Various clips - WGBH-NET-MET-PBS-WENH

[DoctorJohnSmith9]

MRN would be on right as I got home from kindergarten. I wouldn't miss it. I would always get that melancholy feeling when the credits were done and the Trolley card with sponsors would come up with the delightful little jingle. I was sad that my "visit" with Mr Rogers was done, but happy that I knew the rest of the day was waiting. Makes me miss being five years old. Childhood can be bliss.

[jgenerazzo]

wow i forgot about the drawings that were shown before a show telling whats next i remember one with a kid looking like he was day dreaming with a big hat on probably thinkabout? lol

[SuperSpaceGirlHDTV]

Shining Time Station wasn't in the 70s til 1989. explain me people!

[originalfilmmaker]

@SuperSpaceGirlHDTV Reason you heard the annoucer mentioning shining time station is because in 1989 PBS was rerunning all the episodes from 1970 for the final time ever. This was when library of MRN range from 1970-1976 then as time went on in the 90s they stop showing 70s episodes. How times have change since this was recorded! They should invent a channel like metv that shows all the classic pbs kids shows 24/7. They don't have money for such a thing to happen.

[SuperSpaceGirlHDTV]

@originalfilmmaker oh, thank you, BTW They should invent a channel like PTV that shows all the classic pbs kids shows and the P-pals 24/7.

[murielsartre]

John Costa, people. Listen to the music. Just a titan of jazz improvisation and he worked on a kids show. Bless.

[originalfilmmaker]

I have not seen this episode of 1095 rebroadcast after July 21, 1989. There was another time slot for this program. They were 3-5 days behind the national broadcast schedule episode. Can you believe its been 22 yrs since PBS would air reruns of MRN from 1970.

[dft432]

@originalfilmmaker

PBS aired the 1972-75 reruns during the early 1990s (they stopped doing this in 1995), in addition to the-then current run of MRN.

[jenabd]

Wow this brings back memories...I remember staying home from school sick and this was the only thing on for kids....way before Nickelodeon.

[barneyrebel0123]

It's strange, tears come to my eyes when I see the trolly title board and music, but in a good way. I think I speak for othes too when I say this.

[MarioZoneAlt69]

That's probably one of the weirdest Ernie drawing I've ever seen...

[Chrozi]

I would love to see more of the old MET programs. My school would show some of them during class, and if I was home sick I would watch them all day. I remember one segment where they compared the gas mileage of a school bus vs. a compact car.

[Kame411]

You know it's an old episode of Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood when the NET house is shown.

[dft432]

I remember seeing these Mr. Rogers eps when I was little (IIRC, they would show the early-mid 70s eps 1x a day and the newer 80's eps 2x a day)

During the summer of 1986 & 1989, they would ran the 1970-1 season (The season where Prince Tuesday was born)

The eps w/the yellow walls scream early 70's for some reason.

[prestush]

Before there was PBS there was NET.  And what ever happened to a show called "What's New" that used to be on in the evening. It had kind of a jazzy be-bop kind of opening. In '68 there was a line outside the 'GBH studios where we had gone to take my 4 year old brother to see Mister Rogers. We waited for hours for him finally to get his chance and the signed 8 x 10 glossy of ole' fred himself. And then there was the time I tripped over a stegosaurus....

[kenitobaby75]

I remember all of these songs from when I was a baby! I even remember the flute solo trolly song....which was my favorite to hear! I also love the PBS Logo song with all of the synthesizer sounds and effects! Excellent video!!

[NickWilliam89]

It would be awesome of these vintage episodes of MisteRogers' Neighborhood would be released on a DVD set. If they do, I'm so getting that.

[OllieAverage]

Ernie looks pretty creepy at the end.

[hssenior]

@OllieAverage yes he does the first time i saw that i almost sh*t myself

[boofdfast]

WTF? Ernie looks creepy in that pic... even the chicken is worried. "Now, kids, I'm gonna teach you how to steal an egg". LOL :D

[boofdfast]

WOW!! I've been looking for those MET between commercial and show idents. That used to come on in the morning and early afternoon on WGBH 2 PBS Boston. Those are so old school, with elevator musac in the background and simple drawings and cut-out shapes. Thanks for posting. lol

[MJandST2926]

What is with Ernie's face in the last photo?

"This is NET, the National Educational Television Network."

I just felt like writing that for no reason whatsoever.

[SonyBetaMaxmuseum]

Do you have this MRN clip won't you be my neighbor & tomorrow song #1095 anychance? I have alot of his earlier shows from old tapes 15-30 yrs ago still. There away to get a dvd made of this add it to my library. Plese send me a message inbox thanks!

[whattheheck1000]

Misterogers looks modern for a station that closed in 1970.

[TelephoneRock4ever]

Hey, cool! It's the NET logo at 0:14.

