Editing Mister Rogers' Neighborhood (section)

==Characters==
[[File:Mr. McFeely heads to post office.jpg|thumb|Mr. McFeely ("Speedy Delivery") leads a group to the post office to hand-deliver their completed 2010 Census forms during the "Count Me In In 2010 Rally" in Homestead, Pennsylvania.]]

===''Mister Rogers' Neighborhood''===
Characters on the series include:

* Neighbor Aber (portrayed by Chuck Aber) - A resident of Westwood who is an associate of Mayor Maggie and does a lot of odd jobs. His real-world counterpart also does odd jobs.
* Lady Aberlin (portrayed by [[Betty Aberlin]]) - The niece of King Friday XIII. Her real-world counterpart, Betty, is an actress who is the manager of Betty's Little Theater.
* Scientist Alder (portrayed by Bud Alder) - A [[scientist]] who offers his scientific expertise in the real world and the Neighborhood of Make-Believe in earlier episodes.
* Charles Appel - A [[teacher]] and [[Magic (illusion)|magician]] who is a friend of Mr. Rogers'.
* Natalie Baker - The cousin of Joe Negri's and mother of Angela's and Reid's who is a piano-playing teacher.
* Marilyn Barnett - The [[Physical education|gym teacher]] at the neighborhood school.
* Chef Brockett (portrayed by [[Don Brockett]]) - A [[baker]] who owns Brocket's Bakery. His Neighborhood of Make-Believe counterpart assists Edgar Cooke in the kitchen.
* Bob Brown - A [[puppeteer]] and [[marionette]] maker who is proprietor of Bob's Marionette Theater, which is next door to Mr. Rogers' house.
* Judy Brown - The wife of Bob and co-proprietor of Bob's Marionette Theater.
* Michael Brown - The son of Bob and Judy Brown.
* Tony Chiroldes - The proprietor of the shop "Tony's", which specializes in toys, books, and costumes.
* Jose Cisneros - An employee at Brocket's Bakery and cousin of Gladys Schenk's who operates the counter and soda shop. He started working at Brocket Bakery after Gladys had a baby.
* Officer Clemmons (portrayed by [[François Clemmons]]) - A [[police officer]] who is a trained opera singer.
* Dr. David Crippens - The neighborhood [[physician|doctor]].
* [[Keith David]] - In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, he is a carpenter who lives in Southwood. His real-world counterpart appears in episode 1514, where he collects the money from the ''[[Donkey Kong (arcade game)|Donkey Kong]]'' arcade game at Brockett's Bakery.
* Emily the Poetry Lady (portrayed by Emily Jacobson) - She appeared in early episodes.
* Joey Hollingsworth - A tap dancer who shares his talents in the "real" world and the Neighborhood of Make-Believe.
* Pilot Ito (portrayed by [[Yoshi Ito]]) - An opera singer who serves as the royal pilot of King Friday XIII's.
* Susan Linn - A local [[puppeteer]] who often makes up stories that involve Audrey Duck and Catalion at Betty's Little Theater.
* Mayor Maggie (portrayed by Maggie Stewart) - The [[Mayor]] of Westwood. Her real-world counterpart, Maggie, is an expert at sign language.
* Mr. David McFeely (portrayed by [[David Newell]]) - The [[Delivery (commerce)|delivery man]] for "Speedy Delivery" who was a frequent visitor to Mr. Rogers' house. He was named for Fred Rogers' maternal grandfather.<ref name="newellcnn">{{cite interview|subject=David Newell |interviewer=Carol Lin |title="Mr. Speedy Delivery" talks about his neighborhood |url=http://archives.cnn.com/2001/SHOWBIZ/TV/08/31/mcfeely.chat.cnna/ |publisher=CNN |date=August 31, 2001 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071229032516/http://archives.cnn.com/2001/SHOWBIZ/TV/08/31/mcfeely.chat.cnna/ |archive-date=December 29, 2007 }}</ref>
* Mrs. Betsy McFeely (portrayed by Betsy Nadas) - The wife of Mr. McFeely's.
* Elsie Neal - A woman who operates the neighborhood craft and costume shop.
* Debbie Neal - The daughter of Elsie Neal's and an excellent singer who works at Negri's Music Shop.
* {{anchor|Handyman Negri}}Handyman Negri (portrayed by [[Joe Negri]]) - A [[jazz guitarist|jazz-guitarist]] who has taught music at several Pittsburgh universities. His real world counterpart Joe operates the musical-instrument shop called Negri's Music Shop on Rogers's street.<ref>{{cite news|title=Joe&nbsp;Negri: From handyman to jazz guitarist|first=Joel|last=Rose|journal=[[All&nbsp;Things Considered]]|publisher=NPR, [[National Public Radio]]|date=August 9, 2010|access-date=October 4, 2012|url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=128821517}}</ref>
* Miss Paulificate (portrayed by Audrey Roth) - The royal telephone operator. Her real-world counterpart, Audrey, operates a janitorial service called Audrey Cleans Everything, where her mobile home serves as her office.
* Sergio Pinto - An employer at Brockett's Bakery who runs the counter and would teach some Spanish words to Mr. Rogers.
* [[Mary Rawson]] - She shows interest in the theater and mimes at "Betty's Little Theater".
* [[John Reardon (baritone)|John Reardon]] - An opera singer and frequent visitor of the Neighborhood of Make-Believe who helps its residents write and perform various operas.
* Gladys Schenk - A mother of two and an employee at Brockett's Bakery and cousin of Jose Cisneros's.
* Chrissy Thompson - The granddaughter of Mr. McFeely's and Mrs. McFeely's. She has [[spina bifida]], which requires her to use leg braces and openly talks about it.
* [[Bob Trow]] - He runs Trow's Workshop, where he works as a [[Artisan|craftsman]]. It is at Trow's Workshop that Bob creates and fixes things for Mister Rogers and his fellow neighbors.
* Jewel Walker - A [[mime artist]].

