User blog:ARTaylor/50 Years of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood

Today marks the fiftieth anniversary of the premiere of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood. The series was an educational children's show, hosted by creator Fred Rogers, who taught lessons to young kids. It lasted over one-thousand episodes across thirty-one seasons, going from February 19th, 1968 to August 31st, 2001. The long-running series became a significant fixture in popular culture and featured a number of famous actors or actors before they became famous. It also resulted in an animated spin-off titled Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood.

The series featured the talents of Don Francks as Mr. Anybody, Keith David as himself, Ming-Na Wen as a royal trumpeter, LeVar Burton as himself, and Lou Ferrigno as himself in a special episode that took audiences behind the scenes of The Incredible Hulk.