16x10 - Episode 10

[bunniefuu]

[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?

Oh, I'm glad we're
neighbors today.

I have some place very
interesting to show you.

But first, I want
you to see these.

This is a blueprint, some
plans of a playground.

When you're going to build
something like a playground,

you need to make a plan
of how it's going to be.

Well, there are some
people who are building

this playground in
our neighborhood.

And it's almost finished.

And I'd like you to see it
while some of the builders

are still there.

Bob Leathers is a friend who's
in charge of the building.

And he loaned me these plans.

So I'll just go over there
and return the plans now.

Let's go to the newly-built
neighborhood playground.

Come along.

[MUSIC PLAYING]

BUILDER: Where do
you want these?

BOB LEATHERS: Put 'em
over by the bridge there.

MR. ROGERS: Hi, Bob.

-Hi, Fred.

MR. ROGERS: I'd like you
to know my television

neighbor, Mr. Leathers.

-How do you do?

MR. ROGERS: These plans
look very complicated.

-They are indeed complicated.

Designing a playground
for hundreds of children

is very complicated work.

-I guess so.

You want to be sure that things
are safe for them, don't you?

-Have to be sure they're safe.

Let me take look at this ladder.

-All right.

-This lower portion
is for small children,

with a higher portion
for the larger children.

-You call it a ladder?

-This is actually a
horizontal ladder.

-What do you do with it?

-And you cross over hanging
from bar to bar, swinging across

and pull yourself up.

That's right.

We've got some
rings over here too

if you'd like to
take a look at those.

-Sure.

Rings, you say.

-These are the rings that
the children asked for.

The-- they're supported
by chains up here.

And you want to hang on these?

-Sure.

-You'll see they're
really very strong.

See?

MR. ROGERS: Oh, yeah.

BOB LEATHERS: When we
started the project,

we asked the children
what they wanted.

And the rings were one thing.

Also a boat--

-They wanted a boat?

--- was one of the
things they asked for.

Here it is, over here.

As you see, it's supported
by chains and rocks

back and forth.

-This is a boat?

-You want to climb on?

-Sure.

-We'll see how it works.

See, back and forth.

-Oh, it feels like it's on
the waves when you do that.

-It does, doesn't it?

MR. ROGERS: Yeah.

BOB LEATHERS: Sometimes you
have to hang on to the wood

up there to even
support you, because it

goes-- it really rocks.

MR. ROGERS: Oh, they're
gonna enjoy this.

-Now tightrope is right
over here to the side.

-All right.

Oh, there's Deborah.

Hi, Deborah.

-Hello, Fred.

-Is it ready?

-Yes.

I just finished
tightening the wires.

BOB LEATHERS: Very good.

-This is the part my daughter
really wanted us to build.

MR. ROGERS: Oh, good.
BOB LEATHERS: Fantastic.

MR. ROGERS: May I try it?
-Please.

MR. ROGERS: May I try it?
-Please.
MR. ROGERS: And you just walk
on the bottom one, is that it?

MR. ROGERS: And you just walk
on the bottom one, is that it?

I don't think I could do
it without holding on.

[LAUGHING]

Can you do it?

BOB LEATHERS: No.

I can't.

That's why we put these cables
on the side with this hose

over it is so that the
children could hold on.

And even if they did
fall, unlike the circus,

this is actually about


MR. ROGERS: So you'd
just go that far off.

BOB LEATHERS: Just that far off.

The tightrope actually leads
into the castle and the towers

up here.

-I guess.

Could we see that?

-Let's track them.

-Sure.

Oh, is this beautiful up here.

-This is the towers
of the castle.

MR. ROGERS: Uh-huh.

-And my daughter,
three-year-old Jenna,

had asked for the towers.

And it seemed quite
appropriate, because as a child

I used to build towers too.

MR. ROGERS: You did?

-When I did tree houses
and I'd do forts.

And children really do
like castles and forts.

And so that's why
we have a castle.

-Well, here it is.

-Have a fantastic
view from over here

if you wanted to check it out.

-Sure.

Oh, yes.

Look at everybody working.

BOB LEATHERS: These are
the parents finishing up

some of the last jobs
on the construction.

The children came up
with all the ideas.

And actually parents working
with grandparents and even

the children have been working
all week to finish the project.

MR. ROGERS: So you
all build it together.

BOB LEATHERS: We all
built it together.

We've got a unique slide
over here too, a double slide

if you wanted to check that out.

-Sure.

Let's see that.

You have to hold on with
this one, don't you?

BOB LEATHERS: Yes.

Hold onto the hand-rails,
because these tires

are quite soft.

And we have a double slide.

