Fred Rogers: America's Favorite Neighbor

Date: 2003
Format: DVD
Company/Organization: Family Communications / WQED
UPC: 099399950324
Purchase/Stream: Amazon (DVD)

Date: 2003
Format: VHS
Company/Organization: Family Communications / WQED
UPC: 099399950317

Description

Fred Rogers has been America's favorite neighbor for more than 30 years on PBS... delighting, enlightening, and reassuring children with his unique television programs. Now, his life and legacy are celebrated in this commemorative program full of treasured memories, rare vintage clips and behind-the-scenes footage from his 50 years in television. Fred Roges: America's Favorite Neighbor is hosted by actor (and former Mister Rogers' Neighborhood crew member) Michael Keaton. Proceeds benefit the Fred Rogers Fund and children's programming.

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Notes

Much of the footage in this film originated as part of the 1990 PBS documentary Our Neighbor, Fred Rogers.

Credits

Producers: Margaret Whitmer, Joseph J. Kennedy IV
Producer/Writer: Rick Sebak
Executive Produer: Jocelyn Hough
Editor: Kevin Conrad
Graphics and Design: Paula Zetter
Design Coordinator: Cathy Droz
Narrator and Host: Michael Keaton

Los Angeles Location Crew:
Executive Producer: Howard Barish
Director/Producer: Arthur Greenwald
Producer: Sarah Schloessler
Director of Photography: Johnny Simmons
Production Designer: Bill Lakoff

Co-Executive Producer for WQED Multimedia: Robert Petrilli, Senior Vice President and COO
Co-Executive Producer for Family Communications Inc.: Bill Isler, President