The Neighborhood of Make-Believe is the fictional kingdom inhabited by hand puppet characters on the children's television program Mister Rogers' Neighborhood, produced 1968–2001, and its predecessor Misterogers, produced 1963–1966 for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. The show's principal puppeteer is Fred Rogers, who developed many of the puppet characters in the 1950s for Josie Carey's program, The Children's Corner.
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