Eddie Dear

> Reliable, kind, and ever determined, Eddie Dear is the best mailman Welcome Home has ever had, albeit the only one. Despite being a bit of a clumsy and forgetful fellow, Eddie loves his job and always manages to deliver everyone’s mail right on schedule.
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## Neighborhood Description

"**Eddie** was a mail carrier who moved into Home from a distant town in order to establish a post office there, that of which was known as Eddie’s Post Office. Despite having a written origin, Eddie had never stated the correct name of where he came from through out the show's run. The running joke often had him stating a place that did not exist, followed by an admission to misremembering it as a place he delivered to as opposed to a place he lived.

Eddie's segments would often focus on arts and craft projects he would teach the other residents, which typically kept him behind the post office counter top. Uncovered printed material focused on preparing mail correctly, whether it was letters or parcels. Eddie would frequently be found in the neighborhood itself, often paired with a mail bag or a prop to be delivered. He would also become actively involved in skits involving the other neighbors, usually through providing solutions to others’ problems through labor.

Unlike Howdy's Place, Eddie's Post Office did not require compensation for its services. Home’s residents could come and go as they pleased before the day would end. Illustrated pages also noted that Eddie had a mother who was a mail carrier, but she was not given a name and only vaguely mentioned."

## Appearance

Eddie was four feet tall with dark yellow skin and red hair. He had a stocky build and an oblong face with a geometric, yellow nose and dark, droopy eyes. He was often depicted in a mailman uniform, which consists of a white short-sleeve shirt with a blue collar, a rainbow tie, a blue hat emblazoned with red and yellow envelope, brown boots, and blue slacks with a brown belt. He was often shown carrying a red and yellow mail bag with blue bordering.

## Trivia

* Eddie's voice has been described as deep and amicable, with a southern accent. He may have sounded a bit like "a deeper Andy Griffith".
* Eddie was gay.
* He has feelings for Frank and it was intended that they would become a couple, but because the show was set in the 1970s, gay couples appearing on public television was still frowned upon at the time. So instead, Eddie and Frank's romantic relationship would only be hinted at via promotional art.
* Eddie had trouble remembering things.
* He was the creator of Mail-in-Time day, a day where you mail your best friend.
* Eddie was originally going to be a milk man.
* Eddie might have been good at gardening.
* Eddie's hypothetical favorite food was Bread pudding, though he had an interest in gelatin mold foods.
* Eddie styled his hair with glue.
* His mother was also a Postal Carrier (and perhaps his entire family).
* Eddie collected stamps.
* Eddie was the only male character with eyelashes.

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