Talk:Mr. Dressup
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[edit] Too many images
This article is too short to have 3 images, plus one of them should be of Ernie Coombs and Casey & Finnegan anyway. Surely there's one kicking around. 23skidoo 20:20, 6 December 2005 (UTC)
Hi:
I don't have any kids myself, but I've fond memories of this gentleman. He made a safe place for kids to be for a half-hour a day. When he died, one of the first things I thought was that it would be a sad thing for Canadian kids to not know Mr Dressup. To add to the article, I think he and Mr Rogers were associates in the early days when they were both in America.
- Actually, web searches suggest the two of them, both being Americans, came to Toronto to work together for the CBC on their early version of the Misterogers show, shortly before the start of Butternut Square (which became Mister Dressup), and before Misterogers became an American show. E.g. http://members.shaw.ca/nelsonmedia/HistCBC.htm --SportWagon 22:14, 7 March 2006 (UTC)
[edit] More About Butternut Square
I vaguely remember Butternut Square; I thought it lasted only one season. But http://www.canadianaconnection.com/cca/mr_dressup.htm says three.
I remember there was a Mr. Music as well as a Mr. Dressup, but can't remember what any of the other characters were, but I think there were at least two more. I think there was woman who was a central narrator, who guided the puppets (not sure if it was Casey & Finnagan), and thence the children, around the town. Mr. Dressup would then be just one place they might visit, but in hindsight it seems he was the most enduring, but perhaps other factors in fact led to the other characters leaving. I'm not sure if the woman became Mr. Dressup's first recurring visitor, or not.
In short, I don't remember enough personally and am not sure where to look to fill in the missing Butternut Square reference. I don't know if CBC would have any online information about it.--SportWagon 18:10, 7 March 2006 (UTC)
- So it appears my memories are somewhat distorted--SportWagon 18:20, 7 March 2006 (UTC)
- one interesting thing Web research shows is that there was a connection between Mr. Dressup and Mister Rogers--SportWagon 18:22, 7 March 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Repeats
Should we mention the repeats episodes; are the episodes AFTER Casey & Finnegan? GoodDay 23:38, 20 June 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Judith Lawrence's Retirement
Anyone know when she retired and Casey and Finegan left? I'm curious about what year this happened in. I think it was probably sometime in the early 90's but I'm not sure.
