LOS ANGELES — Fred Rogers, the late host of “Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood,” is featured in a PBS Digital Studios video mashup that celebrates the power of imagination. The piece posted online Friday turns clips from Rogers’ PBS show into a sweetly inspiring music video, “Garden of Your Mind.”
“Did you ever grow anything in the garden of your mind? You can grow ideas in the garden of your mind,” Rogers says, his autotuned voice given a gentle backbeat.
The salute to the treasured children’s TV host drew reaction from the public and celebrities, with Neil Patrick Harris calling it a “groovy” tribute in a Twitter posting, and Alyssa Milano tweeting that the mashup will “make you cry tears of joy.”
The PBS Digital Studios’ video posted on YouTube and elsewhere is intended to get people talking about public television, and more such tribute mashups to PBS figures are planned, said spokesman Kevin Dando.
