# Mister Rogers Neighborhood - where was he going at the end? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 5, 2024, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mister-rogers-neighborhood-where-was-he-going-at-the-end/1002527 "2024-06-05T20:17:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2024, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mister-rogers-neighborhood-where-was-he-going-at-the-end/1002527/1 "2024-06-05T20:17:10Z")
At the beginning of the show, Mr Rogers walks in the house, hangs up his jacket and puts on a cardigan, and swaps his dress shoes for sneakers. The assumption is, he’s coming home from work and getting comfy, right? Then at the end of the show, he puts his jacket and nice shoes on again and leaves. But he’s already home, right? So where is he going? My guess - now that the show is over, he’s heading down to Mister Rogers Neighborhood Bar to throw back a couple of whiskeys. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2024, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mister-rogers-neighborhood-where-was-he-going-at-the-end/1002527/2 "2024-06-05T20:36:08Z")
The house was his ‘television house’. He was coming to visit with “us” for a while. > **[Dear Mister Rogers, Does It Ever Rain in Your Neighborhood?](https://books.google.com/books?id=_P4oyB1zeT4C&pg=PA8&lpg=PA8&dq=I%2Bthink%2Bof%2Bit%2Bas%2Bmy%2B%22television%2Bhouse.%22%2BThat%2Bis%2Ba%2Bplace%2Bwhere%2BI%2Bstop%2Bby%2Bduring%2Bmy%2Bworkday%2Bto%2Bhave%2Ba%2Btelevision%2Bvisit%2Bwith&source=bl&ots=NFDdj8RjTE&sig=ACfU3U32rbH_hl-e0Ruphx6IhD2l_WBhDA&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwixlKbfpcWGAxVLkIkEHWn9CgEQ6AF6BAgdEAM#v=onepage&q=I%20think%20of%20it%20as%20my%20%22television%20house.%22%20That%20is%20a%20place%20where%20I%20stop%20by%20during%20my%20workday%20to%20have%20a%20television%20visit%20with&f=false)** > > Inspiring letters from the beloved host of PBS’s Mister Rogers' Neighborhood, the subject of the acclaimed documentary Won't You Be My Neighbor? and a forthcoming biopic starring Tom HanksEvery question that a child or parent asks is important, and... > .that is not my real house. I think of it as my “television house.” That is a place where I stop by during my workday to have a television visit with my friends." This was an answer to a kid asking about the bathroom in the house, but I think it’s still the right answer. IIRC, Mr Rogers didn’t blur the line between what’s real and what’s imaginary. I could be wrong, but I don’t think he was trying to hide that he was an actor on a set (as you would on most TV shows). He seemed to work on the assumption that kids are smart enough to grasp what’s going on. ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2024, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mister-rogers-neighborhood-where-was-he-going-at-the-end/1002527/3 "2024-06-05T20:50:47Z")
Yeah, he’s putting on his work clothes to meet with his writers and producers, make sure the puppets are in good condition, take his turn answering phones for the pledge drive…and strategize with Robert McNeil, Bob Ross, Carl Sagan, and Big Bird on how to take down that bitch Julia Child in the next company poker game. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2024, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mister-rogers-neighborhood-where-was-he-going-at-the-end/1002527/4 "2024-06-06T01:22:16Z")
He’s headed out to the package liquor store on Sesame Street. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2024, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mister-rogers-neighborhood-where-was-he-going-at-the-end/1002527/5 "2024-06-06T01:41:22Z")
He was going to Kill His Landlord. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2024, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mister-rogers-neighborhood-where-was-he-going-at-the-end/1002527/6 "2024-06-06T01:45:50Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > He was going to Kill His Landlord Cill his landlord, you mean. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/6iCbK3ooekU/maxresdefault.jpg "Prose and Cons - SNL") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6iCbK3ooekU) ---
**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2024, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mister-rogers-neighborhood-where-was-he-going-at-the-end/1002527/7 "2024-06-06T01:58:18Z")
He’s going to catch a ride with Pee-Wee. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/jrFMaBfMlEs/maxresdefault.jpg "Pee Wee’s Playhouse Season 1 (1986-87) Closing Credits with Funding and 1984 PBS logo") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jrFMaBfMlEs) ---
**Author:** ![phs3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8491ac/32.png) [@phs3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phs3)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2024, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mister-rogers-neighborhood-where-was-he-going-at-the-end/1002527/8 "2024-06-06T02:13:05Z")
I was gonna say “off to score” but I think I won’t now. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2024, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mister-rogers-neighborhood-where-was-he-going-at-the-end/1002527/9 "2024-06-06T02:39:41Z")
