Mister Rogers' Neighborhood: Difference between revisions

* [[Crossover]]: With ''[[Sesame Street]]'' in 1981. Did a mutual crossover with real life pal ''[[Captain Kangaroo]]'', and also showed up in ''[[Arthur]]''.

* [[Drop in-In Character]]: Mr. McFeely, the delivery man, who, in a [[Shout-Out]] of [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming]] proportions, was named after Rogers' maternal grandfather, the first person to ever tell him that he could make life special just by being himself.

** Until some point in 1972, the show had a [[Replaced the Theme Tune|different closing song]], "Tomorrow" (no, not the song from ''[[Annie]]'').

** When the show went on hiatus in 1976, the numbers were added at the end of older episodes.

* [[Never Say "Die"]]: ''Subverted'' over a decade before ''[[Sesame Street]]'' had to. He dealt with the death of his pet goldfish in 1970.

** Even earlier than that is his [https://web.archive.org/web/20131106163407/http://exhibit.fredrogerscenter.org/advocacy-for-children/videos/view/975/ special that dealt with the death of Robert Kennedy, I don't think you'll ever again hear a PBS or any kids show repeatedly say the word assassination so many times].

* [[No Fourth Wall]]: Besides the constant interaction with the viewer, the fact that Fred's "TV house" was a mere set in a studio was made obvious. For example, one episode had Fred walk out of the living room and into the bare studio to introduce viewers to Johnny Costa.

* [[Non -Interactivity]]: A little lighter than usual. He never really required the audience to play along, but he did treat the camera as the viewer.

* [[The Piano Player]]: Music director Johnny Costa showed up on camera from time to time to play some of Fred's tunes. Offscreen, he provided the show's underscore, playing sophisticated jazz improvisations live during taping.

* [[Sesquipedalian Loquaciousness]]: King Friday again. His revised version of "Row, Row, Row Your Boat" is particularly impressive:

* [[Species Surname]]: Most of the puppets.

* [[Trans -Atlantic Equivalent|Transcontinental Equivalent]]: ''[[Mr. Dressup]]'' in Canada, although the show was somewhat both broader and more down to earth with the clownish costumes he used and it didn't have the equivalent of the Land of Make-Believe, the puppet characters largely came to him.

* [[Verbal Tic]]: Meow meow Henrietta Pussycat again meow meow meow.

** And a few years before that, he did several episodes about '''divorce'''. That's something [[Sesame Street]] '''''still''''' [[wikipedia:Snuffychr(27)Snuffy's Parents Get a Divorce|won't spend even one episode on]].

* [[Beam Me Up, Scotty]]:

* [[Berserk Button]]: Making a derogatory comment or a sick joke about Fred Rogers while in the company of certain people can be a very, ''very'' bad idea.

** In the second season of the [[Bill and Ted]] [[Animated Adaptation|cartoon]], those two righteous dudes were shocked and totally bummed out to learn that their favourite childhood show, [[Writing Around Trademarks|Mr Radish's Condo]], is about to be cancelled because [[Good Is Old-Fashioned|kids today don't want his brand of sweetness]]. Cue Wyld Stallyns trying to make him stay... [[Stop Helping Me!|and making things a lot worse for him]]. Eventually, Mr Radish decides to [[WereWe're Still Relevant, Dammit!|change his image completely]], ending up as a [[Totally Radical]] rocker, which Bill and Ted initially consider to be most excellent... until they realise [[My God, What Have I Done?|that maybe this was perhaps a most]] [[Egregious]] [[Captain Obvious|error in judgement]]. Thankfully, [[Deus Ex Machina|Rufus shows up]] with Ted's bratty brother, who points out to Mr. Radish that you should [[Be Yourself]], [[Some Anvils Need to Be Dropped|for your own sake if nothing else]]. Mr Radish agrees, and changes back into his [[Costume Inertia|red sweater]].

** The most recent one of these was in a [[Lawyer-Friendly Cameo]] in an episode of ''[[Fairly Oddparents]]''. How recent? Oh, about [[Funny Aneurysm Moment|about three months before Rogers died]]. Whoops!

** The story about [http://www.snopes.com/radiotv/tv/rogerscar.asp his stolen car being returned to him with a note reading, "Sorry, we didn't know it was yours!"] (and, in some versions, [[Stolen Good, Returned Better|after having it detailed]]) is merely undetermined. It's totally plausible, but then, spreading stories for that reason is where [[Urban Legends]] come from in the first place.