Today would have been the 80th birthday of Fred Rogers of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood, had stomach cancer not claimed his life in February of 2003.
In memory of him, here are some classic clips.
His goodbye speech:
A 1986 interview:
Mr. Rogers playing Donkey Kong in 1981. A then-aspiring actor named Keith David, later known for his roles in John Carpenter's The Thing and They Live, shows up to empty the machine:
And here's the best Mr. Rogers clip ever, a 1969 Congressional hearing where he convinces the initially hostile Committee Chairman not to cut funding to PBS:
