22x01 - Art

[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?

-Welcome, neighbor.

[SINGING] Please, won't
you be my neighbor?

-Guess what I have here with me.

You know what this is?

It's a truck that dumps.

So it's a dump truck.

I think I'll fill it with
something and then dump it.

You like trucks?

Oh, here.

Here.

Here's some blocks we
can-- a bag of blocks.

Ready for some dumping?

There.

Now I might just
build something here.

I know somebody who
likes to build bridges.

Hm.

It could be a double bridge.

You know what?

That could be a trolley.

Let's see here.

The trolley could be
going over the bridge.

[CHIMES]

Like that.

Or we could make it
into something else.

When I was a little
boy, I didn't

think I could build with blocks.

In fact, I saw older children
building really fancy things,

and I wondered if I'd ever
be able to build like that.

But you know what helped
me to build better?

I just started to do it.

And the more I did it,
the better I could do it.

[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.

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 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.

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.

-And when they fall
down, then you just

build something else
right with the same blocks

that you used before.

[KNOCKING]

Oh, there's somebody
at the door.

Well, I'll do more
of that later.

Let's see who it is.

Oh, it's Mr. McFeely.

Come in, Mr. McFeely.

-Speedy Delivery to you.

-I've been building
with blocks down here.

-Well, I just wanted
to stop by to show you

a portrait that
Bob Trow drew of--

MISTER ROGERS: Mrs. McFeely.

MR. MCFEELY: That's right.

MISTER ROGERS: Isn't
that great of her?

Is it for any special occasion?

MR. MCFEELY: Oh, no
special occasion.

I just wanted to
give her something.

-That's the best
occasion of all.

-Bob is drawing a
portrait of me, too.

He just wanted to do it.

-Oh, I'd like to see
that one as well.

-Well, I'm going
back later on today.

Would you like to come with me?

-I would.

Is he over at his workshop?

-No, he's at the
neighborhood art center,

and I'll tell you what.

-Mhm?

-I have to go right
now, but I'll stop back

and you can walk over with me.

-Oh, I'd like that very much.

Please give Mrs.
McFeely my best regards.

-Well, I will.

And I hope she likes it.

-Well, I know she likes the
person who's giving it to her.

-Well, thank you
and Speedy Delivery.

See you later.

-Thanks, Mr. McFeely.

-You're welcome.

-Oh, that's a
beautiful portrait.

A beautiful portrait.

You see that of Mrs. McFeely?

Maybe we'll have
some make-believe.

Just thinking about something.

I'll clean those
up a little later.

Hm.

[MUSIC PLAYING]

[CHIMES]

Bob Trow was making that
portrait of Mrs. McFeely.

Hm.

Well, why don't we make-believe
that Robert Troll is drawing

a portrait of
somebody at the castle

as the Trolley goes into the
Neighborhood of Make-Believe?

Ready, Trolley?

[WHISTLE]

All right.

Neighborhood of Make-Believe.

[MUSIC PLAYING]

[WHISTLE]

[CHIMES]

[WHISTLE]

-Yes, Trolley.

How are you progressing,
Robert Troll?

[SPEAKING GIBBERISH]

-Very well, King Friday.

[SPEAKING GIBBERISH]
Almost finished.

-Well, I think Mimus
Polyglottos has been

a patient bird to sit
so long, don't you?

-Oh, yes, I agree.

[SPEAKING GIBBERISH]
He certainly is.

[SPEAKING GIBBERISH]
fine bird, fine bird.

-[SINGING] Mimus
Polyglottos is my pet.

Mimus Polyglottos is my pet.

Mimus Polyglottos is my pet.

Have you met my pet yet?

-All finished, King Friday.
[SPEAKING GIBBERISH]

-Oh, very good.

Yes, we'd love to see it.

Oh, it's excellent.

[LAUGHING]

Excellent, Robert Troll.

-Oh, thank you, King
Friday. [SPEAKING GIBBERISH]

-Oh, niece Aberlin, I presume.

-Correct, as usual,
Uncle Friday.

Hello, Robert Troll.

How is your portrait?

-It's completed.

Yes.

-What do you think,
Lady Aberlin?

-Robert Troll!

You are a real artist.

It's wonderful.

[SPEAKING GIBBERISH]

-Since Lady Aberlin
likes it also,

I'm going to say what I
planned to say all along--

-Oh, and what is that, Sire?

-I commission you, Robert
Troll, to do another one.

[SPEAKING GIBBERISH]

-Another portrait?

-Absolutely.

