27x09 - Episode 9

[bunniefuu]

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?

Hi, neighbor.

Welcome to this neighborhood.

Have you ever seen one of these?

It's a big hoop.

A great big O. Mhm.

A hoop that's
called a hula hoop.

You know, hula is
a kind of dance

that some people know how to do.

And they move sort of like this
when they do that hula dance.

Well, one day,
some people decided

to put hoops around them
while they moved like this.

So that's why it's
called a hula hoop.

I'll show you.

But it's too big
for inside here.

So let's just go
out to the yard.

A hula hoop.

That's what this is.

A hula hoop.

I'll try it once more.

I can't do it very
well, as you can see.

But I know someone who can.

And his name is Paul Tifford.

And he's been showing
people in our neighborhood

how to use hula hoops, even
more than one at a time.

I mean, I'm told that he
has one, two, three, four,

and does them all together.

Well, I'd like to
get a lesson from him

and ask him to show you what
he can do with his hula hoops.

First of all, I think this is
something I can do with mine.

Yep.

Come on back.

That's it.

Why don't we go over to
Paul Tifford's studio?

And I'll just take
my hula hoop with me.

Come along.

-Fred.

-Hi.

-How are you?

-Fine.

I'd like you to
know my television

neighbor, Paul Tifford, Jr.

-Hello, how are you?

-You've got a great
place to practice here.

-Oh yes.

I like it with the mirrors.

-Oh, is that nice?

-I use the mirrors.

That way, if I
practice something

and I want to make
sure that it's right,

I can see myself there.

See?

-Oh, Paul, I wish
I could do that.

You know, I've been trying.

I seem to be able to do it--

-On your arm?

- --on the arm like that.

-OK, that works.

-But oh, when I put
it around my waist,

it just always
falls to the floor.

-OK, let's see.

-You know, I'll show you.

-Uh-oh.

--See?

-OK, let's try it.

Um, I think maybe if you put
one foot in front of the other.

That's right.

-Like this?

-Mhm.

And pick a side.

Maybe you want to go right
to left, or left to right.

However you feel comfortable.

And swing the hoop around.

-Swing it around.

-Swing it around.

-See?

-That's OK.

We'll try again.

I think maybe we need a little
bit of wiggle in the hips.

-Wiggle?

OK.

-OK?

Just a little bit around
in a circular way.

-Like this?

-Yeah.

Let's try that.

There you go.

That's perfect.

That's great.

It's the wiggle.

-It's the wiggle
that matters, huh?

I know that you use more than
one at a time, don't you?

-Yes, I do.

-I wonder if I could see that.

-Oh, sure.

I'll show you.

-Thanks.

-OK.

-How many do you have there?

-I have seven.

-Seven?

-But I only want to
use five for now.

Can you hold two for me?

-Sure.

-And then when I give you a
sign, you can hand them to me

and help me that way.

-Sure, I'd be glad to.

You don't want to use this one?

-No.

That's for you.

-All right.

Where's the best place for me to
stand while you're doing that?

-Oh, maybe over
there a little bit.

-All right.

-OK.

-I'm looking forward
to seeing this.

-Thanks, Fred.

[MUSIC PLAYING]

-Oh, that's beautiful.

-Thank you, Fred.

-Thank you very much.

Oh, you must have worked at
that for a long time, Paul.

-Oh, yes.

I've been practicing
since I was seven.

And I did some competitions
in Texas where I'm from.

-Uh-huh.

-And I got better and better.

But I practiced
every single day.

-Even when you
were a little boy?

-Yeah.

I started when I
was seven years old.

And I remember I couldn't
do this one trick.

And I had to practice
every day for three months

just to do this right here.

From the ankle up to the knee.

-Oh.

Could I see that again?

-Sure.

OK.

You can start at an ankle.

And you swing it around.

And then you kind of
pop it up to your knees.

-Wow.

And then I saw-- when you
were doing the other things,

you brought it the whole
way up to your waist.

-Oh yeah.

That's a hard one to
do because you need

to move a lot to
get it up there.

MR. ROGERS: I guess so.

-And I practice that
too, all the time.

-But you not only practice
it though, but you like it,

don't you?

-Oh, yes.

I love doing it.

It's fun.

I still like it after
all these years.

-And you teach people too.

-Yes.

-I mean, you gave
me my lesson today.

-Oh, yeah.

I can show you.

-There's Maggie Stewart.

-Hi, Fred.

Hi, Paul.
-Hello, Maggie.

-Hi, Maggie.
How are you?

-Hi.

I'm great.

I'm ready for my lesson.

-Isn't he wonderful?

-Oh, he's terrific.

-Oh, to do all of
those hoops together.

-It's pretty amazing.

-I should say.

And you've been
studying with him.

-Yes, indeed.

We have a deal.

I'll show you.

MR. ROGERS: A deal?

-Mhm.

-Hula hoop.

-Right.

Right you are.

That's the sign for hula hoop.

-Yeah.

-You make these F
hand shapes like this.

And you make the big
circle in front of you.

MR. ROGERS: A circle.

-See?

There you go.

