21x09 - Episode 9

[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 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.

Welcome to this neighborhood.

Have any idea what I might
have in this bag to show you?

Not a live elephant, no.

Not a big building.

Some things that
are pretty light.

Before I show
these to you, let's

take a look at our bean plant.

I want to see if it has grown.

It has.

It has grown.

Look.

See that?

This must be the part of
the seed that's opened up.

And look at this sprout
that's coming out here.

Isn't this exciting?

Just a few days ago,
I planted that bean.

And now we can see how
much it's grown already.

Give it some water.

That's how we take care of it.

Pour a little of
this water on it.

Give it some more light.

And it happened when we
weren't even looking.

Hm.

Growing is often like that.

You know, people and
things and ourselves

grow when we're
not even looking.

Now here are some
things that don't

grow because they're
just plastic.

Carrot.

Cabbage.

Corn.

And beans.

Now, real vegetables
are for eating.

But these plastic
ones are for play.

And I thought we might
just have a game with them.

Carrot, cabbage,
corn, and beans.

Now, I'm going to
take one of these

away and see if you know
which one I took away.

OK, don't look now.

Remember carrot,
cabbage, corn, and beans.

OK, now look.

Which one did I take away?

Carrot, cabbage, corn, and bean.

Yep.

Took the cabbage away.

All right.

Now we have cabbage,
corn and bean left.

Now, don't look.

See which one I'll
take away this time.

Ready?

Now take a look.

Remember what was there?

Carrot, corn, and bean.

I took the corn away.

All right, now what
we have left are

these two-- carrot and beans.

Ready?

Now look.

Which one did I take away?

The carrot.

What's left?

The beans, just
like our bean plant.

Well, I must put this back.

Clean up.

Games like that help
people with their learning.

And learning, you know,
is a kind of growing.

I like doing things like
that with you and for you.

Learning is a fun
thing to do, especially

with people you
enjoy being with.

[MUSIC PLAYING]

[SINGING] You are my
friend You are special.

You are my friend.

You're special to me.

You are the only one like you.

Like you, my friend.

I like you in the day time, in
the night time, any time you

that you feel is the right
time for a friendship with me,

you see.

F-r-i-e-n-d, special.

You are my friend.

You are special to me.

There's only one in
this wonderful world.

You are special.

-And that's true.

There is only one person
in the whole world

who is exactly like you.

That's you, yourself.

And you have your own
special way of growing.

You may grow faster in some
ways than other people.

And in other ways,
you may grow slower.

That's the way it
is with everyone.

Everyone is different,
and everyone

has different ways of growing.

[RINGING]

And you know what?

Growing should be fun.

Just a minute.

I'll get the phone.

Growing should be fun.

Hello?

Oh, I'm sorry.

I forgot.

Could you take me if
I came over right now?

Oh, thank you.

Well, I'll see you
in just a minute.

All right, thank you very much.

I was supposed to go to the
barber shop, and I forgot.

Why do you think I forgot?

I wonder.

But I can go right
now, and you can

see how Mr. Failla
cuts and trims my hair.

We'll come back here
afterwards, all right?

Come with me to the
neighborhood barber shop.

[MUSIC PLAYING]

Hello, Nick.

-Oh, hi Fred.

How are you?

-I'm sorry I forgot.

-Oh, that's OK.

-Thank you for calling me.

-That's OK.

-I'd like you to meet
my television neighbor.

-Oh, hi.

-This is Mr. Failla.

Well, I guess I
better get started.

-Put your chair up a little bit.

-Hey, I wonder if
I could show that.

-Sure, if you want to.

Go ahead.

Up and down, yes.

MISTER ROGERS: Just a
little bit to make it go up.

Now, why do you
want the chair up?

-This way it can be
level for me to cut hair.

You have to balance
it up and down.

-I see.

-And this way is nice.

Now, if you want to put it down,
push this all the way down.

-This one?

-Mhm.

There it is.

It goes all the way down.

-There.

And up we go again.

It's a good chance--
you know, it's

a good chance for
my friends to see

how somebody gets
their hair cut.

-Oh, yes.

Now we put this
hair cloth on you.

-This is called a hair cloth.

-Hair cloth, yes.

We put that on.

This way, the hair goes to the
cloth, not to your clothes.

-Uh-huh.

-And we put this
in the back here

to catch some of the hair
that goes down your neck.

-It would tickle
if it goes down.

-That's right.

It would tickle and
be uncomfortable.

Now we put this one.

It's used for the same thing.

-That feels like paper, Nick.

-It is paper.

It's a type of paper.

We'll put this here.

There we go.

