Mister Rogers defending PBS to the US Senate

25 comments

1. aydivine

   November 28, 2010 at 2:30 pm

   What’s the difference between Mr. Rogers and my dead neighbour? My dead neighbour isn’t burning in hell.

    
2. greengeek09

   December 3, 2010 at 8:20 am

   How could 21 people dislike this?? I love it!!

    
3. z32xpinoy

   December 4, 2010 at 1:52 pm

   I miss watching this guy. He was like the nicest guy I’n the world.

    
4. ScottMasson

   December 4, 2010 at 2:00 pm

   He was a genius.

    
5. jmaringouin

   December 4, 2010 at 4:10 pm

   incredible.

    
6. KERPALSINGH

   December 4, 2010 at 4:47 pm

   Amongst men: A dominator.

   Fred Rogers, RIP.

    
7. fffentoozler

   December 7, 2010 at 5:21 am

   My kids are going to grow up watching DVDs of Mr Roger’s neighborhood, sesame street, Arthur… basically all PBS programing and nothing else.

    
8. EmilingUp

   December 7, 2010 at 2:46 pm

   Gracious. I just sobbed like a baby.

    
9. jcpelly

   December 7, 2010 at 6:37 pm

   @fffentoozler Its a great way to grow up. :]

    
10. exitwest

    December 8, 2010 at 10:51 am

    Fred Rogers & Jim Henson……..THE two icons in influencing children. The world was richer from having them in it.

     
11. fordham78

    December 8, 2010 at 7:06 pm

    Thank you Mr. Rogers. We love you now and forever.

     
12. c0deMunkey

    December 8, 2010 at 11:48 pm

    PBS is for weirdos

     
13. krille898

    December 9, 2010 at 12:45 pm

    This feels scripted.

     
14. chrisnatti

    December 11, 2010 at 2:29 am

    i love how Fred wins this guy over

     
15. DJCrabCake

    December 11, 2010 at 4:24 pm

    I cried… Fred’s voice is so soothing and clear… And what he is saying is so true.

     
16. AKMON798701

    December 12, 2010 at 5:59 am

    c0deMunkey: most countries have either public broadcast television or hybrid public/commercial models. We have a fully commercial–mass media model–that makes us the weirdos. It also makes us stupid. Do you know what concentrated markets are? It’s what the commercial model depends on–more viewers on fewer channels equals very expensive commercial real-estate. to get this, you have to dumb down programming–make people complacent and settle for their 2nd or 3rd best choice of what to watch.

     
17. montrealman84

    December 16, 2010 at 11:39 am

    @krille898 it’s the way he talks. You’re used to the way people speak today. Watch some earlier TV.

     
18. windowsforvista

    December 18, 2010 at 12:19 am

    I love the way he talks so clearly. If you turn on the captions, you see that they’re almost spot on. That has never happened with any youtube video ever.

    I want to be this man

     
19. BEASLAND000

    December 19, 2010 at 12:05 am

    @windowsforvista not exactly, some of the captions, especially when he speaks a little faster…

     
20. windowsforvista

    December 20, 2010 at 12:44 am

    @BEASLAND000 Most of the time the captions can’t get a whole sentence, so that’s pretty good.

     
21. saourisudevi

    December 20, 2010 at 9:20 pm

    <3

     
22. FreezeCrackerFun

    December 22, 2010 at 2:25 pm

    God bless this man.

     
23. danielcooper1000

    December 23, 2010 at 1:00 pm

    Thanks to the Los Angeles Times, the public learned that city manager Robert Rizzo was making nearly $800,000, or twice that of the president of the United States, while his deputy was paid $376,000. Police Chief Randy Adams was pulling in $457,000, 50 percent more than Los Angeles Police Chief Charlie Beck. Since the exposé last week, they’ve all resigned.

     
24. ShaolinViolin

    December 24, 2010 at 5:00 am

    FUCK NIXON!!! THE MAN WAS PURE EVIL!

     
25. shovespent

    December 25, 2010 at 5:53 am

    Whenever I feel untethered, I watch this. This man, Fred Rogers, he provided such an example. In his programming, for children, and in this video, an amazing selfless template for adults. Thank you, Mr. Rogers.