MISTER ROGERS’ NEIGHBORHOOD

Kids in the late 90s regularly tuned in to Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood for a half-an-hour of educational viewing. Created and hosted by Fred Rogers himself, the series started in 1962 in Canada and was aired on CBC before it bid its goodbye in 2001. In the show, Rogers would give tours of factories, demonstrating experiments, and show off arts and crafts while interacting with his friends and puppets.

It served as the longest-running children series after beating Captain Kangaroo but was eventually dethroned by Sesame Street. PBS debuted an animated spin-off, Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood 11 years later. Even though it’s been more than a decade since its last episode, Rogers’ stellar performance deserves credit for shaping young minds for generations.