20x15 - Episode 15

[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.

What 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.

Busy day today.

I want to show you
something right away.

This is a picture
of a friend of mine.

He's somebody who plays
a musical instrument

very, very well.

Yo-Yo Ma, our cellist friend.

Well, Mr. Ma is not
only a great cellist.

He's a father and a husband
and someone who loves children.

And he said we were welcome
to come to his house today.

So I'd like you to come
with me to visit Yo-Yo Ma.

Oh, he may be practicing
when we get there.

Even though he plays
very, very well,

he still practices every day.

Come along.

[MUSIC PLAYING]

This is where the Ma family
lives, so let's just go on in.

Jill, hi.

-Hi, Fred.

Welcome.

-Thank you.

-Well, I'm on my way
to pick up Nicholas,

but everybody's inside.

Yo-Yo's expecting you.

-Good.
Thanks so much.

-Please go on in.

-See you later.

-See you later.

Good bye.

-Bye.

[MUSIC PLAYING]

-Hi there.

-Hi, Yo-Yo.

-It's good to see you.

Come on in.
-Thank you.

-Very good to see you.

-And my television neighbor.

-Of course.

-Mr. Ma.

Yo-Yo Ma.

I'm always glad to be
with you, neighbor.

-It's great to
see you, neighbor.

-What are you working on?

-I'm working on
this piece by Bach.

It's a slow movement of a suite.

It's called a Sorbonne.

And would you like to hear it?

-Well, I would.

But this is something you've
played for a long time,

isn't it?

-Well, yeah.

I actually started
playing this piece when

I was about six years old,
which is my son's age.

And, uh-- but you know,
I find that it's actually

a very simple piece,
but I find that it's

harder to play
very simple pieces.

And maybe-- can I
play it for you?

-Please.

-OK.

All right.

You know, it's actually
somewhat of a sad piece.

And as you know, I travel a lot.

I'm home right now, but when
I travel, I miss my family.

I miss my kids.

And sometimes when
I play this piece,

it makes me feel a
little bit better.

-When you play a sad piece
when you're feeling sad,

it can help you feel better?

-Yes.

And it's funny because sometimes
there are things that you can't

have, and you really
want desperately.

And I love to play concerts,
but I really miss home.

And just playing it-- even
though I can't be home and play

with my children-- I feel
just a little bit better.

So I'll play it for you now, OK?

-Thank you.

-All right.

[MUSIC PLAYING]

-You could almost
cry with that one.

-Did you get that feeling
of almost wanting something

you can't have, and you're
kind of comforted nevertheless?

-Mhm.

Do you think you
might have played

that differently before
you had your children?

-Oh, certainly.

I think having children--
the best thing about having

children is that you're
learning constantly from them.

And they're teaching me so
much about myself, about music.

And one of the things that
I've found that I'm able to do

is to love everything more--
to love what I do more, to love

them more, and to just put
myself into music when I'm

working and just draw from just
the incredible joy and the fun

that we have together.

-Did you have that kind of joy
and fun with your own father?

-Oh, gosh, well.

You know, my father-- I
remember my father was

in fact one of my
first music teachers.

And uh-- and we used to play
all kinds of games together.

You know, he would play
a note on the piano--

say, this is an A. And
then he'd play other notes.

Like, is this an A?

I'd say, no, that
doesn't sound like it.

Or what about this?

Or?

Or whatever, you know?

And we'd kind of play
these guessing games,

and it made music very
often a lot of fun.

And of course, you know,
you still have to practice.

And, well, I guess we
all have to practice.

I have to practice
today-- you know,

this piece that I just played.

Um, it's-- it's hard if you
really want to do something

special and you really want
to feel completely connected

to music and feeling
and for that,

I think I just have
to keep working.

-I've never met your
father or your mother.

I guess they live far
from the neighborhood.

-Yes.

We have a picture of
them right over there.

And there they are.

MISTER ROGERS: They
look like fine people.

-They certainly are, and
they were loving parents.

And they loved music very much.

Oh, look who's here.

Hi.

MISTER ROGERS: How are you?

-Hi, Nicholas.

-Hi.

-Mr. Rogers.

-Hi, Nicholas.

-Hi.

-Did you have a
good day at school?

-Yep.

-Did you?

Does your dad ever
come to your school?

-Yep.

-Oh, he does?

What do you do
there when he comes?

-He plays the cello.

-He does.

-Yep.

-What kinds of
things does he play?

-He plays music
like this-- like--

-Should we try it?

-Yeah.

-OK.

-Can I just disappear
for a second?

-Oh, OK.