Only Mr. McFeely, Mrs. McFeely, Officer Clemmons, Scientist Adler, and Chef Brockett appeared substantially the same way in both Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood and the Neighborhood of Make-Believe.

===Neighborhood of Make-Believe===
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The "Neighborhood of Make-Believe" is the fictional kingdom visited by Mr. Rogers during the show. Characters in the ''Neighborhood of Make-Believe'' were portrayed by both hand puppets and actors. Fred Rogers was the puppeteer for a great number of the characters:

* Collette
* Cornflake S. Pecially
* Daniel Striped Tiger
* Donkey Hodie
* Edgar Cooke
* Grandpere Tiger
* Henrietta Pussycat
* Ino A. Horse
* King Friday XIII
* Lady Elaine Fairchilde
* Mrs. Frogg
* Princess Margeret H. Lizard
* Queen Sara Saturday
* Tadpole Frogg
* X the Owl

Other characters and their performers or puppeteers:

* Anna Platypus
* Betty Okonak Templeton-Jones
* Bob Dog
* Cousin Mary Owl
* Cousin Steven Owl
* Dr. Duckbill Platypus
* Elsie Jean Platypus
* Harriett Elizabeth Cow
* H.J. Elephant III
* Hula Mouse
* James Michael Jones
* Prince Tuesday
* Purple Panda
* Robert Troll

In addition to [[Bob Trow]], other regular puppeteers included [[Michael Horton (actor)|Michael Horton]], Lenny Meledandri (1980–2001), and Carole Switala.

[[Michael Keaton]] made his first television appearance as a volunteer in 1975. He played an acrobat in a troupe called The Flying Zookeenies that performed for King Friday's birthday and was also in charge of running the Trolley.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hollywood.com/celebrity/Michael_Keaton/192243 |title=Michael Keaton at Hollywood.com |access-date=May 31, 2007 }}</ref>

===Operas===
Thirteen in-series "operas" took place during the course of the series within the Make-Believe segments.<ref name="newellcnn" /> Many of them featured American baritone [[John Reardon (baritone)|John Reardon]] as a main character. The operas would encompass the entire episode and would be seen after a brief introduction by Mr. Rogers.

# Babysitter Opera (1968)
# Campsite Opera (1968)
# Teddy Bear/Whaling Ship Opera (1969)
# "Pineapples and Tomatoes" (1970)
# "Monkey's Uncle" (1971)
# "Snow People and Warm Pussycat" (1972)
# "Potato Bugs and Cows" (1973)
# "All in the Laundry" (1974)
# "Key to Otherland" (1975)
# "Windstorm in Bubbleland" (1980)
# "Spoon Mountain" (1982)
# "A Granddad for Daniel" (1984)
# "A Star for Kitty" (1986)

Additionally, a play, ''Josephine The Short-Necked Giraffe'', first aired in 1989 as a tribute to the late John Reardon.

===Guests===
Guests on the series ranged from cellist [[Yo-Yo Ma]] to actor and [[bodybuilder]] [[Lou Ferrigno]] of TV's ''[[The Incredible Hulk (1978 TV series)|The Incredible Hulk]]'' (in a 2001 piece where celebrities were asked about their heroes, Rogers cited Ma as one of his heroes{{Citation needed|date=July 2010}}). A 1968 visit by electronic music pioneer [[Bruce Haack]] resurfaced in the 2004 documentary ''Haack: King of Techno''.

Guests on ''Mister Rogers' Neighborhood'' were often surprised to find that, although Rogers was just as gentle and patient in life as on television, he was nevertheless a [[Perfectionism (psychology)|perfectionist]] who did not allow "shoddy" [[ad-lib]]bing;<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.foxnews.com/story/childrens-tv-icon-fred-rogers-dies-at-74 |title=Children's TV Icon Fred Rogers Dies at 74 |access-date=May 31, 2007 |date=February 27, 2003 |agency=Associated Press |work=Fox News}}</ref> he believed that children were thoughtful people who deserved programming as good as anything produced for adults on television.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://tvshows.aol.com/show/mister-rogers-neighborhood/SH0029300000/main |title=Mister Rogers' Neighborhood |access-date=May 31, 2007 |work=AOL@Television |publisher=AOL LLC |archive-date=February 4, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070204064559/http://tvshows.aol.com/show/mister-rogers-neighborhood/SH0029300000/main |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Rogers appeared as a guest on some other series. On the children's [[animated cartoon]] series ''[[Arthur (TV series)|Arthur]]'', for example, Rogers plays himself as an [[aardvark]] like Arthur. Later on, Arthur appears as a guest in hand-puppet form in a 1999 episode of ''Mister Rogers' Neighborhood'' in the [[Neighborhood of Make-Believe]]. [[Bill Nye]], host of a science-themed program, and Rogers also exchanged appearances on each other's series, as did Rogers and [[Captain Kangaroo]]. Rogers additionally appeared in an episode of ''[[Sesame Street]]'', where he explains to [[Big Bird]] that, even if one loses a running race such as the one Big Bird had run against his friend "[[Mr. Snuffleupagus|Snuffy]]", no hard feelings threaten to break the two of them apart.<ref>''Sesame Street'', Episode #1575 Aired May 22, 1981</ref> Big Bird himself also appeared in one episode of ''Mister Rogers' Neighborhood'' in the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, when he came to deliver his entry to the "Draw the Neighborhood" art contest.