Mister Rogers Episode 1

 

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By the time I saw Mr. Rogers for the first time, there had been a thousand (perhaps thousands) of episodes that came before it. Now, in 2025, the first episode has been uploaded to youtube.

The differences stand out. The kitchen is different, the character of Edgar (the traffic light?) was never a thing in my day and rolling out a bed for make-believe is... pretty weird. Pretty weird. The closing song is different.

Visiting the woman who wears lampshades is an interesting segment. On the one hand, Fred traveling to another location to talk to someone is a regular part of the show. On the other hand, it was always a realistic person doing some real activity that kids could learn about. I don't remember anything like this "real" woman wearing lampshades in my day. Fred Rogers loved whimsy and lampshade fashion is certainly that.

But it's also notable how much didn't change. You're looking at a 20 year difference (this first episode being 1968) and it's pretty much the same show. Same theme song, same set (mostly), same format, same characters.

Game Grumps - Jump Scares

Every year Halloween means less to me. I'm at the point now where it's pretty meaningless.

This is a fun video where Arin and Dan watch some of their scariest game moments.

Happy Halloween.

Late Night - The World's Largest Vase (the Complete Saga)

 

 

A compilation of all the World's Largest Vase content from Late Night.

I mean, I'm using the phrase 'the complete saga' but they haven't included the interview with F. Lee Bailey. Hopefully I'm not going to jail. 

For behind-the-scenes memories of this event, it was covered here.

Happy St. Crispin's Day

This day is called the Feast of St. Crispian...

Scorch Update for October 2025

 

It's been a while since we heard from Scorch. He sailed off into the sunset to create his app, the Dive Bar Locator. It looks like that didn't work out because he's back to doing what he does best: entertaining the masses.

If you'd like to subscribe to Scorch to stay up to date on all his newest videos - and I know that you do -  his channel is here.

Dave Meets the Professor of Rock

 

I didn't have this on my Bingo Card. Dave talks to the Professor of Rock, of Youtube fame.

Nothing crazy important here, just a fun, casual discussion about Rock and Motown and popular music, generally.

I think this is mainly a test of Youtube's collaboration feature where two people can do a show and the show will be added to both of their feeds.

To learn more about the Bob Dylan performance they mention, see this.

Meanwhile I'm SURE I have a post about the Future Islands performance but can't find it. The performance is here.