15x01 - Food

Episode transcripts for the TV show, "Mister Rogers' Neighborhood". Aired: February 19, 1968 – August 31, 2001.*
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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.
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15x01 - Food

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[MUSIC PLAYING]

-[SINGING] 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 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, neighbor.

Did you see Hischer Booptrunk
that I brought in with me?

I'd like you to see him.

This is a ventriloquist's dummy.

Did you say hello?

-Hello.

-You see, I make him talk.

-Hello.

-I want you to see
how his mouth moves.

Right back here
are some controls,

and this-- this one right
here makes the mouth go down.

See that one?

And this one makes his
eyes move back and forth.

I've had him since
I was 10 years old.

I played with it a lot.

I'd try to make him talk.

But even though he has a mouth
that opens and eyes that move,

he's still a doll.

He doesn't grow or
change or think or eat.

My little sister used
to want to feed Hischer,

because she thought he
would surely get hungry.

But of course, he
didn't get hungry.

And he didn't get sad or lonely
or happy or anything like that,

but real people do.

And one of the first things that
a real person feels is hungry.

Do you think that
babies cry most

times because they're hungry?

Well, most baby animals
and human babies

start out by drinking
their mother's milk.

Let's just think of all kinds
of babies drinking milk.

-Mothers often find
a lot of pleasure

in feeding their babies.

Feeding can be a wonderful
way of expressing love.

When mothers and
babies are ready,

the babies start eating
other foods beside milk.

One of the foods that I
liked when I was a boy

was applesauce.

I still like it.

Do you like applesauce?

I know people who make their
own applesauce at home,

and I also know people who
have a factory where they make

applesauce to sell
in the stores.

I'd like to show you the
place I know where people make

applesauce, a lot of applesauce.

Come along to the
applesauce factory.

Hello, Bob.

-Hello, Fred.

Welcome.

-Thank you.

I'd like you to know
my television neighbor.

This is Mr. Bob Smith.

-Hi.

-I said that we would
be coming to see

how people make applesauce.

-Well, good.

We'll be glad to show you.

The first thing with
applesauce is apples,

and here we have
some of the varieties

that we used to make
applesauce from.

This is a golden delicious.

-Golden delicious.

-Yes.

It's a good apple for
color and for flavor,

but that's not the
only one we use.

We use other kinds
like these red apples

here, because we want
texture from them.

Each apple has something that
we want to add to the sauce.

One of them has flavor.

One of them has color.

One of them has texture.

-So you put them all together
in the same applesauce?

-We put them together
in the same applesauce,

because the best applesauce
has the feature of each apple.

-Well, from these apples.

And there look like
lots of them here.

-Well, we have lots
of apples because we

make lots of applesauce.

-So where do you go from here?

-Well, let's go
in and see what is

going to happen to these apples.

But when we go in,
we'll wear hats.

-All right.

-OK?

-Everybody wears
something on his head?

-Everybody wears hair
covering in the plant.

So here we go in to see where
the apples are going to go.

The first thing we want to
do with the apples, Fred,

is get them into the wash water.

So here we are in the department
where we will take them out

of the bins and get
them into the water.

-Hi.

-Hi.

-Is it all right if we watch?

-Sure.

-Thank you.

-Each one of these bins
has 25 bushels of apples,

and we use six million
bushels of those a year.

-Six million.

BOB SMITH: Half of them
we make applesauce out of.

Now, you see, the bin comes
over here on the platform.

The platform is going to
be lowered into the water,

because we take
advantage of the fact

that apples float in water.

MR. ROGERS: They float.

Yes.

BOB SMITH: Yes, they do.

Now, you'll wash them.

As the bin goes down, the
water and the apples come up.

MR. ROGERS: Ah.

Is that fun to watch.

BOB SMITH: Isn't it?

The next thing that
happens to the apples

is they are going to be peeled.

MR. ROGERS: Peeled?

BOB SMITH: Yes.

So let's go over and
watch them being peeled.

-All right.

-Just follow me now.

There's the a*t*matic
peeling machine, Fred,

where we take the
peel from the apple.

The apple goes in, is picked up.

And as it turns, the knives
take the peeling off.

And as it comes out here,
you can see the coring spoon

coming up, taking the core out.

MR. ROGERS: Ah.

BOB SMITH: And here our
apples go down here now,

all peeled and cored.

