Title
The Blue Marbles Project: David Newell, aka Mr. McFeely
Alt-Text
Andi Wong points at one blue marble held between the fingertips of actor David Newell. aka Mr. McFeely on Mr Roger's Neighborhood. David is seated with a signed photo of his beloved character, the friendly mailman known for his speedy and cheerful delivery of the mail.
Description
Speedy Delivery! One blue marble passed in gratitude to actor David
Newell, known for his portrayal of the beloved mailman, Mr. McFeeley
on Mr. Roger's Neighborhood at the Children's Media Association Bay
Area's screening of "Won't You Be My Neighbor?" at the
Palace of Fine Arts in San Francisco on January 31, 2019.
The moment marked a kind of reunion. In
Episode 1750 of Mister. Rogers Neighborhood, "When Things
Get Broken," aired on March 27, 1999, Mr. McFeely stops by
Mr. Rogers house to deliver a film about marbles made at the
Marble King factory in Paden City, West Virginia. Marble King
made this blue marble passed to Mr. McFeely twenty years later!
The same film was also used in Episode 1524
in a series about "Conflict," screened on November 10,
1983, where Mister Rogers plays with a handful of marbles, after
building a bridge with colorful wooden blocks on his kitchen
table. Mr. Rogers shared the film and describes how people use and
make marbles.
Copyright Notice
2019 Andi Wong
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Creator
Andi Wong
Credit
The Blue Marbles Project
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