I am Fred Rogers is the season finale of the first season of Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum. It is a half-hour special just like I Am Harriet Tubman.
Plot[]
Xavier and Yadina's parents are closing the museum for two weeks and Brad won't be coming over to visit in that time. Xavier is worried he and Brad will stop being friends without the museum to connect them.
They go back in time to 1934 to meet Fred Rogers. Brad states this is eighty-five years ago, meaning the present year is 2019 during this episode.
They find Rogers sitting under a tree, not playing with the other children, not being good at running around. He shows them his toy Kitty Cat and plays on the piano, encouraging Yadina to sing with him. He then tells Xavier he likes him for who he is.
Berby fast-forwards the trio another thirty-four years to 1971 to Mister Rogers' Neighborhood where his Kitty Cat has morphed into Daniel Tiger.
Characters[]
Returning:
New:
- Fred Rogers
- Nancy Rogers (Fred's mother)
- Tag Kid
- Kitty Cat
Broadcast[]
It debuted 4pm EST on Tuesday 29 September 2021 on the channel TVO. The TV guide display lists 27 July 2021 as the original air date, but that may be a mistake. It will air in the US on the main PBS channel on January 31, 2022. The episode first aired on the PBS Kids 24/7 channel on January 14, 2022 along with I Am Bob Ross and I Am Rukmini Devi.
Curriculum[]
You are special just the way you are.
Songs[]
Trivia[]
- Fred says "welcome to the set of my new TV show", but since the show began in 1968, it would've been running three years already by the time the Riddles arrive.
- The episode contains the song "It's You I Like".
- When Xavier, Yadina, and Brad sing "It's You I Like", clips from various episodes are shown: I Am Charles Dickens, I Am Madam President, I Am Mary Anning, I Am Leonardo da Vinci, I Am Rosa Parks, We Are the Brontë Sisters, I Am Neil Armstrong, We Are the Wright Brothers, I Am Mary Leakey, and I Am Marie Curie.
- One of the kids watching Fred's show is in a wheelchair. That kid is Jeff Erlanger, who once appeared on Mister Rogers' Neighborhood to talk about his wheelchair
- This will be the final episode of Season 1 of Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum.
- This is the last credit for Linda Simensky she left in 2021 as Executive Producer.
- This is the final credit for Logan McNeil as Director.
- This is the first time Xavier has been seen without his hood on, barring I Am Madam President, which takes place in the future when he's an adult.
- This is the second episode to be 22 minutes, after I Am Harriet Tubman.