No--he first worked in Canada, but he "returned" to his birthplace--which according to this: http://www.who2.com/fredrogers.html
was actually Latrobe, PA, rather than Pittsburgh itself. http://www.salon.com/people/bc/1999/08/10/rogers/ is another reference. You can probably say that the show "mr rogers" was born in Canada--in which case we're just arguing about symantics--sorry about that. ----- Original Message ----- From: "L a s e r B e a m �" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, December 06, 2004 6:29 PM Subject: Re: [UC] [Fwd: Checked with www.snopes and it is for real] > Bill Sanderson wrote: > >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "L a s e r B e a m �" >>>snopes also says mr. rogers wasn't from around here. and not only that, >>>but snopes says the original misterogers wasn't even from this country! >>> >>> http://www.snopes.com/radiotv/tv/mrrogers.asp >> >> >> Re-read that, Please. >> >> Yes, he wasn't from around here, he was from Pittsburgh. Last I looked, >> Pittsbufgh was part of this country, although the current blue/red split >> may be pushing to change that. > > > did you read what snopes cited? mr. rogers was canadian! > > http://www.misterrogers.org/mister_rogers_neighborhood/biography.asp > > > [the programming for wqed in pittsburgh that rogers developed in the early > 50s was called "the children's corner". josie carey was the host; fred > rogers was a puppeteer, composer and organist. it was in 63 that he did > the canadian "misterogers" (for cbc), and that was where he (as mister > rogers) made his debut as the program's host. in 66 he returned to > pittsburgh, and segments of the cbc were incorporated into a new series > called "misterogers' neighborhood".] > > > > > ......... > laserbeam� > [aka ray] > always at your whatever and ready for a whatever > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > This email has been scanned by the MessageLabs Email Security System. > For more information please visit http://www.messagelabs.com/email > ______________________________________________________________________ > ---- > You are receiving this because you are subscribed to the > list named "UnivCity." To unsubscribe or for archive information, see > <http://www.purple.com/list.html>. ---- You are receiving this because you are subscribed to the list named "UnivCity." To unsubscribe or for archive information, see <http://www.purple.com/list.html>.
