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Raising his voice

posted 18 years ago by Jay_n1
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I seem to remember a episode where Mr. Rogers yelled or raise his voice to a child.. Did he or is it my imagination?

It was during one of those school or back to school episodes and he was doing something in the kitchen, most likely making something but then when he looks he sees a kid in his back yard. When he opens the door to see who it was he asks "Why arn't you in school!?" or something like that.. I think he let the kid in but call his parents after that.

Did this happened?

[–] mactach 18 years ago

I doubt it.

[–] yaketysax18 18 years ago

I dont think so....I saw the back to school episodes not long ago and i dont recall

[–] pooka5472 18 years ago

I doubt it too. Since the show was taped at the studios of WQED Pittsburgh, don't you think studio security would have noticed it and removed him from the set?

[–] moss_ryder-1 18 years ago

No, it did not.

[–] stevde2 16 years ago

Fred never was like that. He was passively aggressive, as noted by his coworkers and subordinates. This meant being a perfectionist, making everyone re-do all their work if it wasn't top notch. Not a guy who settled for anything subpar. He was crafty with his words, being able to inject humor and sarcasm into what appears as friendly chatter. A bit of a control freak, having to have his hand over all matters. He was known to stare you down and shake his head, that sort of stuff. Never one who raised his voice or used swear words, but at the time just as effective.

[–] myndchanger 13 years ago

"He was passively aggressive"

I have to wonder when that became a negative quality. Modern psychology tells us it is, as does modern life and we become increasingly more confrontational and violent. I'm starting to object.

[–] ExplorerDS6789 13 years ago

You're probably thinking of some parody.

[–] scribe1270 12 years ago

My mom still remembers an episode from when I was little where he was trying to put up a tent and it wouldn't go up as it should. Rather than letting his temper show even though it had to have been frustrating he apparently just turned towards the camera and said something to the nature of "Well let's do something else" or something like that. In other words he didn't let temper show on the air so I doubt he would have yelled at a child. Besides his 'house' was on a sound stage and was a set so I doubt a child would be able to wander in unexpectedly like that in the 1st place.

[–] pooka5472 10 years ago

Indeed, in fact, even if a child were to wander onto the set, studio security would most likely have the child removed.

[–] darcytulip 8 years ago

I just saw that clip on Late Night with Letterman on youtube! Definitely no yelling.