19x10 - Episode 10

[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 me?

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?

-Welcome, neighbor,
to this neighborhood.

As I was coming here
to be with you today,

I was thinking about a game
that my parents and grandparents

used to play with me when I
was a very, very little boy.

In fact, I think it was
probably the first game

I ever learned to play.

It was called peek-a-boo.

They used to play it with
a handkerchief like this.

Where's Mister Rogers?

Peek-a-boo.

Once more.

Where's Mister Rogers?

Do you know that almost
everywhere in the world

there's a game like that, which
grown-ups do with children?

Mhm.

And peek-a-boo is a game
like hide and seek, too.

You know the game
hide and seek when

somebody hides
somewhere like this?

And then somebody
comes to find him.

I know some children who cry
when they play hide and seek.

I think they cry because
they're afraid they won't find

the one who's hiding, and they
want that friend to come back.

There's always a reason why
somebody cries at a game,

you know.

And it's not kind to laugh
at someone who's crying.

The thing to do is
to try to understand

what's making that person cry.

I found that people often cry
when they're scared or angry.

I know I sometimes do.

I want to show you
what I brought today.

This is a special
kind of ball that's

used for a special kind
of game called bowling.

This is one kind
of bowling ball.

And this, in this case, is
another kind of bowling ball.

See that?

These are the places
for the fingers.

And when you play
the game of bowling,

you roll one of these
balls down a special alley

and try to knock down some
wooden things with it.

But I'm going to be able to
show you what it's really

like because Mr.
McFeely and I are

going to go to a
bowling alley today.

[KNOCKING]

Oh, maybe that's
Mr. McFeely now.

Let's see.

It is.

Hi, Mr. McFeely.

-Speedy Delivery.

All set to go bowling?

-Yes, as soon as I get
this ball of mine here.

-All right.

I always use the ball that's
at the bowling alleys.

-Oh, yes, I know you do.

Well, I'm used to
this one, so I think

I'll just take it with me.

-All righty.

Well, I'm looking forward to it.

Let's go bowling.

-All right.

To the bowling alley.

-Here we go.

-Come along.

[MUSIC PLAYING]

-Well, here we are.

-Oh, good.

-Thank you.

-OK, Dad, we've got
you all fixed up.

Now Melissa, there's yours.

And Brooke, there are yours.

-Thank you.

-Have fun.

-Hey, Bob.

-Oh, here we go.

-Here we are.

-Ready to show your TV
neighbors some bowling?

-Bowling is right.

-Good.

I have lane three
all ready for you.

-Lane three?

Shall we do it?

-OK.

-Wait, wait, wait.

You might want to--
-Oh, that's right.

Our shoes.

-Your shoes, yeah.

-The shoes because
of the special wood

on the bowling alley.

-Yes.

Because that leather allows
it to be more safe and smooth.

-Good.

Thanks very much, Bob.

-Oh, now wait.

-Scorecard.

-One more thing.

There you go, fellas.

-Scorecard.

-OK.

-Take that with you.

-OK.

-See you there.

-See you.

Over there, I think.

MISTER ROGERS: Lane three.

-I just have to
choose my ball here.

-Oh, sure.

See which one fits you best.

-OK.

Well, that's a little too small.

That's not quite right.

That's a little too loose.

I'll try this blue one.

There.

MISTER ROGERS: You've used
that one before, haven't you?

-I have.
I'll use this one again.

-Good.

-I'll take my shoes.

[PEOPLE CHEERING]

-Oh, boy.

Good.

-A lot of people having
a good time here today.

-A lot of people like to bowl.

-That's for sure.

[PEOPLE CHEERING]

You want to go first?

-No, you go first.

I'll keep score.

-All right.

Now you've seen the ball.

And the idea is to take this
ball and roll it down there,

and try to knock
down those ten pins.

And you're not allowed
to go any further

than this line with your feet.

OK.

Now I'll show you.

Now you get another chance
to get the rest of them down.

You'll see the ball
come right out here.

There it comes.

Now I'll do it one more time.

There are two still standing,
so that means I got eight down.

Eight, Mr. McFeely.

Now it's your turn.

-My turn.

All right.

I'll give it a try.

[CHEERING]

MISTER ROGERS: A strike!

Congratulation.

Good for you.

-Well, it takes a
lot of practice.

-It surely does.

He just got a strike.

-I saw that.

That's terrific.

-Isn't that wonderful?

-Good, Mr. McFeely.

-Can I try one more time?

-Well, sure.

-Mind if I watch?

I like to watch
other people bowl.

