[Magdalen] Celebratig Mr Rogers.

[Jay Weigel]

I loved that quiet half hour. Unfortunately, on our public tv station, the
next half hour got the kids revved up again, as it was "The Electric
Company". However, they learned so much from that I couldn't turn it off
either.

On Fri, Sep 21, 2018 at 7:55 AM Sheila Ketler <debbiedimond52 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> We always knew that there would be a quiet half an hour or so as my little
> children (5 of them born within 8 years!) would sit captivated in front ot
> the television watching Mr. Rogers. I always wanted to sing along with him
> won't you be my neighbour??
> He is sorely missed...
>
> Sheila
>
> On Fri, Sep 21, 2018 at 2:45 AM Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > I just saw the documentary “Won’t You Be My Neighbor?t” about his life
> > last weekend. I highly recommend it, but you might need to keep a box of
> > tissues handy.
> >
> > > On Sep 21, 2018, at 4:47 AM, M J _Mike_ Logsdon <mjl at ix.netcom.com>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > Today's Google (for those who can see it, hopefully most).
> > >
> > > From the Google special page:
> > >
> > > "On this date, September 21, 1967, 51 years ago, Fred Rogers walked
> into
> > the television studio at WQED in Pittsburgh to tape the very first
> episode
> > of Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood, which would premiere nationally on PBS in
> > February 1968.  He became known as Mister Rogers, nationally beloved,
> > sweater wearing, “television neighbor,” whose groundbreaking children’s
> > series inspired and educated generations of young viewers with warmth,
> > sensitivity, and honesty."
> > >
> > > I didn't watch him religiously growing up, but I certainly knew he was
> > always there.
> > >
> > > Boy do I miss him now.  As well as many of us, I'm sure.
> > >
> > > He died in 2003.
> > >
> > > M J (Mike) Logsdon.
> >
>