The segment was just unsettling enough to suggest that a budding horror director was behind the camera.
Over the course of 33 years, Mister Rogers' Neighborhood redefined what children's television could accomplish. Largely thanks to the sobering, gentle, and genuine presence of titular host Fred Rogers, the long-running PBS program inspired countless children to love themselves and be curious about the world.
That very same year, another young Pittsburgh resident released his debut feature in a long, illustrious film career. George A. Romero was just 28 years old when he directed Night of the Living Dead. The seminal black-and-white horror flick practically reinvented the zombie subgenre, and Romero shot it at a cemetery in Evan's City, just thirty miles outside of Pittsburgh.
It's a Frightening Day in the Neighborhood in This George A. Romero Segment In 1971, during Mister Rogers' fourth season on-air, Mr. Rogers decided to take his audience with him for a trip to the hospital so that they could see him get his tonsils removed. Descriptively titled "Mister Rogers Gets a Tonsillectomy," the scene slowly tracks Fred's visit from the waiting area to the operating room, as doctors and nurses prep him for the procedure.
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