-OK.

-We're having a good time.

-That was terrific, I saw it.

MISTER ROGERS: I know.

-Well, that was a gutter ball.

I guess you don't get
a strike every time.

-Oh, Mr. McFeely,
you're a good sport.

-Well, I enjoy bowling.

-Uh-huh.

Bob, would you be able to show
us how the pins are set up?

-The pinsetter?

Sure.
Come on back.

I'll show you how that works.

-Follow you, right?

-Yep, follow me.

-I thought that
might be fun to see.

-It's a little noisy
back here, fellas.

MISTER ROGERS: It is noisy.

-Here's what happens.

The way it comes-- the
pins are set up in there.

-Yeah.

-The ball comes down, knocks the
pins into this vibrating board

or this pad, and then
the pins are vibrated

into this merry-go-round
like thing.

But right about here,
there's a saddle

that catches them and
takes them up the track.

They go into the pinsetters,
and the pinsetters

then replace them
down in position.

Now the ball-- it comes up off
the vibrating pad on this side

and comes up here,
into there, up

that track, over there, and
back into position and out

into the alley again.

-What a machine.

-Isn't that interesting
how that works?

-Do you let anybody
come back here?

-Oh, no, no.

The public's not
allowed back here.

It's closed to the public.

-I see.

-I just wanted you
to come back here

so you could show
your TV neighbors.

-Well, thank you very much.

-Oh, you're welcome.

MR. MCFEELY: Where do we go?

This way?

-Yeah, Mr. McFeely, straight
back and to your left-- the way

we came in.

-OK.

-OK.

-Isn't that interesting?

That is really complicated.

-Yeah, it's very helpful,
too, I'll tell you.

-I bet.

Time for me to take
this back to my place.

-Yeah, and I have
some deliveries.

-OK.

-Well, I'll take your shoes
back for you when you're ready.

-All right.

-Thank you.

-You betcha.

-You're really kind
to let us do this.

Is that Marilyn
Barnett over there?

MR. MCFEELY: Yes, it is.

BOB: It sure is.

MISTER ROGERS: I
thought it was she.

BOB: She comes here often.

-Oh, I'd like to go over
and visit her a minute.

-She must be teaching a
class today in bowling.

-There you go.

-Thank you, Bob.

-You bet.

-Let's go over there.

-OK.

-And you try the first ball.

Now remember, don't
throw the ball.

Roll the ball down
the alley, OK?

That's correct.

Good.

Hey, OK.

That was very good, Amanda.

Very nice.

-Hi, Marilyn.

-Hi, Fred, how are you?

-I'm fine.
I'm glad to see you.

-Mr. McFeely, how are you?

-How do you do?

-Hi, Rashidi, how are you?

-You know my son, Rashidi.

-Oh, sure, yes.

-And this is Amanda.

-Hi.

-Hey, Amanda.

Glad to meet you.

-And this is Kristy.

-Hello, Kristy.

-Hi.

-Hi.

I just wanted to ask
you, did any of you

ever roll a ball down that
alley and not one of those pins

has gone down?

-Yes.

-Yes.

-Have you?

How'd you feel about that?

-Well, I just thought to
keep on trying and trying.

MISTER ROGERS: Keep
on trying and trying.

-Until I got it right.

-Great for you, Rashidi.

What a good way
to think about it.

Is it all right if we watch
your lesson for a little while?

-Yes, we'd love
for you to watch.

-Good.

-We'll just stand back here.

-Great.

-All right.

-Rashidi, it's your turn.

Here's your ball.

Remember, release the
arm very naturally.

That was much better.

One little tip-- when
you release the ball,

don't throw the arm up.

Let it follow through in
the direction of the pins.

MISTER ROGERS: That was good.

Could I interrupt
for just a minute?

-Certainly.

-I wanted to ask you what
those balloon kind of things

were in the gutters there.

-These plastic tubes?

-Uh-huh.

-These are our little
teaching tools.

Basically they help us--
they're real lightweight,

and they just fill
up the gutters.

But not all bowling
alleys have them.

MISTER ROGERS: I see.

-But they're helpful because
they let us concentrate

on bowling the ball
instead of worrying

about balls going
into the gutter.

-Oh, yeah.

They are helpful
then, aren't they?

-They are.

-Thanks very much
for letting us watch.

MR. MCFEELY: That's right.

I have more deliveries
now, so I have to be going.

-Well, I better go with you.

Are you going to
bowl next, Kristy?

-Yeah.

-Oh, good.

We'll just watch from back
here before we go out the door.

