17x04 - Episode 4

[bunniefuu]

[THEME MUSIC]

THEME SONG: 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 beautywood,

a neighborly day for a beauty.

Would you be mine?

Could you be mine?

I have always wanted to have
a neighborhood 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?

-Hello, neighbor.

I'm glad we're together again.

Television neighbor.

You know what this might be?

Something for a child to sit on.

Hm?

I'll put it right there.

Do you know what this is?

Something to play on.

A little piano.

When I was a boy, I had a little
instrument something like this

and I used to play it a lot.

[LULLABY ON PIANO]

I think it helped me because
when I started to learn

the big piano, I already
knew how the keys would feel

and what they would sound like.

To do anything really well
like playing the piano,

you have to keep trying.

That's very important.

[SINGING] You can make
believe it happens

or pretend that
something's true.

You can wish or
hope or contemplate

a thing you'd like to do.

But until you
start to do it, you

will never see it through
because the make-believe

pretending just
won't do it for you.

You've got to do it.

Every little bit.

You've got to do
it, do it, do it.

And when you're through
you can know who did it,

for you did it, you
did it, you did it.

If you want to ride a bicycle
and ride it straight and tall.

You can't simply
sit and look at it

because it won't move at all.

But it's you who have to try it.

And it's you who have
to fall sometimes.

If you want to ride a bicycle
and ride it straight and tall.

You've got to do it.

Every little bit.

You've got to do
it, do it, do it.

And when you're through,
you can know who did it.

For you did it.

You did it.

You did it.

It's not easy to keep trying
but it's one good way to grow.

It's not easy to keep learning,
but I know that this is so.

When you've tried
and learned you're

bigger inside than
you were a day ago.

It's not easy to keep trying,
but it's one way to grow.

You've got to do it.

Can you sing that?

Every little bit.

You've got to do it.

Do it.

Do it.

Do it.

And when you're through,
you can know who did it,

for you did it, you
did it, you did it.

[NORMAL VOICE] aND when you've
done something that you wanted

to do and you've
done it well, you

can get such a good
feeling from that.

[KNOCK AT DOOR]

Oh, there's somebody
at the door.

Let's see who it is.

Oh, it's Mr. McFeely.

Mr. McFeely, come in.

-Speedy delivery to you.

Here are the empty
things that you ordered.

-Oh, thank you.

Just what I need.

-Milk cartons.

-Oh, good.

That's great.

I wonder if you have time
to see a little piano.

Right down here.

-Well, that's a
nice little piano.

[TOY PIANO]

-Do you play the piano?

-No, but my daughter does.

I just never took
the time to learn.

-Well, you took the time
to learn other things.

-Well, I guess you
can't learn everything.

But I'm glad that
some people took time

to learn because I like
to listen to music.

-So do I.

-Well, I have more
deliveries to make

so I'll see you around
the neighborhood.

-Thank you for these.

-Oh, you're welcome.

-Bye, Mr. McFeely.

I asked Mr. McFeely to
bring me these things.

Come into the kitchen,
I'll show them to you.

Just what I needed.

I thought what we could do--
these are all empty containers.

What we could do is to
make the Neighborhood

of Make-Believe models instead
of using the fancy ones here.

Just make some
models out of these.

Maybe this could be
the castle like that.

And maybe this could be the
factory-- Ernie's factory.

And how will we make a tree?

X and Henrietta's
tree is pretty big.

How about that?

[CHUCKLES]

Now, let me see.

What do we need.

Lady Elaine's Museum-Go-Round.

What about that for that?

And we could have this
for the Platypus Mound.

And what about Daniel's clock?

Could that be Daniel's clock?

OK.

We won't need all of these.

But we can pretend other
things with that someday.

What about that for the trolley?

There are many ways
to make your own toys.

Well, last time we pretended
that Prince Tuesday got

his very own bicycle
and on it was

that fancy key-- that
master make-believe key.

You know, the one that
flew up in the air.

Well, let's make-believe
more about the bike

and more about the key.

Maybe it'll open the room
in the Museum-Go-Round

that nobody's been
able to get in to.

Just make the trolley
go along here.

We can pretend that
we're traveling

to the Neighborhood
of Make-Believe.

[TROLLEY CHIMES]

-Hi, Trolley.

What a beautiful key
you are, you are.

What a beautiful key you are.

