♪♪
♪♪
♪♪
♪♪
♪ It's a beautiful day
in this neighborhood ♪
♪ A beautiful day
for a neighbor ♪
♪ Would you be mine, please?
♪ Could you be mine?
♪ It's a neighborly day
in this beauty wood ♪
♪ A neighborly day
for a beauty ♪
♪ Would you be mine?
♪ Could you be mine?
♪ I have always wanted to have
a neighbor just like you ♪
♪ I've always wanted to live
in a neighborhood with you ♪
♪ So let's make the most
of this beautiful day ♪
♪ Since we're together,
we might as well say ♪
♪ Would you be mine?
Could you be mine? ♪
♪ Won't you be my neighbor?
♪ Won't you please,
won't you please ♪
♪ Please, won't you be
my neighbor... ♪
...and draw with me today?
Yeah, I brought the easel...
...and a record.
This is
the Brahms Symphony No. 1.
You know, part of this
Mrs. Stanley played
for X the Owl.
Mm-hmm.
And we sort of learned that...
♪ Ba-daa da-da dummm
♪ Bum-bum bum-bum
...and I thought maybe I'd play
part of that last movement
of that symphony by Brahms,
and we could draw to it, okay?
Maybe you should have some...
paper and a pencil or crayon,
if you have one handy.
Otherwise, you can do it
some other time
to one of your records.
♪♪
There's a big paper...
and here are some crayons.
You ready for the music?
And anything you want to draw
that the music makes
you feel like drawing --
you know, if the music
should go arooom like that --
you might just like to do that.
Or if it goes boo-boo-boo-boo,
you might like to do that.
And listen
for that part that goes
♪ Booo boo-boo booo
♪ Boo booo boo-boo
and I'll wink at you
when it happens, okay?
And you can wink back.
Ready?
On with the record.
I think it's about
right back in here
in the fourth movement.
♪♪
That's it.
♪♪
♪♪
♪♪
♪♪
♪♪
[ Whispering ] That's it.
♪♪
♪♪
[ Hums with music ]
[ Humming continues ]
♪♪
♪♪
♪♪
♪♪
[ Music ends ]
Did you hear it?
Did you hear it go
♪ booom boom-boom booom?
What's yours look like?
[ Knock on door ]
Uh-oh. Somebody at the door.
[ Knocking continues ]
Let's go see who it is.
Who is at our door?
Oh, good day,
Mister Rogers.
Good day.Oh, Mr. McFeely.
Mr. Rucci,
the zookeeper,
asked me to bring
the chimpanzee over to you
because she has been
misbehaving very terribly --
Oh, I'm sorry.
This is Honey,
isn't it?
That's Honey.
That's right.
Hello, Honey.
Has a little dress
on to keep her warm
today, Mister Rogers,
and I have to run
off and deliver
more deliveries.
Well, I'll see you later,
Mister Rogers.
Thank you
very much.
Good day, Mister Rogers.
Good day.
Thanks, Mr. McFeely.
Mr. McFeely can't stay.
Honey...
that was Mr. McFeely
who brought you, wasn't it?
You've been misbehaving
at the zoo...hmm?
Well, you just stay with us
a little while.
Yeah.
This is Honey.
Have you ever been to the zoo...
...or seen a chimpanzee?
I think maybe you might like
being with us
for a little while, don't you?
We certainly like you
just exactly as you are.
Everybody misbehaves
once in a while.
Sure.
♪ I like you as you are
♪ Exactly and precisely
♪ I think you
turned out nicely ♪
♪ And I like you as you are
♪ I like you as you are
♪ Without a doubt or question
♪ Or even a suggestion
♪ 'Cause I like you as you are
♪ I like your disposition
♪ Your facial composition
♪ And with
your kind permission ♪
♪ I shout it to a star
[ Garbled ]
♪ I like you as you are
[ Laughs ]
♪ I wouldn't want
to change you ♪
♪ Or even rearrange you
♪ Not by far
♪ I like you
♪ I l-i-k-e y-o-u
♪ I like you
♪ Yes, I do
♪ I like you
♪ Y-o-u
♪ I like you, like you
♪ As...you...are
I think Honey's interested
in mouths and teeth, don't you?
That's what it is.
What'd you say?
Oh.
Look over here, Honey.
