Google Doodle pays homage to everyone, Mister Rogers

If you've grown up in the last fifty years, chances are you'll spend some of your preschool years watching TV watching your friend and neighbor Fred Rogers.

You knew that you were instantly welcome in the neighborhood of men always smiling and sweet voice. As the creator and moderator of Mister Rogers' neighborhood, he started each episode directing to you, asking "Will not you be my neighbor" before introducing you to science, music # 39; craft friendly relationship.

To honor a man who has offered this friendship to generations of children while piquing their curiosity for the world and the people around them, Google has dedicated Friday its Doodle to Rogers for the 51st anniversary of its first program for educational television national. public service broadcasting.

As the opening of Hundreds of episodes of Mister Rogers, the Doodle begins with a group of young children gathered around the television, watching a trolley cross a model of Mister Rogers' neighborhood. In a clay presentation reminiscent of another 1960s children's show, Davey and Goliath, Mister Rogers welcomes friends along the way with smiles and invitations to an educational adventure.

Thanks to the magic of a fairly new technology called television, he took preschoolers on factory tours, met local people to talk about their work, and even visited the television series The Incredible Hulk. Hulk appeared on CBS, which owns CNET.)

Rogers' career in children's television programming began in 1954 as a puppeteer on The Children & # 39; s Corner, an afternoon live television show that laid the groundwork for many characters. from the Mister Rogers neighborhood, including Daniel Tiger and X the Owl.

He will stay on the air for nearly 50 years before he hangs up his sneakers and his cardigan in 2001. Rogers died in 2003 at the age of 74, but the iconic children's artist is still with us: the 856 episodes of his show are available for free on the Twitch live broadcast site.

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