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Re: Wikipedia's comments about Conflict week

--- In themisterrogerssociety@yahoogroups.com, "mitsguy2001"
<mitsguy2001@...> wrote:
>
> Most of us know that Conflict is the only post-75 week that no
longer
> airs, since it was banned after its April 1-5, 1996 airing.
However,
> Wikipedia claims that Conflict had one more airing after that: Nov.
12-
> 16, 2001, and that it aired because of 9/11. Does anyone know if
that
> is correct? Did Conflict air, at least on some PBS stations that
> week? It would make sense, since Veterans Day was Sunday, Nov. 11,
and
> because the holiday fell on Sunday, some companies would close on
> Monday, Nov. 12 in lieu of the holiday, so at least some parents
would
> have the day off, and be home to watch Conflict with their kids.
And,
> obviously the topic of Conflict is appropriate for Veterans Day.
But
> the vast majority of parents would have been working, since,
> unfortunately, most businesses do not close for Veterans Day
anymore.
> And I've never heard anywhere else that Conflict aired then.
>
I hope it's true about the final airing being in 2001, because then
there might be a very good chance that I have it on tape. I have
stacks and stacks of tapes that aren't even labelled, and I know that
I have several copies of every episode from 1979-2001 (except
conflict). Could you please give the link for that information you
found?




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