Fred Rogers: More than a Man - A Legend.

According to this article my friend Karen sent me, Mr. Rogers is something of a demi-god. Granted, he had cardigans instead of superhuman strength, and he wasn't lusty the way the Greek demi-gods were..and..
he was like a demi-god anyway. Ok?

Here are two excerpts from this article on the very special Mr. Rogers.

Excerpt #1 on how Mr. Rogers saved tv:

When the government wanted to cut Public Television funds in 1969, the relatively unknown Mister Rogers went to Washington. Almost straight out of a Capra film, his 5-6 minute testimony on how TV had the potential to give kids hope and create more productive citizens was so simple but passionate that even the most gruff politicians were charmed. While the budget should have been cut, the funding instead jumped from $9 to $22 million.

Excerpt #2 on Mr. Rogers' bodyweight:

Mr. Rogers weighed in at exactly 143 pounds every day for the last 30 years of his life [...] According to the piece, Rogers came “to see that number as a gift… because, as he says, “the number 143 means ‘I love you.’ It takes one letter to say ‘I’ and four letters to say ‘love’ and three letters to say ‘you.’ One hundred and forty-three.”

Read more about his life, loves and beliefs by clackering HERE (yes, there).