Look here.
Look here.
Look over here.
Look at that thing.
Did you see that
going on and off?
Let's see who this is.
[ Tinkling ]
Oh, it's Edgar.
Hi, Edgar.
[ Tinkling ]
That's Edgar Cooke.
[ Tinkles ]
He's calling
from the castle.
[ Tinkles ]
Mm-hmm.
Want to talk with him?
[ Tinkling ]
Okay. Yeah.
[ Tinkling ]
Tell him that we've
just been having
a little time together here,
would you?
[ Tinkling ]
Interested in teeth today.
That's what I thought.
Edgar, I'm sorry.
Yeah, that's Honey.
[ Tinkling ]
Uh-huh.
What did you say,
Edgar?
[ Tinkling ]
Uh-hoh.
Professor Fitzpatrick
is with the king in the castle.
[ Tinkling ]
Would you like to
see somebody
who really knows
how to draw well?
[ Tinkling ]
He might even draw
a monkey or a chimpanzee.
[ Tinkling ]
How about that?
Should we count to 13?
Let's try.
[ Tinkling ]
Professor Fitzpatrick.
♪♪
Edgar Cooke: ♪ Are you drawing
King Friday, professor? ♪
Now, just you wait
and see.
You'll be surprised
what I'm drawing here.
I think in a few minutes,
you'll begin to imagine
what it might be...
...because of
the strange kind of shape
he has
to his nose and mouth.
♪ Is he a dinosaur?
No, he's not
a dinosaur.
A little bit closer.
♪ Is he...
♪ ...an ape?
[ Laughing ]
Well, almost.
He's a monkey.
♪ Oh, wonderful,
wonderful ♪
Look at
the long fingers he has.
♪ He's holding
his hand up ♪
More or less
in a salute, isn't it?
♪ Oh...
And then, do you see
this long tail?
♪ What a long tail
he has ♪
And strangely enough,
he has feet
almost like hands.
♪ Did you ever see
a real monkey ♪
[ Chuckles ]
What about this one?
Have you ever seen one
like this?
This is the kind,
you know,
that can hang
from the chandeliers.
♪ Oh, but you mustn't,
monkey ♪
♪ You mustn't hang
from the chandelier here ♪
And then, too,
this is the kind that,
years ago, you used
to see go around with
the organ grinder,
and they had him
on a leash,
and then he could
go around to the
girls and boys
and give them
their fortunes.
♪ He's
a wonderful monkey ♪
♪ I know King Friday
will like him ♪
[ Grand piano-music plays ]
♪ Oh, here he comes,
professor ♪
♪ How do you do,
King Friday? ♪
How do you do,
Professor Fitzpatrick?
Your Majesty.
Edgar Cooke.
♪ Look what
the professor
has drawn ♪
Ohh, let me see.
That's a monkey,
is it not?
Uh, you're right,
sir.
Yes.
Is it for me?
If you like.
Let me see it closer.
Oh, it has very good
tail and feet. Yes.
Does it please
Your Majesty?
Yes, it does.
It's bigger than the one
Mister Rogers had,
so I want it.
Well, you know,
King Friday,
small monkeys can be better
than larger ones.
Is that so?
Oh, yes.
How so?
Well, sometimes
they're faster,
and sometimes they're
much more intelligent.
I see.
Well,
I want this one anyway.
Oh, Edgar,
you may take --
May I have it,
please?
Yes, you may,
sir.
Will you kindly
give it to Edgar?
You'll take it to the
"M" Room, please, Edgar.
♪ Of course,
Your Highness,
of course ♪
Roll it up neatly.
I'll roll this up
carefully.
Yes. Thank you.
It will look
very much like a scroll.
Beautiful.
I'm going to
give this to Edgar.
Yes.
♪ And I shall
take it to
the "M" Room ♪
♪ Oh, thank you,
thank you ♪
Farewell, Edgar.
♪ Farewell
Edgar's a good soul.
Now, to serious business,
Professor Fitzpatrick.
And what is
the serious business?
Your demonstration,
of course.
Oh. We have a famous painting
here by Seurat,
the great French
pointillist painter.
Oh, pointillist?
And I would like you
to see it
to have
your opinion on it.
Very well.
Oh, it looks
like a park to me.
People walking
in the park, are they?
