Fred Rogers remains an icon of kindness for the ages. An innovator of children’s television, his salt-of-the-earth demeanor and genuinely gentle nature taught a generation of kids the value of kindness.

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In celebration of the auteur’s 60th birthday, here are 20 things you might not have known about some of his classic movies.
The big red guy replaced Bugs Bunny, who was doing a poor job of getting kids to drink the Kool-Aid.
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Harrison Ford has been Han Solo, Indiana Jones, Rick Deckard, Jack Ryan, and an ass-kicking President. But the actor almost learned about plastics, and stuck a banana in a tailpipe.
For eight years, King's pseudonym went undiscovered. Then a bookstore clerk took a walk to the Library of Congress.
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The Oscar winner almost tested his supreme likability by playing Richard Nixon. The Oscar winner almost tested his supreme likability by playing Richard Nixon.