And we're going to
see if you really

can open that room in
the Museum-Go-Round.

What a beautiful key--

-Hey, Lady Aberlin.

Hey.

Lady Aberlin.

-Oh, hi, X. I didn't see you.

-Oh, you were too busy
talking to your hand.

-Oh, no.

I was talking to the master key.

You mean you found the master?

The one that's shiny and flies?

-Yes.

It was on Prince Tuesday's bike.

-Oh, can I please see it?

-Of course.

Here it is.

-Boy, it flies and
spins better than I do.

-Isn't it beautiful?

-I'll say.

Come on now key.

Come on.

I want to hold you.

Oh, what a special key.

Let me touch it.

Oh, boy.

I know, let's try opening
Henrietta's door with that key.

-Oh, that'll be fun.

-Yeah.

-Oh, we can't do this, X.

-Why not?

-Well, you can't just
go around opening

people's doors
without asking them.

-Oh, that's right.

Well, we'll just ask Henrietta.

Henrietta.

Henrietta Pussycat.

-Henrietta.

-Meow.

Meow, Lady Aberlin.

Meow, X.

-Hi, Hen.

-Hen, would you let us try to
open your door with our key?

-Meow, meow, meow, master meow?

-Yes, it is.

And we wanted to see if it
works with all the doors.

-Meow sure.

-Meow, meow inside.

-OK.

-Meow.

-It works!

-It works.

It really does.

-Meow.

Meow, meow, meow,
meow, your meow, X.

-OK.

I'll go inside and you can
see if it works on mine.

-OK.

-It works.

-It works.

-It must be the real
master make-believe key.

-I'm going to take
it to Lady Elaine.

There's a door in
her museum that

hasn't been opened in years.

-Meow.

Meow for stopping meow.

-Yeah.

It was fun to visit with you.

-And the key.

-I'll say.

-See you soon.

-OK.

Farewell.

-Meow meow.

Meow, meow, meow.

-Oh, hi, Lady Aberlin.

-H.J. I'm glad to see you.

-Well, thanks.

Does the master key really work?

-It certainly does.

-Well, how do you know?

-It opens Henrietta's door and
it opens X's knot hole door.

-Wow.

What about the door
inside the museum?

-We haven't tried that yet.

[SOBBING IN DISTANCE]

-Who is that crying?

-I don't know.

-It sounds like Anna Platypus.

-Looks as though
you're right, H.J.

I better go over
and see about her.

-OK.

Well I'll go look
for Lady Elaine.

-All right.

Give me a call
when you find her.

-OK.

[SOBBING CONTINUES]

-Oh, Anna, what's the matter?

-[CRYING] He got
the kind I wanted.

-Who's that?

-Tuesday.

He got the kind
of bike I wanted.

-But it's the kind of
bike he wanted, too.

-I know.

But--

-What's the matter here?

-Hello, Dr. Bill.

-Greetings, Lady Aberlin.

Greetings.

Greetings.

I thought I heard
my daughter crying.

-I am.

-Is it about the bike?

-Yes.

-You know what I told you, dear.

-You said we can't
afford one right now.

-That's right, dear.

There are other
things we have to use

our family's money
for right now.

-King Friday and Queen Sara used
their money for Tuesday's bike.

-That's true, dear.

-They must love him a lot.

-I'm sure they love him, Anna.

But your mother and
I love you, too.

-Well then, why don't
you get me a bike?

-It's a matter of money, Anna.

It's not a matter of loving.

We love you very,
very much but we

can't afford to get
you a bike right now.

Do you understand?

-I guess so, but not really.

Do you understand, Lady Aberlin?

-Yes, I do, Dr. Bill.

I understand you and
I understand Anna.

And it's something
that you both can

keep talking about
whenever you want.

-That's bill, bill correct.

-Right now I was wondering
whether Anna would

like to come to
the museum with me.

-What for?

-We found the
master key and we're

about to see whether it will
open that door in the museum.

-Maybe there will
be a bike in there.

-Well, we're hoping that
there will be a very rare toy.

Will you come?

-I might as well.

I'm not going be riding
anywhere for a while.

See you later, Daddy.

-Oh, all, right, Anna.

Please remember,
dear, it's a matter

of money not a matter of love.

-OK.

Thanks, Dad.

Bye.

-That was hard for both you
and your dad, wasn't it?

