01x19 - Episode 19

[bunniefuu]

♪♪

♪ It's a beautiful day
in this neighborhood ♪

♪ A beautiful day
for a neighbor ♪

♪ Would you be mine?

♪ Could you be mine?

Right there.

♪ It's a neighborly day
in this beauty wood ♪

♪ A neighborly day
for a beauty ♪

♪ Would you be mine?
Please.

♪ Could you be mine?
Thank you.

♪ I've 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 ♪

♪ And 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? ♪

Did you ever learn
how to put on your jacket

like this?

You know, have it down there,
and then just go, "Wheee!"

Like that?

It's the first way I learned.

Yep.

This, dear ladies and gentlemen,
is a sailing jacket.

Mm-hmm.

A sailing jacket.

And this...

is a sailing craft...

Yes, sir.

...that a 5-year-old
neighbor of mine gave me,

and said, "I hope you enjoy it".

Made out of straws.

Look at them.

Sort of reminds me of
the clarinet we heard yesterday.

Well, we are going to sail this

after we get on
some sailing shoes.

What should we call that?

Hmm.

Think of a name
for the raft, okay?

♪ 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? ♪

These are very light.

These things will float.
I know they will.

They're just pieces of something
called Styrofoam, I think.

Found them in a packing box.

Come along, raft.

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This isn't a bathtub.
This is a kitchen tub.

But I bet you have things
that you play with

in the bathtub, don't you?

Let's see if this floats.



'Course it does.

Ooh! I have something
very special to show you.

I hadn't seen this
until the other day,

in a little shop,

and it's just a battery inside,

and when you turn on
the battery,

these little things come up
and go around,

and it's like a fan.

See?

Let's see if the raft will go.

Yep. Ohh!

Good for you, raft!

♪ Boo, boo, boo-boo, boo

And to think,
he just took a lot of straws

and put them all together
with tape.

Very good idea.

Now let's see if these float.

Mm-hmm.

Now let's see if the air
will make them move.

[ Fan whirring ]

Yep. Great.

There you go.

Come along.

Do you ever use things
like this in your tub?

Do you?

Have him come along.

And maybe we can
make a dock out of this.

Let's try.

Let's see, now.

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Piece of wood or something.

Oop! I broke it.

Well...

That could be the small end
of the dock...

and this can be
the big end of the dock.

There.

Now let's get the raft
to come into the dock,

if it will.

♪ Doo, doo-doo, doo, doo

♪♪

There you go.

Now I'll get a real sailboat

and show you what
a real sailboat looks like.

See, the wind hits the sail,

and that's what makes it go on.

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There's our little wind.

Wheee!

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Don't tip over.

Nope.

Maybe the dinosaur would like
to hop into the sailboat.

Have a ride.

Nope.
Would rather go over here.

On the raft.

There.

Dinosaurs are heavy.

[ Chuckles ] Sure are.

Okay, dinosaur,
that's your raft...

...and your dock.

A duck.

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There.

I'll put some more
of the dinosaurs in.

[ Growling ]

And the duck runs away
from the dinosaur.

I bet you have good ideas for
play in your bathtub, don't you?

I'll clean these up
a little later.

You fellas have a good time
there, alright?

What'd you say, Picture Picture?

Can you read that?

"You will soon hear...

[ Knock on door ]
a knock."

I'm hearing it right now.
Let's go to the door.

[ Knock on door ]

Good.

Oh, Scientist Alder.
How are you?
Oh, hello,
Mister Rogers.

Fine, thank you.
Yourself?
Won't you come in?

Well, gee, I'd like to,
but I can't.

You see,
I'm making some checks

with this instrument
I have here,

and I was wondering
if I could check

the wind velocity
on your property.

Oh, certainly.
It seems to be going around.

Yes, you see, that's because
there is a wind blowing

around your property,
and I can tell by the fact

that these cups on
this instrument I have here --

that's called an anemometer --
are moving.

This is called
an anemometer?

Right,
this is an anemometer,

which means
it pertains to the wind

or has something
to do with the wind,

and the wind is
what's moving these cups.

Ah, good.

Well, can you get
any kind of a reading

right over in here
somewhere?

Yes, well, you see, what I do --
I'll stop it for just a minute.

You see that white mark
on that one cup?
Yep.

Well, I have to count
the number of times

that that turns around.
One.

And...
Two.

...if you count for me,
and I'll time it.
Three.

We can...
Four.

... actually measure
the wind.

Five.

Six.

The wind seems to have
died down a little.

Yes, well,
that's the way the wind is.

It doesn't always blow
at the same speed all the time.

Seven.

Eight.

Well, that's as far
as we have to wait to count,

and with eight turns,
I know that the wind is blowing

at a little bit more than
one mile per hour right now.

