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Some things from Mr. Rogers' life:

Mr. Rogers was described by an NPR, Fresh Air Program interviewer as a sickly child. He agreed and related having had Scarlet Fever, a serious illness during the time of Mr. Rogers' childhood, before penicillin was widely used. He mentions this in the interview link below and states that his experience with illness and being an only child until his sister was adopted while Fred was a teenager ("Lady Elaine" from the "Land of Make Believe" is named for his sister), may have been why these subjects came up in "Mr. Rogers neighborhood". He wrote a book titled "Going to the Doctor", that is also mentioned in the interview linked below.

Other things, like the influence of his grandfather, Fred McFeely, his mother's father, nicknamed "Ding Dong", are important to the understanding of his caring for children. Mr. McFeely, the "speedy delivery" character is named after Mr. Rogers' grandfather. "Ding Dong" refers to the song "Ding Dong Dell", a song his grandfather shared with his family. "Ding Dong Dell" is an English rhyme first mentioned in 1580. see: Wikipedia "Ding Dong Bell"

There are many other details of his life that I will share, if this post gets a positive response.

Thanks

Here is a link to an interview with Mr. Rogers that mentions the facts I'm posting, from Fresh Air, from December, 2003 http://www.npr.org/player/v2/mediaPlayer.html?action=1&t=1&islist=false&id=1576077&m=1576078

Benvhoff (talk) 19:33, 12 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

There's an of-the-air clip of him giving the middle finger with first the right hand, and then adding the left, wiggling them to each other. There MUST be a story behind that, since I doubt it was meant obscenely. 2604:2000:F22D:5100:1DFC:84DD:71E5:51DF (talk) 12:39, 28 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]