[pauljtaylor]

I've been searching forever for any information about or clips from those old MET shows. There's lots of "Read All About It" here on YouTube, but it's hard to remember the rest.

[hssenior]

for some reason ernie scares me in that sesame street card just the way he looks in it i grew up with SS and MRN and ernie looked much much better

[vividwatch47]

I always thought that those Matchbox cars that were used in that model town in the

"Mister Rogers Neighborhood" opening title gave it some class!

[NowhereMan1966]

I agree, those Matchbox cars are the greatest although I think they tossed a few "Toostie Toy" cars too, I think I saw their version of an old Mercury Cougar. I like to collect old die-cast cars, Matchbox and Majorette are my favorites although Johnny Lightning and Hot Wheels are OK too. I just got a Hot Wheels Chevy Vega, that would be cool to toss into the neighborhood. B-)

[vividwatch47]

By the way, the "Mister Rogers Neighborhood" set used in the opening title is in the process of be reconstructed (after endless emails requesting whatever happened to the set). Let's hope they can find the diecast models, too!

[boofdfast]

@NowhereMan1966 I don't think it was a Mercury Cougar... if it's the light blue or light purple one. I think it's a Thunderbird. I used to have that EXACT same toy car. lol

[NowhereMan1966]

@boofdfast I think I might still have mine somehwere, I have a general idea where it might be. If I see it, I'll take a look. I know Cougar's of that vintage did have recessed headlights like the T-Birds of that time IIRC.

[boofdfast]

@NowhereMan1966 Yes, they did. As a matter of fact, I rent a parking spot at a private parking lot. It's like a lil home for classic and antique cars. I keep my 81 Toyota Corona there... there is also a 67 or 68 Mercury Cougar parked there, that has the recessed headlight covers. Talk about old school. My Toyota and that Cougar would look right at home in that Mr. Rogers neighborhood sequence. Back when most cars on the road were rear wheel drive... not this front wheel drive crap. LOL :)

[NowhereMan1966]

@boofdfast - I prefer rear wheel drive, you have your steering and power separate where in you start to slip in snow, at least you can adjust both to correct your travel. I do have one exception, Mom's Hyundai is front wheel and it does OK in the snow. I miss my 1986 Ford LTD, the little one, it had rear wheel drive and I even beat 4X4's up snow covered hills with it.

[boofdfast]

@NowhereMan1966 I love RWD cars..I own an 81 Toyota Corona(not Corolla) RWD, 87 Nissan/Datsun 200sx RWD and a 98 Chevy S10 pickup RWD. My RWD 84 Cressida and RWD 82 Celica GT.. were both better than my AWD 85 Subaru Turbo and my FWD 82 Honda Accord in snow. I do miss my 84 Mazda 626.. that was a great FWD car... I used to drive around snowplows, because they drove too slow, and never got stuck. It also stopped straight on snow and icy roads. :)

[boofdfast]

@NowhereMan1966 Those smaller Fox body LTDs are good cars. Some car dealer around my area, is selling a black 1985 Ford LTD for around $1600. He said he'll take less if you bring cash and work on the price with him. I love the Fox body cars... I used to own a 79 Mercury Zephyr and an 80 Mercury Capri RS 5.0. Anyways, what happened to your LTD? What do you own, now?

[boofdfast]

@NowhereMan1966 I think there are a few Tomica and Pocket Cars, in there, too. ;)

[PALIMOST]

dam, the title card ending music at 1:33, was enough to take me back 30yrs, love it rip fred

[rat4cooler]

It's ethereally beautiful I have distant memories of it, I wish they'd still close today's reruns with that image and that music.

Makes me wish the Neighborhood of Makebelieve were the kind of place you could actually move to.

[NTK2A]

@PALIMOST absolutely... it seriously triggers memories of sitting in the bedroom with my grandmother, sitting on the bed waiting for my mother to come home from work. There's really no way to describe it unless you grew up with it in that time. =)

[hssenior]

ernie looks kind of creepy in that card

[cbsteffen]

Yeah, that's ugly.

[Sheri451]

I used to worhip the ground that man walked on! They need to show these programs on PBS again to our children.

[IAmNotAFunguy]

Well said. It is a shame that PBS no longer airs Mr. Rogers reruns as of September 08. PBS took them off to make programing room for the new shows Sid the Science Kid and Martha Speaks. That leaves Sesame Street as the only classic show still running and making new episodes.

[schemer1991]

this preview talk about shining time station with ringo starr but this is about mr rogers

[myronfalwell]

It was a "what's coming up next" voiceover. It used to be done a long time ago...

[StefanoFan27]

Wow.

R.I.P Fred Rogers.

[appysouth]

This is a terrific collection...nothing says childhood happiness like PBS and Mr. Rogers, along with other shows of that time...thanks for posting!

