♪♪
♪ It's a beautiful day
in this neighborhood ♪
♪ A beautiful day
for a neighbor ♪
♪ Would you be mine?
♪ 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 exactly 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? ♪
Hi. I'm so glad to see you.
How about counting
the buttons with me?
From the bottom up first
and then from the top down.
Ready?
Now down, all right?
♪♪
Like this?
Look what Picture Picture says.
"Hello, Misterogers."
Well, hello to you,
Picture Picture.
How are you?
Can you read?
"Fine. What's in your case?"
Are you wondering that, too?
Well, come right over here
with me, and we will see.
Mm-hmm.
[ Latches click ]
It's fun to have surprises,
isn't it?
I'll ask you something,
and that will give you a hint.
Did you ever wear anything
that sat on your nose
that made you be able
to see better
if you needed them?
This is what's in my case.
Mm-hmm. Glasses.
All different ones.
Now, here's
an old-fashioned kind.
♪♪
All kinds of different glasses,
yeah.
This kind --
No. There's a better one
of these.
Let me find it for you.
Here it is.
This is called
a pince-nez glass,
and pince means "to pinch".
Pince, in French,
and nez means "your nose".
So they pinch your nose.
Pince-nez.
Not many people
wear this kind anymore,
but it used to be a lot did.
This is a monocle.
It's just for one eye.
You have to kind of stick it
in like that and...
I wonder how people
could use them very well.
Some people know how.
When I was a very young boy,
I wanted so badly
to have glasses
'cause a friend of mine
had them,
and so I asked the doctor
if he'd please
give me some glasses.
"You don't need them".
No. Your eyes are fancy behind.
You don't need anything fancy
in front for them.
No. Look at these.
See they have
triangles in there.
They're quite different,
aren't they?
Well, whether you have glasses
or don't have glasses,
I like you exactly
the way you are.
♪ 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'll shout it to a star
♪ I like you as you are
♪ 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 ♪
My, aren't some of them fancy?
Mm-hmm.
Now, this is a very
interesting kind.
It's really
an eye-shade, I think.
Look at this.
Peek-a-boo.
Where's Mister Rogers?
Peek-a-boo!
Bye-bye.
Here's some dark glasses.
Mm-hmm.
♪ I like you as you are
♪ I wouldn't want
to change you ♪
♪ Or even rearrange you
♪ Not by far
These are high,
and these are low.
♪ I like you,
I l-i-k-e y-o-u ♪
Now these are going up high,
and these are coming down low.
♪ I like you, yes, I do
♪ I like you, y-o-u
Now they're both
coming to the middle.
♪ I like you,
like you as you are ♪
So, Picture Picture,
that is what I had in the case.
What did you say?
"Want to see how
glasses are made?"
Sure. That would be great
to see how glasses are made.
Shall we see them?
Thank you, Picture Picture.
We'd like that.
There they are, grinding
the lenses with those machines.
And look at all
of that polishing.
They're setting it
for the prescription
in the lens. Mm-hmm.
And now, polishing...
so that they're ready.
There's a frame.
And they're setting
in the frame.
Mm-hmm. See the glass
going in the frame?
So many people who have to know
their business so well
to be able to help us.
♪♪
Thank you, Picture Picture.
Picture Picture --
[ Knock on door ]
Knock at the door.
Yes, sir.
Who might be at our door?
Oh, good day, Mister Rogers.
Good day.
Good day,
Mr. McFeely.
How are you?
Oh, fine.
Thank you, Mister Rogers.
Here's
a package for you.
And would you please
sign here in my book?
There is your pencil,
Mister Rogers.
Looks like it says
"To Henrietta Pussycat."
That's right,
Mister Rogers.
And Nurse Miller, I believe,
is to give it to Henrietta,
and she's over in
Make-Believe today,
and I'm much too busy
to get there, Mister Rogers.
Oh, well,
I'm sorry.
Could I put this
on the trolley for you?
Just what I'd hoped
you'd do, Mister Rogers,
because I'm too busy,
and I must run away
now, Mister Rogers.
You can't stay.
No, no.
Much too busy.
Speedy farewell to you,
Mister Rogers.
Good day,
Mister Rogers.
Speedy farewell
to Mr. McFeely.
Mr. McFeely, very speedy.
Sure is. Mm-hmm.
Well, let's look into
Make-Believe
and see if it's time
for the trolley.
A box for Henrietta Pussycat.
Well...
Do you see the Neighborhood?
There's the clock,
Daniel's clock.
Ticking away.
It's doing real well today.
And the Museum going around
at a good speed.
And there is X's tree
and Henrietta Pussycat's house
and the factory.
There comes the trolley.
Come on in, Trolley.
[ Trolley dinging ]
Oh, there's Nurse Miller.
