4 ms·

Mr. Rogers sings the line "It's a beautiful day in this neighborhood," but many people growing up remember the line as "It's a beautiful day in the neighborhood

• rangibaby 8y ago
  Mandela effect?
• ghostbrainalpha 8y ago
  This is my favorite example of "The Mandela Effect". https://www.snopes.com/news/2016/07/24/the-mandela-effect/ https://www.snopes.com/news/2016/07/24/the-mandela-effect/
• iNate2000 8y ago
  I never until this moment even thought he said "this." But it totally jibes with the article. It may not be a beautiful day in the neighborhood where the child is watching, but it's a beautiful day in this neighborhood. Fascinating!
• tzakrajs 8y ago
  It's always been "this". I remember as a child how it seemed jarring.
• gowld 8y ago
  How many times did you hear Mr Rogers singing it, and how many times have you heard other people singing it? When people replay a memory or reproduce an experience, they clean it up. "THE" sounds much better to most people, so unless you are actively watching Mr Rogers singing it, the singer usually sings "THE". Pop Culture is full of "THE" version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0MXerenZzJI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0MXerenZzJI (but Mr Rogers said "THIS" in his 1997 Emmy Award speech) Daniel Tiger changed "THIS" to "THE" in the version that has been playing on PBS for the past 6 years: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uiPBu_AtU8k https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uiPBu_AtU8k https://www.fredrogers.org/frc/store/product/its-beautiful-day-neighborhood https://www.fredrogers.org/frc/store/product/its-beautiful-d...
• toasterlovin 8y ago
  Stop! This is like finding out that the Berentstein Bears are actually the Berenstain Bears.