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The Two Freds

David Kleeman | Posted 02.18.2013 | Media
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David Kleeman

For someone in my field, merely having my name in the same sentence as Mister Rogers is a heady, humbling experience. I'm too old to have grown up with him as a "television friend," but young enough that his work was seminal to my career choice.

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In The Wake Of Tragedy, Calming Advice From Mister Rogers

The Huffington Post | Ryan Grenoble | Posted 04.16.2013 | Parents
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In the hours after the tragic shooting in Newtown, as parents and children struggled to comprehend the horror, a familiar voice emerged, one uniquely ...

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Big Bird And Mister Rogers Are Not Just For Kids: We Need Their Wisdom More Than Ever

Ian I. Mitroff | Posted 12.22.2012 | TV
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Ian I. Mitroff

Is anyone naïve enough to believe that any network other than PBS would run Big Bird and Mister Rogers for as long as it has? No, it's not the paltry sum of money why conservatives want to get rid of Big Bird, Mister Rogers, and PBS. It's the values for which they stand.

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Can Love Incarnate Be Delivered By TV?

Eliot Daley | Posted 12.13.2012 | Religion
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Eliot Daley

Early media guru Marshall McLuhan famously declared TV a "cool" medium for its essentially dispassionate, detached, diluted means of engaging people. But both Fulton Sheen and Fred Rogers proved that it is not the essence of the medium that controls the effect.

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Big Bird is Proxy for a Golden Goose

David Kleeman | Posted 12.05.2012 | Politics
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David Kleeman

I'm concerned that the comic edge may obscure the truth: Big Bird is an avian proxy -- what Romney really proposes is to kill a golden goose. Crippling public broadcasting would result in devastating cultural and educational losses.

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WATCH: What Is Making These Kids Cry?

The Huffington Post | Ileana Llorens | Posted 04.12.2012 | Parents
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Sure, clowns have a bad reputation, but giant purple pandas might be equally as terrifying. Just ask these children at Pennsylvania's Center in the Wo...

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The Indie on Demand Movie Review: Mister Rogers and Me

Dan Persons | Posted 06.05.2012 | Entertainment
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Dan Persons

In the newest episode of my ongoing radio show, I review Mister Rogers and Me, a documentary from filmmaker Benjamin Wagner with a somewhat deceptive title.

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How Mister Rogers Saved The VCR

Mental Floss | Posted 03.11.2012 | Weird News
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Fred Rogers gets teased a lot for his milquetoast manner, but he was instrumental in getting the government to allow the VCR (and other technologies l...

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Restoration in the Land of Make-Believe: The Legacy of Fred Rogers

Jonathan Merritt | Posted 07.26.2011 | Healthy Living
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Jonathan Merritt

While both "Mister Rogers' Neighborhood" and its affable host may be easy to caricature, each show was crafted to meet the psychological and emotional needs of young viewers by delivering what Rogers called "a neighborhood expression of care."

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The Tao Of Mister Rogers

Andrew Shapter | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
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Andrew Shapter

Fred Rogers was not only a television mentor, he was also a minister, a Navy Seal, an accomplished musician, songwriter and a teacher who earned more than 40 honorary degrees.

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'Mister Rogers' Cancelled In Chicago

Chicago Tribune | Steve Schmadeke | Posted 05.25.2011 | Chicago
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Seven years have passed since new episodes of "Mister Rogers' Neighborhood" were taped and five since the show's iconic, sweater-clad host died. But ...

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