Wow. So, the wind
in this neighborhood --

one mile per hour.

Right, which isn't
a whole lot of wind.

As you can see, the wind has
stopped completely now.

What about this flag?

Well, what that's used
is to tell what direction

the wind
is coming from.
I see.

You see,
if a wind is blowing,

this will point
into the direction

that the wind
is coming from.
I see.

And both of them together
are called a wind vane, you see.

Wind vane, and this
is an anemometer, huh?
Right.

Boy, you have lots of fun things
to work with, don't you?

Well, it's not all fun
that I have to work with here.

You see, actually,
I'm performing a duty right now,

or a little job
that I have to.

Oh. It's part
of your work.

Yes, someone by the name
of, uh, Donkey Hodie

has asked me
to make these checks.

I don't know what for, because
I've never met the person.

I just got a letter from him,
and it said,

"Would you check the
wind velocity around
Mister Rogers' house

and around the Neighborhood
of Make-Believe?"

And I have to go over there
to make the checks

in the Neighborhood
of Make-Believe

so I can report
to Donkey Hodie.

He's a new donkey
in the Neighborhood.

Oh, is that who he is?
Yeah.

You'll like him.
I hope you meet him.

Well,
I hope I will, too,

and I guess, really, I should be
getting over there pretty soon.

Come back when you can
stay longer, okay?
Okay.

And come back
when the wind

is really
blowing fast someday,

and we'll see this thing
go around very quickly, okay?

Well, if it blows
too fast,

then I can't make it
count this way.
I see.

This is a nice speed
right now.

I like it when the wind
isn't blowing too hard.

Good, Scientist Alder.
Have a good day.

Okay.
Thank you very much.

Bye-bye.
Nice seeing you,
Mister Rogers.

♪♪

Would you ever think
of being a scientist?

Lots of things scientists do.

Yeah, they really have lots
of things that they work with.

Some of them
even look through telescopes.

You know that?

Way up to the stars.

Try to find out
what the stars are like.

So far away.

We use our telescope to see

the Neighborhood
of Make-Believe, don't we?

Let's look, okay?

[ Mystical music plays ]

There's the Museum.

There's X's tree...

Henrietta's schoolhouse,
the factory...

and there's the trolley.
[ Dinging ]

Come on in, Trolley!

You on your way?

How are you, Trolley?
[ Dings ]

Good.
I'm glad to see you.

Scientist Alder said
he's going to make

some wind-velocity checks

in the Neighborhood
of Make-Believe.
[ Dings ]

We'd like to go and see,
wouldn't we?

Let's just go.
Will you take us in, please?

[ Dings ]
Thank you.

[ Dinging ]

[ French accent ]
C'est très, trs
intéressant, ça.

Uh, comment
c'est appelle-t-il?

Uh, how is it called?

Uh, it's called
an anemometer,

which means "to measure
the speed of the wind"

or the wind velocity.

Ooh, la vélocité.
Excellent.
Yes.

Anemometer?

Right. You see,
as the wind blows,

it is caught in these
little cups that you see here.
Oui.

And this causes the cups
to turn around, like this.

Ooh, c'est
très bien, ça.

And as they turn around,

you notice
one of them is marked.
Mm-hmm.

And I can count
how many times

this turns around
completely.
Oui.

And in doing that, I
can actually figure out
the speed of the wind.

Oh, très bien.
Est-ce que je peux essayer?

Yes.

[ Blows ]

Oh, j'adore ça.

Un, deux, trois,
quatre, cinq,

six, sept, huit,
neuf, dix.

Oui. Oh, j'adore ça!
Très bien!

Well, I'm glad
you like it, Grandpere.
Oui, vous l'avez
bien fait.

Alors, bonne chance
avec votre anemometer.

Au revoir.
Au revoir.

Au revoir.

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Hi, Scientist Alder.

Well, hello, there, Daniel.
How are you today?

I'm great.
What are you doing?

Well, I'm measuring
the speed of the wind today.
Oh.

You see, this is called
an anemometer,

and it measures the wind
velocity, or the wind speed.

Oh, I see.

Well, is there something wrong
that you have to measure

the wind around here,
or what?

Well -- Well, no, it's not
that there's anything wrong.

Uh, somebody by the name
of Donkey Hodie

has asked me
to do this for him.

Oh, yes. He's a new friend
in the Neighborhood here.

I see. And, uh, I don't know
what the reason is

that he wants me
to measure the wind speed,

but he's asked me to do this,
so I'm doing it for him.

Well, you know,
just thinking...

Donkey Hodie wants
to live in a windmill,

and windmills take wind

to make them go around,
don't they?

Yes,
they most certainly --

that is, the blades
on the windmill

have to go around
with the wind, that's right.

