Old Friends…New Friends was an award-winning 1978 program produced for PBS. This primetime, documentary-style program for adults featured host Fred Rogers interviewing various individuals “about their search for meaning in life.”[1] Filmed and recorded on location, the main focus of Old Friends…New Friends was the difference individuals can make in the lives of others. A total of twenty episodes were produced.
Episodes
- 101 – Hoagy Carmichael – Songmaker
- 102 – Father William Wasson – Padre
- 103 – Helen Hayes – First Lady of American Theater, Millie Jewett – Madaket Millie
- 104 – Milton Berle – Uncle Mitie and the Whiz
- 105 – Memories
- 106 – Leslie Frost Ballantine – A Poet’s Daughter, John Jackson – Blues Singer
- 107 – Commencements
- 201 – Lee Strasberg – Actor’s Actor
- 202 – Willie Stargell – Baseball Superstar
- 203 – Nancy Acosta – Barrio Teacher
- 204 – John Carradine and Sons – A Hollywood Family
- 205 – Dr. Jerry Jampolsky – The Healing Power of Love
- 206 – Edgar Tolson – Appalachian Woodcarver
- 207 – Ruth Ellen Patton – The General’s Daughter, Helen Ross – Pioneer Phychoanalyst
- 208 – Senator John Heinz – Politics and the Family
- 209 – Orville Harrison – Prison Counselor, Chris Chirdon – First Grader
- 210 – Michelle Knight and Kim Lemon – Two Young Gymnasts
- 211 – Lorin Hollander – Inner Rhythms
- 212 – Tom Snyder, Hugh Downs, Susan Stamberg – The Interviewers
- 213 – Tom Kottle Ph.D. – Psychologist and Risk Taker
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References
- Fred Rogers Beyond the Neighborhood. http://exhibit.fredrogerscenter.org. Retrieved 2012.12.19.