29x08 - Episode 8

[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.

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.

How are you?

Glad to be with you.

Can you imagine what might be
in that case that I brought in?

It's a case with a long
zipper across here.

Can you imagine what
might be in here?

Can you imagine what
might not be in here?

Well, I'm going to
show you what is.

This is an Arthur puppet.

Yep.

And also some Arthur drawings.

Mhm.

My friend, Marc Brown, who
creates all the Arthur things

drew these pictures so I
could show them to you.

Now this first one is of the
castle with the King and Queen

and Prince Tuesday and Arthur.

And this one is of the tree
with Arthur and Henrietta and X.

And this is of the clock
with Arthur and Daniel.

And where is this?

The Museum-Go-Round, isn't it?

With Arthur and the bell.

Well, Marc Brown has
his own workshop where

he does all kinds of
interesting things,

and I'd like you
to see his place.

Most of all, I'd
like you to meet him.

He said we could come over
whenever we were ready,

so let's just go there now.

Oh, and I'll take this
little Arthur puppet with me

since I borrowed
it from Marc Brown.

Come along.

Come along, Arthur.

We'll go Marc Brown's studio.

[MUSIC PLAYING]

Here we are.

This is his studio.

And he said, just come right in.

So we'll go.

Hello, Marc.

-Oh, hello, Fred.
Welcome.

-Thank you.

I'd like you to know
my television neighbor.

Mr. Marc Brown.

-Welcome to you.

-And thank you for
loaning him to me.

-Oh, he's back home.

Were you a good boy, Arthur?

-You bet.

-Well, have a seat, Fred.

-Thank you.

-I'd like to show you
what I'm working on.

-Good.

Are you doing another book?

-I am.

I'm doing another book.

I love writing books,
I love telling stories,

and I love drawing pictures.

-Is this book about Arthur?

-It is.

It's a new Arthur story.

-Marc, would you be
able to draw Arthur?

-Sure.

I'd be happy to.

I actually have a secret
formula for drawing Arthur?

-What is it?

-It's very easy.

When I draw Arthur, I start
with two letter O's like this.

I put them right
next to each other.

And then hook them together
with a little line there.

And those become his glasses.

Now under those, we'll
do a large letter U

and at the bottom of that, a
smaller letter U for his mouth.

And two dots there
for his nostrils.

And a dot in each one of
the letter O's for his eyes.

Now at the top we'll
add a large upside

down letter U for
the top of his head.

And when I put
his eyebrows on, I

think about how he's
feeling that day.

Is he happy or sad or
worried about something?

The way you make the lines
will change the way Arthur

looks and the way
you think he feels.

Now we'll add his ears.

And the ears look a little
bit like ping pong paddles.

That's what my son said when
I first drew Arthur for him.

Now we could give him a little
bit of a t-shirt down here.

And he's ready to go--
off to a new adventure.

-Very good.

-Well, thank you, Arthur.

-Have you always loved to draw?

-I have.

Drawing has always
been special to me.

I guess I've drawn as far
back as I can remember.

And I loved drawing
for my Grandma Thora.

And one day she opened
her bottom dresser drawer,

and I saw all the drawings
that I had given to her

over the years and she
had saved them all.

And that's when I thought that
there was something special

about the drawings,
and I started

to look at my own drawings
a little bit differently.

-She loved you
and your drawings.

-She did.

She's a very special person.

-When you think of the
different characters in Arthur,

do you think of people
in your childhood?

-I do.

All of the characters that
I draw in the Arthur books

come from people that I knew.

And the story ideas come from
things that have happened to me

or to my children or children
who write me letters.

And I think the best
things happen in real life.

-Of course they do.

-And they make the best books.

Arthur's little sister
is a combination

of my three little sisters.

And Arthur's best
friend, Buster,

is a lot like my best
friend in third grade.

-And are you a lot like Arthur?

-A lot like Arthur, yes.

-You even look a little
like Arthur to me.

-It's those furry ears, I think.

-But when you make
television, you

have to have loads
of drawings for that.

-Oh, many people-- I could
never do them all myself.

There are hundreds of animators
who help with the television

show because each one minute
of the television show

takes hundreds of drawings.

I have some here I
wanted to show you.

In fact, this will
look familiar to you.

This is the show
we did together.

-I love that swing.

[LAUGHING]

MARC: I used to love to make
these when I was a child.

I would take a lot of papers
and stack them together

and on each page make a dot in
a slightly different position.

Then when you flip them, the dot
would dance all over the page.

You really got the feeling
of animation and movement.