Now the two of us should be
able to go down here together.

MR. ROGERS: All right.

BOB LEATHERS: And
slide right down.

-Oh.

That's a smooth ride.

And a smooth side.

-Yes.

The wood has been sanded for
the last two or three days

by the children.

Actually, the children have been
doing a very unusual project

on the last two or three days.

They've been designing
a very special section

that they've been
working with me with.

-Could I see that?
-Shall we look at it?

-Could I see that?
-Shall we look at it?
-Shall we look at it?
-Yeah.

-Shall we look at it?
-Yeah.

I'd like to.

Hello.

You mean that children
planned all this part too?

-The whole thing.

Several of the children
actually had asked for horses.

And one child actually
asked for a dragon.

All these different ideas were
put together in this section.

And we turned the ideas over
to the children's committee.

I worked with them.

And this is what was created.

MR. ROGERS: Came up
with this creature.

-Indeed.

And actually you can crawl
through it in the tires,

climb up inside those ladders,
and climb all the way through

up into-- finally
into the towers.

-I'd really like to see
the children doing that.

-Oh, I-- that's my
favorite part when

the children actually
come and play on it.

And it's like the
fulfillment of all of it.

-Sure.

-I have to get back and
help on balance beams.

But I'd like to show you
the swings before I do that.

-Good.

-Let's go over.

-All right.

These look rubber.

Hi, John.

Are these made out
of pieces of rubber?

-Yes.

These are rubber,
because they're soft.

Much safer than when you've got
something hard on the bottom.

-Aha.

Oh, Bob.

I've always liked to swing,
ever since I was a little boy.

-Me too.

-Yeah.

-Actually with all
these new things

we have in the
playgrounds, still

one of the favorite things
with the children is swings.

-It is.

Well, you've given
them so much in this.

I know you've got
to get back to work.

But I thank you for today.

-Well, it was a lot of fun.

-And for all you
do for families.

-Thank you.

-You bet.

-Thank you very much.

-Come along.

Bye bye.

BOB LEATHERS: Goodbye.

[MUSIC PLAYING]

-There are a lot of people
who care about children.

I was just thinking
when the children start

to use that playground, some of
them may plan their play first.

But most of them will play just
the way they feel like playing.

Do you like to play the same
thing over and over sometimes?

I know I do, even at the piano.

[PIANO MUSIC]

I have an idea for a song.

And I want to put some
of the notes down.

[SINGING] Dah duh
dum, bah da da.

[PIANO MUSIC]

I love to make things
up, create things.

Why don't we have
some make-believe now?

Come along.

We might even think about
that song in make-believe.

[TROLLEY BELL AND WHISTLE]

You know, Lady Elaine
has been having

an exhibit of covers,
all kinds of covers.

So let's pretend that this is
the last day for that exhibit

and somebody has to get
the rocking chair horse

to come down from the
sky so they can give

it back to Cornflake
S. Pecially.

Do you remember who dressed
up to look like King Friday?

Their Westwood neighbor,
Charles R. Aber.

He had that King Friday mask on.

And of course, it was always
Charles R. Aber underneath.

Mm-hmm.

Well, let's pretend that he's
still wearing that King Friday

cover as the Trolley
comes in front

of the castle in the
Neighborhood of Make-Believe.

[TROLLEY BELL AND WHISTLE]

KING FRIDAY: Hi, Trolley.

It's easier for you
today, isn't it?

[TROLLEY BELL AND WHISTLE]

Sure.

It's always easier when you
know what's inside, huh?

[TROLLEY BELL AND WHISTLE]

Oh, well, thanks Trolley!

Same to you.

[TROLLEY BELL AND WHISTLE]

[MUSIC PLAYING]

X THE OWL: Why, King
Friday, you've grown!

And how you've grown!

KING FRIDAY: It's
just a cover, X.

X THE OWL: What do you
mean it's just a cover?

KING FRIDAY: It's
just a head cover

that Lady Elaine made for me.

X THE OWL: Wow!

Well, Mr. Aber, I thought you
were the king for a minute!

-Well, now you know.

I was always underneath.

X THE OWL: You sure
surprised this blue owl!

-What are you doing, X?

X THE OWL: Uh, I'm putting
this cover on my knothole.

I thought I'd do
something, since this

is the last day for covers.

MR. ABER: Uh-huh.

Well, what kind
of cover is that?

X THE OWL: It's
something I thought

of when I was flying
up in the sky.

-Wait a minute.

X THE OWL: Uh-huh.

-Is this a cloud cover?
X THE OWL: You guessed it.

A cloud cover!

-That's great.

You're a very clever
owl, X. You know that?

