing parodies of “30 Rock,” it still can’t reach this level of awesome.

  6. Anonymous  |   Posted on Aug 12th, 2008

    If you want to know the kind of man Mr. Rogers was, read this 1998 profile written by Tom Junod in Esquire:

    http://www.thedqtimes.com/pages/castpages/other/fredrogerscanyousayheropg1.htm

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