Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Fred Rogers testifies

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Original – Fred Rogers, the host of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood, testifies before the Senate Subcommittee on Communications, chaired by John Pastore, on 1 May 1969.

Reason: Mister Rogers' Neighborhood is a major cultural artifact but unfortunately for us it will remain under copyright for another 40+ years. Fred Rogers had a very distinct manner of speech that is difficult to truly understand unless you see and hear it. This video serves to demonstrate that very well. It also offers many encyclopedic details including explaining how his public broadcast show was funded. To boot, Rogers recites the lyrics to one of his songs, lays out in a few sentence his point of view on childhood psychological development, mental health, and how he incorporates that into his programming. Rogers was a great man, ahead of his time, and this video perfectly encapsulates his work. Watch it to the end for a happy ending.
Articles in which this image appears: Fred Rogers, John Pastore, Mister Rogers' Neighborhood, "What Do You Do with the Mad that You Feel?"
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Entertainment
Creator: United States Senate

Support as nominator – --- Coffeeandcrumbs 05:25, 16 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Support - Unique, top EV. --Janke | Talk 15:08, 16 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Support Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 7.1% of all FPs} 16:27, 16 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Strong Support - This clip gets me every time -- I didn't realize we had a copy. Great educational value for multiple articles, of course. For anyone who wants to see more of one of the most wonderful human beings, see Won't You Be My Neighbor?. — Rhododendrites ^talk \\ 19:21, 17 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Support JJ Harrison (talk) 02:39, 18 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Support. MER-C 10:33, 18 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Support Great educational value Taewangkorea (talk) 01:12, 20 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Fred Rogers testifies before the Senate Subcommittee on Communications, 1969.ogv --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 12:37, 26 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]