-I know it was hard for me.

-Daddies like to
give their children

what they want, but they
can't always do that

and that's hard for them, too.

-I guess so.

Oh, look.

There's H.J. Elephant III.

-H.J. Did you find Lady Elaine.

-No.

I didn't find her but
I found this note.

-Oh, boy.

Oh, girl.

-What does it say?

-Here I go again.

I feel the juices flow again
from heel to toe again.

I'm off to see
friends in Southwood.

Poet Fairchild.

PS, if you find the key, don't
use it here until you see me.

-What does that mean?

-It means we can't do anything
until Lady Elaine gets back.

-Wouldn't you know it.

-Everything is wrong today.

-Hi, everybody.

-Oh, hi, Mr. Aber.

-Oh, you don't sound
all that happy.

-Well, we had hoped that we'd
have a surprise for you today.

-Yeah.

The rare toy.

Did you see it?

-Not yet.

We did find the key to the door.

-Well, what's stopping us?

-Lady Elaine's not
here and we're not

allowed to go in
until she comes back.

-Oh, so we have to wait, huh?

-It seems that's what
life is all about.

-What's that, Anna?

-Waiting.

Waiting for Lady Elaine.

Waiting for my bicycle.

Waiting for everything.

That's what life is.

Waiting.

-But there are things we
can do while we're waiting.

-What?

-Well, we can dance and sing and
know that some time the waiting

will be over.

Would you dance with me, Anna?

-Well, I guess so.

-And would you
dance with me, H.J.

-Sure.

Something to do
while we're waiting.

[DANCING PIANO MUSIC]

[TROLLEY CHIMES]

[TROLLEY CHIMES]

-Did you ever feel
like Anna felt?

If you did, were you able
to talk with your mom or dad

or somebody you loved
very much about it?

Maybe Dr. Bill could help
Anna make a soapbox car out

of some old baby carriage
wheels that they had.

Those platypus's
love each other.

They'll think of something.

Next time we'll make believe
that the master key opens

the room with the elephant
toy that does the tricks.

What do you suppose
that toy will be like?

Nobody has seen it
for a long, long time.

Make all kinds of things
out of those containers.

Have a little food
for you, fish.

Then I'm going to
take that little toy

piano back to Joe
Negri's music shop.

That's where I borrowed it, so
that's where I'll return it.

Come along to Joe
Negri's music shop.

Hello.

Hi, Lisa.

Hi, Joe.

-Hi, Fred.

-I've enjoyed this toy piano.

-Thank you.

I have some other
toy instruments here.

-What are they?

-Well, here's some
toy frog maracas.

[RATTLING]

-What's this?

[XYLOPHONE SOUNDS]

-A little xylophone.

-Really?

You mean it all just
comes apart like this?

You have to put
it down to make--

-To make it sound.

A lot of good things.

-What's this?

-It's a little bird call.

[BIRD SQUAWK]

-Oh, look how that goes around.

[BIRD SQUAWK]

It's nice.

What about this?

What do you do with that?

-Just squeeze that.

-Just squeeze it?

-Just squeeze it.

[SQUEAKS]

That's a little one.

Here's kind of a bigger.

[HORN HONKS]

-Oh, boy.

That is loud.

-It's a bull horn.

Or an auto horn, I guess.

That reminds me, Bobby
Rothstar is in the back room.

You know, he's a percussionist.

And he has some
real instruments.

They look like toys,
but they're for real.

Would you like to see them?

-Yeah.
I would.

-OK.

Come on.

-I'll just bring
my piano with me.

-Here, I'll get the door.

-All right.

There are some people
playing drums right there.

-Oh, hello, Fred.

-Hey, Bob.

How are you?

I just brought my piano with me.

-I notice that.

Hi, Joe.

Brought his own piano.

Good.
How about you?

-I was just telling him about
some of your instruments

that look like toys but
they're not really toys.

-Well, yes.

I was just working on
a children's program

and have some sound
effects instruments here.

-What is that?

-Well, this is called a guiro,
or scratcher, you could call it

because you play with
this little wire.

And it has grooves in it.

This is a gourd.

And it sounds like this.

[SCRATCHING RHYTHMICALLY]

-Really nice.

Can I try?

-Sure you can try.

You can put your fingers
in these holes right here.

[SCRATCHING RHYTHMICALLY]

-That's fun.

