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Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood Launches Official YouTube Channel With Full Episodes and Classic Clips

Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood Launches Official YouTube Channel With Full Episodes and Classic Clips

A TV neighbor who spent decades talking to children has a new address online.

“Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood” officially joined YouTube on June 4 with clips, compilations and five full-length episodes from the children’s series, which originally aired from 1968 until 2001.

“With its timeless messages of care and kindness, Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood is as relevant now as when it first aired,” Ellen Doherty, chief creative officer and executive producer of Fred Rogers Productions, said in a press release.

“We’re excited to make the series more available for families and fans with this official YouTube destination,” she said. “We think parents will connect with the authenticity of Fred Rogers’ messages. He was someone who really understood the big feelings and big questions of children, and of their grown-ups.”

The channel includes the show’s first episode, which aired in black-and-white on February 19, 1968. It features characters including Mr. McFeely and Lady Elaine Fairchilde.

Rather than posting episodes in broadcast order, the channel released some of the show’s best-known moments from its 33-year run, including “How People Make Crayons” from 1981, “A Science Experiment with Bill Nye” from 1997, and “Koko the Gorilla Meets Mister Rogers” from 1998.

It also uploaded the full episode “A Visit With Officer Clemmons,” written by Mister Rogers. In that episode, Mister Rogers invites Officer Clemmons, played by François Clemmons, to join him in a small wading pool on a hot summer day.

The moment was designed to challenge racist stereotypes at a time when public swimming pools were still deeply segregated.

“He invited me to come over and to rest my feet in the water with him,” Clemmons recalled in an interview with StoryCorps. “The icon Fred Rogers not only was showing my brown skin in the tub with his white skin as two friends, but as I was getting out of that tub

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Jonathan Vize
Jonathan Vize
Jonathan is the Managing Editor of The Daily Goods and Director of Content at Goodable, where he leads everything from daily storytelling to the systems powering content across the app and API. He has over 20 years of experience in newsrooms, storytelling and digital content strategy. He began his career in broadcast journalism, rising through the ranks as a video editor before taking on the role of Senior Manager of Broadcast Operations, overseeing 150+ staff at Canada's Biggest television newsroom. Jonathan oversees all content teams and output at Goodable. Jonathan loves his family, golf and professional wrestling (in that order).

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