-Because I think I
hear Emily calling me.

I'll be back.

-OK, bye, Jill.

-Thanks, Jill.

Hey, let's show him what
we did the last time when

we had this--
should we try this?

OK.

All right.

What's this?

[MUSIC PLAYING]

-Is it a cow?

-Yeah.

-It's a cow.

-What else should we try?

What else do we do at school?

OK.

Do you know?

What is this?

[MUSIC PLAYING]

-Oh, it sounds like a siren.

-Right, but one thing.

-What?

-What kind of a car?

-What kind of a car?

-Yeah.

A police car or an
ambulance or a fire truck?

-Which do you think it is?

-A fire truck.

-A fire truck.

-It's a fire truck.

That's pretty good.

-Would you do it once
more so we can hear

the difference
between a police car--

[IMITATING SIREN]

Uh-huh.

-Does that sound
like a fire truck?

I think that's pretty good.
-Yeah.

-Do you ever help your
dad play the cello?

-Yeah.

-Do you?

-Want to try something?

We're going to try something.

-I'll do the bow.

-OK, you do the bow.

OK.

All right.

Let's try it.

Now I'll say, one, two.

-Ready, go.

[PLAYING "TWINKLE, TWINKLE,
LITTLE STAR"]

-That's great.

Thank you for
playing that for me.

You play very well
together, you two.

-Well, we have a
lot of fun together.

-What other things do
you do with your dad?

-I play chess.

-Chess.

-Soccer.

-Soccer.

-Go to the park.

-Mhm.

Do you ever play the piano?

-Yep.

-Do you?

Because you are learning
the piano now, aren't you?

-Yep.

-I thought so.

Would you play something for me?

-Yep.

-Would you and your dad play
something together for me?

-Yep.

-What?

-The [INAUDIBLE] Waltz.

-Oh, OK.

I'll just sit right here
and watch both of you.

-OK.

Now, Nicholas, I haven't done
this on the cello before,

so you just give me--

-One, two, go.

-OK.

[MUSIC PLAYING]

-Very, very nice.

-That was fun.

-You think I could
play that with you?

-Yeah.

-Could I?

You tell me where to start, OK?

Up in here?

-A and D.

-OK.

-OK, Nicholas, count for
me because I can't see you.

So tell me when to begin, OK?

-One, two-- one, two, go.

[MUSIC PLAYING]

-May I shake your hand?

We played a trio, didn't we?

-That was great.

-Thanks, Yo-Yo.

I must be getting
off to my place.

-OK.

Bye bye.

-Thank you very much, Nicholas.

-You're welcome.

-See you later.

-Thanks for coming.

-Bye.

-Nicholas, you want
to try that again?

-Yeah.

-OK.

All right.

Now you tell me when to go, OK?

-One, two, g

[MUSIC PLAYING]

[MUSIC PLAYING]

-I guess I like to
visit with the Mas

because I like music so much,
and I like them so much.

Let's have some make-believe.

Come on, Trolley.

[MUSIC PLAYING]

Last time, Lady Aberlin
was just about to call

Mayor Maggie of
Westwood and Doctor Bill

Platypus, Ana Platypus's father.

Did you ever hear
Ana's full name?

Ornithorhynchus Anatinus.

I think it's fun to know
long names like that.

King Friday has two wooden birds
that have long names-- Mimus

polyglottos and
Troglodytes aedon.

Why don't we pretend that
King Friday is walking his two

wooden birds in
the castle garden

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

[MUSIC PLAYING]

[CHIMES]

[WHISTLE]

-Oh, yes, Trolley.

Mimus polyglottos
and Troglodytes

aedon wanted to take a walk.

[CHIMES]

I realize that.

Nevertheless, I still like them.

[WHISTLE]

Now don't you worry about that.

Don't you mind.

There will always be
mechanical scoffers.

LADY ABERLIN: Oh, Uncle Friday.

-Poor little birds.

-Uncle Friday, I'm so
glad to find you here.

-Niece Aberlin, I presume.

-Oh, correct, as
usual, Uncle Friday.

I want to talk to you.

-Did you not notice Troglodytes
aedon and Mimus polyglottos?

-Oh, yes, I did.

And they are fine birds.

But I have a proposal.

-Kindly greet the birds first.

-Uh, hello, Mimus and Trog.

[LAUGHING]

-The birds like
you, Lady Aberlin.

-Uncle Friday, they're just
wooden birds on sticks.

-But I feel very
fatherly toward them.

Yes, I do.

-Fatherly?

-Yes.

Yes.

Certainly.

I take care of these pets.

