Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood

You all know that music -- those familiar opening chords for the longest running children's television show currently on PBS, Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood, which premiered on May 22, 1967.

It’s a wonderful coincidence that one of the early practitioners of the comic strip, Richard Felton Outcault, should have been born on the same day, today, in 1863, on which The Simpsons animated television show would premiere, over a century later, in 1990.

The Partridge Family

Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/The-Partridge-Family.mp3 Author Kevin Shortsleeve Air Date 8/14/2006 The Partridge Family Transcript In April 1957, Ricky Nelson picked up a guitar on an episode of Ozzie and Harriet and began to sing rock and roll. Before long, Nelson was more pop star than television celebrity. For Hollywood, this was a lesson in cross-media […]

First Child Poets

What you’re hearing is a child making his first poems — squealing with delight at the sound of his own voice, rhyming sounds, endlessly repeating what he decides will be his choruses, singing his couplets with his whole little body.

Lassie

I’d know that Lassie bark anywhere. I must confess from the outset that I am an unabashed, unapologetic, totally loyal Lassie fan.

Just a Peep at Peep

That’s the theme song, sung by Taj Mahal, for Peep and the Big Wide World, a new animated television show for preschoolers that is meant to introduce them to some basic scientific ideas and practices.

Road Runner Cartoons

With April Fools Day approaching tomorrow, Kevin Shortsleeve has been trying to catch up with one this country's quickest tricksters.

Goodbye to the Captain

Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Goodbye-to-the-Gentle-Captain.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 3/12/2004 Goodbye to the Captain Transcript In the wake of Bob Keeshan’s death in late January, one can’t help but think about, and mourn the loss of another gentling presence in our children’s lives: Captain Kangaroo. When Keeshan launched his now-famous program in the […]