Mr. Rogers And Me

Friday, June 18th, 2010 | Uncategorized

I’m very honored to have two songs off “Love Is Here To Stay” (The title track and “The World Is Waking Up!”) in the new documentary, “Mr. Rogers And Me.” As you may have guessed, the documentary is about everyone’s favorite neighbor, Mr. Rogers, and features interviews by the late Tim Russert, Susan Stamburg, Marc Brown and many more. The movie premieres tonight at The Nantucket Film Festival, and I’m here to witness it!

My good friend Ben Wagner and his brother Chris have been working on this for years, and I’m quite excited, as a friend and huge Mr. Rogers fan, to finally see the finished product!

Ben first met “Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood” creator and star, Fred Rogers, at Rogers’ summer home on Nantucket, Massachusetts. His mother rented the cottage next door, so Mister Rogers really was his neighbor.

On the afternoon of their first meeting, “America’s Favorite Neighbor” asked the young journalist about his job as an MTV News producer. Wagner felt exposed and embarrassed, a PBS mind in a jump-cut, sound-bit MTV world.

Mister Rogers said warmly, “I feel so strongly that deep and simple is far more essential than shallow and complex.”

Later, Rogers said simply, “Spread the message, Benjamin.” I think it’s safe to say Ben is doing his part. Check out the trailer below!

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5 Comments to Mr. Rogers And Me

BJ
June 18, 2010

Very cool, Casey! I’ve been following all of Ben’s updates/trailers/exclusive preview clips…. It looks fantastic but I had no idea you were a part of it. That rocks. makes me want to see it even more now. Did you go to the Nantucket primere the other night?

casey
June 20, 2010

hey bj!! the premiere was AWESOME! such a great doc…what a great man mr. rogers was. it’s definitely a must see!

hope you’re doing well.

Benjamin Wagner - Singer/Songwriter, Journalist & Filmmaker
June 25, 2010

[...] loaded with my music alongside a score by Rich Sancho and Chris LoPresto, and two songs by Casey Shea. The primary reason I used my songs (”Hollywood Arms,” “Dark Blue,” [...]

Mister Rogers & Me: A Deep & Simple Documentary Film
June 26, 2010

[...] the credits rolled (to Casey Shea’s inspiring “Love Is Here To Stay”) and the audience applauded (for a solid minute or so, I might add), I climbed from my seat to meet [...]

chelsey
July 1, 2010

Congrats Casey! So glad to see that you are doing lots of new things and continuing to grow. Keep going man

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