The new one will be with my
other bird, Troglodytes Aedon.

Go along now, Mimus.

Very good.

Where are you, Trog?

Oh, good.

-Oh, well, see, I--
[SPEAKING GIBBERISH]

-Your king is full of surprises.

-I'll say.

-Mhm.

-Yes.

One more suggestion.

-Yes, what is that, Sire?

-I suggest that
you, Lady Aberlin,

show everyone the fine portrait
of their king and Mimus

and ask each one to make
one exactly like it.

Then we'll have art all
over the neighborhood.

-Oh, but Uncle Friday-- to
copy someone else's painting

is not real art.

-It isn't?

-No, Sire.

-[SPEAKING GIBBERISH]
I agree with her


[SPEAKING GIBBERISH].

-Yes.

Yes, real art comes from
the inside of people.

You know, people
see things according

to who they are inside.

-Oh, boy, she's right.

[SPEAKING GIBBERISH] inside
[SPEAKING GIBBERISH].

-Very well.

Each person may make
some artistic rendering

of the only king in
this neighborhood.

-A work of art in himself.

[SPEAKING GIBBERISH]

-And it may include either bird.

-Or no bird.

-I guess so.

-Or both birds.

-Now there's an idea.

-[SPEAKING GIBBERISH]
wish we would have thought

of it earlier.
[SPEAKING GIBBERISH]

-And so off with
you, Niece Aberlin.

Off to assign your tributes
to your favorite uncle.

-Right you are, Uncle Friday.

-And you, too, Robert
Troll, may rebegin.

-Yeah, well, rebegin,
Your Highness, but you've

got to realize now that
it's [SPEAKING GIBBERISH]

not going to be exactly the same
because things are different.

It's a different time
[SPEAKING GIBBERISH]

and I'm even different than
I was when we first started

[SPEAKING GIBBERISH].

-Yes.

Yes.

Well, remember, real
art, Lady Aberlin.

-Yes, Sire.

Farewell.

-Very good now.

That's right.

Very good, Trog.

-Hi, Henrietta.

-Meow, meow, Lady meow.

-What a colorful
wash you have here.

-Meow.

Meow socks meow dresses.

Meow love meow, meow colors.

-I'm glad to hear
it because I have

an art assignment for everybody.

-Meow is it?

-Oh, oh, excuse me.

I didn't mean to bother
your wash, Henrietta.

-Meow OK.

LADY ABERLIN: Here, X. Go ahead.

You can come out now.

-Oh, thanks a lot.

Say, what's happening out here?

-Oh, I was just
telling Henrietta

that I've got an art
assignment for everybody.

-What are we supposed to do?

-Well, anything
artistic that you

like so long as it's about
King Friday the 13th.

-Meow, meow portrait?

-Yes, like a portrait.

-Oh, well, I'm not the best
drawer in the world, Lady A.

-Well, you don't have to draw
to do something artistic, X.

You could use--
oh, leaves or grass

or rope-- whatever you
happen to have handy.

Just use your imagination.

-Meow, meow do it right away.

-Oh, good, Hen.

-Uh, and I'll try to.

-Well, I look forward to seeing
what the two of you will do.

-Anything for a lady who rescues
an owl from a clothesline.

-Shall I help you back
into your knothole?

-Thanks again, Lady A.

-Meow.

Meow, meow, meow, Lady meow.

-Off to the artwork, Hen.

-Meow, meow, meow.

-Farewell.

Oh, I think I'll ask
Cornflake S Pecially to do

something artistic for the king.

Corny?

Cornflake S Pecially.

-Why, hello, there,
Lady Aberlin.

-Hi, Corny, do you have a
minute to speak with me?

-I will in a second.

I'll be back down in
a minute, you all.

Handle the next run.

Now what can I do for you?

-Make something artistic
for Uncle Friday.

-I don't know what you mean.

-Well, anything you like just
so it's a tribute to him.

-Well, I'm not much of a
painter or a sculptor, you now.

-Oh, but you have
many talents, Corny.

You make beautiful
rocking chairs.

-King Friday already
has one of them.

-I have a feeling you'll
think of something.

-I'm glad you do.

-You'll try?

-Of course I'll try.

Never get anywhere
if you don't try.

-How right you are, Corny.

Thanks.

-Count on me.

See you, Lady A. Hey,
that's a nice picture

Robert Troll's
making over there.

-It sure is.

Robert Troll is filled
with artistic talent.

-Yeah.

Well, see you later.

-See you.

-Bye.

-Now stay still, Trog.