Now, we're going to
cut some of the hair,

so the hair won't be long today.

We're going to shorten it a bit.

-But you comb it first.

-We comb it, yes.

This way I know the
length for cutting.

There we go.

We're going to use this.

This is going to
make a little noise.

It's electric clippers.

It will make a little noise.

So we're going to try this.

See?

-But that doesn't hurt.

-That wouldn't hurt.

No, this won't hurt.

It makes a little noise.

OK.

-That was easy.

-Uh-huh.

Now we can use scissors.

-Are they regular
kind of scissors?

-Well, they're barber scissors.

It's a special type of scissors.

You only cut hair
with these scissors.

You don't cut
papers or anything.

-Just hair.

-Just hair, yes.

-And barbers cut just hair.

-That's all we cut.

Just hair.

Nothing else.

-And hair doesn't hurt.

-No.

-I mean, if you cut your
finger, that could hurt.

-That's right, but
the hair doesn't hurt.

-Just like if you
cut your fingernails.

It wouldn't hurt either.

-Fingernails.

Uh-huh.

That doesn't.

-See.

You see the hair coming down?

-Mhm.

Did it take you a long time
to learn how to be a barber?

-It takes a while.

It takes a little
bit of experience.

It takes a couple of
years to be a good barber.

You've got to go to school
for about a year and a half,

and you have to be an
apprentice for about

another five
months-- six months.

-But you started when you
were a young boy, didn't you?

-I started-- yes,
I started when I

was about nine or ten years old.

What I used to do-- I used to
first go to school, and then

after school, instead of
going to the street corner

and doing anything, I used
to go to the barber shop

and learn the trade.

And I like it.

-And you started out just
doing one thing at a time?

-One thing at a time.

First-- I learned in Italy.

And first, we
learned how to shave.

And after we learned
how to shave,

we learned how to cut hair.

-By watching older people do it?

-By watching-- yes, by
watching all the barbers.

For a while, you have to watch--
for about a couple of months.

They won't let you
touch anything.

And after that, you start-- you
get the scissors and the comb.

-I bet that was a big day
for you when you were first

allowed to use the barber shop.

-Oh, yes.

Yes.

I was-- I was feeling
like I was a barber.

But really I wasn't
a barber yet,

but that's what I felt like.

-That must have made you proud.

There are all kinds of
different hairs, aren't there?

-Oh, yes.

-Everybody has different hair.

-Some hair is different
color-- black,

red, blond, brown,
curly, straight.

And in fact, I'm going to
put some water in your hair

because-- see that when the
hair is dry, it's curly.

And once I put the
water, it gets straight,

and it's easier
for me to cut it.

It comes even.

-Oh, that's like a sprayer.

-It's like a sprayer, yeah.

It sort of shampoos
your hair-- just

the water because
your hair is clean.

-People can use those things
to water their plants.

-Oh, yes.

And get hair with your fingers
like this, and we cut it.

-You sometimes have children
come here, don't you?

-Oh, yes.

Oh, yes.

The children-- they like-- some
of them like to get a hair cut.

-Sure.

And are there some things
that we can do-- the children

and the adults-- are
there some things

that we can do to
help the barber?

-Yeah.

Number one is keep
your head still.

-Keep it still?

-Keep it still.

Because if you keep
your head still,

I can give you a nice hair cut.

But if you keep
on moving around,

then the hair cut
won't be so good.

-Mhm.

-So if you want to look nice,
just keep your head still.

And turn-- the way
I press your head,

it's the way you should go.

-Do you like being a barber?

-Oh, I love it.

I love people looking at
themselves in the mirror

and how nice they look after
their haircuts, especially

children.

They love to get
a-- to look nice.

-I know my little grandson--
when he gets his hair cut,

he looks so different.

-Oh, yes.

I have a grandson, too.

-Mhm.

-He's nine months.

He's nine months.

He needs a hair cut, but
my daughter said, no way.

Not yet.

-Not yet.

-But I'll be giving him his
first hair cut pretty soon.

-Sure you will.

-I was just thinking how
fortunate your grandson

is to have you
for a grandfather.

-Aw, yeah.

It works both ways.

-And I certainly feel fortunate
to have you for a friend who

has taking care of my
hair all these years.

-Well, how would you like to
see yourself in the mirror?

-Oh, OK.

-What do you think?

-You're a real artist, Nick.

-Thank you.

-Thank you.

I always feel so much
better after you've

taken care of my hair.

-Thank you.

-Look who's here.

-Oh, that's my next customer.

-Hi Fred.

-How are you, Bob?

-I'm fine.

Nick, good to see you.

