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Turkey is a classic #Thanksgiving dish – and a classic of French cuisine, too! Hear why from Julia Child herself. 🦃
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Beautiful souls James Baldwin and Maya Angelou talking about life and death in a @PBS conversation in 1975. Happy Heavenly 100th, JB! 🙏
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Today is Mister Rogers' birthday. Today is Big Bird's birthday. And spring has officially sprung. A beautiful day in the neighborhood, indeed.
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She's speaking the truth.
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Mychal: "Are you Arthur Read?" Arthur: "Yeah! How'd you know?" Mychal: "I would recognize those glasses anywhere!" P.S. A most wonderful kind of #NationalLibraryDay collab is coming Saturday! @mychal3ts @arthurpbs
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WOO-STER, not war-chester
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Today is Mister Rogers' birthday. Today is Big Bird's birthday. Today is the first day of spring. Not a coincidence.
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if ya know, ya know
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SO THIS NEW HAMPSHIRE WOMAN CLAIMS SHE SLIPPED AND FELL ON PROSCIUTTO AT EATALY AND NOW SHE IS SUING FOR $50K. BUT THEN LILIANA FROM FALL RIVER CALLED INTO BPR AND SAID THAT'S IMPOSSIBLE BECAUSE PROSCIUTTO IS A CURED MEAT WITH NO GREASY SHINE. IT'S NOT MORTADELLA OR CAPICOLA.
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On this day 32 years ago, the kindest human on the planet sang his favorite song for the BU Class of '92. It was a beautiful day in the neighborhood, indeed. Miss you, Fred. 🙏
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Until her death in 1981, Nancy McFeely Rogers hand-knit all of her son's TV sweaters. During WWII, she was a volunteer nurse aide who made surgical dressings for the troops. She knitted sweaters for them, too. Happy #MothersDay, Moms! ❤️🙏 (🎞️ via @FredRogersPro)
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On #NationalGrouchDay, remembering the late Caroll Spinney who somehow was able to pull off two of the most iconic characters in @sesamestreet history without breaking a sweat. LEGEND. 💚💛
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May 9, 1969.
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On this day in 1967, a man took off his coat, put on a sweater and welcomed 📺 viewers like you into his beautiful neighborhood for the first time on our @wqed sister station in Pittsburgh.
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"I believe you are free if you can read. If you're a reader for life then you're a learner for life. No one can hold sway over you or your mind if you can self-educate." - @LeVarBurton on @1a
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40 years ago, an untested, cash-strapped TV show about books premiered on @PBS. 21 seasons, 155 episodes + 26 Emmy Awards later, @ReadingRainbow's impact of teaching multiple generations of young children to love to read is still unmatched. Via @latimes: lat.ms/3OdwOVN
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18 years ago today, the world lost a beautiful soul and the best neighbor. We miss you, Fred. 🙏
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On this day 52 years ago, Mister Rogers testified in front of the U.S. Senate to defend public TV from budget cuts. He didn't shout or pound his fists. He actually sang a song. Sen. John Pastore, the subcommittee chairman, was brought to the verge of tears. The rest is history.
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RIP, Emilio Delgado. 💔🙏 (📸 via @SesameWorkshop)
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#TwoForTuesday: Fred & Arthur c. 1999. Because... kindness. ❤️
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51 years ago today.
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kindness
What's an underrated word you think deserves more love?
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"I believe you are free if you can read. If you're a reader for life then you're a learner for life. No one can hold sway over you or your mind if you can self-educate." — @levarburton on @1a #NationalBookLoversDay 📚❤️
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Amanda Gorman is 22. That's it, that's the tweet.
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After 20 years together, J-pop boy band #ARASHI is still as popular as ever. Just ask their Twitter followers. 👇👀 @arashi5official's Q&A with @MarcoWermanto.wgbh.org/2Qo0FvN
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"I believe you are free if you can read. If you're a reader for life then you're a learner for life. No one can hold sway over you or your mind if you can self-educate." - @levarburton on @1a Happy #NationalReadABookDay to all the bookworms out there! 📚🌈❤️
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We know a guy...
