Results: Confusing The Ladies of Fred Rogers' Make Believe Neighborhood (As I Did)

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jlrake

07/01/2026

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1.
1.
Do you recall a recent internal Tellwut internal survey asking whether we panelists ever watched the U.S. public TV show Mister Rogers' Neighborhood?
Yes
41%
•
660 votes
Undecided
27%
•
426 votes
No (which may be because I'm too new here)
32%
•
514 votes
2.
2.
In my comment on the aforementioned survey, I mentioned one of the puppet character in the series' Neighborhood of Make Believe, Lady Elaine Fairchilde. Do you recall that character in Rogers' show?
Yes
38%
•
607 votes
Unsure
15%
•
243 votes
No
22%
•
356 votes
I never watched the series.
25%
•
394 votes
3.
3.
Specifically, in my comment on Lady Elaine I mentioned that I thought her to be a looker. Wow, was I ever misremembering! In no way do find Lady Elaine in a way attractive, merely starting with my not being any kind of puppet fetishist. If there's a woman on whom the character is based physically and/or in terms of character, I doubt I'd find her attractive either. By whatever metric you'd quantify attraction, do you find this character attractive.?
Yes
10%
•
166 votes
Uncertain/I could go either way on that.
25%
•
404 votes
No
64%
•
1030 votes
4.
4.
Who did I mean to say among Rogers' neighbors and/or make believe figures was a fine looking lady back when? That would be Betty Aberlin, the human --not puppet--who portrayed Lady Aberlin, who was the niece of King Friday XIII...who IS a puppet! I don't recall having properly processed that discrepancy between the uncle and niece when I was watching the show as a child, but in retrospect, I find it odd that the unc' would be a puppet and his relative be a human actor. Do you find that odd as well?
Yes
30%
•
480 votes
Uncommitted/Uncaring
41%
•
651 votes
No
29%
•
469 votes
5.
5.
I think there should be at least so many clips of Betty Aberlin (who's now 83 and looks to still be a working actor according to her IMDb.com entry) as there are of Lady Elaine among these questions. Aberlin appears near the start of this 1996 episode of seemingly purposefully and creepy New York City cable access TV show Beyond Vaudeville. Though she's there as Betty Aberlin, the chief point of context for her appearance is her role on Rogers' show, which was a few years away from wrapping up its run in 2001. Are there any performers in media geared to children you would have liked to have seen in other settings geared toward a broader audience?
Yes (and I may name at least one such person in a comment)
13%
•
202 votes
Unsure
45%
•
717 votes
No
43%
•
681 votes

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