Have a Beautiful Afternoon in Your Neighbourhood

Tom Hanks as Mr Rogers with Daniel the puppet (AP Photo)

I just watched the film A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood starring Tom Hanks as Fred Rogers. Although I did not grow up with the TV show, I lived long enough in the USA to know who Mr Rogers was. For those of you who never heard of him, this Guardian review will give you a good introduction. On the Graham Norton chat show last New Year's Eve, Tom Hanks shared 3 rules for a better life, as taught by Mr Rogers:

1. be kind.

2. be kind.

3. be kind.

It's a depressing day for many of my friends today. If you are mourning the UK exit from Europe, or  are incredulous that witnesses will not be allowed to testify at the impeachment, or in any country you are horrified at the choices made by your elected representatives supposedly on your behalf, and the future seems bleak, please, watch this movie. Its teaching is simple, and the message is one of lovingkindness. It is worth 90 minutes of your time.

cagney and lacey on graham norton's show

remember these two?
hat-tipping to scribegrrrl she has a youtube video from part of the graham norton show on her site and i then downloaded the whole programme and have just finished watching it. i haven't laughed so hard in ages. gosh laughing is good medicine.


they may look very different now, but they still put on a great show. my favourite part is near the end, when six live callers from across the world, i.e., germany, holland, sweden, australia, the usa and somewhere i forgot, pay tribute to sharon gless and tyne daly by playing the theme song through their telephones on kazoos. hysterical!