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I'M TELLING YOU THERE ARE SIGNS EVERYWHERE JUST FOLLOW THE SIGNS DO NOT TAKE THE TRUCK DOWN STORROW PLEASE LISTEN TO ME YOU NEVER LISTEN IT'S GOING TO GET STUCK I PROMISE YOU
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Mister Rogers to @LeVarBurton: "There are wonderful things about growing up with people who care about you." Don't we know it. (🎞 via @FredRogersPro)
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Georgiana: "Are we really getting a second and third season?!" Charlotte: "YEP!!!" It's official, folks! #SanditonPBS is returning to @masterpiecepbs! bit.ly/SanditonS2andS3
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A five-year-old blind girl named Katie once wrote a letter to Mister Rogers expressing that she couldn't see if he was feeding the fish in his fish tank. So, Mister Rogers began narrating the feeding of his goldfish. Every single episode. #TBT | #WorldKindnessWeek
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TRUE STORY: These two actually met at @nbcsnl in 1982. Per @MRNarchive, "Fred knocked on Eddie's dressing room door. When Eddie opened it, he took a step back, surprised, then got a big smile on his face and said 'The REAL Mister Rogers' and hugged Fred." (📸 via @FredRogersPro)
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Mornin'. Gotta go to work.
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On Oct. 7, 1996, "Arthur's Eyes" premiered on @PBSKIDS nationwide. He's been opening up our eyes, ears (and hearts) ever since! Happy Anniversary, @arthurpbs! 24 years young and still wonderful!
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POV: You're @mishacollins. You get to travel around the country sampling regional foods for the @GBH-produced TV show @Roadfood123. Yea, we'd be smilling, too! He talked about his stops to New Bedford and Fall River with @BostonGlobe's @LaurenDaley1: to.wgbh.org/3uWmw2X
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We all need public libraries. That's it, that's the tweet.
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'80s Dunkin' was different. #NationalDonutDay (🎞 via @GBHArchives)
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Thank you for your service to humanity, Bob Ross. 🎨❤️
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PSA: Alex Schwartz's New England Cider Donut Map with 260+ destinations is alive and well. It is truly spectacular. bit.ly/3L9mlsx
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Heaven inherited a champion today. Rest easy, Rick Hoyt. 💙💛🙏
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Early in her career, @JudyWoodruff was told by an NBC exec that she sounded too soft and Southern. He suggested she get a voice coach. She never did. Things turned out just fine. A @TelevisionAcad profile on the Peabody Award-winning @NewsHour anchor → bit.ly/34vHbzZ
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Longtime @NewsHour anchor @JudyWoodruff to close out her @newsemmys Lifetime Achievement Award acceptance speech: "Today, more than ever, we need a strong, independent and courageous press in this country in broadcast, in print and in every other platform there is." 👏👏
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One year after #September11th and just months before he entered the pearly gates of the Neighborhood above, Mister Rogers came out of retirement to deliver one last message to viewers like you. Thank you, Fred. (🎞 via @FredRogersPro)
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Long before the #DunKings, @dunkindonuts coffee was served in ceramic mugs over the counter by servers in pink hats. The '80s were truly a different time. #TBT (🎞️: @GBHArchives)
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Not all toy collections are created equal.
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Exactly 50 years ago today, seven kids from Boston, Mass. jumped in front of @GBH cameras and taught millions of viewers like you that anybody could "fly high" with a can-do attitude and the right zip code in the mailing address. Happy 50th, ZOOM! #Zoom50
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Why is our generation so unhappy?
