Daily Dialogue — June 26, 2020
It’s a beautiful day in this neighborhood A beautiful day for a neighbor Would you be mine? Could you be mine?
It’s a beautiful day in this neighborhood
A beautiful day for a neighbor
Would you be mine?
Could you be mine?
It’s a neighborly day in this beautywood
A neighborly day for a beauty
Would you be mine?
Could you be mine?
I have always wanted to have a neighbor just like you
I’ve always wanted to live in a neighborhood with you
So let’s make the most of this beautiful day
Since we’re together, we might as well say
Would you be mine?
Could you be mine?
Won’t you be my neighbor?
Won’t you please
Won’t you please
Please won’t you be my neighbor?
— It’s a Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood (2019), written by Micah Fitzerman-Blue & Noah Harpster, based on an article by Tom Junod
The Daily Dialogue theme for the week: Subway. Today’s suggestion by Karen Dantas.
Trivia: Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood (1968) started on WQED in Pittsburgh as “Children’s Corner,” with the host being Josie Carey. Fred Rogers was the producer. The show already had King Friday XIII and several other of the well-known characters. Ms. Carey wrote several major song lyrics including the then-well known “Good Night, God,” to end the show. The show targeted very young children (3–4), offering membership in the “Tame Tiger” organization. A tiger outline was available by mail; kids could fill in a stripe for every good deed they did. When Josie Carey left the show to get married, Fred Rogers took over the lead role and “Mister Rogers Neighborhood” was born, with largely the same puppet characters, but targeting a slightly older, but still preschool, audience (4–6).
Dialogue On Dialogue: The subway scene is based on an actual event that happened to Fred Rogers.