A week after the release of Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood, Jumpman256 had a few questions for me, so I thought you’d like to hear some of the scoop! BIG thanks to Lawrence Martin for sharing his Neighborhood photos with us on this post.

 YES!  Keep watching & you will get to know our adult neighbors very well.  Lady Elaine runs the Neighborhood Factory (first exhibit is “How Crayons are Made”), lives in the Museum Go Round with her daughter & husband, Music Man Stan, who runs the Neighborhood Music Store. They have playdates at their house with the other kids & attend the Neighborhood gatherings so you will see, hear & get to know them. Uncle X the Owl lives next door to Henrietta in the Treehouse & you will see & hear them interact with their kids.  

3. Will we see (besides [SPOILER!!!!!] Mr. McFeely) any human residents of the Neighborhood from the past? (If the answer’s yes on that one, you are triple awesome)

YES!  Mr McFeely makes many “speedy deliveries” in the Neighborhood & even shows Daniel how the mail works in the Neighborhood & takes him to deliver some letters. We get to know him as one of our beloved friends & Neighbors. We’ve also added other human residents: Dr. Anna, Teacher Harriet & Baker Aker.  

4. Why is Mr. McFeely not voiced by David Newell, the original guy?

David Newell is happy & well..if you listen carefully, you will hear that he voices the beginning/end of our show, talking about the great sponsors & “Viewers like you” message. He is not from Canada, unfortunately, & couldn’t voice the series. But he gave his blessing!  

 

 5. Finally…. Why the Sam Hill is King Friday still ruling? I mean, this takes place SEVERAL YEARS after the original show, right? King Friday was old back THEN—Tuesday should be king by now! I guess Friday still hasn’t learned to let go of anything, huh?

 

Actually, King Friday wasn’t that old in the original series. He & Queen Sarah gave birth to a “later in life” baby, Prince Wednesday who joins big brother, Prince Tuesday in the Royal Family.  We felt that King Friday was such an iconic character that we couldn’t bear to let him go.  In similar vein to Queen Elizabeth, we feel he can be around a VERY long time!

 

We love that he models a different kind of parent & that he brings the Neighborhood together for some special days like the upcoming “Neighborhood Votes” episode, “Neighbor Day” and a “Neighborhood Clean Up”.  

 

Hope this helps!  Thanks for your interest!

 

Ugga Mugga, 

Angela

Whenever the subject of Blue’s Clues  comes up, it’s rare that the mail song isn’t involved somewhere within the conversation. Hey, we all love mail…and I’m no different. Here’s just 1, Virginian reason why, in regards to Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood:

Dear Angela & Everyone who made Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood a reality:

From the bottom of our family’s heart…Thank You!!!!  Yesterday’s premier of Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood was SO wonderful!

Please know that you had our 2 yr old son unexpectedly spinning himself around the living room & happily singing: “turn (it) around… da da da, somethin GOOD!!!   over and over.  (It was SO cute!)

He -loves- it (and to be honest, so does our 6 yr old son!) Way to go!!!..and you gave us SO much more than even we had expected… 

We certainly were not a spoiler-free family by that point, (sorry, just couldn’t resist!)  having watched every single online clip available multiple times and patiently waiting fro months until premier day…But it was SOOOOOooooooo worth the wait.

We knew about the characters, and had seen the birthday party episode.But the segment afterwards with the child wearing the red cardigan and making cookies or going to the doctor, etc. was also great!!!  As was the part with children doing an activity while the theme song  from the episode was playing in the background!   These 2 segments -really- tied the animated portions to the real world…much like Mister Rogers did after the neighborhood of make believe each episode.  Really well done!

Although for me, the best part of all was hearing David Newell’s voice in the beginning announcing those who helped made it possible.   We love Mr. McFeely very much & we go to see him back home in Pittsburgh every chance we get.   Adding him in the beginning was a really nice touch…passing the torch, so to speak, & brought a tear to my eyes. 

Wow. If only Fred Rogers were alive to see what you have done….

I think he couldn’t help but have a joyful tear in -his- eye. This show -really- ‘gets’ him, his message and his essence.

Thanks to you, Fred Rogers is ‘alive’ once more & talks with love, respect and care to my kids now too…just like he did for me when I was once very little.

We can’t thank you enough for that.  🙂

Appreciatively,

Jim & Aileen
Fairfax, Virginia

Thank you so very much Jim & Aileen for your kind words.

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After many years in development, TODAY’s the BIG premiere! This clip is taken from PBS’ Annual Meeting 2012 where I discuss the new show, Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood. Enjoy the show!

Footage taken by TechSavvyMama1

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Thank you Laura Zax for your article in this weeks Forbes magazine, entitled: A Different Kind of Tiger Mom, on a different perspective for children that involves respect, passion and a whole lot of personal growth..the story on Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood