[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?
We're television neighbors
again because we're together.
Uh huh.
Know what this is?
It's a piece of
rope with handles
on the ends of the rope.
You know what it's for?
Jumping rope.
Yep.
See if I can-- no, it's better
not to jump rope in the house.
Let's try it outside.
Ever see anybody jump rope?
I don't do it very well.
Marilyn Barnett's going to come
over here in a little while,
and she told me that
she'd be glad to help
me to learn to jump rope better.
I think it must take a lot
of practice to do it well.
And you can't learn it by just
sitting and thinking about it.
That's why I asked for a real
teacher to come and help me.
[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, 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 true.
Oh, there she comes now.
Hi, Marilyn.
-Hi, Fred.
How are you?
-Good.
You've got some
friends with you.
-Yes, some students.
-Oh, good.
I'd like to meet them.
-OK, this is Kiyonna.
-Hi.
MISTER ROGERS: Hello, Kiyonna.
Glad to meet you.
MARILYN BARNETT: And Eve.
MISTER ROGERS: Hello, Eve.
-Hi.
MISTER ROGERS: Hi.
MARILYN BARNETT: And Rashidi.
-Hi.
MISTER ROGERS: Hi, Rashidi.
Nice to meet you.
I've been trying the jump
rope, but not doing too well.
-You have?
-Yeah.
How do you begin?
KIYONNA: Like this.
-Oh, you'll show me.
Good.
-Just hop over it like this.
-Oh, is that the
first thing you do--
-Yes.
---when you're learning?
Oh, I've got to tie that.
-That's right.
You don't want to trip.
-Oh.
And then just hop over and back?
-Yes, but when you get a little
bit better, do like this.
-Try that.
-You mean like that?
And then pull it through?
-That's it.
-Yes.
-That's good, huh?
-And then I guess you
just go on after that.
I'd like to see what you
all do with your jump ropes.
-OK, you want to show him?
-Rashidi first?
Good.
Oh, look at that.
How in the world can you
do that with the crossing?
And then you make it
this way, and then you
cross it like this.
Did it take a long
time to learn that?
-Uh huh.
MISTER ROGERS: I guess so.
A lot of practice, huh?
-Yes.
MISTER ROGERS:
Are you next, Eve?
Oh, good.
MARILYN BARNETT: She's
taking it to the side.
MISTER ROGERS: Uh huh.
Is that fun?
-Yes.
-Good.
-Ah, I'm glad to see that.
Kiyonna, what are
you going to do?
-Backwards jumping.
MARILYN BARNETT: I'm
really proud of them.
They work hard at their jumping.
-Well, they give a lot of
people pleasure with it too,
don't they?
-Yes they do.
We can try some other things.
-You brought a lot of ropes.
-Yes.
Let's try something else.
You want to put your rope down.
-That's not for you, huh?
-No.
Sometimes we jump all together.
-Oh.
-Let's show him some
jumping all together.
We're just going to turn it.
We're going to
all try to get in.
Isn't that fun?
Great.
OK.
-I'm sorry.
I think I tripped
you on that one.
-That's OK.
We're used to working like this.
Now I'm going to try
something with two ropes.
Now, this is going
to take some turning.
-Well, you just show me how.
-Sometimes I get mixed up.
You know, the students
had to teach me this.
It's something that they
just started working on.
Let me get this untangled.
MISTER ROGERS: You
mean we're going
to make both of these go around?
-Yes, we are.
As soon as we can get them
all straightened out here.
OK.
Now we're going to turn--
-Who's going to come in here?
-She is.
-I am.
-Oh, you are?
Alright.
-This one's going
to go this way,
and this one's going
to go this way.
-Go faster.
MARILYN BARNETT: Go faster.
MISTER ROGERS: Oh my.
You are very good at that.
-OK. that's a lot of fun.
-That is very difficult.
-It takes a lot of practice.
-I would think.
How long have you
been jumping rope?
-Since I was six.
MISTER ROGERS: So about
three or four years?
-Yes.
MISTER ROGERS: Well,
I'm proud of all of you.
-Before we go, I thought maybe
we should do some exercises.
What do you think?
-I try to do mine
every day, but I
like to do them with
other people better.
-Great.
Come on, Eve.
Come on over.
Rashidi.
First one we're going
to try is muscles
for the front of our legs
and the back of our legs.
All we're going to
do is relax and pull
the toes toward our body.
That's it.
Then push back out.
And pull.
Good.
And push.
And pull.
OK.
Next one I'm going to try
is let's extend one leg.
That's right.
We're going to keep the
right leg straight, extend
the other one and we're
going to reach forward.
Just hold it.
We're not going to bounce.
And relax.
And reach.
And relax.
No bouncing.
No fast movements.
-No fast movements.
MARILYN BARNETT: No.
Let's try it on the other leg.
That's it.
Reach.
Good.
And hold.
And just reach.
Let's hold it.
OK, that's good.
-I can feel that in there.
MARILYN BARNETT:
Can you feel that?
-Uh huh.
MARILYN BARNETT: OK,
let's try standing.
Alright, this one
hands on the waist.
Going to just bend
over, not to the back.
Slightly to the front.
And up.
That's good.
Any bend the other way.
And up.
And just bend again to the side.
And up.
Good.
The last one helps
us with our jumping.
It's just turning the arms.
Forward, two, three, four.
And back, two, three, four.
And forward, two--
MISTER ROGERS: That's
like being a bird.
-That's because
my students and I
are about to go bird watching.
-We have to go back to the
school and then the binoculars.
MISTER ROGERS: Binoculars?
You mean you're going
to use binoculars
to watch for the birds?
-Uh huh.
MISTER ROGERS: Ah, great.
-I hope to find a Cardinal.
I really like
watching for birds.
-You do, Rashidi?
-Yes.
-Good for you.
Cardinal's a beautiful bird.
-I like Blue Jays.
-Blue Jays?
-Yes.
-Hope you find one.
I hope you find one.
-Yes, we better go.
-Thank you very much
for your help today.
-Oh, Fred, keep
up the good work.
-Thanks, Marilyn.
-We're really proud of you.
-Proud of you too.
Thanks for coming.
-Thank you.
-Bye
-Bye.
KIDS: Bye.
-They were really kind to me.
They didn't make fun of the
way I couldn't jump rope.
They just helped me instead.
Yeah, they didn't laugh at me.
Let's go inside.
I just feel better after
Marilyn's been here.
Do my exercises.
I'll show you some binoculars.
I have some over here.
These are binoculars.
People sometimes use things
like this when they look
at birds in the sky
or things far away.
If you ever meet anybody
who's a bird watcher,
you might want to ask them
what kind of birds they like
and whether they use
binoculars like this.
Let's see here.
Here's a book of birds.
Hey, there's a Cardinal
right on the front.
See the Cardinal?
That's the bird that
Rashidi likes so much.
And what was it that
Kiyonna said that she likes?
I think it was a Blue Jay.
Here's a Blue Jay.
I think I'll look up
a Wren-- House Wren.
Troglodytes Aedon,
that's a House Wren.
Fancy word.
See if there are
any owls in here.
Page 54.
See, in some books you
can see in the back
a whole list of the
different things,
and then it tells you
what page it's on.
And owls are on page 54 and 55.
Lots of birds in this world.
I love books.
Uh huh.
Well, let's have
some make believe.
We have lots to make
believe about today.
Trolley.
[WHISTLE]
Yes, King Friday the 13th thinks
his son Prince Tuesday should
go to a more royal school
than Miss Cow's school
at Someplace Else.
In fact, the King has
invited Sir Thomas T. Tune
to come to the
neighborhood to teach
international lofty
generosity to Prince Tuesday,
instead of the prince's
other kind of school.
What do you think about that?
Now, let's pretend that
Prince Tuesday is getting
ready to talk with his
dad about all of this,
and he and Lady
Aberlin are waiting
for the King in
the castle garden.
As the trolley goes by in the
neighborhood of Make-Believe.
[WHISTLE]
-I don't know what
to say to Daddy.
-Well, what would
you like to say?
-I'd like to tell him that
I want to stay in my school.
I don't want to have to study
lofty generosity all the time.
-Why don't you just
tell him that then?
-I'm afraid he'll get mad at me.
-He's been mad before.
-I know, but I don't
want him to be mad at me.
[TRUMPET PLAYING]
-Well, I'll be right beside you.
[INAUDIBLE]
-Thanks.
-Lady Aberlin and Prince
Tuesday I presume.
-Correct--
-Correct--
TOGETHER: --as usual--
---daddy.
---King Friday.
-Tuesday, I can't wait for
you to meet Sir Thomas.
I understand he's the very best.
-I can wait.
-What did you say?
-Oh, nothing.
-Oh, go on, Tuesday.
Tell Uncle Friday what you said.
-I said that I can wait.
I don't want Sir Thomas
to come to be my teacher.
-Of course you do.
You need to study royal things
like lofty generosity the way
I did.
-I want to study the things
that Miss Cow teaches all of us.
-Miss Cow is not teaching
you how to become a King.
-Not exactly like you.
-No, and I think Sir
Thomas will do nicely.
-But daddy, I don't
have to be exactly
like you to grow
up and be a King.
-Tuesday, I am adamant.
Farewell to you both.
-Farewell, Uncle Friday.
-What does that
does adamant mean?
-It means unyielding.
-What does unyielding mean?
-It means not giving in.
-Well, I'm adamant too.
-You mean, you're not
going to give in either?
-Right.
Unless he makes me.
-Since Sir Thomas
isn't here yet,
why don't I just take
you over to the school?
It doesn't make
sense for us just
to wait around here
for him all day.
-Oh, would you?
-Of course.
Might as well be where you want
to be as long as you can be.
And anyway, I'm
going to come back
here and look for
X's cousin, Mary.
She's a teacher.
She might be able to help.
-Oh, Lady Aberlin, you're
such a thoughtful kind person.
-Oh, it makes me feel good
whenever I can help somebody.
Come on, let's go to the school.
-My real school.
[MUSIC PLAYING]
-That looked like Lady
Aberlin and Prince Tuesday.
-I thought Prince Tuesday
would be in school by now.
-Well, maybe they're doing
some special project.
-Yeah.
-Speaking of project,
maybe we better open
our owl correspondence
school lesson.
-Oh, what do you suppose it is?
-You like your
lessons, don't you?
-Oh, I can hardly wait.
Yeah.
-Oh, look what's in here.
-What?
-Some binoculars.
-Oh, binoculars.
Oh.
Let me see through--
why, that's great.
I can see almost
to Someplace Else.
And there's Daniels clock.
And there's the forest.
-Let's look and see what the
OCS wants us to do with them.
-OK.
-Oh, it's a lesson
on people watching.
X: People watching?
You mean I'm supposed
to watch people?
-That's what it looks like.
You're supposed to look for as
many different kinds of people
as possible, doing as
many different kinds
of things as possible.
-Hmm.
-Oh, here's an example.
It's a picture of a
person jumping rope.
X: I think this is
going to be fun.
We can watch people
doing everything.
-Well here are the
rules on privacy.
-It is not kind for
an owl to watch people
when people don't
want to be watched.
So an important part
of this OCS lesson
is to learn how to ask people
if it's alright to watch them.
-First, you have to ask
to watch, is that it?
-That it.
-Here comes a people.
-When it's just one person,
you say here comes a person,
not here comes people.
-OK, here comes a person.
And her name is Lady Aberlin.
How am I supposed to ask
her if I can watch her?
-It would be appropriate
to greet a person
and add, I am an
owl studying people,
may I please look at
you doing something
through my binoculars.
-Hello, cousin Mary.
Welcome.
-Hello, Lady Aberlin.
-Hi, X.
-Hi, I am an owl
studying people.
May I please look at
you doing something
through my binoculars?
-Of course.
What would you like me to do?
-Well, you could jump rope.
-Jump rope?
Oh.
OK.
If a pretend will do, I'd be
glad to jump rope for you.
-Is a pretend rope
alright, Cousin Mary.
-It looks alright to me.
-Oh, good.
-Oh, good.
-Ready?
-Yes, ready.
LADY ABERLIN: Here I go.
X: You surely know how
to jump rope, Lady A.
-I haven't done this in years.
-Do you like it better
with, or without, a rope?
-I like it both ways.
Want me to do anything else?
-X, you're supposed to
watch a person thinking.
-Just thinking?
-That's what it says here.
LADY ABERLIN: Want me to think.
-Oh, sure, if you would please.
-Oh, I just thought of
something I have to do.
-Oh, what is it?
-Oh, we're not supposed
to ask what a person is
thinking while watching
a person think.
It says so right here.
-Well, am I allowed to
tell you what I'm thinking.
-Oh, of course.
The person we watch is
allowed to do anything.
-Oh, well, I was
thinking that I really
ought to be seeing
about Sir Thomas.
-Is that a person?
-Oh, yes, and evidently he's
a very important person.
-What does he do?
Something I could watch?
-He's coming to
teach Prince Tuesday.
-I thought Tuesday
was in his own school.
-He is, that is,
until Sir Thomas comes
to the neighborhood, which
might be at any moment.
-Are you talking
about Sir Thomas Tune,
the person who teaches
lofty generosity.
-Yes, have you heard of him?
-Oh I know him.
He helps with the PCS sometimes.
-The PCS?
-The People
Correspondence School.
Correspondence schools
are not just for owls.
-Oh, of course.
-There's the OCS,
and PCS, and LCS.
-What's the LCS?
-Lizard Correspondence School.
-Oh, of course.
So you actually know Sir Thomas?
-Oh, I do and he
is so wonderful.
-Wonderful?
I thought he was going to
be stuffy and very lofty.
-Oh, he just looks lofty.
Has King Friday ever met him?
-I don't think so.
He describes him as
some great authority,
and we all thought he'd
be sort of a scary person.
-Sir Thomas?
He'll be fine.
-Oh, I surely do
feel some better.
X: Hey, lady Aberlin, want to
look through the binoculars?
-Sure.
-You'll see.
It's fun.
-Thank you.
Well, you two do something.
-Oh, what will we
do, Cousin Mary?
-Why don't we do a dance?
-Alright.
I'll start inside.
[MUSIC PLAYING]
-Ha ha.
There you have it.
-Just call me a bird watcher.
-Hello, birdwatcher.
-You two are great.
Well, I've got to go
back to the castle now.
I have some royal
people watching to do.
-Come back anytime, Lady A.
-I will, maybe with Sir Thomas.
-If he's a person, I could
watch him for my lesson.
-He's a person, alright.
Wait till you see him.
-Thank you for your
encouraging words, Cousin Mary.
I surely hope Sir Thomas
can handle Uncle Friday.
-Never fear.
-Alright.
Let's hear it for all
correspondence schools.
TOGETHER: [SINGING] All
correspondence schools,
dear ACS.
-Dear ACS.
TOGETHER: [SINGING] We learn our
lessons, and we get a U or S,
we hope for an S. Oh,
all correspondence
schools, dear ACS.
-All of them.
TOGETHER: [SINGING]
All correspondence
schools we love you best.
We love you best.
-May I please watch
you go into the castle
through my binoculars,
Lady Aberlin.
-You certainly may, and
thank you for asking.
-Certainly.
Did I do that OK?
Thank you.
[WHISTLING]
-Oh, yes, Trolley, Cousin Mary
says she thinks he might be OK.
[WHISTLING]
-Yes, we'll just have to wait.
[WHISTLING]
-I'll say.
-What do you think Sir
Thomas will be like?
Cousin Mary seems to
like him, doesn't she?
Maybe he'll be a
surprise to King Friday.
We'll pretend some more
about that next time.
And when you're playing
with your own toys,
you could make up more
stories about the Neighborhood
of Make-Believe,
or any other place
that you want to think about.
[KNOCK AT DOOR]
Hmm, see who's at our door.
It's Mr. McFeely.
Come in, Mr. McFeely.
-Good day.
-What do you have here?
-Well, it's a kitten.
I thought it might be yours.
-Oh, no, I've never
seen it before.
MR. MCFEELY: I was
walking down the street
and noticed it right
near your front porch.
-Oh, here's a collar.
-OK.
-It says 143-6870.
-Oh, you know something.
That is the Noche phone number.
-Aha.
-And why don't I call?
May I use your phone?
MISTER ROGERS: Of course.
-And there you go.
-I'll hold you.
-OK.
I'll just give them a quick
phone call and let them know.
-Alright.
-Now the-- could you tell
me that one more time?
-143-6870.
-Alright.
-You're a funny kitten.
-It's ringing.
Hello, Debbie?
Yes, this is Mr. McFeely.
Did-- yes.
You knew what I was
going to say, right?
Yes, I have it.
Alright, I'll make
a speedy delivery.
It's right here at
Mr. Roger's house.
Alrighty.
-It's a playful kitten.
-Pardon?
Shirley.
I'll tell him.
Alrighty.
-What did they say?
-Bye bye.
Well, they're glad
I found Shirley.
That's the kitten's
name, Shirly.
-Oh, hi, Shirley.
Shirley's frisky.
Yes.
MR. MCFEELY: Well, I told them
I'd make a speedy delivery
and that's what I'll do.
-You're always helping somebody
with something, Mr. FcFeely.
-Well I like helping
others, and I
like my speedy delivery service.
Right this way, Shirley.
-Right this way, Shirley.
-Back to the Noche household.
Alrighty, here we go.
-And Shirley, don't
go on the streets.
We wouldn't want
you to get hurt.
-Bye bye.
-Bye bye, Mr. McFeely.
I think Mr. McFeely
likes to take care
of animals and
people and things.
I know I do to.
Better give the fish some food.
There.
I like to watch the fish.
I like take care of them too.
[SINGING] I'm
taking care of you.
Taking good care of you.
For once, I was very little too.
Now, I take care of you.
And the more you grow, the
more care you can give,
and the better you
can feel about it.
Uh huh.
See you later, fish.
Remember how you start?
Just put the rope down like
that and hop over, and hop back.
That's how you start things .
Just very simple steps at first.
It's a good feeling to know
that you can learn something
by starting very
simply and then growing
and growing and growing with it.
[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, a 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 have
things you want to talk about.
I will too.
You always make
it a special day,
by just your being yourself.
I'll be back next time.
[MUSIC PLAYING]
18x13 - Episode 13
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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.