-Glad to see you.

-Nice job, Nick.

-He does beautiful work.

-Doesn't he?

-Mhm.

In fact, I want mine to
look exactly like that.

-OK, you'll be next.

-Thank you, Nick.

-Thank you very much.

-And thank you for calling me.

-Oh, that's OK.

-Have a good one, Bob.

-Thank you, Fred.

-Bye bye.

-Bye

-I'll take this.

-Thank you.

[MUSIC PLAYING]

-I'm glad I could show you that.

Nick Failla has been
cutting and trimming

my hair for many years.

I always feel very
safe with him.

You know, people who
want to be barbers

have to go to school
and study just

how to work with
hair just right.

In fact, hair cutting has
to be very carefully done.

Isn't it interesting?

Our hair grows without
our even noticing it.

Grows very quietly.

Trolley?

[CHIMES]

[WHISTLE]

Can you go quietly, Trolley?

[QUIET CHIMES]

Last time in the
Neighborhood of Make-Believe,

we saw the Big Thing
that came rolling in.

But it didn't do anything
or make any move to be bad.

And when people talked to
it, it just remained silent.

Well, let's just make-believe
that everyone's been waiting

a long time for something
with the Big Thing to happen.

Maybe they've even
fallen asleep waiting.

Let's pretend that the
Trolley goes in very quietly

since everyone is taking a nap.

Ready, Trolley?

For the Neighborhood
of Make-Believe.

[MUSIC PLAYING QUIETLY]

[QUIET CHIMES]

[SNORING]

[SINGING GIBBERISH]

-Hm.

Everybody's asleep.

I didn't even know
that they slept on a--

[SPEAKING GIBBERISH]

The Mayor's asleep.

Boy.

Even the castle
troops are asleep.

Boy, I'll tell you.

This is really strange.

Hey, wait, wait.

You talk about really strange.

There's one-- Hi.

[SPEAKING GIBBERISH] I'm Robert
Troll from the neighborhood.

[BEEPING]

What'd you say?

[BEEPING]

You sure are a big thing.

I'll say.

[SPEAKING GIBBERISH]

[BEEPING]

What?

I didn't get that.

[BEEPING]

Blanket?

You want a blanket?

[BEEPING]

You want a warm blanket?

Well, I don't know where I
could get you a warm blanket

right now.

I don't know if anybody
around here I can even ask.

[BEEPING]

The clock?

Oh, well, yeah,
maybe Daniel will.

Maybe he will have one.

OK.

Well, you stay right there, and
I'll see if I can get you one.

Boy.

DANIEL: Oh, Robert Troll.

Are you OK?

-Yeah, I'm fine.

Thanks.

Why?

-Well, this Big Thing
came to our neighborhood,

and nobody knows what
it's going to do.

-Yeah, well, I'll tell
you [SPEAKING GIBBERISH]

I think it's just going to grow.

-Oh, but it's already so big.

-Yeah, no, I don't mean
[SPEAKING GIBBERISH]

From inside, it's going to
grow. [SPEAKING GIBBERISH]

-Oh, you mean, it's like an egg?

-Well, yeah, like an egg or
a seed or something wonderful

like that. [SPEAKING GIBBERISH]

DANIEL: Oh, it's
not something scary?

-Oh, no.

It's not scary at all.
[SPEAKING GIBBERISH]

has a very nice voice.

-You talked with it?

-Sure.

I like to talk to things.

[SPEAKING GIBBERISH]

-And the Big Thing answered you?

-Mhm. [SPEAKING
GIBBERISH] As a matter

of fact, [SPEAKING GIBBERISH]
wants to borrow a blanket.

-It wants a blanket?

-[SPEAKING GIBBERISH]
a warm blanket,

I think is what he said.
[SPEAKING GIBBERISH] Daniel.

-I wonder what it
wants a blanket for.

-Oh, I don't know.

Probably just to
[SPEAKING GIBBERISH]

part of having to grow, I guess.

I don't know.

[SPEAKING GIBBERISH] Do you have
a blanket that we could borrow?

-Oh, sure.

I'll go get it.

-OK.

-My.

[SIGHING]

-I tell you.

You never know what a day is
going to have in store for you.

Really strange.

[SPEAKING GIBBERISH] Oh.

-Yes, Robert Troll.

This is the best blanket I have.

-Oh boy.

And that surely is a nice one.

That's great, Daniel.

That's terrific.

[SPEAKING GIBBERISH] And as soon
as the Big Thing is finished

with it, I'll bring
it back to you.

-Oh, sure.

But where are the troops and
Mayor Maggie and Mr. Aber

and Purple Panda and all?