[uofmalums]

wonderful. wonderful

[WhatsAYak]

I remember watching the 1970 eps back in 85-86...quite a few memorable events seemed to occur that season (the birth of the Platypuses' daughter, Bob Trow crafting the neighbrhood models and giving a different piece to Mr. Rogers each day, etc).

[chabba77]

If this was from 1970, it must have been just before Mr Rogers moved to PBS, after NET ceased to exist. It still has the NET logo and references to it intact.

[myronfalwell]

It has all but the color NET three-barred ident at the end. The few B/W episodes of "Misterogers" that I've seen show a fade from the NET house into the ident.

The trolley ident, aside from listing other underwriters to the show, also served as a plastering job, too. Good one, tho.

[chabba77]

Now that I watched it again, it's definitely a plaster job. The closing credits had the old "Misterogers" spelling, and the trolley ID had it spelled as two words.

[myronfalwell]

That's what I thought. It is one of the best plaster jobs ever. The jingle itself had to have been written especially for that ident. It did originate in 1976, when the show went into rerun mode.

Whether or not the NET-era shows were rerun on individual (by then) PBS member stations prior to 1976 in their original form would be impossible to know.

Whatever the case, it was excellent to see again. :-)

[CarCassDemily]

so much fun to see the mister rogers older intro and end! Thanks

[dft432]

It was repainted sometime in 1974, IIRC

[charmaliqueNYC]

I like the Trolley logo, too. Especially with that beautiful song playing along with it. I love it.

[tannsmom01]

@charmaliqueNYC I've been telling my 10 year old son about that Trolley Logo at the very end and the song and how I always loved that. Glad to see I'm not the only one!

[tannsmom01]

I loved the very end with the Trolley logo and the little song, it always gave me warm fuzzies....

[lance33177]

I loved watching Mr Rogers thank you for posting this it brings back memories for me when i was a child. Thank You

[regency98us]

Me too, and it makes me feel so happy inside to remember watching these as a kid. I still have my matchbox car collection from the 60s with some of those very cars shown. I would make my own neighborhood out of my plastic houses from my train set. Such wonderful memories!!! I miss Mr. Rogers, he was an amazing man.

[bellbm]

I love this video. I remember when they would pepper these reruns in during the 80s, I didn't like them very well, since the house and the neighborhood seemed so dark, compared to the later version. But seeing the trolley ID, wow, that takes me back.

Thanks so much for posting.

[MrFlix1983]

WHOA! Take me back to my childhood! The old intro and outro for Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood used to get rerun so much back in the 80s! I can't believe I'm seeing it again!!! Thanks for such a great piece of nostalgia!

[mfh2kdw210]

Thank you for this!! I have been wanting to see the trolley outro/ending Identification for Mister Rogers' Neighborhood along with the old PBS logo again for YEARS!!

[Shufei]

I love the Trolley logo. :)

[Deleanredtiger]

I know it's adorable.

[Bluetailvappy]

Mmmm, I love the trolley ident. This is the only place I have ever seen this ident online.

[NellsStuff]

I'd LOVE to see the old MET shows again!! What a great memory that would be! There was the 21 innch or foot Classroom, all the craft shows, "Footsteps", and more! I MISS THEM!

[shoofirbin]

i learned three things from this video:

1. it's spelled "misterogers".

2. "misterogers" drove an aqua 1958 chevy.

3. his house was next to a gigantic stop sign.

[actorflaw]

Can you see if you could get a clip with the 1970 "tomorrow" song on the N.E.T. ending?

[giantpanda371]

I remember where the Mr Rogers set wat painted brown as it is here. But I remember when it was changed to blue. Wich did you like better and why? Ilike the blue, Because for paint I like bright clors instead of neutrals.

[Mattspaiser]

I'd say that the yellow walls here are brighter than the blue. A year later many changes were made to the set: the wainscotting was removed, the doors were replaced, the windows behind the trolley area got curtains, and the walls were painted beige. About 4 years after that the walls were then painted blue. Sometime when the walls were still beige, he replaced the Tomorrow song with Such a Good Feeling. Too bad the Tomorrow song didn't make it to this video.

[giantpanda371]

Mass. has no educational television? What do they have there the violence television?

[VaultMasterDBT]

What are you talking about? If you watched the video and read the dicussion below, you will learn about MET. Also, we produce more educational programming than any market in the country, via our WGBH Education Foundation.

[boofdfast]

@giantpanda371 You're an IDIOT. We have Harvard, MIT and Mass General Hospital. What does YOUR state have? We're not known for violence... just great colleges and the BEST hospital in the US.

[VoltzCartoons]

Thats when NET used to run PBS and they had that building fading into the logo at the end!