I can feel fatherly toward them.

-You mean, the way you feel
fatherly toward Prince Tuesday?

-I am Tuesday's
father, after all.

Now you birds just
go sit down a minute.

I'll be with you shortly.

Yes.

Carry on.

Carry on.

Go along.

[LAUGHING]

Now.

[SIGHING]

What happens to be
on your mind, niece?

-Well, I was visiting
the school, Uncle Friday.

-Harriet Cow's school?

-Yes.

And there they were--
those three students.

-Prince Tuesday, Ana Platypus,
and Daniel Striped Tiger.

-Exactly.

Except that Daniel is
wearing a wolf costume.

-He's still Daniel Tiger inside.

-Of course.

-So what do you want
to do about the school?

-Oh, nothing about the school.

I was just thinking
that it wasn't fair.

-What isn't fair?

-That the prince has a
father who plays music.

-Yes.

-And Ana has a father
who plays music.

-The bagpipes.

-Exactly.

-But Daniel doesn't
have a father.

Least of all, a father
who plays music.

-And I sense you have
a solution to that.

-I was thinking if I could
just find him a father, then

Ana, Prince, and Daniel
and their three fathers

could play together and
celebrate fathers and music.

-Well, I will be
happy to celebrate.

My bass violin is just
around the corner.

Speaking of around the corner,
I see only Troglodytes aedon.

Trog, where is Mimus?

-Has Mimus gone off alone?

-Oh, that Mimus polyglottos
is such an independent bird.

We shall have to search for him.

[SINGING] Mimus
polyglottos is my pet.

Mimus polyglottos is my pet.

Mimus polyglottos is my pet.

Have you met my pet yet?

-Oh, where is he?

-Oh, I'll help you look
for him, Uncle Friday,

while I'm looking for a
musical father for Daniel.

-Very good.

Come along, Troglodytes aedon.

Oh my, the trials
of keeping birds.

-Now where would I look for a
wooden mockingbird on a stick?

Well, I must tend to
my other business.

Uh, Dr. Bill?

Dr. Bill?

-Oh, are you calling, dear?

-Oh, hi, Elsie Jean.

Yes, I was calling Dr. Bill.

-Oh, he's gone to the
hospital for a few minutes.

Could I give him a message?

-Oh, it's just Prince
Tuesday has a musical father

and Ana has a musical father.

And I was hoping we could find
a musical father for Daniel.

-Oh, what a thoughtful
person you are, Lady Aberlin.

-Oh, I'm not just
sure who it should be.

Daniel is wearing a
wolf costume today.

-Oh, yes.

Everybody in Westwood is, too.

I was just talking to Mrs. Frog.

They're having a fine time.

-Well, Mayor Maggie
said she might help me.

Oh, if you see Dr.
Bill, would you

please ask him to bring his
bagpipes over to the castle

later on?

-Oh, I certainly will.

Bill loves those pipes.

-Right.

Oh, and one other thing.

-Oh?

Yes, dear?

-If you see Mimus
polyglottos, would you

please tell him to
return to Uncle Friday?

-Oh, has that wooden
bird gone off again?

-Yes, he has.

-I don't know what to
make of those birds.

-Nor do I. I can
assure you of that.

-Well, I'll keep my
platypus eyes open.

-Thanks, Elsie Jean.

-No, I won't tell
anybody, Mimus.

But I'll be glad to teach you
everything I know about it.

[LAUGHING]

OK, yeah, good.

-Oh, wait a minute.

-Yeah?

-Mimus polyglottos?

-Uh.

-X, wasn't that Mimus?

-Why, Lady Aberlin,
how good to see you.

[LAUGHING]

-Oh, X, wasn't that
Mimus polyglottos?

-Uh, yes.

Yes.

As a matter of fact, it was.

-We've been looking
everywhere for him.

-He's not a bad bird.

-Oh, I know.

But he does fly off
every once in a while.

-No, he doesn't.

-What do you mean he doesn't?

-Mimus doesn't fly.

-Oh, you know what I mean.

He goes off from the
castle, and Uncle Friday

has to go to find him.

-I'm a bird, and
sometimes he likes

to talk with somebody
who does fly.

That's all.

-I hope he's going home.

Do you think he will?

-He will sooner or later.

-Good.

Now, my next question.

-Yes, ma'am?

-Who do you know who could be
a pretend father for Daniel

Tiger, who is dressed
like a little wolf.

-Who's dressed like a wolf?

Let me see.

How about that wolf over there?

-Where?

-Well, right at Daniel's clock.

-Oh, X, you have the best ideas.