X THE OWL: Oh, I like to
use my head for thinking.

-Oh.

[MUSIC PLAYING]

-You don't, uh,
you don't suppose

you could think of something to
help me get that rocking chair

horse down from the sky, do you?

X THE OWL: Well, I tried to get
it down with my cloud cover.

But it wouldn't land on it.

-Well, Lady Elaine
says we have to get

that chair back to Corney today.

X THE OWL: Well, maybe Corney
knows how to get it down.

Has anybody asked him?

-No, I don't think we have.

That's a very
thoughtful idea, X.

X THE OWL: Oh, you're
welcome to come and think

under my tree any day, Mr. Aber.

-Well, thank you.

I'll see you later.

X THE OWL: OK.

Are, are you going to
wear your head cover?

-I don't know.

Do you think I should?

X THE OWL: Has Corney seen it?

-No, not yet.

X THE OWL: Think
he'd be afraid of it?

-Nah, I don't think so.

X THE OWL: Well, then-- Goodbye,
King Friday Charles R. Aber.

MR. ABER: Farewell and
goodbye, X the Owl.

[MUSIC PLAYING]

MR. ABER: Corney.

Cornflake S. Pecially.

CORNFLAKE S. PECIALLY: Yes.

Coming.

Yes.

Why, King Friday.

You must be eating some
mighty powerful vegetables.

MR. ABER: Did you think I
had grown, Mr. Pecially?

CORNFLAKE S. PECIALLY: I
don't have to think it.

I can see it.

We're usually eye to
eye in conversation.

But today you're the
biggest King I ever saw!

MR. ABER: It's really just
a cover, Mr. Pecially.

I'm really Charles Aber.

CORNFLAKE S. PECIALLY:
Well, it seems

there are covers for
everything these days.

-Yes, even heads.

CORNFLAKE S.
PECIALLY: And chairs.

Say, I was hoping to get my
rocking chair back today.

Lady Elaine can keep
the horse cover.

But I need my
model 8-13-51 back.

MR. ABER: Well, that's one
reason why I came to see you.

CORNFLAKE S. PECIALLY:
Oh, do you have it for me?

-No.

I don't.

CORNFLAKE S.
PECIALLY: Where is it?

-It's, uh, still up in the air.

CORNFLAKE S. PECIALLY:
It never came down?

-No.

And, and we don't know
how to get it down either.

CORNFLAKE S. PECIALLY:
Oh, those 8-13 models,

they can be a lot of trouble.

-Surely you must have
some way to get it down?

CORNFLAKE S. PECIALLY: Well,
since it's been up there all

this time, there's only one way.

-What way is that?

CORNFLAKE S.
PECIALLY: You've got

to find a brave person
who doesn't know it.

-A brave person who
doesn't know what?

CORNFLAKE S. PECIALLY: You
have to find a brave person who

doesn't know that they're brave.

-Ah.

And then what?

CORNFLAKE S. PECIALLY: Then
you have that person call out

to the rocking chair, 8-13-51.

You've had your fun.

But now you're done.

Come on down right away.

-8-13-51.

You've had your fun.

But now you're done.

CORNFLAKE S. PECIALLY:
Come, come on down.

-Come on down right away.

CORNFLAKE S. PECIALLY: Yes.

But it has to be somebody who's
is brave and doesn't know it.

MR. ABER: Uh-huh.

CORNFLAKE S. PECIALLY:
It has to be that person

who says those
words to the chair.

That's the only way it works.

-What about you?

Are you brave?

CORNFLAKE S. PECIALLY:
Sure I'm brave.

But I know it.

-Yeah.

That's the same with me.

I don't want to brag.

But, uh, when it
takes some bravery,

I don't mind volunteering.

CORNFLAKE S. PECIALLY:
Yeah, well, I wish you

good fortune in
finding somebody.

-Well, thanks, Corney.


CORNFLAKE S. PECIALLY: Yeah.

That's right.

I'll see you later.

-OK.

Hmm.

I think I'd better
check at the castle.

LADY ELAINE: --and I really
did love that castle.

-Greetings, friends.

-Oh, hello, Mr. Aber.

Oh.

I've heard about
your kingly cover.

-It really looks like
King Friday, doesn't it?

-Oh, it certainly does.

Ooh.

You'd have to be mighty brave to
confront a King as big as that.

-Speaking of that, are you
brave, either one of you?

-Yes.

I think I'm brave.

I mean, you have to
be brave to answer

the telephone in the castle.

-What about you, Edgar Cook?

Are you brave?

EDGAR COOK [SINGING]:
I guess I'm brave,

because I have to cook all
those fancy things for kings

and queens and
princesses and all.

