Episode 355/1225 has the weekend song in full. Also they list the wrong song on 353/1223 in the
U of P files, as well as the at FRC school. Instead of being Tomorrow, it is Good Feeling. 352/1222,
354/1224, 359/1229 do close with Tomorrow. My insight is 1221 possibly may have been taped
before 1205 for whatever reason. I am unable to verify this other than the lettering front on the
announcer The People Who Give The Money To Make This Television Visit is differen't on 351/1221
then on 305/1205. It seems that the earliest episodes of the 1972 have the lettering front laid
out like in the previous season style did. 359/1229 also has the earlier version letttering front,
as well as the 1971 copyright. Rest of those from that week are the normal usual way and have
1972 as the copyright.
A couple of other things to note on some of these earlier episodes. 347/1217 the announcer founding at the end was silent. Also on 349/1219 the announcer came as soon as Fred exits his house. Mister Rogers' Neighborhood is made possible by grants from The Sears-Roebuck Foundation and The Corporation For Public Broadcasting. Which is the arrangement that was done in the 1971 season. When the layout came for the funding at the end, it was silent naturally. 362/1232, also ends the same way like the episode mention above.
You are correct about 344/1214 closing with Tomorrow song. 360/1230 closes with the shorter version of Good Feeling to know that we're friends. 371/1241, 372/1242, 373/1243 all close
with Good Feeling full version. 374/1244 is one of the very last shows from that season to close with the Tomorrow song. Others from 376/1246 onward close with Good Feeling, they are mistaken on 381/1251 about closing with The Weekend song. It's the Regular Good Feeling M-T version.
Its difficult to know for certain if there are episodes from that season that could possibly be taped
out of order. Like in the earlier episodes from 1968 alot of those did seem to be taped out of order, some even retaped. The best way to know on the 1972 season is to find episodes that are the original prints with the WQED/WQEX board that shows the taping date of the episodes. 351/1221
happen to be one that was an original print that had that information. Majority of the episodes don't
have that, instead have the blackscreen with the new program four digit code number. Perhaps they
could exist, but getting ahold of those is practically impossible. I think they have what is easily accessible from the most recent studio masters from when they last broadcasted on PBS.
Most episodes from 1141 onward Thru 1290 do seem to have the PBS 1989 Logo on them.
The few ones that are available on amazon prime instant video or download, DVD a few had the
1989 PBS Logo, ones such as 1271 1300 1309 1324 have the 1971 PBS Logo. As far as schedule
information goes 1291 Thru 1355 were not scheduled for broadcast on the national schedule in the
1990s. In the mid 1980s majority of the pre-79s closed with the 1971 PBS Logo, on a few very rare
exceptions 1984 PBS Logo. They may be a few PBS affiliates that show differen't programs on there
own time slot, then what is schedule nationwide. Heard from a few sources some of those 1291's
onward aired in the early 1990s, mid 1990s on WQED13/WQEX the sister station of WQED 13. I couldn't really tell you why possibly a few stations may have done so. Perhaps they had a high demand for MRN on those few particular PBS affiliates. So they schedule more episodes than what
was schedule nationwide. Thats the best i can explain myself about all of this business. Hopefully
i have help answer some curious questions about all of this.
Yours Truly,
LEF
