{"id":32,"date":"2010-02-18T10:45:00","date_gmt":"2010-02-18T16:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kidsfirst.org\/ranny\/2010\/02\/18\/vote-for-your-favorite-episode-of-mister-rogers-neighborhood-on-pbskidsorg\/"},"modified":"2010-02-18T10:45:00","modified_gmt":"2010-02-18T16:45:00","slug":"vote-for-your-favorite-episode-of-mister-rogers-neighborhood-on-pbskidsorg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kidsfirst.org\/ranny\/2010\/vote-for-your-favorite-episode-of-mister-rogers-neighborhood-on-pbskidsorg\/","title":{"rendered":"Vote for Your Favorite Episode of Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood on PBSKIDS.org"},"content":{"rendered":"
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<\/a><\/a>Starting today, fans can vote for their favorite episode of Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood on PBSKIDS.org. The winning episode will be broadcast on-air (check local listings) and online on Saturday March 20th, the third annual \u201cWon\u2019t You Be My Neighbor?\u201d Day celebrating Fred Rogers\u2019 birthday and his legacy of neighborliness.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Voters can choose from seven favorite MISTER ROGERS\u2019 NEIGHBORHOOD episodes available at PBSKIDS.org\/rogers, including the colorful crayon factory tour, the inspiring visit with cellist Yo-Yo Ma, a whimsical Mister Rogers opera, the fascinating field trip with the performers of STOMP! and many more favorite moments. Additional full-length episodes will be added to the PBSKIDS.org\/video in the weeks leading up to March 20th.<\/p>\n

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In addition to the episodes, long-time fans of the series can enjoy never-before-seen clips, behind the scenes moments and outtakes from MISTER ROGERS\u2019 NEIGHBORHOOD online at PBS.org\/video. Fans can also share their favorite photos and stories in the \u201cNeighbors of All Ages\u201d area of PBSKIDS.org\/rogers.<\/div>\n

PBS KIDS has also introduced \u201cMister Rogers\u2019 Make a Journal,\u201d an iPhone and iPod Touch application currently available in iTunes. The app, winner of a 2009 Editor\u2019s Choice Award from Children\u2019s Technology Review, features an animated version of Daniel Striped Tiger, a favorite character from the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, who invites children to make a journal to help them express their feelings.<\/p>\n

Episodes available for voting at PBSKIDS.org:<\/p>\n

A Neighborhood Opera: Windstorm in Bubbleland<\/p>\n

Windstorm in Bubbleland – a fanciful fun-filled story told in song about a place called Bubbleland where there is never any trouble until a windstorm threatens to destroy all the bubbles. Metropolitan Opera baritone John Reardon stars as a news anchor who helps us remember that by working together, we can overcome trouble.<\/p>\n

The Crayon Factory tour from an episode about Competition. <\/p>\n

Everybody\u2019s favorite factory tour, How People Make Crayons is featured in this classic visit. And in the Neighborhood of make-believe King Friday announces a \u201cDraw the Neighborhood\u201d contest in Make-Believe, and Lady Elaine Fairchilde decides she will be the winner. <\/p>\n

Pets and Birthdays Go Together<\/p>\n

If you like animals, you\u2019ll especially like this episode. Mister Rogers takes a neighbor\u2019s dog for a walk, and it\u2019s nighttime in the Neighborhood of Make-Believe where puppet Ana Platypus wishes for a kitten for her birthday. Beloved Daniel Tiger is finding it hard to wait for his friend Ana\u2019s big day and to give her his special gift.<\/p>\n

Mad Feelings and STOMP!<\/p>\n

In this ever-popular episode, Mister Rogers takes a field trip to visit with STOMP!, the off-Broadway percussion performers who use everyday objects like brooms, pipes, buckets and their hands and feet, to make exciting music. Their visit is a way to let children know that there are many ways we can express our anger without hurting. <\/p>\n

Mister Rogers Celebrates Music<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s the inspiring program with Yo-Yo Ma, world-famous cellist, where viewers enjoy his extraordinary musical talent and get to know him as he visits with Mister Rogers. Performing a variety of musical pieces, he shows how he uses music to express all kinds of feelings. <\/p>\n

Be Yourself : That\u2019s the Best!<\/p>\n

Tap-dancing and juggling \u2013 all at once! That\u2019s what you\u2019ll see in this episode featuring the delightful jugglers \u201cThe Flying Karamazov Brothers\u201d along with a factory video showing how people make macaroni. Mister Rogers reminds us that to do anything well takes hard work and practice and assures viewers that no matter what you can or cannot do, what\u2019s best is knowing that people can like you \u201cjust the way you are.\u201d <\/p>\n

Mister Rogers Talks about His Work<\/p>\n

A chance to go behind-the-scenes. Mister Rogers steps off the set to show the studio where he works and to introduce some of the people who helped make Mister Rogers\u2019 Neighborhood. He even brings out some of puppets he uses in the Neighborhood of Make-Believe.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Starting today, fans can vote for their favorite episode of Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood on PBSKIDS.org. The winning episode will be broadcast on-air (check local listings) and online on Saturday March 20th, the third annual \u201cWon\u2019t You Be My Neighbor?\u201d Day celebrating Fred Rogers\u2019 birthday and his legacy of neighborliness. Voters can choose from seven favorite MISTER ROGERS\u2019 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-32","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paSd8M-w","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kidsfirst.org\/ranny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kidsfirst.org\/ranny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kidsfirst.org\/ranny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kidsfirst.org\/ranny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kidsfirst.org\/ranny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.kidsfirst.org\/ranny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kidsfirst.org\/ranny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kidsfirst.org\/ranny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kidsfirst.org\/ranny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}