Hmm.
She must want this package.
Come on, Trolley.
How are you,
my friend?
[ Dings ]
Good. This is a box
for Henrietta Pussycat.
I wonder if you would take it
into the Neighborhood for us.
[ Dings ]
Good. I think Nurse Miller
will probably get it from you.
Thank you for taking it.
And off we go to Make-Believe.
[ Dinging ]
♪♪
Meow, meow, so hard.
Meow, wait.
Oh, well, Henrietta,
you know it's --
Waiting is just
part of growing up.
Meow, meow --
[ Trolley dinging ]
Meow, meow,
trolley, meow?
Meow, meow, trolley!
Good. I'll go
and see if it's there.
Meow, please.
Oh, I will.
♪♪
Trolley?
[ Dings ]
Do you have a parcel for me
for Henrietta Pussycat?
[ Dinging ]
"To Henrietta Pussycat".
This is the one.
Thank you, Trolley.
[ Dings ]
♪♪
Meow, meow it?
Meow, meow it?
Henrietta, I think
it's for you.
Meow, meow,
let me see, meow.
See, it says,
"To
Henrietta Pussycat...
Meow.
...Neighborhood
of Make-Believe."
Meow, Neighborhood
meow Make-Believe. Meow.
See if I could
get this open.
Meow, so hard,
meow, wait.
Now, don't get excited.
Meow, you can tell.
Meow.
The string off.
Meow?
[ Chuckles ] My hands
are all thumbs.
Meow, meow too.
Meow, meow,
meow, meow.
My goodness,
they did it up well.
Meow.
Meow get it?
Almost.
Meow.
There we go.
Henrietta...
Meow?
look.
Meow, meow, blue.
Periwinkle blue.
Ohh, meow, meow.
Wonderful, meow.
There.
They feel all right?
Oh, meow like them,
meow.
They just look
wonderful on you.
Meow, meow,
feel them. Meow, meow.
Meow love them.
Would you like to see?
Meow.
See yourself.
Mm-hmm.
Meow, beautiful, meow.
Meow so feline, meow.
[ Chuckling ]
Yes, you do.
Meow.
Now let's see
if they do their job.
Let me see you read
those numbers.
Meow, meow numbers.
Meow, uh, 8, 5.
Meow, 5, 8.
Right.
Meow, 2, 9, 3.
Meow, 3, 9, 2.
Very good.
Meow backwards.
[ Chuckles ]
Meow, 8, 7, 5.
Meow, 5, 7, 8.
Right.
Meow, 6, 3, 9, 4.
Meow, 4, 9, 3, 6.
Can you see
the small ones now?
Meow. Meow, 3, 7,
Meow, 8, 6,
Right.
Meow, 3, 2,
Meow, 7, 3,
Perfect!
Meow, meow, good glasses.
Meow, meow.
Now, do you see
what I mean?
Meow.
They not only
look pretty,
but they help you
to see well.
Meow, meow, so.
Mm-hmm.
Hey, ladies.
Oh!Hi, X.
How in the world
are you?
Just fine.
Henrietta Pussycat,
what do you have on your nose
looking through
your eyes with?
Meow, meow,
new glasses, meow.
They are really pretty.
They are,
aren't they, X?
They sure are.
I want some.
Oh, but X,
I've tested your eyes,
and you don't need glasses
right now.
I know,
but I want them.
I mean, they look like
they might be fun.
Meow, meow, meow
fun, meow.
Oh, but you've got yours
built right in,
your eyes are so fine.
♪ Some are fancy
on the outside ♪
[ Chuckles ]
♪ Some are fancy
on the inside ♪
♪ Everybody's fancy,
everybody's fine ♪
♪ Your body's fancy,
and so is mine ♪
That's right.
♪ Boys are boys
from the beginning ♪
You bet.
♪ Girls are girls
right from the start ♪
Meow.
♪ Everybody's fancy,
everybody's fine ♪
♪ Your body's fancy,
and so is mine ♪
♪ Only girls
can be the mommies ♪
Meow know.
♪ Only boys
can be the daddies ♪
That's right.
♪ Everybody's fancy,
everybody's fine ♪
♪ Your body's fancy,
and so is mine ♪
♪ I think
you're a special person ♪
♪ And I like
your ins and outsides ♪
♪ Everybody's fancy,
everybody's fine ♪
♪ Your body's fancy,
and so...is...mine ♪
♪ Meow meow girls
♪ Meow meow
meow mommies ♪
You're right.
♪ Only boys
can be the daddies, yes, sir ♪
♪ Everybody's fancy,
everybody's fine ♪
♪ Your body's fancy,
and so is mine ♪
♪ We think you're
a special person ♪
Meow do.Oh, thank you.
