I saw this today and had to share it with you. In 1969 the US Senate was cutting expenses in order to help fund the Vietnam War. Public televison was being supported by a $20 million grant and that grant was about to be cut.
In this film clip from the Senate hearings, Fred Rogers talked for 6 minutes. In the end what he said restored the funding the government was about to cut.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a41lJIhW7fA
Sure -- I thought his show was pretty weird at the time, but the truth is that's the way he was and being real is one of the important lessons we all can take away from this video clip.