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A Sunday stroll down memory lane... Boston circa 1903. No sound. Just an incredible amount of jaywalking. (🎞 via @GBHArchives)
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𝗡𝗘𝗪 𝗠𝗔𝗬𝗢𝗥 ✅ 𝗡𝗘𝗪 𝗠𝗨𝗥𝗔𝗟 ✅
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28 years ago today, @GBH's @arthurpbs found just the right pair of specs and the rest is a wonderful kind of television history. ❤️
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#OnThisDay in 1996, an eight-year-old aardvark named Arthur made his TV debut on WGBH-2. 23 years later, TV's longest running animated children's series continues to entertain, educate, and inspire audiences across the world. Happy Anniversary, @arthurpbs! @PBSKIDS
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Welcome, Prince & Princess. #EarthShotPrize CEO @HannahCeriJones and @JFKLibrary's Rachel Flor join @BosPublicRadio live at 12:30pm ET to discuss the royal festivities in Boston this week: bit.ly/3EOxbA0
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MASSACHUSETTS: Do you have pictures of yesterday's wild weather? Share them here! (pic below taken on Storrow via @GBHNews' @KarenTypesWords)
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𝗕𝗙𝗙 𝗚𝗢𝗔𝗟𝗦
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This blooper clip of Robin Williams leaving @elmo dumbstruck on a 1991 episode of @sesamestreet is everything! #RIPRobinWilliams
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Dunkin' in the '80s. Undefeated.
If you could give someone only one recommendation where to go for donuts in Massachusetts, where are you telling them to go?
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Brian O’Donovan, host of “A Celtic Sojourn” on GBH Radio, passed away today. Known as “Ireland’s goodwill ambassador in Boston,” Brian brought the warmth of Celtic music and culture to his devoted audience. Thank you, Brian, for your generosity of spirit. bit.ly/46bSGHv
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Not all heroes wear capes. Some just wear an orange coat of fur and purr lovingly for 30 minutes on a podcast. @pritheworld's @amandaemcgowan on the rise to superstardom of Bilbo the cat: pri.org/file/2019-11-11/rise…
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Dr. Fauci to @GBHNews earlier today: "I don't want to be the Grinch who stole Thanksgiving. But when you take your mask off to eat and have a glass of wine and talk in a lively manner because everyone is happy, that's how infections get spread." to.wgbh.org/2J42Lkj
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"If I'm an advocate for anything, it's to move. As far as you can, as much as you can. Across the ocean, or simply across the river. Walk in someone else's shoes or at least eat their food. It's a plus for everybody." - 𝘼𝙣𝙩𝙝𝙤𝙣𝙮 𝘽𝙤𝙪𝙧𝙙𝙖𝙞𝙣 #BourdainDay
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Malden natives Anthony and Louis Maglione didn't like public TV... they loved it. So much so, that all of the $6 million in savings they accrued through blue-chip stock investments is being donated posthumously to @GBH. It is the largest unrestricted gift in our 71-year history.
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Summer fun at Nantasket Beach's Paragon Park in 1984. Pass the Dramamine and a trash bin, please. (🎞️ via @GBHArchives)
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THREAD: 54 years ago, Judy and Jerry Griffin woke up on Max Yasgur's 600-acre dairy farm in upstate New York. It was the first day of the rest of their lives together. bit.ly/3PpypVO
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This 📸 of Steve Irwin next to Mister Rogers in a Bob Ross t-shirt in front of a rainbow is making the rounds and, well, it absolutely should be. #TBT
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one two three four five six seven eight nine ten eleven twelve thirteen fourteen fifteen sixteen seventeen eighteen nineteen twenty twenty one twenty two twenty three twenty four "twenty five days until @sesamestreet's 50th 🎉 on @PBS!" - @CountVonCount
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FUN FACT: Even at the height of her fame in the 1970s and '80s, Julia Child would answer total strangers calling about turkey problems on #Thanksgiving. Despite the pleas of her family and friends, she refused to unlist her home phone number from the public directory. 🦃🍽

ALT Julia Child shakes a naked turkey bird on an episode of GBH's "The French Chef."

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A beautiful day in our neighborhood 31 years ago... Mister Rogers serenades the BU Class of '92. 🎓❤️
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pass the patties
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Today is Mister Rogers' birthday. Today is Big Bird's birthday Today is the first day of spring. Not a coincidence.
