20x02 - When Parents Go to Work

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[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
to this neighborhood.

Last time I left
this here so that I

could just play
it again for you.

[MELODICA SOUNDING]

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

Do you have any idea
what this might be?

It is a block of
wood that somebody

made into a miniature
refrigerator.

I have some other miniature
things down here on the floor.

You know what this is?

Sink.

And a miniature stove with
a miniature skillet on it.

A lot of people love to play
with miniature like figures

like this.

Who cooks the meals
in your house?

Very important people.

The people who make
us things to eat.

[SINGING] There's the cooking
way to say I love you.

There's the cooking something
someone really likes to eat.

The cooking way, the cooking
way, the cooking way.

[KNOCKING]

There's somebody at the door.

Let's see who that-- oh, there's
somebody who knows many ways--

-Speedy delivery.

-How are you, Mr. McFeely?

-Oh, I'm fine.

Thank you.

Here's the bag of peanuts.
-Oh, the peanuts.

-That's right.

-Oh, thank you very much.

Could you come in?

-Oh, sure.

I have not too many
deliveries today

so I can stay a little bit.
-Good.

Why don't we go
out to the kitchen?

-All right.

-I can show these
peanuts to my friend.

One reason I wanted
to have some peanuts

was that I wanted
my neighbors to see

that every peanut that
you find is different.

Everyone is different.

-All peanuts but all different.

-Exactly.

Just like all the grains
of sand in the world,

just like all the people in the
world, everyone's different.

Would you like one?

-I would.

I'll take this one.

-And I'll take this one.

-Peanuts are one of
my favorite snacks.

-I like to see inside.

-Two peanuts?

-Mm-hm.

-And I bet inside of this
one there's one peanut.

-Oh, yes.

That's a smaller one.

-Here are the shells.

-Thank you.

-Well, I knew you were
talking about peanuts today,

so I brought you a surprise.

So in this bag, my grandchildren
and children come over

and we have a lot of
special projects that we do.

One of them is making
things in the kitchen.

And this is the
McFeely family snack

that I'm going make for you.

It consists of dry milk.

-Dry milk.

-And apple butter.

-Apple butter.

-And peanut butter.

-Now, I brought the ingredients.

What I need from you-- do
you have a mixing bowl?

-Yes.

-And a spoon-- as a matter
of fact, two spoons.

And a measuring cup.

Do you have those things?

-Sure.

-And we'll make the
McFeely family snack.

Very simple to do.

This is fine.

This size.

That's the mixing bowl.

-And you said two spoons?

-Two spoons would be fine.

-How are these?

-That's great.

And the last thing
is the measuring cups

so we can measure
ingredients into the cup.

-Here's a one cup measuring cup.

-Oh, that's fine.

That's fine.

Now, here's what we do.

Here's the mixing bowl.

The first ingredient that
goes into the McFeely family

smack is a third of
a cup of dry milk.

That's right.

And that's sort of
a third of a cup.

I don't have to worry
about it being exact.

-Just so long as you
have some dry milk.

-That's right.

Now that's the dry milk.

The next ingredient, let me
see, will be the apple butter.

And that takes a
cup of apple butter.

-A whole cup.

-A whole cup.

So I'll scoop some in here and
I'll have you stir it for me.

So that's about a cup.

Why don't pour that in?

And we can use the spoon
to scoop out the extra.

-All right.

Well, this is a treat for me
to learn something like this.

-It's very easy to do.

And try stirring.

-This?

-That's right.

-So that's the dry milk and the
apple butter stirred together.

-That's right.

And the last ingredient
is peanut butter.

And that's also a
cup of peanut butter.

And I have a spoon here
and I'll put some in a cup.

Speedy delivery.

Here we go.

I think you'll like this.

If you like peanuts,
you'll like this snack.

-Oh, I do like peanuts.

And I like peanut butter
and I like apple butter

and I like milk.

All three things.

You're going to put the
peanut butter in too.

-That's about a cup
of peanut butter.

There's a little extra there.

-So you had a third
of a cup of dry milk.

-That's right.

And scrape that off for me.

-And a whole cup
of apple butter.

-That's right.

-And a whole cup
of peanut butter.

-That's right.

There we go.

It's all mixing up.

Oh, the next thing I'll
need to sample this--

do you have any bread or
some crackers or anything?

-I have some rice cakes.

-Where would they be?

-In the bread box.

-OK.

You stir there and I'll
get the rice cakes.

Here they are.

-This really looks very good.

-Well, we like it.

-I never thought of putting
all those things together.

-Here's a little
piece of a rice cake.

Put some on there.

-What about for you?

-And here's one for you.

-Oh, thank you.

-This is the big moment.

-Very good, Mr. McFeely.

