Mister Rogers defending PBS to the US Senate

In 1969, Fred Rogers appeared before the United States Senate Subcommittee on Communications. His goal was to support funding for PBS and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, in response to significant proposed cuts by President Nixon.

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[Jmagnum8989]

To everyone who disliked this video, Mr. Rodgers will always love you just the way you are.

[Lulzlabye]

Mr rogers is a badass

[kmikl]

Did you notice that he never had to go back over things once he said them? There's a difference between talking slow, and ensuring you are understood.

Fred Rogers may not have been the fastest talker, but you never once misunderstood what he was saying, nor what he meant. In this respect It was he that was the great communicator, not Ronald Reagan.

[kmikl]

He was a good man.

[Xxbunianxrings]

if my wife cheated on me with Mr.rogers, i would not be mad

[CrackDetective]

my god....

[Dan Guthrie]

I always was told by my peers in my small town that I talked funny because I enunciated. They said that I talked funny and weird, when I was actually speaking properly. I am sure that Mr. Rogers dealt with this at a different time, with different people.

[EpicJamo]

For some reason, whenever I see a video with Mr. Rogers, I always tear up. It's just... he was... so nice...

[markworrll]

A good man and a great neighbor

[Ceaz775]

I miss that man. He used to be my neighbor.

[Ceaz775]

Yeah, you big bastards.

[Chris Mudd]

I... I don't know what it is... but what he says around 4:00 just made me start crying uncontrollably.