Non-Sequitur: Mr Rogers and Night of the Living Dead

Posted on by Joe Hertvik

This has nothing to do with my usual subject matter but it makes me smile.

During the 1960s before he made the classic Zombie move, Night of the Living Dead, legendary filmmaker George A. Romero worked for none other than Mr. Rogers. Yes that Mr. Rogers.

Mr. Rogers was instrumental in getting Romero into the business, and Romero shot his first short movie for Mr. Rogers, titled (I believe) Mr. Rogers Gets a Tonsilectomy.

I am not making this up. Furthermore, Romero recounts that Mr. Rogers went to see Night of the Living Dead and said of the movie “It’s a lot of fun, George”.

I can see it now. “Can you say Zombie. I knew you could.”

Furthermore, Michael Keaton (Beetlejuice) was also a crew member at that time.

Evidently, Mr. Rogers was a lot more cool than we thought.

Here’s a interview excerpt with Romero where he talks about his days with Mr. Rogers.

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