Before the #MeToo movement there was a slow ramp of scandals about celebrities and for a while there every time someone posted about Fred I would recite a little litany in my head,

Pleasebegoodpleasebegoodpleasebegood

That went into overdrive after the first rumors about Bill Cosby started up. And then by John Lassiter I was a momentary wreck every time Fred made the news.

Fred Rogers has been gone long enough now that I’m more confident that he was genuinely the Nice Guy his public image paints him to be. Of course Fred Rogers sued the KKK.

Arsenio Hall had Fred on the first run of his talk show. He was agog. Major hero worship. Ended up gifting him a copy of his signature jacket. Which was even bigger on Fred than it was on Arsenio.