And you can just pretend after
you've made this big hula hoop,

and then you grab
it on the sides,

and you put it around your
waist, and then you hoop.

-Hoop.

-Hoop.

That's a lot easier, huh?

-So your deal is
that you learn--

-Our deal is she is going to
teach me some sign language

and I am going to teach
her how to hula hoop.

-How to hula hoop.

-Great.

Well, how far are you
along with your hula hoop?

-Well, I've been practicing
pretty faithfully every day.

And I'm eager to show
you what I've done.

-OK, let's see.

We started with the waist.

-That's right.

-OK.

-And I tried to do
that-- that wiggle thing

you were talking
about, you know?

-You wiggle it around there?

-Yeah, sometimes, it
would get out of control.

-Maggie, you're good at that.

-No, you're doing fine.

-Well, I've practiced
pretty hard.

PAUL: Very good.

-Yeah.

-You've got that down now.

-And it's fun to
practice this, so I

liked-- I liked practicing.

-That's wonderful, Maggie.

-Yeah, it would slow down and
then I wasn't exactly sure it

would just drop to
the ground and--

-Well, you know--

-No, you're doing great there.

-Every time I try--

-Let's see.

- --it just goes to the ground.

-Let's see, Fred.

No, that's pretty good.

-No, that's terrific.

But I-- that's how it was
in the beginning for me too.

It would just drop right
to the ground and--

-That's why you keep practicing.
-I just pick it right up.

That's right.
I keep practicing.

-Well, I have an idea.

You two keep doing that.

-OK.

-OK.

-And I'll do
something different.

-Already.

-OK.

Here we go.

Wiggle it.

-Oh, I see what you're doing.

-Ah, the hula hoop sign.

-There you go.

Oh, that's great, Fred.

I like it a lot.

-Well now, what's the next thing
that you would teach somebody?

-OK.

-Because she's
done that so well.

-Right.

Maggie seems to have the
waist down very well.

So let's try to go
down to the next level.

-All right.
-I'll watch over here.

-The knees.

-The knees.

-Right.

-Already.

-And we'll bring it down
to one side across there

and give it a push.

And kind of bounce
with the knees.

-Oh, gosh.

-You had it there
at the beginning.

-Yeah, that's like
starting all over again.

-Yeah.

You just need to
bounce a little.

Instead of the wiggle
that we had with the waist

which was kind of a circle, let
your knees bounce up and down.

-Already.

I'll try that.

-And we'll try that.

-My knees bounce up and down.

-Up and down.

Up and down.

Whoops.

-You all have plenty
of work to do.

-Yes, indeed.

-Yeah.

-I'll leave you to
your lesson but thank

you, Paul, for
showing us everything.

-Oh, you're welcome.

You're welcome, Fred.

-It's great to be with you
and I wish you well, Maggie.

-Thank you so much.

Keep practicing.
-Sure will.

-We'll get this.

-Oh, one thing else.

-Oh yeah?

-I thought of something.

-What is it?

-I used to do this
when I was a child.

Can you do this?

-Oh yeah.
-And then it comes back to you?

-Have it return?

-Yeah.

-Try that.

There it goes.

-That's great too.

Well, you can do all
kinds of things with this.

-Of course.

But I mustn't interrupt
your lesson anymore.

-Oh, no.

That's wonderful.

-Wish you well.

-We'll see you.

-Bye bye.

-Bye for now.

-Bye, Fred.

We'll practice that that
Fred was showing us.

We'll practice that after this.

-Already.

So behind my knees like this.

-Yep.

-And up and down.

-And turn up and down.

-Maggie Stewart's
learning well, isn't she?

Yeah.

She's able to keep
this going so well.

And isn't Paul
Tifford wonderful?

Of course, it's only after
hours, and days, and years

of trying that a person can
get to be as good at something

as Paul is with his hula hoop.

Let's have some
make-believe about that.

Hula, hula, hula hoop.

Get the Trolley.

Come on, Trolley.

[BELL]

Last time in Make-Believe,
Prince Tuesday

just got home from the hospital.

He had tried to fly
and he hurt his arm.

Yeah.

Let's make-believe that he
learned an important lesson

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

Ready, Trolley?

OK.

[BELL]

-Yes, Trolley.

My arm wasn't hurt badly.

[BELL]

-We're all glad
of that, Trolley.

[BELL]

BOTH: Thanks, Trolley.

-So, Tuesday, what
really happened?

-Aunty Lady Elaine gave me
a hat she said was magic.

And I put it on and
tried to fly high.

-And you fell.

[TRUMPETS]

-Mayor Maggie and Prince
Tuesday, I presume.

-Correct as usual, Daddy.

-Correct as usual, King Friday.

-I am about to make
an announcement.

-Can we help you, King Friday?

-Of course.

-What can we do?

-You can listen.

-Oh, well, naturally.

-I don't see two ladies.

-Which ladies, Sire?

-Lady Aberlin and Lady
Elaine Fairchilde.

-Well, here they
come now, Daddy.

-Oh, I shall wait.

-Hi.

-Hi.

-My announcement involves
one in particular.

-Lady Fairchilde.

