[PrairieMule]

I found this bit of information on wikipedia and thought I'd pass it on.

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'C')onflict" series (episodes #1521–#1525), first aired during the week of November 7-November 11, 1983 to coincide with ABC's airing of the television film The Day After, and designed for children to cope with the aftereffects of that film. The series/story arc covered the topics of war, bombs, and an arms race. The "Conflict" series was last aired during the week of April 1-April 5, 1996.

In that week of episodes, Corny's factory was making oddly-shaped parts for a project in Southwood. The king originally determined that they were parts for a bomb, so he ordered Corny to make extra "bomb" parts for the Neighborhood of Make Believe. Furthermore, King Friday had most of the human characters of the Neighborhood of Make Believe trained as generals, but forgot to train regular soldiers. In the end, they found out that the parts were for a bridge that the Southwooders were building and the Neighborhood was able to use the parts King Friday had bought to make record players. At the end of the Friday episode, after Mister Rogers sang the Good Feeling song, he sang a lullaby, "Peace and Quiet", wishing his television friends "peace". This was followed by an on-screen display of Isaiah 2:4:

"And they shall beat their swords into plowshares,
And their spears into pruning forks;
Nation shall not lift up sword against nation,
Neither shall they learn war any more."

[PenultimateManStanding]

Yes, The Day After was intense and scary. I believe, in fact, that it had some historical impact as it scared the shit out of everybody around the world.

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