-Thank you.

I thought you'd like it.

It's a very healthy snack, too.

-I've often wondered how
people make peanut butter.

Because you sure can taste
the peanut butter in this.

-As a matter of fact, I was
at the library last week.

They have videotapes that you
can borrow and they have one

how to make peanut butter--
how people make peanut butter.

-Oh, I'd like to see that.

-Well, what I'll do is go over
to the library right about now.

I'll take some of
these back with me.

And I'll bring the
tape back, all right?

-Fine.

And would you like to
take this along with you?

-No, you keep that and put
it in the refrigerator.

So it has milk, apple
butter, and peanut butter.

You could say it's
a milk-apple-nut.

Milk-apple-nut, you say it fast.

That's the special recipe.

-Sounds like a McFeely.

-Special recipe.
All righty.

We'll I'll see you
a little later.

-Can you let yourself out?

-I can.
-Thank you.

I'll clean this up and
see you in a little bit.

-All righty.

-Mr. McFeely has the best ideas.

I'll just clean these up.

Just let them soak there.

Really tasted good.

I'll put that in
the refrigerator.

And all that because I
ordered some peanuts.

Mr. McFeely has wonderful ideas.

Why don't we just have
some make believe.

I'll get Trolley.

[TROLLEY DINGS]

Last time we pretended that
Prince Tuesday was angry

because it seemed like his
mom and dad were always going

to work and they never had
much time to be with him.

Maybe Tuesday could be talking
with his dad about that

now as the Trolley
goes by the castle

in the Neighborhood
of Make-Believe.

[TROLLEY DINGS]

[TROLLEY DINGS]

-Yes, Trolley.

Now what were you saying,
son, about my working?

-I don't like it when you
go to work all the time.

-Nobody likes work
all the time, son.

-Then why do you do it?

-It's my responsibility.

Being a king has many
responsibilities.

-But what about mother?

-Queens work too.

-But you both go
to work too much.

-We will have to talk
about that another time.

I am already late for work.

-See what I mean?

-Lady Aberlin, I presume?

-Correct, as usual Uncle Friday.

-Would you please
speak with Tuesday?

-Of course, what about?

-He will probably tell you.

I'm sorry I must
depart with alacrity.

Farewell, Lady Aberlin.

Farewell, Prince Tuesday.

-Farewell, Uncle Friday.

-What's happening, Tuesday?

-Oh, nothing.

-You don't want
to talk about it.

-I'm even tired of
thinking about it.

But I still think about it.

-Even when you're tired of it?

-Yes.

-Sometimes it helps to
talk about something

that's bothering you.

-I did try.

-With your dad?

-Yes.

And he just said, being a King
has many responsibilities.

-That's true isn't it?

-He's always going
to work at something.

And my mother is always
going to work at something.

-Is that it?

-That's it.

And since they go
to work so much,

they must like the people at
work more than they like me.

-Oh, Tuesday, those
are sad feelings.

-I know they are because they
make me sad when I have them.

-That's what sad
feelings do, don't they?

-They make you
feel sad all over.

-What do you do with
your sad feelings?

-Nothing.

What do you do with yours?

-Sometimes I cry.

And sometimes I take a walk.

-Yes?

-Do you want to cry
and take a walk?

-Not really.

-Want me to tell you what I
think about your mom and dad?

-If you want to.

-I think that nobody
could ever take

your place in your
mom and dad's hearts.

You're the only Prince
Tuesday there is.

-You believe that?

-Of course I do.

And I'm prepared
to sing about it.

[SINGING] You are my
friend, you are special.

You are my friend.

You are special to me.

You are the only one like
you, like you, my friend,

I like you.

In the daytime,
in the nighttime,

any time 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're special to me.

There is only one in
this wonderful world.

You are special.

-Talk about special,
take a look at this.

-What in Make-Believe is that?

-It's a peanut.

-A peanut?

It's huge.

-Well, it's not for eating
but you can use it to play.

-How do you play with it?

-Peanut-ball.

-Oh.

Haha, that's fun.

-Want to play, Tuesday?

-Not right now.

Thanks.

-What's the matter?

-Oh, nothing.

-Sounds like more
than nothing to me.

-Tuesday's upset
because his mom and dad

have to go off to work so often.

-Oh, I know.

I used to feel that way, too.

-Did your mom and dad
go off to work, too?

-Sure.

And I had lots of
different babysitters.

-Did you like it?

-Not all the time.

And my parents didn't like
it all the time either.

-Did you like it
some of the time?

-Oh, sure.

In fact, one of my babysitters
taught me lots of songs.

And another one taught me
how to count backwards.



And another one taught me magic.

-What kind of magic?

-Well, let's see.

Take this huge peanut.

