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I agree 100% with Berkeley Breathed when he wrote:

Mister Rogers: Welcome to my neighborhood, boys and girls!

Did you enjoy meeting Senator Kravitz today? I did. He told us about something called "inflation," didn't he? Can YOU say "inflation?"

Opus: Inphlabph.

Mister Rogers: Good! Can you say "Mister Rogers should be paid more dough?"

Opus: Mister Rogers should -

Mister Rogers: Can you put it on a postcard?

https://78.media.tumblr.com/dad9d0c81aab7c572572e6151483dd8c...

I believe that was a Soupy Sales reference:

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/greenmail/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-OGy3Kh7yM

Here is Mister Rogers talking to the children in Congress, successfully asking them to send him millions of little green pieces of paper:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fKy7ljRr0AA



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