SUBMITTED BY: Al Kaufman LOCATION: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (2012)
It’s always a “Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood” when you get to sit on Mr. Roger’s lap!
It’s a fitting pose to pay tribute to the PBS sweatered icon. Good thing that sculptor Robert Berks did his research and didn’t believe the urban legend that Fred Rogers was a U.S. Marine Corps sniper or a Navy SEAL.
(Al Kaufman is an Atlanta music writer who recently investigated celebrity underarm odor for Tacky Tourist Photos).