Josie Carey
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About This Interview
TV host Josie Carey (1930-2004) was interviewed for three hours plus in Pittsburgh, PA. Ms. Carey began her television career as an associate producer on KDKA in Pittsburgh. She joined Pittsburgh's new public television station WQED and where she hosted The Children's Corner, produced by Fred Rogers. Ms. Carey talked about how concepts, songs and puppets originally created on The Children's Corner became cornerstones of Rogers' Mister Rogers Neighborhood. Ms. Carey later moved to North Carolina, where she created and hosted the children's program Whee! The interview was conducted by Karen Herman on July 23, 1999.
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Interview
- Part 1
- On her early years and influences; on her start in television; on being an associate producer on Ask the Girls; on starting at Pittsburgh's new public television station WQED
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- On early KQED programming
Clip begins at: 0:0 - On hosting The Children's Corner
Clip begins at: 07:59 - Part 3
- On hosting The Children's Corner; on The Children's Corner's broadcasts on NBC
Clip begins at: 0:0 - Part 4
- On hosting The Children's Corner (continued)
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- On the end of The Children's Corner; on transitioning to KDKA; on moving to South Carolina
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- On her work on Whee!; on summing up her career; on Fred Rogers' legacy; on her advice to aspriring professionals; on how she'd like to be remembered
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I'll never forget the Tomorrow song that Josie Carey ended her show with in the late 50s. Also "Bend and Stretch." Wish I could find a recording of those. I sing the Bend and Stretch song to my wife when she's stretching before bed. She grew up here in Seattle with JP Patches. Hard to explain to her why Josie was such a draw, but she was. Actually wish we lived in those days. They were better.
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