Robert Troll, Troglodytes
Aedon is agitated.

-Yeah, oh, OK.
[SPEAKING GIBBERISH]

just be a few minutes, Trog.

Just take it easy and [SPEAKING
GIBBERISH] King Friday?

-Yes?

-[SPEAKING GIBBERISH] why
don't you sing a song for him?

[SPEAKING GIBBERISH]
that'll settle him down.

-Oh, very good, yes.

[SINGING] Troglodytes Aedon is
my pet-- is my very royal pet.

Troglodytes Aedon.

Meet my wren, Troglodytes Aedon.

-That's wonderful.

-Oh, thank you very much, niece.

Have you completed
the assignment?

-Well, Sire, I've asked
Henrietta Pussycat,

X the Owl, and
Cornflake S Pecially.

-[SPEAKING GIBBERISH] come
out here and make something

artistic [SPEAKING GIBBERISH]?

-They say they're going to try.

-That's the important thing--
[SPEAKING GIBBERISH] try.

[SPEAKING GIBBERISH] try.

-Well, you certainly
try different things.

-Oh, yeah.

Try one way [SPEAKING
GIBBERISH] other way.

-Trog and I are prepared
to see the product

we've been sitting for.

-Oh, you're going
to be delightfully

surprised, Uncle Friday.

-Yeah, [SPEAKING GIBBERISH]
I hope Trog likes it.

[SPEAKING GIBBERISH]

-Yes.

Why, it's excellent.

Excellent!

Perhaps we could have another.

-Uncle Friday!

[MUSIC PLAYING]

-Yes, it's excellent.

[CHIMES]

LADY ABERLIN: It is excellent.

[CHIMES]

[WHISTLE]

-Now everybody's
going to try to make

something artistic
about the King.

You could do that if you want.

You could even try
building a king or a castle

with blocks or
anything like that.

[KNOCKING]

Oh, there's somebody
at the door.

Let's see who that is.

It's Mr. McFeely again.

Come in.

-Speedy Delivery.

Are you ready to
go see Bob Trow?

-I certainly am.

Did you give Mrs.
McFeely the portrait?

-I did, and she really liked it.

Now you can see the one
Bob Trow is doing of me.

-All right.

Let's just go to the
neighborhood arts center

to see Bob Trow and the portrait
he's making of Mr. McFeely.

Come along.

-Right this way.

[MUSIC PLAYING]

Here we are.

Let's go on in.

-OK.

I really like this place.

-Bob's studio is right in here.

-Oh, yeah.

-There he is.

-Oh, good.

-Speedy Delivery.

-Well!

-Hello, Bob.

-Welcome.

Speedy Delivery.

-How are you, Bob?

-Fred Rogers, just fine, thanks.

Good to see you again.

-I must tell you that Betsy
loved the portrait you did.

-Oh, I'm glad.

She was a good model.

-Well, it looks
very much like her.

-Thank you kindly.

-What is it you're
working on here?

-Oh, well, this is-- this
is kind of sentimental to me

because this is a farm that
I worked on as a young man.

MISTER ROGERS: Oh.

-Yeah, a lot of fond memories.

There's the-- there's
the old farmhouse.

And that's the kitchen.

And we used to have what
they called flannel cakes.

-Flannel cake?

-Yeah, and it was strange.

They were really good.

And instead of using syrup,
they used butter and sugar.

-Oh, so they're like pancakes?

-Yeah.

Oh, yeah, they're
just like pancakes.

-Well, that's a great picture.

-Betsy and I love
pancakes, and I

know she's going to like
the portrait you're doing.

-I can take a hint.

-Well, first of
all, do you think

you can show Mister
Rogers how we began?

-Oh, sure.

Sure.

There are a couple of stages.

I have pictures here
some-- here they are.

Yeah.

Now that's the first
initial sketch there, Fred.

-Boy, just a few
lines there, and it

already looks like
you, Mr. McFeely.

Look at that.

And what's this underneath?

BOB TROW: Well, then
you add more shadow

and then put the tones
in-- the shadow parts.

Then you add the
highlight parts--

the white- the light parts.

And then you had the color.

OK?

-Here it comes.

-Now.

-From the farm to Mr. McFeely.

-Oh, there we are.

Perfect.

MR. MCFEELY: That's
just wonderful.

MISTER ROGERS: Well, it
looks finished to me.

-Well, almost finished.

There's one little
thing missing.

Do you know what
it is, Mr. McFeely?

-Let's see if you can guess.

Let me get over here.

BOB TROW: Turn a little.

That's it.