A few other things you
might be interested in.

This is a shaker or tubo.

Played like this.

[SHAKER]

-Is that a gourd, too?

-Yes.

It's filled with seeds.

I made one of these
at home one time

with a tubular
potato chip carton.

Took the potato chips out and
filled it with dried beans

or you could put rice in it
and then put the lid back on

and shake it like that.

-Good idea.

-Tubo.

-Tubo.

-Yes, here's a train whistle.

This is a big train.

[LOW TRAIN WHISTLE]

Now here's a little train.

[HIGH TRAIN WHISTLE]

There's a siren whistle here.

[SIREN]

-They sound just like
them, don't they?

What's this?

-That's called a cabasa.

-What do you do with it?

-Well, you can play this
different ways, Fred.

You can turn it like this way.

You can shake it up and down.

That's it.

You can hold your
hand underneath it

and rub it against your hand.

That's it.

That's right.

It's a South
American instrument.

-Oh, I like this one.

[CABASA RATTLING]

-Oh, I see you're
looking at something.

You know what this is?

-I thought it was a
piece of a clarinet.

-Well, no.

This is a duck call.

-A duck call?

-Yes.

Or you could make a
chicken call out of it.

-Let me play this for you.

This is the duck.

[DUCK QUACKING]

Now I'll do the chicken.

[CHICKEN CLUCKING]

Here's a rooster.

[ROOSTER CALL]

[LAUGHING]

-That's so nice.

-I told you they look
like toys, but they--

-What about this one?

-Well, that's another whistle.

That's a song bird
whistle or canary

whistle I guess
you could call it.

-Can I try?

-Yeah.
Why don't you try it.

Blow right in here.

Blow sort of hard.

[HIGH PITCH]

A little bit harder.

[BIRD TWEET]

That's it.

That's it.

Good.

-Oh, I like that.

-Fred, you sound
just like a bird.

-Do you have your guitar?

-I do.

-Could we play
something together?

-Oh, I think that'd
be a good idea

since you already
brought your piano.

I have another instrument
here called a stump fiddle.

-Stump fiddle.

-It's an unusual instrument
to say the least.

-You're going to play that?

-I'm going to play this if
you're going to play that.

-All right.

-You're going to play piano?

All right.

Maybe you could get the
bird whistle in there too.

-I'll try.

-Concerto for guitar and toys.

-That's it.

-Just anything?

[UPBEAT FOLK TUNE]

[LAUGHING]

-I like that.

-It's a lot of fun, isn't it?

-I'll say.

-Well, you sure have a lot of
things that you can play with,

but they're real
instruments, aren't they?

-They're real instruments
used in orchestras and shows.

-And what you play most
of all are the drums.

-That's right.

But all these
instruments are included

in the list of
percussion instruments.

-I see.

Could we play one more
verse of what we just

played but have Bob
on the big drums?

-Sure that would work.

-Can we do that?

-Sure.

-You're going to
play your piano.

-And whistle and bull horn.

[BULL HORN]

-All right.

Ready?

-I'll play the drums.

-You count it off.

-One, two, three, and four and.

[UPBEAT FOLK TUNE]

-Right.

[LAUGHING]

Thank you.

-You play good auto horn.

-Thank you, Bob.

Where would you like
me to put this piano?

-You can leave the
piano right there.

I'll take you back out
to the music store.

-And thank you for
loaning it to me.

I'll never forget that one.

-All right.

I'm going to do a little
more rehearsing here, fellas.

-OK.

See you later.

-So long.

-Thank you, Bob.

That was fun.

Thank you for bringing
the piano back.

-Thanks very much, Joe.

-I'll see you later.

-Bye.

-Bye.

-That was fun.

It surely was.

This is my big piano.

[PIANO TUNE]

After you've played at something
like the piano for a while,

you can begin to make
up your own music.

And then you can play
it with other people

who like to do that, too.

It's really good to play with
play things when you're young.

It gives you some
feeling of what

it'll be like when you're older.

I hope the things you
play with sometimes

give you some very
good feelings.

[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 knew.

And I'll have more
ideas for you.

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

I will too.

[NORMAL VOICE] You always make
each day such a special day.

You know how by
just your being you.

You're a very special
person and people

can like you exactly as you are.

I'll be back next time.

Bye.

[MUSIC PLAYING]