My battery died for my BlackBerry which means I have no photographic evidence of the Mister Rogers doppelgänger who sat right next to me on this evening's 520 LSE to Oshawa.
I don't know if he was dressed for an early Halloween costume party but he had khaki slacks on, a light blue Mr Rogers button-up vest, white dress shirt, tie and white canvas sneakers!
He got off at Scarborough. He even had the hair goin' on.
My husband is shouting that I have to disclose that I am a wikipedia fanatic. I wikipedia everything and everyone. I am fascinated that so many people know so many things about a particular topic or person.
So of course I had to wiki Mr. Rogers. Found this bit interesting:
In 1963, Rogers moved to Toronto, where he was contracted by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) to develop a 15-minute children's television program: Misterogers, which would be his debut in front of the camera. The show was a hit with children but lasted for only three seasons. Many of his famous set pieces—Trolley, Eiffel Tower, the 'tree', and 'castle'—were created by CBC designers. While in Canada, Rogers brought his friend and understudy Ernie Coombs, who would go on to create Mr. Dressup, a very successful and long-running children's show in Canada, and similar in many ways to Mister Rogers' Neighborhood. Mr. Dressup also used some of the songs that would be featured on Rogers' later program.And even more interesting, he considered the SNL parody of his show 'amusing and affectionate'.
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