Leave Mr Rogers alone!
Really, Mr Rogers' Neighbourhood was, with Sesame Street, the best kid's programme on TV when I was growing up (I spent part of my childhood in the states before moving back to the UK at 8). He was a lovely man, genuinely dedicated to education, who started every programme by reassuring the watching children that everyone is an equally special, important individual. He also believed that the scripts on kid's shows should be as well-written as those for grown-up programmes, and that just because children were young, they shouldn't be fobbed off with second-rate entertainment.
Edit: yes, what he^ said. Nearest US equivalent of Hart/Posgate
(, Thu 5 Feb 2009, 15:34, Reply)
OH, is he the dude
that made that plea to the Senate in the 70s?
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Redsushi! Whoop! Whoop! Yes, that one!, Thu 5 Feb 2009, 15:52,
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don't know about that, I'm afraid.
In the 70s I was naught but a twinkle in my father's underpants.
(, Thu 5 Feb 2009, 16:38, Reply)
yep..Wiki says;
"The chairman of the subcommittee, John O. Pastore, was not previously familiar with Rogers' work, and was sometimes described as gruff and impatient. However, he reported that the testimony had given him goosebumps, and declared, "Looks like you just earned the $20 million." The subsequent congressional appropriation, for 1971, increased PBS funding from $9 million to $22 million.[13]
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Grindstaff, Thu 5 Feb 2009, 17:24,
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