visiting the neighborhood

I watched a PBS special on Mr. Rogers this evening and it was fun to revisit the neighbothood.  I had no idea his history went back so far - to the really early days of children's television.  When my family lived in southeastern Ohio for a few years, when our children were young, the only reliable TV station that we could pick up was the local PBS station so we saw quite a lot of Mr. Rogers and Sesamee Street and the Electric Company.  Watching the show this evening reminded me of all the things I enjoyed about the program.  it also reminded me that I never really liked King Friday.  He was an irritating little puppet with a weird voice.  Ah well, I guess even the neighborhood wasn't totally perfect.