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As one of America's most beloved children's show hosts, Mr. Rogers remains one of the most iconic television figures for families worldwide. This documentary takes a closer look at the person behind the show, persona, and personality that helped define what it meant to be a good person and be a part of a healthy community. Through his children's show, Mr. Rogers would go on to inspire a generation by not skirting real world issues, confronting issues...
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"The Good Neighbor, the first full-length biography of Fred Rogers, tells the story of this utterly unique and enduring American icon. Drawing on original interviews, oral histories, and archival documents, Maxwell King traces Rogers's personal, professional, and artistic life through decades of work, including a surprising decision to walk away from the show to make television for adults, only to return to the neighborhood with increasingly sophisticated...
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Clarkson Potter/Publishers
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
334 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 27 cm
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"Go behind the scenes of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood with this unprecedented dive into its storied history. Featuring exclusive photographs; a guide to the characters, puppets, and episodes; original interviews; and rare ephemera, this extraordinary book reveals the inner workings of the show"--
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Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment :
Pub. Date
2008
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1 DVD (ca. 49 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
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A whole new generation of patriots can be inspired by the memorable songs that explain how our government is set up and how the electoral process works. Plus, keep track of the actual voting results in all 50 states.
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"In 1970, in soundstage on Manhattan's Upper West Side, a group of men and women of various ages and races met to finish the first season of a children's TV program. They had identified a social problem: poor children were entering kindergarten without the learning skills of their middle-class counterparts. They hoped, too, that they had identified a solution: to use television to better prepare these disadvantaged kids for school. No one knew then,...
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Grand Central Pub
Pub. Date
c2010
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x, 244 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 22 cm.
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"An oral history of the Mickey Mouse Club show, featuring interviews with Mouseketeers and people involved with the show, along with commentary about how it became a pop culture phenomenon."--Provided by the publisher.
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PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
[2011]
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1 videodisc (ca. 240 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
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Stars from the formative years of television talk about the shows and people that made history. Each episode melds interviews with archival clips to offer a fresh take on televisions founding celebrities. Season two profiles science fiction, crime dramas, kids' shows, and westerns. The Science fiction episode features clips from The twilight zone, Lost in space, Star trek, The lieutenant and Time tunnel. The Western episode features clips from Gunsmoke,...
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Distributed by Buena Vista Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2002]
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (ca. 283 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
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Collection of all 46 Schoolhouse rock! songs on the topics of science, multiplication, money, American history and English grammar. Plus, the new song "I'm gonna send your vote to college" about the American electoral college.
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PBS Home Video
Pub. Date
[2006]
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1 DVD (approx. 60 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
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Examines the efforts of the Children's Aid Society in New York, organized by minister Charles Loring Brace, which from 1853 to 1929 sent over 100,000 unwanted and orphaned children from the city to homes in rural America.
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Imavision distribution
Pub. Date
c2002
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6 DVDs (ca. 19 hr.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
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"This dramatic and gripping story of a young pioneer family's struggle to build a new life for themselves on the American Frontier of the 1870's, captured the hearts of viewers around the world"--Container.
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Imavision distribution
Pub. Date
c2002
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6 DVDs (ca. 18 hr.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
"This dramatic and gripping story of a young pioneer family's struggle to build a new life for themselves on the American Frontier of the 1870's, captured the hearts of viewers around the world"--Container.
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