@aleciabatson the whole story behind how Mr. Rogers even managed to get him to commit to this is great too. It warns your heart that given the choice, people will just do nice things for their communities with the abilities they have
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@zkat Ooh, I don’t know this story! Could you share more?
@aleciabatson basically that Mr Rogers was actually a pretty damn good pianist himself and told Costa what he wanted to do with the show. Costa took it because of that, because he wouldn’t have to travel outside of Pittsburgh, and because the amount he got paid was basically what it cost to put his son through college. It was basically his retirement gig.