I wish you well.

-Thank you.

-Bye, everybody.
-Thanks, Marilyn.

-Bye bye.

Kristy, now remember, because
you're a left-handed bowler,

you're going to step
off on your left foot.

Let's see that.

OK, that's it.

Wow, look at that.

That was good.

-Thanks again, Bob.

-You're welcome.

See you later.

-Bye bye.

-Ah.

-Thank you very much.

-You're welcome.

-Good to be with
you, Mr. McFeely.

-Well, I enjoyed our game.
See you around the neighborhood.

-All right.
Bye.

-Good-bye

-Come along.

Hello.

[MUSIC PLAYING]

Those children were
learning well, weren't they?

With that kind of ball.

You know, some people
practice for hours and hours

to get to be expert bowlers.

And they join teams and are very
serious about their bowling.

And other people do it just
once in a while for fun.

Let's think about a
make-believe game now.

Trolley.

[MUSIC PLAYING]

[WHISTLE]

Let's make-believe that
everybody on the team

is in his or her outfit
and ready to play

something in the neighborhood.

You know, their team is called
the Pussycat, Owl, King, Woman,

Dog, Boy, Girl,
Reindeer, Tiger team.

Let's pretend that they are just
about to play as the Trolley

goes along the track in the
Neighborhood of make-Believe.

[WHISTLE]

[MUSIC PLAYING]

KING FRIDAY: Here
comes the Trolley.

[CHIMES]

-Yes, Trolley, we're
just about to start.

[CHIMES]

I'll say.

-So, members of our team,
here we all are in our outfits

ready to play.

-Yes.

-But there's one
problem, Uncle Friday.

-Uh, what is that, niece?

-Uh, we don't know what
game we're going to play.

-Oh.

Well, we can play
any game we want.

-Yes, but what?

-Randy Caribou, what game
would you like to play?

-How about antlerball?

[LAUGHING]

-Antlerball?

-Yes, antlerball.

-Meow meow ball.

-How do we play that?

-Well, you roll the
ball with your antlers.

-Oh.

-With your antlers?

-Yes, like this.

[LAUGHING]

-But there's a problem
with that, Mr. Caribou.

-Oh?

What's the problem,
Prince Tuesday?

-Some of us don't
have any antlers,

so we wouldn't be able to play.

-Oh.

That's right.

I forgot.

I thought we were all
reindeer here for a minute.

Foolish of me.

Foolish, foolish.

-You're not foolish,
Mr. Caribou.

You just think
we're all reindeer

because we're all
on the same team.

-Maybe that's it, but we
can't play antlerball.

I'm the only one with antlers.

-And we can't play
wingding because I'm

the only one with wings.

-Wingding?

That sounds like fun.

How do you play it?

-It does.

-Oh, you get this ball, and
you hit it with your wings,

and you try to keep it up in
the air as long as you can.

And if you keep it
up for three minutes,

you sing ding, ding,
ding like that.

But you need wings for it.

-Oh.

Well, I was thinking
we could play football,

but not everybody on
our team has feet.

-Yeah, or pawball, but
not everybody has paws.

-We could play hide and seek.

-What did you say, Daniel?

-We could play hide and seek.

It doesn't matter if you
have antlers or wings or feet

or paws or anything
for hide and seek.

-That's right.

I played with Trolley.

-That's a terrific idea.

-Meow meow.

-That's a good idea, Daniel.

-Hide and seek.

Is that the approved
suggestion for the game?

-Yeah.

-Very well.

Who will hide,
and who will seek?

-Let's all hide, and see
if anybody can find us.

-All of us?

-Ready.

Get set.

Go.

[LAUGHING]

-It's really quiet
out here today.

Where is everybody?

Hello?

Is anybody here?

I'll bet everybody's hiding.

Maybe they're all
playing hide and seek.

Well, I'll show them
who's a good seeker.

I'll find them all at once.

Hm.

And then I will win.

I love to win.

Just a minute, friends,
wherever you are.

And you will see that nobody
hides from little old me.

I'll get you out of
your hiding places.

Boomerang Toomerang Soomerang.

-Oh, no.

Lady Elaine, honestly.

She's turned us upside
down to find us.

-What is happening here?

-Uh, it looks like we're flying
upside down, King Friday.

-Yes.

[HOWLING]

-Oh my.

-Meow, meow, dizzy meow.

-We're all upside down.

-I-- I wonder why.

-Um, I'm getting dizzy, too.

-I was just hiding and--

-What's happening?

-All of the strange things
in the neighborhood.

