Mister Rogers' Neighborhood Season 1 Episode 1

The neighborhood in the opening credits looks remarkably different than it will in later episodes, with different streets and structures, and even some high-rise buildings.

The funding credits in the beginning of this and all pre-1979 episodes are silent. At the end of this episode and all episodes this season, an announcer would tell us that the production funds for that television visit were provided by a grant from The Sears-Roebuck Foundation and a special children's program fund established by N.E.T. affiliated stations.

All programs from this season and the next three, are billed as "Produced by WQED Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in association with Small World Enterprises for NET."

The show at the time was known as Misterogers' Neighborhood and was filmed in black & white. The living room of Rogers' television house had beige walls with wainscoting. Much of the scenery inside the house would remain the same with minor changes throughout the run (such as the fish tank in the kitchen).