MR. ROGERS: And they go
into that little stream?

BOB SMITH: It's the easiest
way to transport them.

Now we can go over to
the processing room

and see what people
do with them there.

MR. ROGERS: Good.

-Now, here the apples
are inspected before they

go on to the chopper
and the cooker.

-Ah-ha.

But I see some of the
peels a little bit there.

-A little bit of
the peel isn't going

to hurt us in the final product,
because the strainer that we

use after the cooker
will take out the peel.

MR. ROGERS: But those women
must be looking very carefully

for things that don't
make good applesauce.

BOB SMITH: They have to have
good eyes and fast hands.

MR. ROGERS: Uh-huh.

BOB SMITH: Now, from here,
the apples go on up this belt

to the chopper, where they're
chopped in small pieces.

Let's go up there
now and see them.

MR. ROGERS: All right.

-Now, over here, the apples
are going into the chopper.

They're chopping them
into these small pieces

that you see coming up here.

All ready to go into the cooker.

Here are the chopped apples
now coming up the belt.

-Hi.

How are you?

-Thank you.

-And then dropping off
here into the cooker.

-Well, that must be
very hot down there.

-Very hot.

You see these small
pipes on the side?

Those are sh**ting steam
directly into the apple pulp,

and that's what
does the cooking.

-There's a lot of
machinery up here.

Boy, this is a big place.

-This is the finisher
that acts as the strainer

that I told you about before.

This is where they
peel and the seeds

are separated from
the applesauce.

-Ah-ha.

-Then the good applesauce
goes through the strainer

and over to this kettle.

-Oh.

-And there you see it.

MR. ROGERS: There's the
sauce all ready to go.

That's the finished sauce
ready to go into the jars.

BOB SMITH: All ready to go
into the jars now or the cans.

It comes out of this
kettle, across this pipe

here to the filler.

Let me show you the
filling machine now.

MR. ROGERS: All right, Bob.

-And here we are at the filler.

Here are the glass coming
through the steam chamber,

on down to the filling machine.

-Oh, but they look
very hot, those jars.

-They are very hot.

We steam them to
sterilize them and also

to heat the glass so the
hot sauce doesn't break

the glass when it
goes into them.

-Ah-ha.

BOB SMITH: It goes
right around there.

When it comes out
the other side,

it will be filled up to the top.

Then it goes on down
to the capping machine,

where the lid's put on it.

After the lid's put on, we send
it to a cooler to cool it down,

then to the labeler
to put the label on.

And then we send it out
to the stores for people

to buy it to take home.

MR. ROGERS: That's it?

-That's how we make applesauce.

-Well, thank you very much, Bob.

Do I give you back my hat now?

-Wait until we get outside.

But before you go, I
have something for you.

-Oh, good.

Well, you certainly know a
lot about this industry, Bob.

-Well, I've been in
it a long time, Fred.

-Do you still like applesauce?

-I love it.

And so do my kids, and
so do my grandchildren.

-Have you fed it
to all your family?

-Every one of them.

And they all love it.

-Thank you for showing us.

-Thank you for coming, Fred.

Before you go, I have
something for you.

-What is that?

-Those are apple seeds.

I want you to take them
home and plant them

and have your own apple trees.

-Oh, thank you.

-And when they have
apples, bring them back.

And we'll make you your
own jar of applesauce.

-Great.

Thank you, Bob.

-OK, Fred.

-Have a good day.

-Thank you.

Bye now.

-Wasn't that interesting,
to see all those people

making applesauce?

I'm going to take a
look at these seeds.

There.

To think that each
one of the seeds

could grow to be an apple tree.

Isn't that amazing?

Well, let's have
some Make-Believe.

[TROLLEY CLANGS]

-Trolley.

[TROLLEY WHISTLES]

-I'd like to make believe
that X the Owl is waiting

for a delivery of some special
seeds which he wants to grow

near his tree in the
Neighborhood of Make-Believe.

[TROLLEY CLANGS]

[TROLLEY CLANGS]

[TROLLEY CLANGS]

-Oh, Trolley.

[TROLLEY CLANGS]

-Do you have a delivery
for me, Trolley?

[TROLLEY CLANGS]

-Well, uh, have you seen Mr.
McFeely anywhere along the way?

[TROLLEY CLANGS]

-Oh, Owl.

My seeds will never get here.

