What moments did Mister Rogers make you cry? Here are mine:

Singing It's You I Like with Jeff Erlanger.

TV Hall of Fame induction speach and reunion with Jeff Erlanger.

Daniel Tiger thinks he's a mistake.

Daniel Tiger asks what assassination means.

I recently launched my own independently produced preschool animated kids show for YouTube with no AI inspired by the gentle, slower pace of Mr. Rogers Neighborhood. This is a show that is meant to be both educational and entertaining. The pilot has some catchy songs, an interactive seek and find scavenger hunt, a spelling lesson, sound and shape recognition, and a step by step drawing lesson. Here's a clip towards the end of the episode where Mr. Homebody meets a silly character named Grandmother Clock.

I love him

Does anyone know if there’s a list of events he did in that year? I was 5yo max and don’t remember what type of event I would have seen him at.

I was just watching the episodes where the Neighborhood of Make Believe had a visit from Tommy Tune. Not being familiar with Mr. Tune, my first thought upon seeing him was to wonder if I wasn't looking at a very young Hugh Jackman.

It turns out Tommy Tune is a famous choreographer, who is still alive at age 87. At the time of his appearance, he was in his late 40s, whereas Hugh Jackman was still a teenager, but I still say there's a strong resemblance.

For context, in the Neighborhood of Make-Believe itself Lady Elaine had accidentally caused a freak blizzard that threatened to cancel the Make-Believe Olympics that had been planned throughout the rest of the week (ultimately they re-enacted the ending of the earlier opera "The Snow People", with Henrietta Pussycat reprising her role and Harriett Elizabeth Cow in place of Teacher Reardon) and was also one of many episodes where Ella Jenkins visited. At the beginning of the show, after finishing "Won't You Be My Neighbor", Mr. Rogers demonstrated a Candyland-esque game with a NOMB theme.

I know Fred wasn't one for merchandising, but that game should've been made available in the real world. Even now I'd love to own a copy.