Mr Rogers speaks: four hour video memoir of Fred Rogers

Cory Doctorow 3:45 pm Wed Aug 8, 2012

The Archive of American Television has posted an epic, four-hour interview with Fred Rogers, better known as TV children's entertainer and world-beating mensch Mr Rogers, of Mr Rogers' Neighborhood. You may recall Rogers's classic testimony to the Congress on public TV spending, which many credit with rescuing public TV from budget cuts. The interview (which I'm about a quarter of the way through) is every bit as sweet and wonderful as his classic testimony, and would make an excellent audiotrack for you to run in the background today.

Fred Rogers Interview | Archive of American Television

(via The Mary Sue)

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