Wednesday, September 28, 2011

Lady Elaine Fairchilde From Mr. Rogers Scared Me



Lady Elaine you FREAK!
Lady Elaine Fairchilde from Mr. Rogers Neighborhood on PBS scared the crap out of me as a kid. After doing a little research it is comforting to learn that many kids between 1968-2001 were freaked out by this beast of a puppet voiced by Fred Rogers himself. 

Why the freakish red cheeks and nose? Why that horrendous Beatles hairdo? Now that I think about it, all of those damn puppets freaked me out. The best part of the Mr. Rogers show was watching Mr. Rogers change into his comfy cardigan and slip on his sneakers and the sweet-sounding intro and outro songs. Honestly. Every time he stepped into that Neighborhood of Make-Believe my stomach would hurt as anxiety would set in.  




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13 comments:

  1. WillSeptember 28, 2011 at 10:39 AM

    Always reminded (physically) of Dr Smith from Lost In Space

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  2. Sabrina SteylingSeptember 28, 2011 at 1:24 PM

    Yeah, Lady Elaine scared me too! That red nose always frightened me and confused me, too. Too bad we can't just ask Mr. Rogers himself why Lady Elaine looked the way she did... :(

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  3. Ms. ASeptember 28, 2011 at 2:49 PM

    I don't recall if she scared my kids, but her ugliness reminds me, of me. Poor thing. I tend to scare young children, too!

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  4. spiderkevSeptember 28, 2011 at 6:19 PM

    Lady Elaine eventually had to go to the neighborhood of rehab for help in treating her alcohol and cocaine addictions.

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  5. CopyboySeptember 29, 2011 at 12:23 AM

    yeah, I used to think it was some type of burnt puppet. Scare me more than King Friday. BTW...made you blog of the day.

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  6. ~Mistee~September 29, 2011 at 2:59 PM

    She def freaked me out!! Now I just hope she doesn't cause me to have a nightmare!! UGH! lol

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  7. Riot KittySeptember 29, 2011 at 5:16 PM

    It scared me when Alice Cooper was on the Muppet Show. Does that count? :)

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  8. Blast from the PastSeptember 30, 2011 at 2:11 AM

    I TOTALLY agree with Will. Dr.Smith working at his *other* job.

    Too weird for me!

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  9. KathleenOctober 2, 2011 at 5:37 PM

    I always thought Lady Elaine Fairchild looked like one of my grandmothers. But yeah she is kinda creepy

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  10. Pat TillettOctober 9, 2011 at 2:33 PM

    A lot of those old characters were kind of creepy. Chucko and Bozo the clown always freaked me out. I still have a thing about clowns and always hated the circus because of them.

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  11. AnonymousMarch 7, 2012 at 3:50 PM

    This is hysterical as I came across your blog when looking for a photo of her telling a friend of mine she freaked me out. I'm glad I wasn't alone.

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  12. A. NoelleMay 30, 2012 at 11:46 PM

    I'm still scared of her & may have nightmares tonight. And why was she always saying "toots"? Shudder. Oh, how I shudder! She was bet passive-aggressive & manipulative. I could sense that, even as a small child.

    :)

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  13. shoelowOctober 6, 2013 at 9:51 PM

    Look up Lady Elaine Fairchilde's "You Will Not Go" on YouTube and prepare to be especially freaked out!

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