Is that a --
Do you notice
the water?
Yes, I do, but I
notice that little
monkey down there.
Right down here.
Yes, it's a small one,
isn't it?
Well, you know,
small details can
add a great deal
to a great,
large painting.
Yes.
And look at those girls
with the flowers there,
and the umbrella,
and the little girl
with her mother.
Right in the center
of the picture.
Lovely.
And look at the
people in the boats
over on the lake.
Well, you know,
the artist, Seurat,
planned this
very, very carefully,
even to the arrangement
of the trees.
Oh, how so,
professor?
Well, I think I can
show you better, King Friday,
if I make a drawing.
Oh, how --
How would that be?
Thank you. Yes.
He planned it,
you say?
I think you noticed,
first of all...
...it's a
horizontal picture...
Yes...
...and
in the foreground,
you find the Earth,
one mound and
a second mound...
Yes.
...and a third,
and then water,
and then to one side,
great, tall trees.
Yes.
A little to the left,
another tree,
which bends and carries
your eye over.
Over to the lake,
doesn't it?
Over to the lake.
And then,
very skillfully,
he places a sailboat,
and the sailboat
says to you,
"Your eye must go back."
Oh, yes.
Lovely.
As you know,
Seurat was more or less
of a mathematician.
He planned his figures
so they are standing
perfectly straight.
Did you notice the lady
wearing the bustle...
Yes.
...with
a gentleman friend?
Then, toward the center,
as you said...
Yes.
...was a little girl
and her mother.
Yes.
And then,
seated figures...
...here and there,
very skillfully placed.
And then, too,
the close ones were large,
and as you went back,
you discovered
that the distance
caused these figures
to seem smaller.
And so, you have...
...the Sunday
leisure-time people
resting next to the water
on the Island La Grande Jatte.
The island
of the what?
La Grande Jatte.
La Grande Jatte.
Is that in France?
Oh, yes.
That's the Seine.
Oh, how lovely.
And that's
the Seine River there?
And one word that
we might remember
is "pointillism".
What is "pointillism"?
Because Seurat,
being
a mathematician...
Yes.
...and planning
these figures
so carefully
puts his paint on
in little, tiny dots,
so carefully
that if red
is next to blue,
your eye
goes back and forth,
and you have purple.
Oh,
how interesting.
It's quite a trick.
That's sort of like points,
isn't it?
Pointillism.
Yes, point-illism.
Thank you. Could
I see the original
once more, please?
I can just think
of those people,
and they're enjoying
their Sunday afternoon there.
How lovely.
Seurat, you say?
Seurat.
Seurat, Seurat.
Well, won't you bring
your Seurat with you
as you come
to tea with me
in the "T" room,
professor?
With the greatest of pleasure,
King Friday.
It's always a pleasure
to welcome you here
for your
artistic demonstrations.
Your Majesty.
Seurat.
Oh, yes.
It's down the hall
from the "S" Room,
you know...
across from
room number 20.
Mister Rogers:
Pointillism. Yep.
We did a little
of that pointed stuff
when we were drawing a song,
didn't we?
Wait a minute, Honey.
I have something here
for you, a surprise.
Wonder how
you might like that.
Maybe we need to take
this skin off for you.
Do we, or can you
do that yourself?
I thought there was something
that she might like to eat.
♪♪
♪♪
Have you had
a pretty good time here?
♪♪
♪♪
Look at that.
Doesn't peel a banana
the way we usually do.
No.
♪♪
What about these?
Not interested in the hammers.
You use a big hammer
for big nails...
[ Hammers ]
...and a little hammer
for little nails.
-[ Hammers ]
-[ Knocking ]
Is that our...?
[ Hammers ]
Do you hear...?
[ Hammers ]
-[ Knocking ]
-[ Hammers ]
That must be the door.
Yep.
Would you excuse me a minute
while I went to the door?
Okay.
Just enjoy your banana.
I'll be right back.
Oh, you want to come.
Alright.
Come on.
♪♪
♪♪
Anybody there?
Oh, hi. How are
you, Jordeen?
Hi.
Okay. And you?
Come in.
Would you
close the door?
I don't want
a draft on Honey.
This is Honey.
Hi, Honey.
Come on down.
How have you been?
Okay. And you?
Good. Fine.
