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Mr. Rogers didn't start his children's programming work in Canada. That started when he worked on Josie Carey's (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josie_Carey http
by dxf 4y ago
Mr. Rogers didn't start his children's programming work in Canada. That started when he worked on Josie Carey's (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josie_Carey https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josie_Carey) show The Children's Corner on WQED in Pittsburg. Several of the puppets he used on Mr. Rogers's Neighborhood were first seen on The Children's Corner.
- Woberto 4y agoI think OP was referring to how Mr. Rogers introduced the show to a Canadian viewership, not him starting the show there
- dxf 4y agoOh, I think you may be right. Thanks!
- chimeracoder 4y agoNo, he started programming for children earlier, but the show Misterogers [sic] began in 1962 in Canada. It later became Mister Rogers' Neighborhood [sic], which is what we know and remember him for today. Some of the puppets he used were first introduced in Children's Corner in the 1950s, but the first show to carry his name, in any form, and starring him, was Misterogers in Canada.
- lupire 4y agoMore specifically and importantly, Misterogers in Canada was the first time Fred himself appeared on TV showing his face as a major character (and possiblly in any way) in a show.
- chimeracoder 4y agoI explain in more detail below, but: Mr. Rogers began children's programming work earlier in the 1950s, but the show we know him for today began in Canada as Misterogers in the 1960s.