Editing Mister Rogers' Neighborhood (section)

===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.