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Pop Culture Happy Hour: 'Won't You Be My Neighbor?'

Daisy Rosario of WAMU joins the table to talk about the new documentary that looks back at the influence and the unusual nature of a classic children's television show.
Mr. McFeely (David Newell) and Fred Rogers on set, in the documentary <em>Won't You Be My Neighbor?</em>

It's easy to be skeptical of a documentary about Fred Rogers, who hosted on public television for decades. Rogers has achieved, as the film acknowledges, an almost saint-like status, and the mission of is not to uncover some

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