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Old Friends... New Friends

1978 · 2 seasons

A gentle, unhurried sit-down with a kindly host, warm but sometimes meandering and short on revelation.

Created by
Fred Rogers
Genres
Documentary, Talk
Starring
Fred Rogers, Hoagy Carmichael, Helen Hayes
Overview
Children's television icon Fred Rogers interviews various well-known figures in this series aimed at older audiences.

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Created by
Fred Rogers
Genres
Documentary, Talk
Starring
Fred Rogers, Hoagy Carmichael, Helen Hayes
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Tone
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 1 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • aging
  • family
  • memory
  • identity
  • loneliness
Places
  • home
  • small town
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • documentary
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence none
  • Sex none
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action0
Horror0
Humour2
Realism9
Romance1
Tension1
Darkness1
Complexity3
Emotional weight4

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Genres
documentary, talk
Created by
Fred Rogers
Written by
Fred Rogers
Starring
Fred Rogers, Hoagy Carmichael, Helen Hayes, Mildred Carpenter Jewett, Milton Berle, Joe Restivo, Leslie Frost Ballantine, Kenneth Koch
Length
2 seasons, 20 episodes, 30 min each
Network
PBS
Languages
English

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