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A child shows Mr. Rogers how to play Donkey Kong as Keith David shows kids how the machine works, 1983 (lemmy.world)
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/18210672

It's most likely from 1984 because it's an episode mostly about the Olympics. Donkey Kong debuted in 1982 and that would probably have been too early to feature it on the show in time and 1986 would have been a little late for Donkey Kong.

That said, 1982 is definitely a possibility. Or even a different year if they decided to do an Olympics episode in an off-year. Unfortunately, the website regarding the episode doesn't say.

https://misterrogers.org/episodes/getting-ready-for-the-olympic-games/

Edit: Thanks to rrconkle@lemmy.zip for getting the year right!

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[–] vikingtons@lemmy.world 18 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Keith David the Arbiter Keith David?

[–] _stranger_@lemmy.world 10 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Surely they mean:

[–] hypeerror@sh.itjust.works 14 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Worlds within worlds!

[–] Blouses@lemmy.world 8 points 6 months ago

The architect!

[–] BradleyUffner@lemmy.world 9 points 6 months ago

Is that Wesley Crusher's shirt?

[–] moakley@lemmy.world 8 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Do people really not know that they used to do the summer and winter Olympics in the same year?

[–] glimse@lemmy.world 4 points 6 months ago

Yeah, probably the half of the world who was born after it changed lol

[–] Skullgrid@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago

thanks for the link to the site, new show I can share with my kid