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He spoke simply to children on their level in a way to which he could relate, wore a sweater, and hung up his coat and changed shoes when he came into the “house”.
He hardly excluded masculinity, but I wouldn’t have called him effeminate, either. He played a persona for the kids. When he spoke elsewhere (to the adults), you could tell the difference.
When I was teaching at a rural Penn State campus, I got a very excited call from my youngest, and I had to tell her to slow down (not unusual), as I couldn’t understand her, and it sounded like she’d said she just saw Mr. McFeely. Sure enough, that was what she was saying! He had come to read at the local library (we were about an hour and half by road from Pittsburgh, where it had filmed).
My oldest is kicking herself to this day for not going to that “little kids” thing, thinking it beneath her in junior high . .
He hardly excluded masculinity, but I wouldn’t have called him effeminate, either. He played a persona for the kids. When he spoke elsewhere (to the adults), you could tell the difference.
When I was teaching at a rural Penn State campus, I got a very excited call from my youngest, and I had to tell her to slow down (not unusual), as I couldn’t understand her, and it sounded like she’d said she just saw Mr. McFeely. Sure enough, that was what she was saying! He had come to read at the local library (we were about an hour and half by road from Pittsburgh, where it had filmed).
My oldest is kicking herself to this day for not going to that “little kids” thing, thinking it beneath her in junior high . .