Mr. Rogers, whose neighborhood are you in now?

March 1, 2003 10:25 PM | 12 Comments

[: VaxCave :] - Won't You Be My Neighbor?
Dave has an audio clip up at his site of Mr. Rogers at a Senate hearing.

In 1969 the US Senate had a hearing on funding the newly developed Corporation for Public Broadcasting. The proposed endowment was $20 million, but President Nixon wanted it cut in half because of the spending going on in the Vietnam War. This is an audio clip of the exchange between Mr. Rogers and Senator Pastore, head of the hearing. Senator Pastore starts out very abrasive and by the time Mr. Rogers is done talking, Senator Pastore's inner child has heard Mr. Rogers and agreed with him. I also have this in video format, but due to bandwidth worries, I'll only show it to you if you are willing to mirror it. Enjoy.

I listened to the feed and it's definitely striking. The soft-spoken, polite Mr. Rogers facing off against the real world, nasty old senators and coming away victorious. I wonder what Mr. Rogers thought about the world before he passed away?

Rest in peace Mr. Rogers, cause if there's a better neighborhood out there, you're there.

12 Comments

Rick Steiner | November 6, 2003 3:59 PM

Could I get the video clip? I saw it in a workshop I attended and was almost moved to tears.

Rick Steiner | November 6, 2003 4:00 PM

Could I get the video clip? I saw it in a workshop I attended and was almost moved to tears.

Rick Steiner | November 6, 2003 4:00 PM

Could I get the video clip? I saw it in a workshop I attended and was almost moved to tears.

Rick Steiner | November 6, 2003 4:00 PM

Could I get the video clip? I saw it in a workshop I attended and was almost moved to tears.

Rick Steiner | November 6, 2003 4:00 PM

Could I get the video clip? I saw it in a workshop I attended and was almost moved to tears.

Rick Steiner | November 6, 2003 4:00 PM

Could I get the video clip? I saw it in a workshop I attended and was almost moved to tears.

Rick Steiner | November 6, 2003 4:00 PM

Could I get the video clip? I saw it in a workshop I attended and was almost moved to tears.

Rick Steiner | November 6, 2003 4:00 PM

Could I get the video clip? I saw it in a workshop I attended and was almost moved to tears.

Rick Steiner | November 6, 2003 4:00 PM

Could I get the video clip? I saw it in a workshop I attended and was almost moved to tears.

Rick Steiner | November 6, 2003 4:00 PM

Could I get the video clip? I saw it in a workshop I attended and was almost moved to tears.

Rick Steiner | November 6, 2003 4:01 PM

Could I get the video clip? I saw it in a workshop I attended and was almost moved to tears.

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