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Friday, September 2, 2022

Fred Rogers was a Mensch, who faced down a skeptical senator

Here's his 1969 testimony before the US Senate Subcommittee on Communications:



Mr. Rogers on the Tonight Show in 1983, with Joan Rivers as guest host. Watch Rivers' reaction as he sings "I Like You" to her (c. 6:16):



Fred Rogers accepts the Lifetime Achievement Award for Daytime Emmys in 1997:

The day that Fred Rogers washed the feet of a blackman on TV (c. 1:24):



Fred Rogers delivers the commencement address at Dartmouth, his alma mater, in 2002:

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