Mister Rogers' Neighborhood (TV Series)

1478: Divorce (1981)

Jeff Erlanger: Self

Quotes 

• Mr. Rogers : [admiring Jeff's electric wheelchair]  It's a very fancy machine.

  Jeff Erlanger : Thanks.

  Mr. Rogers : But you're the one that makes it go.

  Jeff Erlanger : Right.

  Mr. Rogers : Did it take a long time to learn how?

  Jeff Erlanger : No, not really. I had the wheelchair, and that only took... My first electric wheelchair only took me about a day to learn how to use it.

  Mr. Rogers : Gee, that's wonderful. Jeff, your mom and dad must be really proud of you.

  Jeff Erlanger : I'm sure they are.

  Mr. Rogers : Yeah. Well, I know I am. Now, uh... can you tell my friends what it is that made you need this wheelchair?

  Jeff Erlanger : Sure. Well, when I was about seven months old, I had, um... I had a... tumor. And it broke the nerves to tell my hands and legs what to do.

  Mr. Rogers : I see.

  Jeff Erlanger : And... they... tried to... cut the tumor, but they... didn't... couldn't get it, and... I... became handicapped. And... I got a wheelchair when I was four years old.

  Mr. Rogers : That was your first one.

  Jeff Erlanger : Mm-hmm.

  Mr. Rogers : When you were four.

  Jeff Erlanger : Uh-huh.

  Mr. Rogers : Do you remember that?

  Jeff Erlanger : Yeah, sort of.