MR. ABER: So you both know
that you're brave then, huh?

-Uh, yes.

But what about you?

Are you brave?

-I guess I'm fairly brave, yeah.

Well, I'll see you later.

I think I'll just leave
my cover here if I may.

-Oh.

You certainly may.

The King would love it.

He likes pictures of
himself everywhere.

Doesn't he, Edgar?

EDGAR COOK [SINGING]: Oh, yes.

He even has six of
them in the kitchen.

-Wow.

Well, he's certainly
brave, isn't he?

-Yes.

And he knows it too.

-That's what I figured.

Well, I'm off on a mission.

EDGAR COOK [SINGING]:
Farewell then, Mr. Aber.

-Good luck in
whatever you're doing.

-Oh, thank you.

Bye for now.
LADY ELAINE: Bye bye.

[MUSIC PLAYING]

-Well, hi Henrietta.

HENRIETTA PUSSYCAT: Oh,
meow meow, Neighbor Aber.

Meow meow meow.

-Oh, just fine, thanks.

How yourself?
HENRIETTA PUSSYCAT: Meow.

Meow meow think meow
X's cloud cover meow?

-Oh, I think it's very clever.
HENRIETTA PUSSYCAT: Meow.

-You look like you're doing
some gymnastics today.

HENRIETTA PUSSYCAT: Meow meow.

Meow meow meow meow meow meow.

-You have to be brave
to do that, don't you?

HENRIETTA PUSSYCAT: Meow.
Meow meow brave.

HENRIETTA PUSSYCAT: Meow.
Meow meow brave.
-Yeah.

-Yeah.

So you're brave and
you do know it, right?

HENRIETTA PUSSYCAT: Meow.

-Do you know anybody who's
brave and doesn't know it?

HENRIETTA PUSSYCAT:
Meow doesn't know it?

Meow meow think so.

-You don't think so.

HENRIETTA PUSSYCAT: Meow
meow Elaine meow brave?

MR. ABER: Oh, yes.

Lady Elaine's brave.

And she does know it.

HENRIETTA PUSSYCAT: Meow.

Meow about Ana Platypus?

-Ana Platypus?

That's a good idea.

I think I'll ask her.

Thanks, Henrietta!

HENRIETTA PUSSYCAT:
Meow welcome.

Meow luck.

-Thanks.

Bye bye.

[HUMMING]

[MUSIC PLAYING]

[HAMMERING]

-Hi, Ana.

ANA PLAYTPUS: Hi, Mr. Aber.

How are you today?

-Oh, I'm pretty good.

Thanks.

What are you doing?

ANA PLAYTPUS: I'm working
on this wood project.

What are you doing?

-Well, I'm, uh, I'm
trying to find somebody.

ANA PLAYTPUS: What's
the person's name?

-I don't know their name.

ANA PLAYTPUS: Well,
where do they live?

-Well, I don't know that either.

ANA PLAYTPUS: How
can you find them?

-You see, I'm trying to
find somebody who's brave.

ANA PLAYTPUS: I'm brave.

-Yeah.

I thought you might be.

But, uh, I need to find
somebody who's brave

and doesn't know it.

ANA PLAYTPUS: Somebody who's
brave and doesn't know it?

-Yeah.

It's not easy to find
somebody like that.

ANA PLAYTPUS: I think
Daniel Tiger is like that.

MR. ABER: You do?

ANA PLAYTPUS: Yes.

He's always doing brave
things at school and all.

But he never thinks he's brave.

-Really?

ANA PLAYTPUS: Really.

I know he's brave.

But I don't think he knows it.

-Well, I'll just
go and talk to him.

You know, he might be
just the one to help me.

ANA PLAYTPUS: I hope he can.

-Yeah.

I hope so too.

Thanks, Ana.

You've been a big help yourself.

ANA PLAYTPUS: Oh,
thank you, Mr. Aber.

It's fun to be a help.

-Yes.

I guess it's just about the
most fun of anything, isn't it?

ANA PLAYTPUS: I think so.

-Yeah.

Well, see you later.

ANA PLAYTPUS: All right.

Goodbye.

-By for now, dear Ana.

[MUSIC PLAYING]

[KNOCKING]

DANIEL TIGER: Oh, hi Mr. Aber.

How are you?

-Oh, I'm pretty good, thanks.

DANIEL TIGER: Just pretty good?

-Well, I'm having a hard
time finding someone?

DANIEL TIGER: Oh, who's that?

-Someone who's brave.

DANIEL TIGER: Well,
I'm not brave.

I'll tell you that.

-Ana Platypus thinks you are.

