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Viral Mister Rogers Video Worth the Buzz?

New Tampa, tell us what you think of this auto-tuned song. Does it bring you back to simpler times?

 

Mashable said it will make viewers “cry tears of joy.” And the Los Angeles Times called it “totally awesome. … weird and catchy.”

PBS Digital Studios Thursday released “Garden of Your Mind,” an auto-tuned song and video featuring snippets from the children’s show “Mister Rogers' Neighborhood,” according to the Times. As of this evening, it had a stunning 800,000 views on YouTube.

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In the video, Fred Rogers tells viewers to use their imaginations and be students of the world.

“Did you ever see a cat’s eyes in the dark and wonder what they were?” he says at one point. "Have you ever grown anything in the garden of your mind?"

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What do you think of this viral video, New Tampa? Is it worthy of all the buzz, and did you watch "Mister Rogers' Neighborhood" as a youngster? Tell us in the comments section below.


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