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Mr Rogers Plays Donkey Kong
A blast from the past, this 1983 clip from the PBS show Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood has Mr. Rogers taking a look at a Donkey Kong machine.
He even popping open the control panel for a peek.
He even popping open the control panel for a peek.
Jul 31, 2007 9:58 AM
Re: Mr Rogers Plays Donkey Kong
Litte known fact: Soon after this, Mario retired as a carpenter and took up plumbing.
By: shadowbot
Re: Mr Rogers Plays Donkey Kong
Mario also didn't have a name. He was known only as Jumpman.
By: Geist
Re: Mr Rogers Plays Donkey Kong
Wow. In an era when Surgeon General C. Everett Koop was telling us video games were addictive and the National Coalition on Television Violence was demanding that Congress make it illegal to advertise video games, Mr. Rogers truly shines with his open-ness, curiosity, and non-judgmental approach.
The world is poor for your absence Fred, but richer for your having been here.
The world is poor for your absence Fred, but richer for your having been here.
By: flightsuit
Re: Mr Rogers Plays Donkey Kong
Hmm... hopscotch, eh?
A nerdy closeted gay boy that likes video games?
*sniff*... I can totally relate :p
A nerdy closeted gay boy that likes video games?
*sniff*... I can totally relate :p
By: Deh_Dude
Re: Mr Rogers Plays Donkey Kong
Also starring Keith David as Keith the Southwood Carpenter.
By: jawrsh
Re: Mister Rogers Plays Video Games
Duplicate link with a slightly different title:
http://www.milkandcookies.com/link/65251/detail/
I remembered because I liked it.
http://www.milkandcookies.com/link/65251/detail/
I remembered because I liked it.
By: BoogeBoogieston
Re: Mr Rogers Plays Donkey Kong
Heh, I have an original Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles arcade unit from '89 and one of the coolest things was pulling that thing open and seeing how exactly the controllers worked. It was also pretty neat seeing that a lot of the earlier arcade games didn't have a interface for programming the difficulty and amount of lives and such, those functions were all handled by switches on the board.
By: Wolvan
Re: Mr Rogers Plays Donkey Kong
"Im Just Gunna Get The Money Out Of This Machine"
I bet that guy got money out of more than just that machine!
I bet that guy got money out of more than just that machine!
By: Hadouken