-Sometimes things
just seem to work out.

[LAUGHING]

-I'll see you later.

I'm going to talk with a wolf.

-It might be shy.

-I'll go easy.

-See you, Lady A.

-Farewell.

Oh, I didn't mean
to frighten you.

It's just that I'm looking
for pretend wolf father.

-I'd be glad to help you.

-Mayor Maggie.

Hello!

-It's wolf week in
Westwood, you know.

-I know it is.

And since Daniel Tiger
is dressed as a wolf,

I thought that maybe--

-Hi, everybody.

-Hello, Daniel.

-Hi.

-Daniel, hi.

-Oh, Daniel, you look just
like a little good wolf.

-Thanks, Mayor Maggie.

And guess what.

-What?

-Mr. Abers said he'd
be my pretend father.

LADY ABERLIN: He what?

-He said since he was
dressed up to be a wolf

and I was dressed
up to be a wolf,

he would be glad
to be my father.

-Aw, that's just what I hoped.

-Oh, and he went to Westwood
to get his slide trombone.

He'll be a musical father, too.

-And that's what I hoped, too.

-Well, sometimes the things
you hope for really happen.

-Especially when
you have people who

want to help you
make them happen.

-I'll say.

-How would you like a
pretend wolf mother, too?

-You mean you?

-Of course.

You and Mr. Aber and I
could be a whole family.

-Would you sing?

-Well, certainly.

-While we're on the subject,
could I be your aunt?

-You could be anything
you like, Lady Aberlin.

You know that.

-Thanks, Daniel.

Ugga Mugga.

-Ugga Mugga.

-Oh, I almost forgot.

Everyone's going to be going
over to the castle shortly.

-Oh, what for?

-For fathers and music.

-Well, let's go.

I'm sure aunts and
mothers are welcome, too.

-Everyone's welcome.

-All right.

I'll see you there.

-See you there.

-All righty.

Oh, good.

-I'm very proud of you, my son.

You found Mimus polyglottos.

-I was just coming
home from school,

and I thought I saw this
wooden bird trying to fly.

And it turned out to be Mimus.

-Uh, Mimus polyglottos, I trust
you have learned a lesson.

You may go inside and be
with Troglodytes aedon.

I'm not going to do anything.

Oh, look who's here.

-Hello.

-Mayor Maggie, Lady Aberlin,
and Daniel Tiger-- two of you

pretending to be
wolves, I presume.

-Correct as usual, King Friday.

-Prince Tuesday has
found Mimus polyglottos.

-Oh, congratulations, Tuesday.
-Good.

I'm so glad.

-Yes.

And I'm going to play my
bass violin in celebration.

-Hi.

-Oh, look who's here.

Very good.

-Hi, everybody.

-Assembled friends, we have
two fathers who are musicians.

Suppose we both
play for you all?

-Uh, King Friday?

-Yes, Daniel?

-Could you wait for one
more father to come?

-Uh, whose father would that be?

-Mine.

-I don't believe I know
your father, Daniel.

-Well, you will
when you see him.

-And what instrument
does he play?

-Uh, he plays the
slide trombone.

-Wonderful.

We should make a great trio.

[SLIDE TROMBONE PLAYING]

Oh, there he is.

-He's here.

-Very good.

Mr. Aber, I presume.

-Correct, as usual, King Friday.

-Are you pretending
to be Daniel's father?

-I am.

And I'm very glad to be.

-Oh, how lovely.

-And I'm his mother.

-And I'm his aunt.

-We have a whole family here.

-Well, we have representatives
of many families here.

The string family, the brass
family, and the bag family.

-Hey, well, suppose
we musical fathers

play something for everyone in
celebration of our families?

-Oh, lovely idea.

Very good.

[MUSIC PLAYING]

[SINGING] Love is
fragile as are tears.

Love is stronger
than your fears.

When your heart beats
for a special someone,

then your heart is full of love.

When your heart has
room for everybody,

then your heart is full of love.

[MUSIC PLAYING]

KING FRIDAY: Oh, yes, excellent.

What a celebration.

[WHISTLE]

[CHIMES]

-Yes.

They all seemed very happy.

In fact, they were
all doing their best

to be thoughtful of one another.

And that's often the way of
becoming very happy yourself--

helping to make someone
else feel better.

And you know, you
can help other people

feel better just by
caring about them.

It's wonderful what care
will do-- father care, mother

care, child care, friend care.

[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 week is new,

and I'll have more
ideas for you.

And you'll have things
you'll want to talk about.

I will, too.

-I'll be back next time.

Bye bye.

[MUSIC PLAYING]