"I had every imaginable childhood disease, even scarlet fever," he said on an appearance on Fresh Air with Terry Gross. "So whenever I was quarantined -- you know, they used to quarantine people for chicken pox, all of those things. I would be in bed a lot, and I certainly knew what it was like to use the counterpain as my neighborhood of make-believe, if you will."
That Neighborhood of Make-Believe became Mister Rogers' Neighborhood, which he began hosting in 1968. The PBS show ran for an impressive 33 years, with Rogers bestowing lessons of kindness, empathy, and compassion across 896 episodes. Considered a pioneer of children's programming, he gave a passionate speech to the Senate when they were threatening a 50% cut to public broadcasting.
Fred Rogers' legacy has lived on through Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood, a spin-off focusing on Daniel Tiger, one of the Mister Rogers characters, produced by Fred Rogers Productions and its projects, and, most recently, on YouTube. On March 19, Little Dot Studios announced that it was teaming up with Fred Rogers Productions to bring Mister Rogers' Neighborhood to YouTube with its own dedicated channel.
"I would like to tell you what I often told you when you were much younger," he said. "I like you just the way you are. And what's more, I'm so grateful to you for helping the children in your life to know that you'll do everything you can to keep them safe. And to help them express their feelings in ways that will bring healing in many different neighborhoods. It's such a good feeling to know that we're lifelong friends."
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