while reading the Wikipedia entry on Mr. Rogers, I found this.

[sweetspastic]

During the 1997 Daytime Emmys, the Lifetime Achievement Award was presented to Rogers. The following is an excerpt from Esquire Magazine's coverage of the gala, written by Tom Junod:

Mister Rogers went onstage to accept the award - and there, in front of all the soap opera stars and talk show sinceratrons, in front of all the jutting man-tanned

Comments

[asillia]

He was so awesome :)

[teknoferit]

Wow, that's beautiful writing. Go Mr. Rogers, too!

[sweetspastic]

Yeah, I wasn't expecting to be so moved by something on Wikipedia!

[bootsinrain]

Yeah. I love Mister Rogers. His existence is mind-boggling.