'Won't You Be My Neighbor?': The documentary that shows how Mister Rogers made goodness desirable
by Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times
Jun 08, 2018
3 minutes
It had a simple set and minimal production values. As a host, it employed an ordained Presbyterian minister whose flashiest move was changing into a cardigan sweater. A likely candidate for legendary television success "Mister Rogers' Neighborhood" was not.
Yet for more than 30 years, Fred Rogers' Pittsburgh-based public television half-hour was a small-screen powerhouse, entrancing generations of wee fans and even influencing public policy. Not bad for a man who
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