Old Friends...New Friends

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

Images

References

1. Fred Rogers Beyond the Neighborhood. http://exhibit.fredrogerscenter.org. Retrieved 2012.12.19.