The Rosie O'Donnell Show [1996]

I have footage of several interviews with Fred Rogers that I've put on a back burner -- saving them for a rainy day. Well, it's not raining outside but it is cold so I thought today might be a good day to look at one of them -- Fred Rogers' 1996 appearance on the Rosie O'Donnell Show.

You can watch the interview here via YouTube or read a transcript of it on the Neighborhood Archive site.

While the interview is fun to watch, the one thing that stood out most to me comes in the final few seconds of the clip. Rosie O'Donnell compliments Fred Rogers on his career as he sits quietly and listens to her. At the moment you expect the studio audience to erupt in applause and the commercial break to begin, Fred turns the moment around on Rosie and thanks her for her work with children.

Humility at its finest.