I wanted to grow
something for dinner.

[TROLLEY CLANGS]

-Yeah.

Well thanks.

[TRUMPET SOUNDS]

-Hello, X. How are you?

-I'm not so good, Queen Sara.

-Well, what's the matter, dear?

-Well, I was
expecting a delivery.

And I've been waiting
at least 20 or 30,

and it's not here yet.

And I think I just hate to wait.

-Hate to wait.

Hate to wait.

So many people hate to wait.

-But I'm not people.

I'm an owl.

-And I guess owls hate
to wait, too, then.

-Well, I sure do.

Just perch here and think about
my delivery not being here,

it's just not a
good feeling at all.

-Well, maybe you could
think of something

to do while you're waiting.

-Uh, what do you mean?

-Well, I mean instead if
thinking about your delivery

not coming, you
could do something

else that might be fun.

-Have any suggestions?

-Well, when I was a little
girl learning to wait,

I used to like to
play hide and seek.

-Oh, I love hide and see.

Thanks for that
idea, Queen Sara.

-You're welcome, dear.

Now I must get back to my
Food for the World meeting.

See you soon.

-OK.

Oh, hide and seek.

Good.

Now, uh, who wants to play
hide and seed with me?

Uh, how about you?

I'll hide, and you find me.

All right?

OK.

[LAUGHING] You found me.

All right.

Now let's try it again.

Uh, you're pretty close.

Pretty close.

[LAUGHS] Ah-ha.

[LAUGHS] Ah, you found me again.

[LAUGHS] Oh, this is really fun.

How about one more time?

All right.

One more time.

Not clear down there.

Come up a little higher.

Little higher.

[LAUGHS] Come fly with me.

MR. MCFEELY: Oh, X the
Owl, where are you?

-Oh, I'm hiding, Mr. McFeely.

Come find me.

[LAUGHS] You found
me, Mr. McFeely.

-Hello there, X.

-You want to play hide and seek?

-Oh, I wish I could, X. But I
have a lot of deliveries today.

I'm behind on them.

-Oh.

Well, I have been
having such a good time,

I almost forgot you
have a delivery for me.

-Well, yes, I do.

And here it is.

-Oh, my Speedy Seeds.

-Your Speedy Seeds.

-Oh, good.

Let's plant them
right over by my tree.

OK?
-By the tree.

All righty.

There you go, X.

-See you there.

-OK.

-Well, here we are.

-Here we are, X.

-Here are the seeds.

I'd like to see them.

-All righty.

I'll, uh, get some
seeds out for us.

-Good.

Ha.

-There they come,
your Speedy Seeds.

-Wonder what they look like.

-Just a moment here.

I'll show you.

There you go.

There are the Speedy Seeds.

X THE OWL: Oh, they're
beautiful, Mr. McFeely.

MR. MCFEELY: They certainly are.

X THE OWL: Oh, they look like
they would be very speedy.

-Well, shall I plant some, X?

-Oh, please.

-All righty.

Well, I'll just
dig a little hole

here and put one right in there.

-Yes.

Plant the Speedy Seeds.

MR. MCFEELY: All righty.

Here we go.

Another seed right in there.

I'll cover it up.

X THE OWL: You see, I
need some food for dinner.

MR. MCFEELY: For dinner?

-Well, sure.

For dinner.

-Meow meow, X. Meow
meow, Mr. McMeowy.

-Hi, Hen.

We're planting some
seeds out here.

-Meow meow.

-My Speedy Seeds came, Hen.

So now I can invite
you to dinner.

-Meow meow.

That fast?

-Well, they're speedy seeds.

They should grow right away.

-Somehow I don't think they'll
come up before dinnertime.

-They won't?

-No seeds grow that fast, X.

-Well, what about
Jack's beanstalk?

-Meow meow just meow fairy tale.

-Well, what about us?

Let's watch them grow.

-Uh, I think they just
need some water. [LAUGHS]

-Do you have some
water, Henrietta?

-Meow meow.

-All righty.

We'll try that.

All righty.
Let me help you there.

-Just some water.

That should do it.

-There we go.

-Meow.

-Put some water on
this one up front here.

Little water helps.

Some right there.

X THE OWL: Oh, that's good.

MR. MCFEELY: That's good?

X THE OWL: Yeah.

I think that's what they need.

MR. MCFEELY: Some right there.