[RABBIDGamfan]

Ah! Good ol' number 11! I actually kinda wish NHPTV hadn't changed their logo. Their newer one is good, but not as great as that "11".

[ajaugenti]

Yeah I agree! I really love the cool awesome logo of channel 11! I've got a few letters from them back in Sept 1993, and I believe I've got another letter from them way back Winter or Spring of 1997. I use to watch all of the PBS children television shows when I was a little girl, and they were very educational way back in their hay days of the late 70s' into the 80s'. Great memories from my childhood, God, I want it back soooooooooooooooo baddddddddddly! LOL

[chambert]

This is so awesome!! Thank you. I used to watch Mr Rogers with my brother during the 70's and early 80's. I was saddened to read that the older shows before 79 aren't shown anymore. Would you know if these older shows are available anymore.

[aman1016]

THE TROLLEY ID! I HAVEN'T SEEN THAT IN YEARS!!!!!! Sorry for the all caps...

[davemock]

Neither have I. I remember when the show started doing that, around the first time it went out of production in 1976.

[Mattspaiser]

Was the trolley ID only shown with episodes from before 1979?

[aman1016]

I wish I could give you a definite answer. By 1979, I had pretty much stopped watching the great PBS afternoon lineup altogether.

[SnowedIn]

Absolutely. When production resumed in 1979, they switched to having Mr. Rogers read the sponsor info, as was shown right after the first PBS id.

Unfortunately for my kids, PBS only shows the post-1979 eps now...

[dickclarkfan1]

That is not PBS' fault actually. Family Communications Inc. (Fred's production company) use only episodes from 1979 and onward as part of the rerun package sold to PBS stations. It is up to the individual stations on if they want to buy the package from year to year. That is why it is important to contribute to your local PBS station, so shows like Mister Rogers Neighborhood can still be enjoyed by other generations of kids.

[eam22]

I clearly remember the trolley ID (been looking for it on youtube), and I was born in 1978. I think it must have been in the early 1980's as well. As an impressionable youth, I really enjoyed the short chromatic tune with the Moog flute. And then immediately afterward, a synthesized PBS bumper would follow. This is permanently etched into my memory.

TV was a lot better in the 80's with analog synthesized sounds, compared to today.

[eam22]

I have now found on Wikipedia that the trolley ending was added later to the original 1970's shows when they were repeated in the 80's, in order to show the new sponsorships.

[VaultMasterDBT]

I actually dated the WGBH portion of this video to 1989/90, because Shining Time Station & Long Ago and Far Away were brand new at the time...plus, Ringo Starr (mentioned in the v/o) only played Mr. Conductor during that season.

[MSTS1]

Weren't the late Denny Doherty and George Carlin also involved in this?

[VaultMasterDBT]

George Carlin was the second Mr. Conductor, who played the role longer on the TV version. As for Doherty, I will have to confirm.

[glickmam]

Nope, Denny Doherty was on "Theodore Tugboat."

[pooka5472]

@MSTS1 Well, Carlin was, but Doherty was not. Doherty instead starred in the show's spiritual successor program, "Theodore Tugboat."

[mjb1124]

@VaultMasterDBT I know I'm responding to a really old post here. But assuming they followed the national PBS rerun schedule, this must be from July 17, 1989. That's when episode 1095 last aired according to the airdate schedule posted on The Mister Rogers Society (a Yahoo group).

Interesting that they still had the 1971 PBS logo at the end here. Apparently the PBS logo used varied from station to station. WNET had already updated the logo by this point.

[patrickriordan77]

@mjb1124 I noticed the 1971 logo as well. As I recall growing up as a 'GBH viewer, this tended to happen only after certain shows, particularly shows that had had a longer run like Mr. Rogers or Sesame Street. 'GBH being the crown jewel in the PBS family, they tended to keep up with the newest and shiniest station ID

[AutisticPsycho]

What was MET?

[MSTS1]

Please check the top-right section of page-

'About This Video'.

[AutisticPsycho]

I did. I just never heard of Massachusetts Educational Television.

[MSTS1]

Ok.

Basically, it was programming for schools that, if I remember right, were broadcast mid-mornings on weekdays. I think the courses ran on WGBX-44, but could have been on Ch. 2. It's been so long since I made these recordings...

[aman1016]

I definitely remember MET on Channel 2. When I was really little, the MET bumpers were photographs accompanied by Mason William's instrumental hit "Classical Gas".

[Chrozi]

@MSTS1 - I saw these on Channel 2. I lived in RI and we didn't get 44 in so well.

[hkfreak]

Confusion. The 1970's PBS Ident on a 80's montage.

[MSTS1]

They were attached to old programs and only ran with them, and not only in the 70's and 80's but through the 90's as well. But you had to keep watching to catch one every now and then.. And I did, as you can see..