Be more Mr Rogers
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...so this is some real pedantic shit I'm about to do here, and I apologize in advance, but that's the wrong picture. François Clemmons was on the show between 1968 and 1993. The original episode where they share a pool aired in 1969, and both men were much younger. The picture above is from Clemmons final appearance on the show in 1993, titled "Love," where they again share a foot pool. I know this because my toddler has become Mr. Rogers obsessed and I've seen the 1993 episode 3 dozen times in the last month.
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...so this is some real pedantic shit I'm about to do here, and I apologize in advance, but that's the wrong picture. François Clemmons was on the show between 1968 and 1993. The original episode where they share a pool aired in 1969, and both men were much younger. The picture above is from Clemmons final appearance on the show in 1993, titled "Love," where they again share a foot pool. I know this because my toddler has become Mr. Rogers obsessed and I've seen the 1993 episode 3 dozen times in the last month.
Also, is this a meme?
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Also, is this a meme?
Fair point, but that's a question for the mods. If you want some obscure Mr. Rogers facts though, or theories on the Daniel Tiger timeline, I'm your guy.
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Fair point, but that's a question for the mods. If you want some obscure Mr. Rogers facts though, or theories on the Daniel Tiger timeline, I'm your guy.
I'd love some obscure facts about Mr. Rogers.
I grew up with him.
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I'd love some obscure facts about Mr. Rogers.
I grew up with him.
Mr. Rogers really wanted to encourage children's imaginations, but he didn't want them to confuse fantasy and reality. That's why there's such a strong delineation between his house and the Neighborhood of Make Believe. He also did more than one, "behind the scenes," episode to show the neighborhood wasn't real, and even mentioned on occasion that his, "house," was just his, "television house," where he would visit with the viewer, not his real house where he lived (which explains why he leaves at the end of every episode). When Big Bird was set to do a crossover episode, Rogers initially wanted the puppeteer to remove the costume and show children how it worked. The puppeteer didn't want to destroy Big Bird for children, so they compromised by only having Big Bird visit the Neighborhood of Make Believe. However, there are two regular characters (Handyman Negri and Mr. McFeely) who appear in both the Neighborhood of Make Believe and the Mr Rogers house, which potentially blurs the line between real and make believe.
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Mr. Rogers really wanted to encourage children's imaginations, but he didn't want them to confuse fantasy and reality. That's why there's such a strong delineation between his house and the Neighborhood of Make Believe. He also did more than one, "behind the scenes," episode to show the neighborhood wasn't real, and even mentioned on occasion that his, "house," was just his, "television house," where he would visit with the viewer, not his real house where he lived (which explains why he leaves at the end of every episode). When Big Bird was set to do a crossover episode, Rogers initially wanted the puppeteer to remove the costume and show children how it worked. The puppeteer didn't want to destroy Big Bird for children, so they compromised by only having Big Bird visit the Neighborhood of Make Believe. However, there are two regular characters (Handyman Negri and Mr. McFeely) who appear in both the Neighborhood of Make Believe and the Mr Rogers house, which potentially blurs the line between real and make believe.
Isn't it amazing that 'not lying to children' somehow seems kinda radical?
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Isn't it amazing that 'not lying to children' somehow seems kinda radical?
True, but to be fair, if I'd been watching Mr. Rogers as a kid and Big Bird showed up, ripped his own head off, and revealed a middle-aged man hiding inside, I probably would have been traumatized.