And as I cover it
with this scarf,

it magically moves
to another place.

-Where is it?

-Where is it?

-Over here.

-How did you do that?

-One of my
babysitters taught me.

-Could we show that
magic to Daniel Tiger?

-Of course, if you'd like.

-I'll go put on my play clothes
and meet you over at his clock.

-That's fine, Tuesday.

-We'll see you at
Daniel's place.

-OK.

Bye.

-That is quite a magic trick.

-Would you like to see it again?

-Certainly.

-All right.

I'll put it up here.

And if you'll just
take one side of that.

-Will it work?

Let's find out.

-I got you before you two did.

-Was it by magic?

-No, I guess I just walk fast.

-Zelda and I had a good
time the whole way over.

-I never saw such a big peanut.

-Want to see me do
some magic with it?

-I don't always like magic.

-Well, why not Daniel?

-Because I don't like
things to disappear.

-Well, I'll make it come
back after I make it go away.

-Promise?

-I promise.

-OK.

-She said she'd
make it come back.

-She will.

Watch.

-Oh, where is it?

Will you make it come back?

-Mm-hm.

-Oh, thank you for
making it come back.

-Can you make other things
come back like that?

-What kinds of things, Tuesday?

-I bet Lady Aberlin knows.

-Would you like to be
able to make your mom

and dad come back
from work by magic?

-I thought you would know.

-Well, you have been talking a
lot about how your mom and dad

have we've been
working so much lately.

-But nobody brings
people back by magic.

-I guess that's why I don't
like people to go away.

-Me either.

-People come back because
they want to come back.

-I'll show you about that.

-How?

-I'll go over to the castle
and get some real peanuts.

-Not as big as this one?

-No, just the right
size for us to eat.

And then I'll come back
and it won't be magic.

I'll come back because
I want to come back.

-Promise?

-Promise.

Want to come along?

-I'll wait here.

-Want to play peanut
ball while I'm gone?

-Sure.

Thanks.

[TROLLEY DINGS]

-I'm going to get some
peanuts in the castle

and then go back to the clock.

[TROLLEY DINGS]

I'll say.

[TROLLEY DINGS]

You, too.

Bye, Trolley.

[TROLLEY DINGS]

-People come back
because they decide

to come back not
because of magic.

I'll show you something.

Did you ever play
peak-a-boo with anybody?

Where is Mr. Rogers?

Peek-a-boo.

That can seem like
magic, can't it?

I mean, when my face is covered,
it doesn't look like I'm here.

But I'm really behind
the handkerchief.

I just remembered I have a film
of people playing peek-a-boo,

but I don't know if we'll have
time to see it during our visit

today.

[PHONE RINGING]

Oh, there's the phone.

Hello?

Hi, Mr. McFeely.

Yes.

Oh, that stuff that
you made was so good.

Oh, you weren't.

Oh, I see.

Well, maybe another day then.

Fine.

Well, that's all right.

We can show it anytime.

In fact, I have a film of
people playing peek-a-boo.

You're welcome to
come and see it.

All right.

Good.

Well, I understand.

All right.

Thanks again.

Bye bye.

Mr. McFeely feel says that the
library doesn't have that film

right now, but he'll bring
it to us another time.

So we can show the
peek-a-boo film.

Peek-a-boo.

Let's just watch it
together on picture picture.

So even when you
can't see people,

they can still be there.

Peek-a-boo.

I like to keep this.

It always gives me a
smile when I see it.

Even when your parents go to
work, they're still somewhere.

And wherever they
are, you can be sure

that they're thinking
a lot about you

and thinking about when
they'll see you again.

[SINGING] When the day
turns into night and you're

way beyond my sight.

I think of you.

I think of you.

When the night turns into day
and you still are far away,

I think of you.

I think of you.

Even though you are not here,
we still can be so very near.

I want you to know, my
dear, I think of you.

When the night turns into day
and you still are far away,

I think of you.

I think of you.

This is a book-- a picture
book-- about parents

taking care of children.

I'd just like to show it to you.

A father with his son.

Family at the dinner table.

Lots of ways of taking care.

Brushing teeth.

Washing hands.

Changing diapers.

Fixing hair.

Comforting.

When your parents
think about you,

that can give them a very good
feeling because they love you

in a different way than
anybody could ever love you.

Whether they're making
something out of a block

or doing something at the
sink or cooking something

at the stove, there are
many ways to say I love you

and to show it.

And when you think about them,

[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.

What was it that Mr. McFeely
delivered to me today?

Remember?

Peanuts.

Each one of them
different, just like you.

Each person in this
world is special.

Only one like you in this
whole world and people

can like you exactly as you are.

You know when I'll be back?

Next time.

[MUSIC PLAYING]