Updated edition featuring a new foreword by David "Mr. McFeely" Newell. Born in 1928 in Latrobe, Pennsylvania, Fred Rogers began his television career in 1951 at NBC. In 1954, he became program director for the newly founded WQED-TV in Pittsburgh, the first community-supported television station in the United States. From 1954 to 1961, Rogers and Josie Carey produced and performed in WQED's The Children's Corner, which became part of the the Saturday morning lineup on NBC in 1955 and 1956.It was after Fred Rogers was ordained as a Presbyterian minister in 1963, with a special charge of serving children and their families through television, that he developed what became the award-winning PBS series Mister Rogers' Neighborhood.

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Publisher

University of Pittsburgh Press

Year

2019

ISBN

9780822987543

Topic

Media & Performing Arts

Subtopic

Television

Cover Page
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Contents
A New Foreword
Foreword: Born Again in Rogers
Preface
Fred Rogers and the Significance of Story
“What Is Essential Is Invisible to the Eye”
The Myth, the Man, the Legend
The Reality of Make-Believe
Fred’s Shoes: The Meaning of Transitions in Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood
Musical Notes: An Interview with Yo-Yo Ma
With an Open Hand: Puppetry on Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood
The Theology of Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood
Mister Rogers: Keeper of the Dream
Make-Believe, Truth, and Freedom: Television in the Public Interest
Mister Rogers Speaks to Parents
Other Viewers, Other Rooms
A Neighborhood with Forest and Trees: Allies, Coalitions, Kids, and Mister Rogers
A Very Special Neighborhood: A Photo Essay
Afterword: A Nation of Neighborhoods
Notes
Bibliography
Index