Yeah.

So, maybe he wants
to have it in a place

where there's
lots of wind.

Well, that's probably
the reason, then.

Uh, by the way, do you know
where Donkey Hodie is now?

Well, he's been staying
over at Henrietta's house

until he was able to build
someplace for himself.

Oh, I see.

Well, I think I'll go over
and see if he's there now.

Yeah, why don't you?
Well, yes.
Thank you very much, Daniel.

Have a good visit.
Thanks for stopping by.
Right.
It was my pleasure.

Well, wait a minute. How's
the wind over here at my place?

Well, I checked it,
and it's not blowing very fast.

You see, the cups
on the anemometer

are hardly moving at all,
and if they're not moving,

that means the wind's
not blowing very fast.
I see.

Well, I have a couple more
checks to make before I
get to Henrietta's house,

so I think
I'd better be going now.

Good. Well, I'm just as glad
there isn't too much wind here.

Bye!
Oh, bye.

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Hee-haw.
She's not home.

Oh. Oh. You're Donkey Hodie,
I guess?

That's right.
Donkey Hodie's my name.
Uh...yes --

Henrietta's not here.

Oh, she -- Well, I didn't come
to see Henrietta, anyway.

You see,
I'm Scientist Alder.

Oh, you're the one
I asked to do the checks.

Yes, in fact,
I was just finishing

all the checks
right now,

and I wanted to make a little
report to you, if I could.

Well, good for you.
I'd like to hear your report.

Yes, I understand
you wanted to, uh,

see if you could build
a windmill somewhere,

is that correct?
That's right.

Well, uh, I checked
a lot of the places --

by the factory and the museum
and the clock.

Yeah?
And the wind is blowing

at less than


Isn't that very much?

No, that's hardly enough
to build a windmill, actually.
Hee-haw.

In fact,
about the only place

that would be good
for a windmill

is somewhere
behind the king's castle.

You see, there the wind
is blowing at, uh,

oh, at better than


That sounds great.

Yes, well, I think
that probably would be

about the only place
that would be good

for building a windmill,
according to my findings.

Fine. Well, then I want to
ask you something, please,

uh, Scientist Alder.

I'd be glad to answer
it if I can.

Would you please ask, uh,
over there at the castle

if, uh, we could have a place
there for, uh, for building?

Well, uh...

All you have to do is ask,
uh -- what's his name?

Uh, Friday.
King Friday.
Yes, King Friday.

Well, you see, I do
a lot of experiments for him,

but I don't do much in the way
of, uh, advising or asking,

and, uh, I'm afraid I'm
probably not the person
to, uh, to ask him.

Well, I understand,
uh, from his castle staff --

I was talking with Edgar
the other day...
Oh?

...that you are just
about as, uh, hip a
scientist as they come.

You're great.
Well, well, thank you
very much.

And they say you do
wonderful experiments.

Well, yes, I try.
I try.

Maybe you can do an experiment
with the king,

uh, and, uh,
just ask him.

Well, if you really
think I could,

why, I'll be glad to.
Great. Well,
good luck with it.

I'll call Miss Paulificate

and set up an appointment
right now.

Good.
And report back, okay?

Okay.
I'll do that.

Goodbye. Thanks.
Bye, Donkey Hodie.

Let me see.

Hello, Miss Paulificate?

[ Tinkling ]

I-Is King Friday in?

I'd like to, uh, set up
an appointment

about real estate,
if I could, please.

[ Tinkling ]

Oh, he's in? Good.
Uh, can I see him?

[ Tinkling ]

O-Okay. Thank you very much.
I'll go right over there.

Bye.

[ Tinkling ]

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[ Grand piano-music plays ]

♪♪

Thank you.
Yes.

Scientist Alder,
I presume?

Correct, as usual,
Your Majesty.

I was just
in the Neighborhood,

making some, uh,
wind-velocity checks,

and, uh, I wanted to ask you
about, uh, building a building

on some land around here,
if I could, please.

Uh, why do you ask?

Well, I was, uh,
making these checks,

and, uh, I-I just wanted
to find out

if there was any land
available to, uh, do something.

Any royal land
available?

Absolutely not.

You may tell
whoever wishes --

Is it you
who wishes the land?

N-No, Your Majesty.
It was someone else.

Well, you may tell
whoever it is

that kings
like their privacy,

and a king's castle
is his home.

But, uh,
Your Majesty --

No "buts" about it,
Scientist Alder.

I have another appointment
in 4 1/4 seconds,

and I shall
see you anon!

Y-Yes, Your Majesty.

Incidentally,
Scientist Alder...
Yes?

...whatever
that machine is,

I hope you'll bring it
to show me someday.