Are you busy?
No.
Not too busy?
No, not right now.
You're usually working
all the time.
Yeah.
I'd like you to know
Jordeen Ivanov,
who's a friend of mine.
This is
another one of my friends.
Hi.
And you've seen Honey
at the zoo.
And she
just came over today
because she was
a little obstreperous...
[ Chuckles ]
...but she seems to be
enjoying her banana.
How are your dance
classes going?
Oh, fine.
Good.A lot of work.
I'm sure
it's a lot of work,
and you're only 14,
aren't you?
Yeah.
When did you
start to dance?
Oh, when I was 5.
What was one of the first
things that you learned?
The arm positions.
The arm positions.
Would you show them to us?
Look, Honey.
Look at the arm --
This is first...
...second...
...third...
...fourth...
...fifth, and sixth.
I bet you use them
in everything that
you dance, don't you?
All the time.
Then after that,
what'd you learn?
The feet positions?
Is that it?Yeah.
First...
...second...
...third...
...fourth...
...and fifth.
Good for you.
Is there anything special
that you've always wished
you'd like to dance?
Oh, The Swan.
The Swan?
Yeah.
How would you begin it
if you were going to dance
The Swan?
Like this.
♪♪
That's lovely.
♪♪
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I have a feeling,
Jordeen,
that you're going to be
doing that very soon.
I hope so.
The Swan,
when you do it,
you really have
to act like a
swan, don't you?
Yes.
The way
they put their...
their heads
over on their feathers, and...
How do you do that,
there?
Mm-hmm.
You wouldn't do that,
would you, Honey?
[ Chuckles ]
No.
Isn't it worth it
to be a girl and a human being,
to be able to dance
like that?
Oh, yeah.
Honey's an animal...
and kind of
a happy animal today.
Say, would you like a banana
or something to eat?
Oh, no.
I have to go.
I have a class in about
Oh, do you?
Honey, let's
take Jordeen
to the door.
Will you
come back?
I hope so.
Thank you very much
for stopping in today.
Good luck
in your dancing classes.
Oh, thank you.
Bye-bye.
Bye, Jordeen.
Bye, Honey.
♪♪
Honey's finished her banana.
Mm-hmm.
♪♪
Isn't dancing a beautiful way
to say something...
...without any words at all?
Mm-hmm.
You could be a swan if you
wanted to pretend you were one.
Go like this
and make your hand
go like that,
like the feathers in the swan.
Would you like to throw that
last little bit of skin away?
Would you?
Why don't we do it
in the kitchen.
Would you?
Right over here.
Right down in there.
♪♪
Would you sit in the chair
while I take things down?
Okay.
Want to play
with one of the hammers?
There.
How about the little hammer?
And you could knock it on here
if you like.
[ Hammers ]
♪♪
You'd rather play with that.
It's time for me
to put things away --
almost time for us to go.
Yeah. I'll be right back
for you, Honey.
Honey:
[Whimpering hoots]
I'll come
in just a minute.
Oh. Okay.
Didn't want me
to leave, huh?
Okay.
Didn't want me to go.
No. Sometimes, when you're
in a strange place,
you just want somebody
that you know real well there.
Mm-hmm.
So, I'll stay with you
until we get back to the zoo.
You know when we'll see you.
Sure.
♪ Tomorrow, tomorrow
♪ We'll start the day tomorrow
with a song or two ♪
♪ One, two
♪ Tomorrow, tomorrow
♪ We'll start the day tomorrow
with a smile for you ♪
♪ 'Til then, I hope
you're feeling happy ♪
♪ 'Til then, I hope your day
is [snaps] snappy ♪
♪ Tomorrow --
Won't let go.
♪ It soon will be tomorrow
and be our day ♪
♪ We will say
a very happy tomorrow to you ♪
You always make each day
a special day.
You know how?
By just your being you.
Feeling happier now?
Okay, then.
Back we go.
Bye-bye.
♪♪
♪♪
♪♪
♪♪
01x14 - Episode 14
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Rogers speaks directly to the viewer about various topics, taking the viewer on tours of factories, demonstrating experiments, crafts, and music, and interacting with his friends.
Rogers speaks directly to the viewer about various topics, taking the viewer on tours of factories, demonstrating experiments, crafts, and music, and interacting with his friends.