-Lady Aberlin and Lady
Fairchild, I presume.

-Correct as usual, Uncle Friday.

-Right you are
sometimes, Friday.

-I am about to make
an announcement.

-Do we have to listen to it?

-You certainly do, Fairchilde.

-OK.

Go ahead.

[CLEARS THROAT]

-Announcement fanfare please.

[TRUMPETS]

Since people are not
meant to fly high,

I am closing all people
flying high schools.

-But Friday--

-No but's about it, Fairchilde.

And you will never offer
magic hats to anyone again.

-Oh, you're a spoilsport.

I didn't mean for
anyone to get hurt.

-In the future,
think before you act.

That's what I'm saying
to you, Fairchilde.

My announcement is over.

Farewell.

-Well, Tuesday, I'm
really sorry, toots.

I thought that magic hat
would work for children even

though it didn't
work much for me.

But I know better now.

-We learn something
every day, don't we?

-That's for sure.

And we teach something
every day too.

So what am I going to teach now?

-Maybe you could teach
something real, where

people don't need
magic to learn.

-Like what?

-How about--

-What's that mean?

What's that?

-Hula hoops.

-How did you know I
was a hula hooper?

-I didn't.

-Well, come to the
Museum-Go-Round

and I'll teach you.

-Now that's more like it.

-You can all come.

No more flying, just
good old hula hoops.

-Cousin Tuesday and I
need to visit X the Owl.

He's still worried because
he was Tuesday's teacher.

-We'll see you later then.

-OK.

-See you, hoopers.

-See ya.

-Bye bye.

-Bye.

-See you.

-I really think it's
important to visit X.

-Well, let's go together.

Oh, I hope that he's home.

-I do too.

-Look, there's
something on the door.

-Yes.

Can you read that, Tuesday?

-"X is inside.

Please k-- please knock."

-That's right.

So we'll knock.

X: Who is it?

-Lady Aberlin.

-Prince Tuesday.

X: Please come to the back door.

-OK.

-We will.

[KNOCK ON DOOR]

-Come in.

Oh, are you all right, Tuesday?

-Well, I'm still a little sore.

-Oh, I feel terrible that
you had that accident.

-But I didn't do what
you told me to do.

-What do you mean?

-You always told
me to be careful.

And I just put on
that hat and jumped.

-Well, I'm not teaching
flying anymore.

-Did you have any other
students aside from Tuesday, X?

-Only one.

-Who was that?

-Oh, I tried giving
some lessons to Trolley.

But Trolley's a machine.

And machines are
different than people.

-I bet birds are the
best flyers of all.

-We've got the wings
for it, Lady A.

-Have you ever heard
of hula hoops, X?

-Yes, I have.

My Cousin Mary used to
do them all the time.

Like that, you know.

Why do you ask?

-Well, that's Lady
Elaine's new interest.

-No more flying high schools?

-Nor magic hats.

-I wish her well with
the hula hooping.

-Well, that's where
we're going now.

-See you later, X.

-All right.

And thanks for your visit.

Thanks a lot for your visit.

-You're welcome, X.

-Bye.

-Bye.

See you.

I feel a lot better after
that talk, I'll tell ya.

-Wow, that is amazing.

-It really looks like fun.

-Oh, we're the best.

-It's a lot better for people
than trying to fly high.

-Well, you're doing
very well, toots.

-Thanks.

-Matter of fact, that's
your first lesson.

You can come back anytime.

-I will, Lady Elaine.

-I think maybe I'll
just advertise.

[SINGING] Hula,
hula, hula hoops.

Come and learn your hula hoops.

See you all later.

-Bye, Lady Elaine.

-Bye bye, Lady Elaine.

-Let's go see Trolley.

-Good idea.

-That really looked
like a lot of fun.

I can hardly wait for my
first hula hoop lesson.

[BELL]

-That's right, Trolley.

[BELL]

-Yes, we're all going
to learn to hula hoop.

PRINCE TUESDAY: Bye, Trolley.

-The people in Make-Believe are
learning that there are certain

things they can do and
certain things they can't.

And they're trying
to do the things

they can the best they can.

That's really important.

There you are, fish.

You're good at
eating and swimming.

You know, I like to
think of children

who are just learning to walk.

They don't wear any magic hats.

They just toddle and fall,
and get up and toddle again.

[MUSIC PLAYING]

Somehow, inside of us, we
know what we're able to do.

And we just keep trying
until we finally learn.

When you do that with
things that you can learn,

I'm really proud of you.

[SINGING] I'm proud of you.

I'm proud of you.

I hope that you're as
proud as I am proud of you.

I'm proud of you.

I hope that you
proud and that you're

learning how important you are.

How important each
person you see can be.

Discovering each one's specialty
is the most important learning.

I'm proud of you.

I'm proud of you.

I hope that you're as
proud as I am proud of you.

I'm proud of you.

I hope that you are
proud of you too.

I was just thinking, no matter
what we're able to learn

or what we're not
able to learn, we're

still lovable just
the way we are.

[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.

We always have
things to do together

and things to talk
about together.

Gives me a good feeling to know
that I'll be back with you.

Bye bye.