Word: rogerses
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
When three decades of “Mister Roger’s Neighborhood” ended last week with the death of Fred McFeely Rogers, there was almost a palpable sense of national trauma. And yet at the same time, many of us were left wondering how this old-fashioned...
For many parents, “Mister Roger’s Neighborhood” provided a rare moment of relief, a half hour when they could count on the creatures that Lewis Carroll called fabulous monsters to sit before a television screen, completely absorbed by the gentle magic of the...
It is no coincidence that “Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood” begins with a threshold experience—Fred Rogers opens the door, crosses over into another domain, and transforms himself through costume change. In the classics of children’s literature, the transition from...
Ask children (and former children as well) what they liked about “Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood” and you will learn about the power of that moment—when Mister Rogers takes off his jacket and tie, puts on the cardigan and laces up his...
In an odd reversal of the rules of children’s entertainment, Fred Rogers favored the familiar. Although he sometimes took his viewers to the post office or to a factory, more often than not he stayed at home and remained in the mode of slow motion. That mode...