-Over at the castle,
but [SPEAKING GIBBERISH]

all asleep.

-Well, if they're
asleep, I guess

they're not too worried
about the Big Thing.

-Yeah, I guess not.

Well, thanks for
this then, Daniel.

-Oh, you're welcome.

I hope it helps.

-Yeah, well, [SPEAKING
GIBBERISH] and that's

all that matters.

-Uh-huh.

Guess so.

-Yeah.

See you later.

-OK.

-See you later.

Oh, that's nice.

I hope the Big Thing likes
this. [SPEAKING GIBBERISH]

There you go.

[BEEPING]

Oh, you're welcome.

Daniel Tiger loaned that to you.

[BEEPING]

What's that?

It's starting to work already?

Well, that's good.
[SPEAKING GIBBERISH]

[LAUGHING]

[SPEAKING GIBBERISH]

-Look at the chute
growing out of that.

-Prepare to fire.

ROBERT TROLL: Wait, wait, wait!

-sh**t?

ROBERT TROLL: No,
wait, wait, wait!

-Did somebody say, sh**t?

-Yeah, what's happening?

-I said, look at the chute
growing out of the Big Thing.

That's what I said. [SPEAKING
GIBBERISH] Take a look.

-There is a chute.

[MUSIC PLAYING]

LADY ELAINE: What's
going on here?

KING FRIDAY: What is
all this about sh**ting?

-I think the Big Thing's
been sh**ting, Friday.

-Then it's sh**t, we must.

Why aren't you sh**ting, Handy?

-Because the Big Thing isn't
sh**ting anything like a g*n,

Sire.

It's growing a
chute out of itself.

-What's it growing?

-Isn't that Daniel
Tiger's blanket?

-Sure.

Yeah, that's Daniel
Tiger's blanket.

He loaned it to us
while you were sleeping.

-And all of this happened
while we weren't even watching.

-Yeah.

Good for you, Big Thing.

[BEEPING]

Hm?

I didn't get that.

[BEEPING]

Oh, sure, well, I'll tell them.

Big Thing wants you to
know he's very grateful,

and he wants to thank
you for trusting him.

See?

And he also says, you'll see.

He's going to grow something
really nice for everybody.

-Big Thing said all of that?

-Oh, yes.

-And you could hear it?

-Sure.

Hey, I'm an elf.

I'm used to listening
to all kinds of things.

-You're a marvel, Robert Troll.

-Well, it's a
marvelous life, Mayor.

-That's certainly true.

-I'll say.

-This is all
wonderfully marvelous.

And I am going home
to get something

that I think will
make it even better.

I will see you all later.

KING FRIDAY: I wonder what
Purple Panda is pondering.

LADY ELAINE: Something good
and purple, you can be sure.

[MUSIC PLAYING]

-A lot happened while
we were asleep, Trolley.

[CHIMES]

-Oh, a lot that
was good, Trolley.

KING FRIDAY: Everyone
may sound the all clear.

[WHISTLE]

[CHIMES]

-Robert Troll is an
elf in Make-Believe.

He says he's used to listening
to all sorts of things talk.

I guess he knows how to be very
quiet and very understanding.

Wasn't it great to
see that Big Thing was

growing something
from the inside?

And that growing
was happening when

people weren't even watching.

My hair is still
growing, getting

ready for my next
haircut in a few weeks.

You're growing, too, in many
ways that nobody can see.

Inside ways and outside
ways, little by little,

one day at a time.

Next time, we'll
make-believe whatever

it is that's growing
out of Big Thing.

Right now, we'll give
some food to the fish.

Yeah, that helps you
to grow, doesn't it?

We talk a lot about important
things together, don't we?

About all kinds of
growing and haircuts,

many different things.

I think most people like to
know about important things.

I think everybody likes
to be told what to expect.

[MUSIC PLAYING]

[SINGING] I like to be told
when you're going away,

when you're going to come back,
and how long you will stay.

How long you will stay,
I like to be told.

I like to be told if it's going
to hurt, if it's going to be

hard, if it's not going to hurt.

I like to be told.

I like to be told.

-You see, when I
was a little boy,

I felt and talked and thought
and dreamed like a little boy.

And I remember
some of those ways.

And that's why I like
to share them with you.

Even games with
plastic vegetables.

Oh, yes, I like to share
lots of things with you.

And that gives me
a good feeling.

[MUSIC PLAYING]

[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.

-We'll all have
things that we'll

want to talk about next time,
and that's when I'll be back.

And I'll be glad.

Bye bye.

[MUSIC PLAYING]