Mr. Rogers goes to Washington
In case you ever doubted that Fred Rogers ("Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood") was one of the greatest people ever- not that you would- check out this video clip of him testifying before Congress in 1969, making the case for funding the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Very, very powerful.
posted by Lee H. @ Thursday, May 25, 2006
3 Comments:
That's an amazing clip; I've got it on the Mr. Rogers America's Favorite Neighbor DVD I got as a PBS Pledge Drive thingy (though I think it's since been released to stores). It is SOOO good, but so sad that he had to die. Mr. Rogers is my hero.
Ah, I bet somebody converted this clip from that DVD to put it online. I was wondering where the hell anyone was able to find it.
When I first saw it I was afraid he was going to be a little flustered by the Senator's interruptions and whatnot, but like the Buddha he was, he was totally unfazed. Just awesome.
How is that DVD?? I see it on Amazon... I wonder if I'd even be able to watch it without being all teary-eyed. :)
It is AMAZING. It's packed full of footage, and the Main Program is excellent, too -- including a bunch of his early pre-neighborhood stuff (which had some of the characters still, like King Friday) -- but it's amazing, because a lot of the time you don't really realize how much of a great sense of humor Mr. Rogers had -- there's bits that are just HILARIOUS from his early show.
Mr. Rogers is really a national treasure. I think if more people were like him, we'd be a lot better off. I try to be like him where I can, really. I'm not just sayin' hyperbole when I say that he's my hero -- he honestly is. Pretty much more so than anyone else. I've often wanted to get into Children's Television because of him -- it's just a matter of not really, y'know, knowing how, I guess. But I would love to do a PBS-type children's show. But I think the best thing about him was that he really truly loved everyone. I like that he weighed 143 pounds -- enough for the letters in "I Love You".
Mr. Rogers is one of the most beautiful people I know, even though I never met him.
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