[Magdalen] Celebratig Mr Rogers.

[Grace Cangialosi]

I had forgotten that it was only 1/2 hour!

> On Sep 24, 2018, at 11:10 AM, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> 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.
>>> 
>>