The iconic children’s show Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood always appeared perfectly arranged and produced, but even Fred Rogers had those days when things didn’t work out as planned. A wholesome series of amusing bloopers and outtakes show Mr. Rogers having difficulty putting on his shoes when a crew member switched them…
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The Color of Every Cardigan Worn By Mister Rogers From 1969 to 2001 Organized in Chronological Order
image via The F5 In honor of the March 20th birthday of the late, greatly missed Mister Rogers, Owen Phillips of The F5 newsletter, plotted a beautiful chart that chronologically organized the color of every cardigan the host wore from the beginning of Mister Roger’s Neighborhood in 1969 all the…
Mister Rogers Fan Performs a Death Metal Cover of the Iconic Theme Song ‘Won’t You Be My Neighbor’
With the release of the Fred Rogers biopic A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood starring Tom Hanks, musician Clint Robinson of Barely Mob Studios performed a rather memorable death metal cover of “Won’t You Be My Neighbor”, the iconic opening theme song to Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood. Robinson donned a red…
The Very First Time and Very Last Time Mister Rogers Sang ‘Won’t You Be My Neighbor’ on His TV Show
Mister Rogers Neighborhood Collection quite nostalgically compiled the very first time the late, greatly missed Fred Rogers sang “Won’t You Be My Neighbor” as the opening song for his new PBS children’s television show Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood in 1968 with the very last time he sang it before retiring in…
Mister Rogers Gently Advises Parents About Grieving After Tragic 1968 Assassination of Robert F Kennedy
On June 5, 1968, the United States and much of the world were taken by tragic surprise when Robert F. Kennedy, a sitting U.S. Senator, was suddenly gunned down in the midst of his nascent presidential campaign and pronounced dead just 26 hours later. Subsequent images and reports of the…
Rivers Cuomo Is an Eerie Mister Rogers in the Music Video for the New Weezer Song ‘High as a Kite’
In the music video for the Weezer song “High as a Kite”, frontman Rivers Cuomo dressed up as a Mister Rogers lookalike and joined the rest of the band who were dressed up as the ancillary characters from the Neighborhood. They performed in front of a live audience of parents…
François Clemmons Recalls the Day Mister Rogers Invited Him to Soak His Feet in a Kiddie Pool Together
In a neighborly interview with StoryCorps, performer François Clemmons, who played Officer Clemmons on Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood, recalls with great fondness, that beautiful day in 1968 when Fred Rogers asked him to soak his feet in a kiddie pool together on a very hot day. This simple, friendly gesture carried…
Tom Hanks Debuts an Iconic Mister Rogers Sweater and Sneakers for the Film ‘You Are My Friend’
View this post on Instagram A post shared by Sony Pictures (@sonypictures) on Sep 27, 2018 at 11:54am PDT In advance of the upcoming Mister Rogers biopic You Are My Friend, Sony Pictures posted a wonderful picture of a smiling Tom Hanks sitting outside on the stairs to his trailer,…
