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1 Joybubbles likes to watch Mister Rogers?
2 Stories and Stuff
3 Interested in phones from age 4?
4 Holy shit!

[edit] Joybubbles likes to watch Mister Rogers?

A quote from the fourth paragraph of this article reads: An avid fan of Mister Rogers, he mourned the entertainer's death by travelling to the University of Pittsburgh's archives and watching all 800 episodes over a span of six weeks, huddled under a blanket in the library.

Pardon me if this sounds naïve, but how is this possible if Engressia was born blind? Can someone please WP:CITE a source for this comment? It seems awfully suspicious. Hall Monitor 23:10, 29 July 2005 (UTC)

There's nothing suspicious about it, read the references...'watched' may be a vague term for a blind person...but since he was sitting in front of a television that definitely had visuals...it's the best term to use. "Listened to" in my mind equates to audio cassettes or something. *shrugs* You can change "watching" to "listening" if you really want Sherurcij 23:45, July 29, 2005 (UTC)

In the same vein, how does he give library readings? Braille?

When was he born? --Mmartins 23:23, 8 August 2005 (UTC)

I think Whistler was named after the whistles John Draper used.

Joybubbles did not watch / listen to every single episode of Mister Roger's Neighborhood (MRN) during his visit to Pittsburgh. John Fail's comment ("A Conversation with Joybubbles") regarding this, or any other source that may contain a similar statement about his having watched every episode, is not entirely accurate. Joybubbles only watched/listened to the episodes of MRN the he hadn't already seen/heard previously. I don't recall the exact number (although certainly Joybubbles could recite the precise number he planned to view upon his arrival in May 1998), but there were several hundred of these, including 100+ early black-and-white episodes that he discovered after his arrival. Anyone wishing to verify, I'd be happy to go into more detail. Joybubbles could confirm my account as well.

[edit] Stories and Stuff

Does anyone know other phone numbers to Joybubbles' "Stories and Stuff" line? I know there are more out there..

--Blakeops 18:00, 17 July 2006 (UTC)

I'll see about posting some of them soon. Go a Google search, you'll eventually find most of them.

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[edit] Interested in phones from age 4?

Since he insists he is 5 years old, doesn't that mean that he could only admit to liking phones from age 1, 2, 3, or 4: this making the information false. I think it needs a source that prooves this wrong.