Mister Rogers Talks About Conflict (found episode arc of PBS children's educational series; 1983)

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Status: Found

Date found: 09 Apr 2017

Found by: Snowpeck, TROG SLEEP NOW

The fourteenth season of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood debuted in November 1983 with a five-episode arc titled "Mister Rogers Talks About Conflict." Based on the timing of the original airing, many assume the arc was made as a direct response to the ABC telefilm The Day After, which featured graphic nuclear-war imagery. While that was not initially the case, the arc is regarded as a response to the popular media portrayals of a nuclear war that were made around the same time. This arc focused on the Neighborhood of Make-Believe where they almost go to war by jumping to conclusions. Due to both the episodes and news of the time involving war, the arc was pulled from regular rotation on April 5th, 1996.

Finding

On March 20th, 2017, YouTuber TROG SLEEP NOW uploaded the first two episodes online, though they have since been deleted. Shortly after, on April 9th, 2017, the entire arc was uploaded to private torrent tracker MySpleen by contributor Snowpeck, marking the first time it has been widely available in full since 1996. Said upload has since been mirrored elsewhere, including a re-upload to the Internet Archive by staff member Jason "Sketchcow" Scott as part of The VHS Vault.

Restoration

On November 24th, 2018, Lost Media Wiki user YoshiKiller2S finished a restoration on the entire conflict arc and uploaded it to MySpleen and the Internet Archive. The restoration fixed a lot of problems with the original upload like tweaking the saturation, deinterlacing and fixing the audio for some episodes.

Episode Synopses

• Mr. Rogers goes to see a toy bank collection, and the Neighborhood of Make-Believe wants to buy a record player for their school, but King Friday finds out that Corny is making parts for Southwood.
• Mr. Rogers visits the U.S. Mint in Philadelphia to see how coins are made. But in the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, however, King Friday jumps to the conclusion that Southwood is making bombs.
• Mr. Rogers demonstrates a Brailler then visits a cave to see the petroglyphs of an earlier civilization. Meanwhile, Lady Elaine in the Neighborhood of Make-Believe wants to prove Southwood is peaceful.
• Mr. Rogers makes marbles, and the Neighborhood of Make-Believe sends a peacekeeper to Southwood and finds out they are just making a bridge.
• Mr. Rogers shows how record players are made, and Neighborhood of Make-Believe has a peace festival and it prompts Keith David to help the school at Someplace Else.

Gallery

Videos

A mirror of the first 2 episodes uploaded by TROG SLEEP NOW.

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See Also

Mister Rogers' Neighborhood

• Christmastime with Mister Rogers (found holiday TV special; 1977)
• Misterogers (partially found Canadian precursor to "Mister Rogers' Neighborhood" children's educational TV series; 1961-1967)
• Springtime with Mister Rogers (found primetime special for PBS children's educational series; 1979)

Bumpers

• Bookworm Bunch (partially found interstitials from PBS Kids channel block; 2000-2001)
• PBS Kids (partially lost schedule bumpers and interstitial material of TV channel block; 1999-present)
• PBS Kids Vote-A-Rama (lost bumpers of "Arthur" themed marathon; 2002)
• Someday School (partially found PBS Kids channel block; 1998-2000)

PBS

• Adventures with Kanga Roddy (partially lost PBS children's series; 1998-2000)
• Backyard Safari (partially found PBS children's educational series; 1997)
• Barney & Friends "Season 9" (partially found alternative version of PBS children's series; 2004-2005)
• Lamb Chop's Play-Along (partially lost PBS children's puppet series; 1992-1995)
• The Puzzle Place (partially found PBS puppet series; 1994-1998)
• Reading Rainbow (found Johnny Kemp opening sequence for PBS children's educational series; 1999)
• Shining Time Station (found season one intro of PBS series; 1989-1990)
• Storytime (found PBS children's reading series; 1992-1998)
• Where In The World Is Carmen Sandiego? "Auld Lang Gone" (non-existent episode of PBS children's game show; 1992)
• Zoom (found pilot of revival of 1972 PBS children's series; 1995)
• Zoom (partially lost revival of PBS children's series; 1999-2005)

PBS Kids

• The Charlie Horse Music Pizza (partially lost PBS Kids "Lamb Chop's Play-Along" spin-off series; 1998-1999)
• Curious George (lost test pilot of PBS Kids animated series based on books; existence unconfirmed; 2004/2005)
• Cyberchase "The Poddleville Case" (found test pilot of PBS Kids educational animated series; 1999)
• Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood (lost pitch pilot of PBS Kids animated musical series; 2006-2008)
• Dragon Tales "One Small Step for Cassie" and "Circle of Friends" (lost pilots of PBS Kids animated series; 1999)
• The Good Night Show with Melanie/Leo (partially found PBS Kids Sprout series; 2005-2006)
• The Good Night Show with Nina & Star (partially found PBS Kids Sprout series; 2006-2017)
• Jet Propulsion (partially found pitch pilot of "Ready Jet Go!" PBS Kids CGI-animated series; 2013)
• Kratts' Creatures (found PBS children's educational series; 1996)
• Make Way for Noddy (partially found PBS Kids version of British children's TV series; 2005)
• Molly of Denali (partially found pitch pilot of PBS Kids animated series; 2018)
• Nature Cat (lost pitch pilot of PBS Kids educational animated series; early 2010s)
• Peg + Cat (partially lost pitch pilot of PBS Kids educational animated series; 2011)
• Preschool Musical... On a Stick (partially lost PBS Kids Sprout "High School Musical" parody; 2008)
• Seven Little Monsters (found episodes of PBS Kids animated series; 2000-2004)
• Space Race (partially found PBS Kids web series; 2011)
• Super Why! (partially found British dub of PBS Kids CGI animated series; late 2000s-2010s)
• What's The Big Idea? (partially found pitch pilot of "Sid The Science Kid" PBS Kids CGI animated series; 2007)
• WordGirl (lost pitch pilot of PBS Kids educational animated series; existence unconfirmed; 2005)
• WordWorld (found test pilot of PBS Kids CGI animated educational series; 2005)

External Links

• Wikipedia page listing of Season 14 episodes of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood.
• The entire week uploaded to Myspleen.
• The restoration of the entire week uploaded to MySpleen.