-But on the television,
as I remember,

there was lots of color
and buildings around.

-So many people are involved
in making this work.

After we do these
drawings, then there

are people who
put in the colors.

So there would be someone
who would paint each

of the faces the
right color-- each

of the sweaters the right color.

Then there's someone that
paints the background.

Then we put the voices in.

And then someone adds the music.

I'd like to show you
the scene with all

of those pieces put together.

-Let's see it together.

-OK.

-All right.

-I think I have that
tape right here.

Let me find it.

-I'll be glad to see that again.

-Let's pop it in.

-Look for the swings.

[MUSIC PLAYING]

There it is.

-I wondered where you
were hiding, Arthur.

-I think maybe I'm sick.

In fact, I may be too sick
to go to school tomorrow.

Or even ever again.

-You know, if I'm feeling mad
or sad or glad about something,

I try to tell somebody about it.

-I just don't want everyone
to think I'm a-- that I like--

I mean--

-You don't want them to think
you're a little kid anymore.

-Yeah!

I mean, no offense.

-Sometimes you feel like you're
too old for certain things.

-I just don't want
people to make fun of me.

-Real friends don't make
fun of real friends.

-That's for sure.

-That's important.

-Isn't it a joy to care
so much for children?

-Yeah, I think it-- no
matter how big you get,

it's important to remember
what it's like to be a child.

-That's for sure.

I need to get back
to my place, but I

need to say goodbye
to Arthur first.

So I want to say
goodbye to you, Arthur.

-Fred, you know Michael.

-Hi.

-Michael Yarmush-- he does the
voice of Arthur on the show.

-Glad to see you, Michael.

I'd like you to know
my television neighbor.

-Hi there.

-Michael Yarmush.

Would you do the
voice for this Arthur?

-Oh, sure.

No problem.

-You all have a
meeting together?

-Yes, we're working
on a new show.

-Oh, good.

[CLEARING THROAT]

-It's good to see you
again, Mister Rogers.

MISTER ROGERS: I'm glad
we're friends, Arthur.

-Friends are the
best, aren't they?

-I'll say.

Oh, it's great to be with you.

-Good to see you, Fred.

-Thank you, Marc.

Take good care, Michael.

-Bye bye, Mister Rogers.

-Bye bye.

-Bye bye.

OK, pull up a chair,
and let's get to work.

-All right.

Is this a new script?

-Yes, it is.

And it needs some work.

-Let's just go back to my place.

[MUSIC PLAYING]

I like you to meet my friends.

Do you ever make puppets?

Or make them talk?

Do you ever draw pictures?

Let's look at Marc
Brown's pictures again.

The castle.

The tree.

The clock.

The Museum-Go-Round.

Why don't we make-believe
something about Arthur visiting

our Neighborhood
of Make-Believe?

[MUSIC PLAYING]

Trolley.

Hi, Trolley.

We've been pretending that
Lady Elaine has been having

a hard time controlling
her urge to squirt people

with her Museum-Go-Round
water hose.

Let's think more
about that and Arthur

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

Ready, Trolley?

[CHIMES]

OK.

Neighborhood of Make-Believe.

[MUSIC PLAYING]

[CHIMES]

-Oh, yes, Trolley.

Yes.

Now what were you telling
me about King Arthur?

-Oh, uh, not King
Arthur, Uncle Friday.

His name is Arthur,
and he's an aardvark

and right now he's playing
with cousin Tuesday.

-Is his father King Arthur,
or is he an aardvark also?

-I imagine he's an aardvark.

-Hello, cousin.

-Hi, Tuesday.

-Hi, Daddy.

-Arthur and I have been playing.

-Oh, where is he now?

-Oh, he went to the bathroom,
but he'll be here in a minute.

He likes to meet people.

-I am prepared to
greet him, even

though he isn't King Arthur.

-Hi.

-Hi, Arthur.

-Hi, Arthur.

-Arthur, I presume.

-Correct, as usual, King Friday.

-You are welcome in
this neighborhood.

-Thank you.

I've had a really great time
playing with Prince Tuesday.

I think he's really cool.

-Yes, indeed.

You seem like a splendid
sort yourself, Arthur,

even though you're not a king.

-I've met a lot of
splendid people,

but you're the
first king I've met.

I guess you don't have to
be a king to be splendid.

-Very well said.

May you have a beautiful
day in this neighborhood,

young aardvark.

-Thank you, King Friday.

-Yes.

And all of you.

-Goodbye, Daddy.

-Thank you, Sire.
-Farewell.

-Bye.

-Cousin, will you introduce
Arthur to X and Henrietta?