DANIEL TIGER: Oh, she
thinks everybody's brave.

-Well, now she said
you do some very

brave things at school and all.

DANIEL TIGER: Well, maybe so.

But, uh, sometimes I get scared.

-Brave people get
scared sometimes.

DANIEL TIGER: They do?

-Oh, of course.

Everybody get scared sometimes.

DANIEL TIGER: Hmm.

But sometimes I cry.

-Well, brave people
cry sometimes.

DANIEL TIGER: They do?

-Oh, yeah.

Everybody cries sometimes.

DANIEL TIGER: Are
you sure of that?

-I'm sure.

DANIEL TIGER: You mean
you cry sometimes?

-Oh, yes.

DANIEL TIGER: But
you're a brave person.

-Yeah.

Yeah, I'm brave.

But I know it.

You see, I think you're
brave and you don't know it.

DANIEL TIGER: Oh.

Well, uh, one more thing.

-Mm-hmm.

What's that?

DANIEL TIGER: I have
an imaginary friend

who comforts me sometimes.

MR. ABER: So?

DANIEL TIGER: Well, a brave
person wouldn't have that,

would he?

-Why not?

DANIEL TIGER: I just thought
he probably wouldn't.

-I think anybody
would be lucky to have

you as a friend, Daniel.

DANIEL TIGER: Well,
sometimes I wonder.

-Well, everybody
wonders sometimes.

[SINGING] Are you brave
and don't know it?

Are you brave and can't tell?

Are you brave and
just don't show it,

though others know it very well?

Are you brave and you wonder?

Are you brave and you doubt?

Are you brave above
and under and even

when you're inside-out?

Tell me.

Won't you tell me?

Tell me.

Are you brave?

DANIEL TIGER: I, I don't know.

MR. ABER: Would you do
something for me, Daniel?

DANIEL TIGER: Well,
sure, if I can.

-Oh, I'm sure you can.

DANIEL TIGER: All right.

-Would you call these words
up to that rocking chair

horse for me?



You've had your fun.

But now you're done.

Come on down right away.

DANIEL TIGER: Oh.

Well, I'm not so sure
I can remember that.



You've had your fun.

But now you're done.

Then what?

-Come on down right away.

DANIEL TIGER: OK.

I'll try.

-Great.
DANIEL TIGER: 8-13-51.

You've had your fun.

But now you're done.

Come on down right away.

-You did it, Daniel!
DANIEL TIGER: Oh, it was easy.

You told me everything to say.

-Oh, yes.

But you had to be somebody very
special to be able to do it.

DANIEL TIGER: Oh,
it certainly helps

to have a friend who
likes you even when

you're not so sure of yourself.

-Daniel, you're somebody who's
brave and doesn't know it.

DANIEL TIGER: Well, I
guess that's OK too.

-Whatever you are is OK, Daniel.

DANIEL TIGER: Thanks, Mr. Aber.

You surely know how to make
a tame tiger feel good.

-I'm going to go tell everybody
you got the rocking chair

horse down from the sky, OK?

DANIEL TIGER: OK.

Have a good day.

-Oh, thanks.

May I have an ugga
mugga, Daniel?

DANIEL TIGER: Do brave
people do that too?

-Oh, it takes very
brave people to do that.

DANIEL TIGER: OK.

Ugga mugga, Mr. Aber.

-Oh, ugga mugga, Daniel.

Thanks again.

DANIEL TIGER: Bye bye.

MR. ABER: Ana!

Daniel got it!

ANA PLAYTPUS: I knew he could!

MR. ABER: Daniel did it!

HENRIETTA PUSSYCAT: Meow meow.

Meow.

-Oh, well, did you
find what you needed?

-Yeah.

Daniel helped me.

-How did he do that?

-He's brave and doesn't know it.

-Oh, indeed he is.

-I gotta get this
chair to Corney.

[TROLLEY BELL AND WHISTLE]
-OK.

And you too, Trolley.

[TROLLEY BELL AND WHISTLE]

-So Daniel was the one who
was brave and didn't know it.

He was the one who
could help the most.

[SINGING] Are you brave
and don't know it?

Are you brave and can't tell?

Are you brave and
just don't show it,

while others know it very well?

You're the only one
who can know that.

If anybody ever asks
you to make something,

just do the best you
can with what you have.

No matter what
anybody says, you can

be proud of what you've made.

And you can know that inside,
I'll be proud of you too.

When I understand what
children are trying to do,

I feel proud of what they
make and what they do.

That gives me 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.

[SNAPS] 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 you'll have things
you'll want to talk about.

I will too.

I'll be back next time.

Bye bye. [MUSIC PLAYING]