{"id":7326,"date":"2017-03-25T20:35:56","date_gmt":"2017-03-26T00:35:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/thedigs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Digs.MrRogers004.jpg"},"modified":"2017-03-27T22:44:09","modified_gmt":"2017-03-28T02:44:09","slug":"digs-mrrogers004","status":"inherit","type":"attachment","link":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/thedigs\/2017\/03\/28\/on-the-set-of-mister-rogers-neighborhood-in-1971\/digs-mrrogers004\/","title":{"rendered":"Johnny Costa"},"author":4,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"description":{"rendered":"<p class=\"attachment\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/thedigs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Digs.MrRogers004.jpg?ssl=1\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-HwPSPfL3\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img width=\"300\" height=\"199\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/thedigs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Digs.MrRogers004.jpg?fit=300%2C199&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/thedigs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Digs.MrRogers004.jpg?w=1250&amp;ssl=1 1250w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/thedigs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Digs.MrRogers004.jpg?resize=300%2C199&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/thedigs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Digs.MrRogers004.jpg?resize=768%2C510&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/thedigs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Digs.MrRogers004.jpg?resize=1024%2C680&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/thedigs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Digs.MrRogers004.jpg?resize=527%2C350&amp;ssl=1 527w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" data-attachment-id=\"7326\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/thedigs\/2017\/03\/28\/on-the-set-of-mister-rogers-neighborhood-in-1971\/digs-mrrogers004\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/thedigs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Digs.MrRogers004.jpg?fit=1250%2C830&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1250,830\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;Musical director Johnny Costa at his piano and celesta in the WQED studio. 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