Goodbye, Mr. Dressup. See you on DVD I hope.
The Calgary Sun is reporting that after 11 years of daily reruns, Mr. Dressup will disappear forever from the CBC lineup in September. According to the Sun:
The network’s management has been reworking its children’s lineup over the past several years and decided it was time for the friendly, bespectacled Mr. Dressup and his “Tickle Trunk” to go.
In his prime, Mr.Dressup would draw 500,000 preschoolers every day, but ratings have been in steady decline.
Ernie Coombs, the man who was Mr. Dressup, died of a stroke at 73 in 2001.
I hope the CBC will offer a discounted (DID YOU HEAR ME — DISCOUNTED!!!) DVD so that I can raise my kids with Mr. Dressup and not the bullshit on television these days.
Ernie Coombs came to Canada in 1963 with Fred Rogers to launch the original Mister Rogers Neighborhood. Rogers took his show to U.S. public television a year later, leaving Coombs to create Mr. Dressup on Butternut Square in 1964. The series became Mr. Dressup in 1967 and remained in production until Valentine’s Day, 1996. In all, Coombs logged 32 years and 4,000 shows as the the fun-loving character with his puppet friends Casey and Finnegan.
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I was sad when I heard this news…my generation was raised on Mr. Dressup and I just assumed that, one day, my own kids would know and love Mr. Dressup, Casey and Finnegan too.
Ernie Coombs was awesome; when friends got married a number of years ago, my husband wrote to him. Mr Dressup sent a letter congratulating the happy couple and an 8×10 glossy of himself with Casey and Finnegan…a most prized wedding present, I’m sure.
heard this news one late night on the hourlies. couldn’t find anything about it on cbc.ca.
that show was the best. to me it meant morning snack time so it was a double bonus. inside casey and finnegan’s treehouse took me over the moon.
there is a dvd for sale at the cbc shop… i don’t really get what it is, but i don’t think it’s all the early episodes which i would gladly buy a few sets of at a discounted rate for friends and family.
We are only 14 and we remeber Mr.Dressup. Why did he get taken off TV just because he died? That show was awesome it should be on forever!! Just Because he died doesn’t mean you can take away all the memories of him..He Would Be Disapointed in all of you. Bring Mr Dressup back to TV!!! Take Mr Roger’s show off the Air, he’s dead too!
WE MISS YOU MR. DRESSUP!!!!!!
Shame on you CBC… I too grew up watching Mr. Dressup, and now my 4 year old has been asking me every day if Mr. Dressup is on today. Since July 1, 2006 the show has not aired in it’s regular time slot (only early Sunday morning). It’s a shame that my son will never learn the valuable teachings that Mr. Dressup brought to so many over the years.