X THE OWL: There.

Now let's just watch them grow.

Uh, maybe they need,
uh, more water.

-What they need is patience, X.

-Well, where do you get that?

-Patience come from
inside yourself.

-Meow meow little meow seeds.

-Well, that's true, Henrietta.

Patience is a little like seeds.

It's something that
grows little by little.

-Oh boy.

-Meow meow something to
do meow meow waiting.

-That's what Queen Sara
always says-- think

of something to do
while we're waiting.

-Well, people do find
that helpful, X. In fact,

there's a song
written about that.

And I think you might know it.

-Oh, sure.

I like that's song.

-Well, let's sing it.
All righty?

-Meow.

-[ALL SINGING] Let's think
of something to do while

we're waiting, while we're
waiting for something new,

do-do.

Let's try to think of a
song while we're waiting

that's liberating and
will be true to you.

-Yes, siree.

-Oh, that's nice. [LAUGHS]
Uh, you know what we could do?

We could play hide
and seek again?

-That's a good--

-Meow meow fun.
-OK.

Well, here's what I'll do.

I'll close your doors.

-Meow.
-We'll play hide and go seek.

There's your doors.

-Meow meow.

-All righty, Henrietta.

Now, X, I'll close your door.

-And I'll go hide.

-All righty.

The door is closed,
and speedy delivery!

-Not that far, Mr. McFeely.

-There you are, X.

[LAUGHS] Yeah.

You found me.

-Now I've got to hunt Henrietta.

-Yeah.

Well, I'll see you
back at the tree, then.

-All righty.
-OK.

Bye.

-Meow.

Mr. McMeowy.

-I found you, Henrietta.

-Meow.

Meow meow your turn now.

-My turn to hide?
All righty.

Here I go.

-Meow.

Uh, Henrietta?

Hey, Hen.

-Meow meow.

Meow meow, X.

-Oh, he found you, too.

-Meow.

-Where is Mr. McFeely?

-Meow hiding.

-Oh, he's hiding.

Wonder where.

Meow meow over here meow.

Meow meow see anybody.

Maybe meow meow over
there meow meow.

-Yeah.

Maybe this way.

See if we can find him.

Oh, there's Mr.
McFeely in the tree.

Ha.

Hi, Mr. McFeely.

-Well, you found me
in my hiding place.

-Oh, we had a good time.

Ha.

-Well, I have to get back to
my deliveries now, friends.

-Well, thanks for
everything, Mr. McFeely.

Uh, next time, plan to stay
for dinner, because my seeds

will surely be big
plants by then.

-Well, I'll look
forward to that.

Bye-bye, everybody's.

Speedy delivery to you.

Bye-bye.

-Meow.

-Bye-bye.

-Hello there, Mr. McFeely.

-Oh, Mr. Booptrunk.

Anything I can do for you?

-Oh, no thanks.

Just out here getting
a little fresh air.

We've been having some
meetings at the castle.

-Well, I hope the meetings
have been going well for you.

-Oh sure.

Hope you have a good day.

-Thanks.

Speedy delivery!

-Yeah.

I know.

Speedy delivery.

[TROLLEY WHISTLES]

-Hello there, Trolley.

[TROLLEY WHISTLES]

-Yeah, Trolley.

Good.

[TROLLEY WHISTLES]

[TROLLEY CLANGS]

[TROLLEY WHISTLES]

[TROLLEY CLANGS]

[TROLLEY WHISTLES AND CLANGS]

-It's hard to wait for things
like seeds to grow, isn't it?

And it's very important
to think of something

to do while you're waiting.

Put these seeds over
here with Hischer.

Give the fish some food.

There you are, fish.

I like to take care
of you that way.

One of the best things that
you can do while you're waiting

is to play.

That's right.

[LAUGHS]

-[SINGING] It's such a good
feeling to know you're alive.

It's such a happy feeling--
you're growing inside.

And when you wake
up ready to say,

I think I'll make
a snappy new day.

It's such a good feeling,
a very good feeling,

the feeling you know that I'll
be back when the day is new.

And I'll have more
ideas for you.

And you'll have things
you'll want to talk about.

I will, too.

-You always make each
day a special day.

-You know how-- by
just your being you.

There's only one person in
the whole world like you,

and people can like
you exactly as you are.

Bye-bye.

[MUSIC PLAYING]
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