Mr Rogers

He was a little past my time growing up as he started in 1968 with the Mr Rogers Neighborhood, that is his hallmark. From Wikipedia:

Distribution of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood began on February 19, 1968. The following year, the show moved to PBS (Public Broadcasting Service). In 1971, Rogers formed Family Communications, Inc. (FCI), and the company established offices in the WQED building in Pittsburgh. Initially, the company served solely as the production arm of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood, but now develops and produces an array of children's programming and educational materials.

In retrospect it would have been nice growing up with both Captain Kangaroo and Mr Rogers, but I have no complaints. I appreciated Mr Rogers more when I saw him many years later. Here is a picture and caption which says it all about the man from FimmakerIQ.com

Most people have heard of Koko, the gorilla who could speak about 1000 words in Sign Language, and understand about 2000 in English. What most people don’t know, however, is that Koko was an avid Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood fan. When Fred Rogers took a trip out to meet Koko for his show, not only did she immediately wrap her arms around him and embrace him, she did what she’d always seen him do onscreen: she proceeded to take his shoes off.