♪ And we like your
ins and outsides, yes, sir ♪
X the Owl and Nurse Miller:
♪ Everybody's fancy,
everybody's fine ♪
♪ Your body's fancy,
and so...is...mine ♪
Meow meow.
[ Chuckles ]
And you think
I'm fancy, do you?
Oh,
most certainly, X,
and you have got
a mighty healthy body there.
Meow meow fancy?
Oh, of course, Henrietta.
You are, too.
Meow meow very nice,
Nurse Miller.
Oh, thank you.
Uh, would you
like a nut or a berry?
I think I have to be
at the "T" room in
Well, you'll probably get
a crumpet there.
Well, I'll have
a nut and a berry
here another day.
Anytime.
Goodbye, Nurse.
Goodbye, X.
Meow-meow meow
meow-meow-meow meow.
You're welcome!
Bye.
Bye-bye!
♪♪
My goodness,
look at all
those lights and gauges.
He must be
a very, very busy man.
Corney!
Corney?
It's Nurse Miller!
Do I hear
somebody knocking?
Yes, sir. It's me.
Why, Nurse,
how in the world are you?
I'm just fine.
How are you?
Well, I'm just great.
I just brought
this prescription for you.
I forgot to bring it.
Well, thank you so much.
Incidentally, Nurse...
Yes?
...uh, I understand
that Henrietta Pussycat
has got some glasses.
Well, I just
gave them to her.
My goodness, news travels
fast around here.
Oh, certainly. I always
hear the news right first.
[ Chuckles ]
Anyway, I think maybe
I'd like some for myself
if that's all right.
Well, you have to have an eye
examination first, Corney.
Whoop! Whoop!
Oh, I'm sorry.
I dropped it.
I'll get it.
Thank you.
Here you are.
It's lucky
it's in a plastic bottle.
I should say so.
Now, hold on.
An eye examination,
you say?
Yes,
an eye examination.
Oh, well --
You just can't have glasses
just like that.
Well, you can
give it to me right now
and then send for
the glasses immediately.
No, Corney.
That's not possible.
When would you like
to have -- make
an appointment?
Well, what about, uh,
what about in 2 minutes?
In 2 minutes?!
I don't think
that's possible.
Are you
all sewed up today?
Yes. I am.
Well, how about
next week sometime?
All right. How about
next week about 4?
Oh, that'll be grand.
I have to go
and see the trolley now.
Oh, well,
have a good day.
Bye-bye.
Goodbye, and
thanks for this.
You're welcome.
Up and down.
♪ Down we go
in my elevator ♪
♪ Up we come
on my elevator ♪
♪ Down we go,
up we come ♪
Corney, is your elevator
working properly?
It's doing fine.
I'm making it do that.
Oh, I see.
Sometimes, I enjoy
a little ride.
Down...and up...
You like riding up?
...and down.
Goodbye.
Goodbye!
Oh, dear.
[ Dinging ]
Trolley, do you know
that Henrietta just
loved her glasses.
[ Dings ]
Bye.
[ Dinging ]
See you later.
Bye-bye, Trolley.
[ Dinging ]
So, Henrietta got her glasses.
Didn't she look good?
They kind of go up this way.
X wanted some,
but he didn't need them.
No.
So, Nurse Miller said
Henrietta may have them
because had her checkup,
and she needed them.
Now, if you don't get them,
don't feel too bad.
I felt bad that time, yeah,
because I wanted them so badly.
But don't you feel bad
if you can't get glasses, no.
Now, remember Corney...
going up in his elevator?
[ Rising piano music ]
Remember him coming down?
[ Falling piano music ]
Down, down, down,
down, down, down, down.
Once more up and down,
all right?
Up, up, up, up, up, up,
up, up, up, up, up.
Down, down, down, down, down,
down, down, down, down.
Does the trolley go up and down,
or does it go across?
It goes across, doesn't it?
It goes across that way
and across this way, yep.
Now, does the telescope
go up...
and down?
It sure does.
Thanks, telescope.
We'll see you tomorrow.
Telescope looks like
a number 1
or the letter "i", mm-hmm.
Or a big letter "I".
In you go, telescope.
Here is Whaley.
[ Deep voice ]
Hello.
Hello, everybody.
I want to try
some glasses.
Well, Whaley, I could
put some glasses frames on you
just for fun, but...
No, they'd be too big.
These are big.
I'll hold them.
Okay.
Now, let me find
some smaller ones for you.
Here are
some smaller ones.
See?
Big and little.
Try them on.
All right, Whaley.
We'll try these on.
But you don't need
glasses, Whaley.
Okay, then.
Sometimes
you want them.
Well, there are
other things
that you can do
on a day
rather than just wishing
for glasses.