You see it, Fred?

MR. MCFEELY: Speedy delivery.

-Exactly.

-The Speedy Delivery.

-That's what makes it Mr.
McFeely, the Speedy Delivery.

Now if you'll go to your--
the place where you posed.

-OK, I'll sit right here.

-We can complete this portrait
with the words Speedy Delivery.

That's good, right where you a

-Bob, do you mind if I talk
with you while you work?

-No.

I like that, Fred.

-I wondered why you
used that paintbrush

there since you're using--

-Oh, that's so I don't put
my hand on the portrait.

The portrait's done in
chalk, so I would smear it.

This protects it-- I put my
hand on the brush, you see?

MISTER ROGERS: I see.

-Good, Mr. McFeely.

-Sure wish I could
draw like that.

You're wonderful.

-You could draw like that.

I believe that anyone can do
anything they want if they

really want to do it and
they practice and practice.

I believe-- well, you
do so many things well

because you're
interested in doing them.

And it's the same
thing with art.

You can just practice,
make enough mistakes,

and learn to do it.

-Even when you
were a little boy,

did you like to do artwork?

-Oh, yeah.

I thought artwork was fun
even when I was a little boy.

-And would you draw
houses or people or--

-People were my favorite thing
to draw, but once in a while

I'd do-- I try to do
landscapes or seascapes,

but people-- I always
come back to doing people.

-Fred.

-Bill Strickland.

-Nice to see you.

-Glad to see you.

-I thought I
recognized that voice.

--Good to see you.
-Mr. McFeely.

-Hi, Bill.

-Look what Bob's doing.

-What a tremendous portrait.

How accurate and exciting.

-Well, thank you, Bill.

-Isn't it great?

-He does beautiful work, too.

-Oh, I know that.

Are you still throwing pots?

-I still throw pots very
actively all the time.

-I sure would like
to see it sometime.

-Anytime you'd like.

We have plenty of clay
and plenty of space.

And perhaps we can get
you to make a pot, too.

-We'll do it together.

-Terrific.

Well, have a very nice day.

It's good to have all of you.

-Thanks so much, Bill.

-You bet.

-See you later.

-Bye now.

-Bye.

-You've been friends with Bill
for a long time, haven't you?

-Oh, many years.

And this center of his is a
mighty special place to work,

isn't it?

-I think it is.

It sure is.

-Well, I've got to
go myself, but I

did want to ask you one
thing before I went.

What are these right over in
here over his shoulder there?

BOB TROW: Those
are letters, too.

Those are my initials.

See the R?

MISTER ROGERS: For Robert.

BOB TROW: Yes.

E-- that's for Earl.

MISTER ROGERS: Earl.

BOB TROW: Mhm.

And of course a T--

MISTER ROGERS: For Trow.

BOB TROW: Right.

-Well, Robert Earl Trow
does mighty beautiful work.

-Thank you kindly, sir.

-You'll soon be finished
with this portrait,

Mr. McFeely, and
a good one it is.

-Thanks.

-Thank you.

See you soon.

-See you later, Fred.

-Speedy Delivery to you all.

-So long.

[MUSIC PLAYING]

-Bob Trow says if you really
want to do something artistic

and keep trying
and trying, you'll

someday be able to do it.

Isn't that good news?

Just keep trying.

There you are, fish.

I'm going to try
something artistic myself.

It's a place I keep things.

Here's a paper
bag that I'll use.

A little piece of wax paper.

Some fingerpaint.

Maybe I'll try a couple
different colors.

See that goes right
on the wax paper?

[LAUGHING]

I use this finger for the blue.

It feels good.

I wonder how it would look
if it were mixed in there.

A finger painting.

Yeah, well, there's lots you
can do with whatever's at hand.

You could probably even
paint right on the paper bag.

But it wouldn't be
the very same thing.

Keep experimenting with that.

I'll take both of those with me.

First, some finger washing.

It's coming right off.

Of course you can
do that with crayons

or whatever you
might have at hand.

Or just cutting out paper bags--
making some things with that.

What do you think, fish?

Oh, I need to clean
up the blocks here.

When you play with
things, you put them away.

And the truck will take
them right over to here.

And dump them into the bag.

OK.

I think I'll leave
this truck here.

It's a good truck.

There are many ways
for people to show

the art that they
have inside of them.

I surely hope you find the
way that's best for you.

You'll be able to
use it all your life.

We'll think about those
things some more next time.

[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 it
a special day for me.

Mhm.

I'll be back next time.

Bye.

[MUSIC PLAYING]