Well, I'll be glad to,
Your Majesty. Yes.

Yes. Thank you.
Looks interesting.
Bye, now,
Your Majesty.



[ Grand piano-music plays ]

[ Trolley dinging ]

♪♪

King Friday says no.

[ As King Friday ] "No land
available around the castle."

[ Normal voice ]
What's Donkey Hodie going to do?

Maybe he'll need
some sort of a...

some sort of a fan
to make his windmill go around.

This is run with batteries,

but it reminds me
of an electric fan.

You know, you really have to
keep your fingers

away from them.

You sure do.

This is an electric fan
down here.

A fan for big people
to turn on and off.

Yep.

There are lots of things
that, uh...

that grown-ups use

that aren't so very fine
for children to be using.

Not fine at all. No.

And the grown-ups --
this is the interesting thing --

the grown-ups
were children once, too.

In fact, I'll turn it off.

Yeah, 'cause we don't need it.

But your mom was probably...

oh, about this big one time,

and your dad was, too.

And I bet you
there were a lot of things

that they would have liked
to have played with,

that they're playing with
right now.

And it might be fun
for you to remember that, too.

♪ It's great
for me to remember ♪

♪ As I put away my toys

♪ That mothers were
all little girls one time ♪

♪ And fathers were
all little boys ♪

♪ My daddy seems so big
right now ♪

♪ He must have grown a lot

♪ Imagine how he felt one day

♪ When he was just a tot

♪ My mother's not so big
as Dad ♪

♪ But she's bigger
than my sister ♪

♪ I wonder if she ever had
a little fever blister ♪

♪ It's great
for me to remember ♪

♪ As I put away my toys

♪ That mothers were
all little girls one time ♪

♪ And fathers were
all little boys ♪

♪ My daddy didn't even have
a real electric fan ♪

♪ He had to wait
a long time, too ♪

♪ 'Til he became a man

♪ My mother had
an ironing board ♪

♪ And play irons
that were colder ♪

♪ She often wished
for big folks' things ♪

♪ But she waited and got older

♪ So knives and plugs
and hot things ♪

♪ Are okay for Mom and Dad

♪ 'Cause when they were
a girl and boy ♪

♪ They played with
what they had ♪

♪ And I think I can wait now

♪ And grow the way they do

♪ And I will use
the grown-up things ♪

♪ When I'm a grown-up, too

♪ It's great
for me to remember ♪

♪ As I put away my toys

♪ That mothers were
all little girls one time ♪

♪ And fathers were
all little boys ♪

Talk with your mom and dad
about that sometime, would you?

I mean, maybe tonight
you could say,

"What was it like when you were
a little girl, Mom?

Were there some things

you really wanted to play with
very badly

and your mother or dad said,
'That'll have to wait'?

'Cause there are such things.

Other kinds of fans
I'd like to show you.

Pretty?

This kind, ladies and gentlemen,
do not hurt the fingers.

Mnh-mnh.

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There's a great art
to making fans.

Wait 'til you see this one.

Feathers.

That's sort of like
X the Owl's wing

just making the wind come.

Mm-hmm.

Oh, wait 'til you see
this beautiful one.

See, some of them
have pictures on them.

♪♪

Beautiful fans.

You can make your own, too.
Mm-hmm.

Just by folding paper.

Like that...

over and back and over and back,

and it just makes it look
like an accordion.

♪ And a fan, a fan

That's not a good one,
but that's the idea.

See?

All kinds of things
in the world, aren't there?

I'm glad to be able to show you
the things I have.

Better clean up.

I said I would,
as I put away my toys.

Mm-hmm.

Somebody has to.

Might as well be
the one who played with them.

Come on, raft.

You really did do well.

Yeah.

I will keep you...right here.

And the dock.

Oh, look who's left.

Look who's left.

The duck family.

Would you rather
stay in the water tonight?

Just toys.

It's time to be off.

Sailing, sailing --
That's what we did today.

Lots of things about wind.

Look at that!
Thank you, Picture Picture.

A picture of a fan, and it says
"It's time to blow away."

He knows it.

So I'll see you...

♪ Tomorrow, tomorrow

♪ We'll start the day tomorrow
with a song or two ♪

♪ One, two

♪ Tomorrow, tomorrow

♪ We'll start the day tomorrow
with a smile for you ♪

♪ 'Til then, I hope
you're feeling happy ♪

♪ 'Til then, I hope your day
is [snaps] snappy ♪

♪ Tomorrow, tomorrow

♪ It soon will be tomorrow
and be our day ♪

♪ We will say
a very happy tomorrow to you ♪

What'll we do tomorrow?
Play together?

Good. I'll like that.

You make each day a special day
by just your being you.

Bye-bye. See you then.

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