# @josh.harmon on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DFsvURzPOOB
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/35297610-joshharmon-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2025-02-05T17:14:36.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Josh Harmon (@josh.harmon) — https://gondola.cc/josh.harmon

## Caption

The beautiful rhythms of Mister Rogers :)
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Is this the best acceptance speech of all time? It’s certainly one of my favorites. This is from Fred Rogers’ speech at the 1997 Emmys accepting a Lifetime Achievement Award in television. I’ve been thinking about this clip more and more over the past few months.
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Mr. Rogers delivers such a powerful message here, but he never raises his voice. He speaks slowly, quietly, deliberately, with a beautiful lilting jazzy cadence (just like the music he wrote for his show). I tried to capture that here in the performance. 
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Drumming can be loud and bombastic but sometimes it’s more powerful to play quietly. As Mr. Rogers perfectly displays here, sometimes the most effective rhythm is the Rest.
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In those ten seconds, I thought about my parents and grandparents, my brother, all the wonderful teachers and mentors I’ve had through the years. When you pause for a moment to consider it all, it’s quite overwhelming. 
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Mr. Rogers used his platform to spread compassion and kindness. How cool is that? This one might get the waterworks flowing! Wishing you all a beautiful day in the neighborhood. With love, JH :) 
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publicspeaking, gratitude, television, rhythmsofcomedy, drums, viral, fredrogers, rhythm, musician, kindness, inspiring, mrrogers

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