About Us!
The Welcome Home Restoration Project is a team of anonymous individuals dedicated to compiling, restoring, and archiving what few remnants of Welcome Home have been uncovered. It is through these collective efforts that we will awaken the memory of this lost piece of media. We strive to establish a friendly and open community of friends, family, and fans, just like the colorful and quaint neighbors in our beloved Home!
Love is clear in the messages of Wally Darling and is as much of a hallmark to him as his charismatic smile, his cheery disposition, and his eagerness to understand the world around him. We too hope to spread this feeling of everlasting joy, caring, understanding, and acceptance to all in the hopes that you will join us in our thorough exploration. Together, we will make this house a home!
Visitors may wonder how we came to uncover such a show, where we obtained these works, and the efforts taken to restore them to the best of our ability. To that we are happy to open our front door to you, neighbor!
General Questions:
Who are you?
For personal reasons, our small collective at the WHRP team have agreed upon staying anonymous for our own security and safety. More than that, however, we wanted to make the recovery of Welcome Home our number one priority and wanted it to be the full focus of this website.
How did you begin your research into Welcome Home?
To be honest, we were drawn in unexpectedly. All of the information found on this website was extracted from documents that had been uncovered in brightly colored envelopes. We are thankful to be the first to jump start this exciting journey! But it hurts.
What do the illustrations, writings, and advertisements look like when you receive them?
All of the paper materials tucked away inside the envelopes we have received are usually crammed together and covered in paint and ink. Despite this, volunteers have both restored and recreated most of what was found on the documents. Below is an example of our work as we extract information from the original document and translate it into a digital state.
The original piece in its destroyed state as we have received it.
Fully restored by our team with slight alterations to the original.
Our volunteers have also produced speculative pieces from the information gathered, such as Frank's spinning head, Eddie's removable hat, and the heart marks on the bottom of Wally's shoes. We hope more fan interpretations will be able to arise just like this!
Concept of Frank’s spinning head mechanic as described in illustrated material.
Since this website’s creation and our most recent burst in attention, we have been graciously given more material by our unknown source. We have also begun receiving large boxes smothered in similar substances. They are poorly put together- With tape, with yarn, with more paper- Sometimes the items inside have been smashed, other times they are beautiful and pristine. We want to make sense of it.
I wonder if they are watching us. If you are reading this, I promise we will continue to take care of it.
Why did you make this website?
I hoped that this website would grab the attention of someone who has seen this show before and could tell us more about it. If this wasn’t possible, then we wanted to be the first to showcase this lost piece of media to help spur on the search for its existence. Many of our guest book signatures have talked about seeing this show before, so this is a good sign. It means it is inside of you too, then, this urge to find it. Our efforts won’t be in vain.
This isn’t the same website as before. Why did you move it?
We don’t want to alarm you, but we believe there is someone trying to stop us or make light of our efforts. We apologize to those who saw our website before the move. We have been barraged by curious messages in our guest book and within the code of the site itself. The items found have been mocking, unpleasant, and disruptive in their presentation. I am unsure why anyone would do this, but we are dedicated to continuing to archive and upload our findings. We have since recreated our website in what we feel to be a cleaner and more maintained space with heightened security.
What kind of merchandise did Welcome Home have?
What was once speculation has now become irrefutable proof of how much and what sort of merchandise was created for Welcome Home! There have been vinyl records, children's toys, cereal, home decor, storybooks, and so much other merchandise that could be ordered through various magazines! Who knows what else is out there! Could you imagine?
Do you know how many episodes of Welcome Home there are?
Unfortunately no. We have yet to receive footage from the show itself, nor a full catalog of any of the episodes. We have estimated that the last air date for the show was in 1974, but only because it is the most recent date listed on a script sent to us. The numbers are so hard to read. Sometimes I can’t see them.
Do you know anyone who worked at the Playfellow Workshop or are you a former employee?
No and I am not affiliated with the company. But we know of Ronald Dorelaine, he must be the creator. We will find the other names too.
Are we able to join your team?
We won’t be accepting new members.
Who is your favorite resident?
Everyone on our team has their favorite, but if you ask me, mine is Wally Darling! He is just the most, as he would say.