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the art: the inspiration:
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55 years ago today on Feb. 19, 1968, it was most certainly a beautiful day in the neighborhood. Mister Rogers made his nationwide debut on National Educational Television (NET), the precursor to @PBS. Thanks for always being you, Fred! ❤️
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Happy Monday, Boston.
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"I want to go out there. Have fun with my teammates. It's a blessing to play on Christmas day." - @EnesKanter on @GreaterBoston Kanter received word from the Canadian government yesterday that he would be permitted to travel to Toronto for tomorrow's @celtics vs. Raptors game.
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"Being kind means responding to the needs of others — and people can be kind, no matter how old or young we are." — FRED #WorldKindnessDay ❤️
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Happy Birthday to the iconic @levarburton 🎉 Here's a clip of Burton telling Mr. Rogers about some highlights of his career and explaining what makes his work meaningful. Both then and today, his advocacy and storytelling deserves to be celebrated.
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... especially when the librarians are making Arthur Jack-o'-lanterns. So wonderful! (📸 via @snoislelibrary)
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Make way for... the runners. (📸 via @meghansmith55)
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Travel guru @RickSteves has been paying the salaries of the nearly 100 people on his payroll out of pocket during the coronavirus pandemic. Why? He told @jimbraude that it's the "ethical thing to do" on @GreaterBoston last night → bit.ly/2W8rUgt
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It's #WorldKindnessDay. The floor is yours, Mister Rogers. (🎞 via @FredRogersPro)
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One year ago today we said goodbye to the most beautiful of neighbors. RIP, Joanne Rogers. 😢🙏 (Art by Jesse Ledina/AndrogynArt)
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QOTD: What's the coolest bookshop you've ever been to? Feel free to drop your pictures below 👇
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A Happy Birthday shout-out to the one and only @JudyWoodruff! Here's an @amarchivepub 📸 gem of her co-anchoring @NewsHour back on Oct. 4, 1985.
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Fred and Joanne Rogers loving life on a Nantucket beach c. 1992. (📸 via Lynn Johnson)
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If you recognize this living room, we like you just the way you are.
If you recognize this apartment, you’re old.
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A friendly, neighborly reminder that Mister Rogers wore a sweater on every episode of "Mister Rogers' Neighborhood" over the course of 31 seasons AND that his mother hand-knit all of them. #MothersDay (📸 via @FredRogersPro)
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From then to now, it's been a wonderful kind of ride these last 25 years. Thank you, @arthurpbs! Here's to the next chapter! #Arthur25
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When Eric Carle was in elementary school, his first grade teacher recognized that he was pretty good at drawing. She told his parents that they should nurture that. They did. (🎞 via @FredRogersPro)
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#OnThisDay in 1969, he delivered a stirring testimony in front of Congress that outlined the potential damage of cutting funding for @PBS. Even if we've said it already - it's worth saying again: THANK YOU, FRED! 💓📺
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40 years ago today for the first time: 🎵 Butterfly in the sky 🎵 🎵 I can go twice as high 🎵 🎵 Take a look, it's in a book 🎵 🎵 A Reading Rainbow 🎵
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Thinking back to that one beautiful hot day when Mister Rogers and Officer Clemmons took a cool dip together in the Neighborhood. The iconic segment first aired in May of 1969 when pool segregation policies accompanied civil unrest. (#TBT 🎞 via @FredRogersPro)
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In two words, tell me where you're from without telling me where you're from...
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Mister Rogers: "Did you ever wonder how crayons were made?" Viewers like us: "Yep!" A timeless #TBT classic from the Neighborhood for #CrayonDay (🎞 via @FredRogersPro): bit.ly/3iLlTC6
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1,350 sq. ft. of simply the best on today's #GBHMural in Boston. Rest easy, Queen. 🙏
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Julia & Fred. Brockett's Bakery, 1974. #WorldPastaDay 🍝
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