♪ What would you like
to do today ♪
♪ To do today?
♪ Wouldn't you like
to do ♪
♪ A thing or two today?
♪ There's nothing
half so clever whatsoever ♪
♪ As what we do
when we're together ♪
That's right.
♪ Maybe we'll see
a thing or three ♪
♪ That's new today
All right.
♪ Maybe we'll walk and talk
about the zoo today ♪
Yeah.
♪ Really,
it doesn't matter ♪
♪ We could chatter
♪ On about
this or that ♪
♪ Or ride
on your bike ♪
♪ Go on a hike
♪ What in the world
would you like ♪
♪ To do today?
Whaley,
you're a good singer.
I know.
I'm just a whale puppet.
Oh, you're
a whale of a puppet.
That's what you are,
a whale of a puppet.
I know...
Scott: Mister Rogers!
Mister Rogers!
Do you hear
somebody calling?
I did.
Okay. Well,
let's go see who it is.
Come along.
Hey!
Good to see you,
Mister Rogers.
How are you, Scott?
Fine.
I was just playing
with my puppet.
Oh, you've got
your raccoon.
Hi, Willy.
I'd like you to know
my friend Scott.
And this is
Scott's friend Willy.
Would you like
to see Whaley?
Would you?
Hello.
Hello.
It's just
a puppet, Willy.
Yes...
Do you like
the puppet?
Come on.
How old is Willy?
My...
Will she
get any bigger?
Yes. About
two times this big.
Two times that big.
Why, she'll be this big
when she's grown.
Yes.
What she like
to eat, Scott?
Well, let's see.
Oh, you've got
some food for her.
Yeah.
Good.
Let's see.
There's some grapes,
there's a little bit
of dog food...
Oh, let's
give her some.
...some crackers.
Could we?
Yeah.
Let's give her
some food.
Put it here.
Willy?
Willy, would come out
and have something?
Willy.
She's finishing.
Hey, Willy.
How about
one of these grapes?
[ Normal voice ]
Can she not see it too well?
There.
You know, raccoons look as
if they're wearing kind of
dark glasses, don't they?
Yes.
Or a mask.
Yeah.
Have you had her since
she was a little baby, Scott?
No. We had --
We got it
in about October.
And you've taken care
of her, have you?
Mm-hmm.
It doesn't
belong to us anymore.
It belongs
to our friends.
Oh, but you were taking her
for a walk today.
Yes.
Well, thank you
for bringing her by,
'cause it's fun
to see her.
♪♪
Look how she feels.
Yeah,
'c*ons kind of, like,
feel their food
before they eat it.
They feel their food?
Yeah.
♪♪
Scott, why do you have
the big gloves on?
In case
she tries to bite me.
Well, she has
sharp teeth, doesn't she?
Yes.
And raccoons
are wild animals.
Yeah.
Look how she's working
with that grape.
There's lots of them
in this old bag.
We'll wait
'til she finishes those.
Yeah.
Here, Willy...
Oh-ho...Willy's --
Look at Willy
in the bag.
What did you get,
Willy?
[Deep voice ]
Hi.
♪♪
[ Normal voice ]
Do you notice how she does it?
Holds it
right in between her paws.
That's it, mm-hmm.
And sometimes
they wash their food.
How do they wash it?
They put it
in streams or water.
Put it in water.
Well, they don't
have any saliva,
so I guess
they need to wash it
before they eat it
so they can digest it.
They do
eat meat sometimes.
Hey, I
better be going now.
Mother only let --
said I could stay
for a little while.
Oh, really?
Yes.
Well, thank you for
bringing Willy by, Scott.
Okay.
You're welcome.
I'm so glad
to see you.
You're a fine boy.
Come on, Willy.
Bye-bye.
Bye.
Friends -- Lots of friends
in this neighborhood, mm-hmm.
Just like you, that's right.
Well, I better put Whaley back
and the glasses.
There they are.
It's almost time
for me to go, too.
Scott said his mother
said he could only
stay so long, mm-hmm.
Just so long.
That's the way with all visits.
Just so long, mm-hmm.
But we'll be together
tomorrow, 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, tomorrow
♪ It soon will be tomorrow
and be our day ♪
♪ We will say
a very happy tomorrow to you ♪
Let Whaley say it today, okay?
You make each day
a special day
by just your being you.
Well, you make
a special day, too.
Sure you do, Whaley.
♪ I hope you're feeling happy
♪ 'Til then, I hope
your day is [snaps] snappy ♪
♪ Tomorrow, tomorrow
♪ It soon will be tomorrow
and be our day ♪
♪ We will say
a very happy tomorrow to you ♪
Bye.
♪♪
♪♪
♪♪
♪♪
01x23 - Episode 23
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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.