-I feel like I'm upside down.

-Meow meow.

-Whoa!

-What kind of a
team are you anyhow?

-We're the hide and
seek team, Lady Elaine.

-So my team won.

-Turn us right side
up, Fairchilde.

-Tell me I won first.

-Oh, so you've won--
the first game.

-Boomerang Toomerang Soomerang.

[WHIMPERING]

-Phew.

That's a relief.

-Meow, meow, museum-go-round.

-Oh, that Auntie Lady Elaine.

[LAUGHING]

-That was really something.

-This is fun, this place.

-There now, my team's the champ.

-But Lady Elaine, we were
just playing for fun.

-And I was playing
to win, and I did.

-I used to think you had
to win to have a good time.

-I did, too.

-And I used to think I'd
never get on anybody's team

because I act too foolish.

-But you and Daniel
started this team.

-She's right.

-I know.

-And even if we didn't play lots
of fancy stuff, it's been fun,

hasn't it?

-Oh, yeah.

-How can it be fun if
you didn't win anything?

I'm the team who won.

-Oh, yeah?

Well, we won, too, Lady Elaine.

-What do you mean?

-Well, we won
because we had fun.

And it's the same as winning.

-Oh, Dog, you're always coming
up with stuff like that.

-Yeah.

-But it's true, isn't it, team?

-Oh, yeah.

-Yes, it's true.

And it will continue to be true.

Every time we get
together in our outfits,

we can decide what we'll
play and we'll play it.

And we'll win the
game of having fun.

Let's hear it for our team.

-Hooray for our team!

-Um, how does a person
get to join your team?

-Thought you'd never ask.

You can use my
outfit, Lady Elaine,

since I have to go
back to my home now.

And if it doesn't
seem too foolish,

you can pretend
you're a reindeer

when you're playing on the team.

-A reindeer?

Thanks.

-There.

-It feels real good.

Is this OK with you guys?

-Oh, welcome, reindeer.

-Welcome reindeer.

-But I don't have any antlers.

-Oh, Lady Elaine, dear,
you don't need antlers.

You don't even need your
Boomerang Toomerang Soomerang.

-Hm.

-You can play our games just
exactly the way you are.

-I guess that's a relief.

-Thank you all.

-For what?

-You helped me not
to feel so foolish.

-Uh, you're welcome in
this neighborhood anytime,

Randy S Caribou.

-Thanks, King Friday.

-I'm glad you came, Randy.

-Oh, I am, too.

And to think this
whole team started

because you and I didn't
have any team at all.

[LAUGHING]

-Good things can happen
when you want them to.

-I guess so.

Well, we'll see you
all down the road.

-Bye bye, Randy.

-See you, Randy.

-Thanks for coming.

-Glad to know you.

-What a great caribou.

-Oh, yeah.

-Now I suggest we
all go bowling.

-Bowling!

-Good idea.

See you there.

Bowling!

-Nice.

-Hi, Trolley, want
to go bowling?

[CHIMES]

-Yeah, of course he
wants to go bowling.

LADY ABERLIN: Yes, quite a team.

[MUSIC PLAYING]

[CHIMES]

[WHISTLE]

-Games are for having
fun with your friends.

Lady Elaine found that out.

And you don't have to turn
people upside down to do it.

I want you to see
something in the kitchen.

Mhm.

First of all, some
food for you, fish.

Hm.

Guess they play
games, don't they?

This is what I
wanted you to see.

I set this up so that Queen
Sara could be looking at all

of the people who
are on the team.

Pussycat, Owl, King,
Woman, Dog, Boy,

Girl, Reindeer, Tiger team.

Mhm.

Do you ever feel as if
you just have to play?

Well, that's an
important feeling.

Yeah.

We're going to just put these
away because when you do play,

you put your toys away.

But if you feel that you just
have to play-- you just have

to make up some story of
your own, that's not bad.

In fact, that's very good.

It's all right.

It's your work of childhood.

Playing your way
helps you to grow.

Mhm.

Helping you to know who you
are and who you want to be.

That's what games are for.

And no matter what game you
play, you can be yourself.

And that's all you
ever have to be.

You are you, and that's
enough for anybody.

And knowing that can give
you such a good feeling.

[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 week is new,

and I'll have more
ideas for you.

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

I will, too.

-We talk about lots of
things together, don't we?

You and I. I like that.

I'd love to know
the kind of games

you'll make up in your life.

I trust that they
will be good fun

for you and for your friends.

I'll be back next time.

Bye bye.

[MUSIC PLAYING]