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A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood

A new movie has opened, about the life of Fred Rogers, the longtime beloved host of Mr Rogers' Neighborhood. I have no plans for seeing the movie, but I think there is something to be said about that fact that Tom Hanks, no less, is playing the title character. It says, I think, that Hanks has settled into what may be the final, and a very long, phase of his career. Bill Cosby used to be called "America's Dad," back in the old Cliff Huxtable  days. Hanks, for all his talent and fame, is settling into a recurring role as "America's Grandpa." I hope it doesn't end for Hanks as badly as it ended for Cosby!