> [@phs3](#): > > I was gonna say “off to score” but I think I won’t now I should have included the link: > [@Does Sesame Street have a liquor store?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-sesame-street-have-a-liquor-store/1001764): > > At around 2:47 in this video Big Bird mentions a package store (near the Count’s mansion). Around here, “package store” is a euphemism for liquor store (and is identified by a big red dot). So is that what Big Bird is talking about, or die6s he mean something less…slummy? [[Classic Sesame Street - Mr. Rogers Visits] ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OqWDjJRhCkc) ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2024, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mister-rogers-neighborhood-where-was-he-going-at-the-end/1002527/10 "2024-06-06T14:13:11Z")
Back to his crypt. ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2024, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mister-rogers-neighborhood-where-was-he-going-at-the-end/1002527/11 "2024-06-06T20:54:40Z")
He would go to a church basement down the street where a support group for Vietnam era ex-snipers met. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2024, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mister-rogers-neighborhood-where-was-he-going-at-the-end/1002527/12 "2024-06-06T21:03:35Z")
I’ve always thought he was headed to Appleby’s to have a bowl of soup. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2024, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mister-rogers-neighborhood-where-was-he-going-at-the-end/1002527/13 "2024-06-06T21:04:42Z")
> [@ftg](#): > > He would go to a church basement down the street where a support group for Vietnam era ex-snipers met. He was best buddies with Bob Ross. ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2024, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mister-rogers-neighborhood-where-was-he-going-at-the-end/1002527/14 "2024-06-06T21:38:53Z")
> [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](#): > > He’s going to catch a ride with Pee-Wee. Not to the movie theater, we hope. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2024, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mister-rogers-neighborhood-where-was-he-going-at-the-end/1002527/15 "2024-06-06T21:46:04Z")
_“Hey, that’s not popcorn!”_ _“Nope. And that ain’t butter, neither.”_ ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2024, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mister-rogers-neighborhood-where-was-he-going-at-the-end/1002527/16 "2024-06-06T22:17:38Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > He was going to Kill His Landlord. But that was to prevent the trolley from killing 5 other people. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Q](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/898d66/32.png) [@Johnny\_Q](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Q)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2024, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mister-rogers-neighborhood-where-was-he-going-at-the-end/1002527/17 "2024-06-07T04:53:17Z")
He’s actually going off to see his mistress. The whole “neighbor” thing was originally a ruse to throw off Mrs. Rogers. But then it turned out that he actually _did_ like his “neighbor” so he kept it up for real. ---
**Author:** ![furryman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/furryman/32/99_2.png) [@furryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furryman)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2024, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mister-rogers-neighborhood-where-was-he-going-at-the-end/1002527/18 "2024-06-07T17:22:54Z")
Going to visit his father, Steve. ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2024, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mister-rogers-neighborhood-where-was-he-going-at-the-end/1002527/19 "2024-06-08T17:13:32Z")
Bob was in the s\*\*t over there. He saw Charlie take out Jerry Mathers. Fred took him under his wing and helped him cope with it using little finger puppets. ---
**Author:** ![Tibby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tibby/32/17030_2.png) [@Tibby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tibby)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2024, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mister-rogers-neighborhood-where-was-he-going-at-the-end/1002527/20 "2024-06-08T17:47:23Z")
Going to score some weed in the hood, then off to a booty call with Lady Aberlin. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mister-rogers-neighborhood-where-was-he-going-at-the-end/1002527.md?page=2)