Julie Soebekti is a Senior Producer for 9 Story Media Group, the award-winning animation studio that partners with The Fred Rogers Company. She shares her thoughts and some of the highlights she's experienced as part of the Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood team.
Mister Rogers wrote that song to help children know that loving isn’t just one-sided, from grownups to children, but that children themselves have so many wonderful ways to say “I love you.” Watch how he talked and sang about that in this Neighborhood video. It's full of caring messages for Val
Here's a moment from the Emmy award-winning Fred Rogers Company series "Peg + Cat" where creators Jennifer Oxley and Billy Aronson work in claymation to encourage young viewers to "stretch themselves" to see what they can do.
Since Mister Rogers provided the voice and puppetry for King Friday XIII it is rare to see them together. Here is a moment from the show when it happened.
Odd Squad scientists attending a Lab-Con event have their minds controlled by an evil scientist. All except Oscar, who accidentally drops his mind control pin just before activation.
Thank you for your support of our work. We currently have three programs in production for PBS KIDS: Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood, PEG + CAT and Odd Squad.
Waiting in long lines can be stressful. Whether you're shopping for the perfect holiday gift or, if you're Peg and you find yourself on the Purple Planet, waiting with your pet cat for the Yellow Store to open. Here is a musical moment from "The Long Line Problem."
With all the emphasis on food at Thanksgiving, we thought you’d appreciate seeing Mister Rogers talking about nourishment. He began with a focus on food, but then he went on to talk about other different kinds of nourishment – the kind that we all need. Happy Thanksgiving from The Fred Rogers Com
Fred Rogers received a media request to answer the following question in 50 words or less: "What would you do if you were elected President of the United States?" Here is how he responded, followed by his original, hand-written response.
Here's a moment from "Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood" when Daniel and his Dad take an autumn walk together. In the background the Mister Rogers' melody "It's You I Like" is playing.
This month, Hedda Sharapan celebrates 50 years since she began working for Fred Rogers. We asked her to reminisce about what it was like what she first applied for a job:
As a producer of Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood and Production Manager for Peg + Cat and Odd Squad, Chris Loggins is responsible for coordinating the production process.
Here's a clip from an episode of "Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood at night." Daniel Tiger holds his baby sister Margaret's hand so she is not so afraid of fireflies.
This summer PBS KIDS features episodes of "Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood" that encourage families to go outside and play. The series recently won a Parents Choice Gold Award. Learn more about the program.
We asked Hedda Sharapan, who joined The Fred Rogers Company (then called Family Communications) in October 1966, to recount her favorite Daniel Tiger moment on Mister Rogers' Neighborhood.
Mister Rogers wanted to help his television neighbors understand that getting a shot isn't as scary as they might imagine, so he took us with him to see what happens.
On May 17, 1992, Fred Rogers delivered the Opening Invocation for the Commencement Ceremony at Boston University. From the audience response, it was clear to Fred that many in attendance had grown up watching the Neighborhood.
Many of you will recognize the Mister Rogers tune Mom sings to Daniel in this clip from "Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood" Episode titled "I Love You, Mom."
With Mother's Day approaching, we thought you'd like to hear Mister Rogers talk about how his mother said "I love you." His mother knitted the sweaters he wore on the program. As you can hear on this Neighborhood video, there was another, more personal reason why Fred wore those sweaters.
Sunday, May 1 marked the 47th anniversary of the day Mister Rogers Went to Washington to address Congress on the need to support a then new idea -- national public television. In 1969, the Nixon Administration had lobbied to cut funding in half.
Even though he's known as a four-year-old on Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood, Daniel Tiger's lineage began 62 years ago this month when Mister Rogers first created him in April 1954 for a Pittsburgh public television s
“It's not the honors and the prizes and the fancy outsides of life which ultimately nourish our souls. It's the knowing that we can be trusted, that we never have to fear the truth, that the bedrock of our very being is good stuff.”
Yesterday, Joanne Rogers attended and said she thoroughly enjoyed the live stage production that featured the characters created by her late husband Fred Rogers for his series "Mister Rogers' Neighborhood." Afterwards, she went backstage to meet and congratulate the cast.
Soon after John Lennon was shot, Fred Rogers produced a special episode on violence that was shown as part of PBS' evening programming in 1981. Because of the subject matter, Mister Rogers asks that children watch it with a caring adult. This video has not been seen in almost 35 years.
Joanne Rogers, wife of Fred Rogers, rode in the WPXI Holiday Parade this past weekend. She told Fred Rogers Company staff how excited she was to be a part of it all, saying, "I've never ridden in a parade before."
Fred Rogers recorded this message to parents and those who care for young children on the one year anniversary of the September 11th attacks. This was one of his last recordings as he died from stomach cancer the following February.
Enjoy the music of Ellis Marsalis and three of his sons, Branford, Delfeayo, and Jason offer their interpretation of the Fred Rogers original composition "Sometimes Isn't Always."
Volunteers from Pittsburgh’s Center of Life held a clean-up day at Lewis Park in Pittsburgh's Hazelwood section and children nationwide will be able to see the organization’s community efforts as The Fred Rogers Company taped the event for one of the short live-action segments on its hit PBS pres
With Father's Day approaching, we thought it would be fun to watch two clips from Mister Rogers' Neighborhood. In the first Fred's younger son, James (Jamie) visits and helps his dad make paper hats.
This past weekend, Famed Cellist Yo-Yo Ma received the First-Ever Fred Rogers Legacy Award at The Fred Rogers Center at St. Vincent College. Inspired by that, and with Father's Day on the horizon, we wanted to share this sweet moment from Episode #1625 of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood.
Fred Rogers’ “Won’t You Be My Neighbor?" song was an invitation – an invitation to be close. To share thoughts and feelings. To talk about things that matter. That’s what he did for more than forty years on Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood. And in response to that invitation, we received many, many letters over the years. As Fred said ” … to me (it was) a way people have of saying, ‘Yes, I will be your neighbor…and here’s something I’d like to tell you that matters to me.”
On April 5th, 1954, Daniel Tiger appeared for the first time on the first episode of "The Children's Corner." Originally, a bird was supposed to come out of the clock that was drawn on the set wall.
Here is a clip from a 1999 interview. Fred Rogers speaks at a conference at The White House, talks about of the importance of silence and has a moving moment with a fan of his program at the end of this clip.
Fred Rogers’ “Won’t You Be My Neighbor?" song was an invitation – an invitation to be close. To share thoughts and feelings. To talk about things that matter. That’s what he did for more than forty years on Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood.
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