-Certainly.

-I'm going to tell Daniel that
we'll all be playing together.

-See you later, Tuesday.

-That's for sure.

-Bye, Tuesday.

X and Henrietta live
right over here.

-Let's go.

-You know, X and Hen
have lived as neighbors

in this tree since way back
when all this was farmland.

-Meow, meow, Arthur?

-Yes, I am.

-Hi, Henrietta.

-Meow, Lady Aberlin, meow.

-Arthur wanted to
meet you and X.

-Somebody say my
favorite letter?

-We'd like you to meet Arthur.

-Hello, X the Owl.

-Why, sure enough,
it is you, Arthur.

You all want to
come in and play?

-Well, we are supposed
to go to Daniel's clock.

-But we can play later.

-Oh, that will be nifty.

-Meow, meow, see
you, meow, meow.

Meow.

-Bye.

-Uh, have a good
time, A. And Lady A.

-A is for Arthur.

-And Lady A for Lady Aberlin.

-Whoa!

What was that?

-Lady Elaine Fairchilde.

All right then, Lady Elaine.

Where are you?

-I've always wanted to
meet you, Lady Elaine.

-Do you mean that?

I'm

-Sure.

I love everything about museums.

-Well, I didn't think you
all were going to visit me.

-So you squirted us?

-Well, what was
I supposed to do?

-Well, just try
inviting us over.

-You mean you'd come to visit?

-Of course I'd come.

-Well, how about now?

-How about as soon as I
play with Daniel Tiger?

-You got a deal.

Hey, this Aardvark's OK.

-And so are you.

You don't have to squirt
people to get them here.

-OK.

See you.

And I'll get stuff ready.

-No squirting?

-No squirting.

-Oh, look.

Tuesday's already
over with Daniel.

-Let's go.

-He's a really good player.

-Oh, I'm glad to play
with both of you.

-Oh, there they are.

-Oh.

-I told Daniel what a great
player you are, Arthur.

-I've got my trucks and other
staff all set up inside.

-All right.

Let's play.

-Good.

-You want to play,
too, cousin Betty?

-Oh, I'd like to, but I promised
Edgar Cooke and Aunt Sara

I'd help them with
Food for the World.

I'll see you all later, though.

-Thanks, Lady A.

-Anytime, Arthur.

As Uncle Friday said, you're
welcome in this neighborhood.

-Come on inside, Arthur.

-Come on, Arthur.

[MUSIC PLAYING]

[CHIMES]

-That's just the way I feel
about him, too, Trolley.

[CHIMES]

[MUSIC PLAYING]

[CHIMES]

-I was just wondering, could
you imagine Arthur and Daniel

playing inside the clock
with Prince Tuesday?

Just imagine that.

And can you imagine
Arthur and X and Henrietta

later playing together
inside the tree?

And can you imagine Lady
Elaine showing Arthur all

that she has inside
the Museum-Go-Round?

I can imagine that.

I like to imagine
things, don't you?

You know, Lady
Elaine didn't have

to squirt that water
to get Arthur to come.

He said he loves museums.

Sure.

Let's give some
food to the fish.

They're hungry.

[PHONE RINGING]

Oh, there's the phone.

Hello?

Hello, Mrs. McFeely,
how are you?

Oh, fine.

Oh, I'd like to see that.

Thank you very much.

All right.

Hope you have a good day.

Bye bye.

That was Mrs. McFeely.

She told me that Mr. McFeely
was going to bring over

a videotape about people
making traffic signals.

I wonder if they look
something like ours here.

[KNOCKING]

Oh, maybe that's he now.

It is.

-Speedy Delivery.

-I just talked
with Mrs. McFeely.

-So you know what
this is, right?

-People making traffic signals?

-Well, this is really how
people put all the parts

together to make
traffic signals.

-Oh.
-Would you like to see it?

-I would.

Do you have time to show it?

-I have time.

I have time.

-Good.

-And as we're watching
it, I'll explain

how they put all
the parts together.

-Very good.

-All righty.

-I'll put it into
Picture Picture

and find out how people
assemble traffic signals.

MR. MCFEELY: Now
the different parts

are made in other
factories, but they're all

brought to this one
where people put

them together on
an assembly line.

And this man starts
by connecting

three housings together.

MISTER ROGERS: Well,
what's a housing?

MR. MCFEELY: A housing is the
outside of a traffic signal

that protects all the
parts on the inside.

MISTER ROGERS: Oh.

MR. MCFEELY: He uses three
bolts and a washer on one side.

And three nuts and a
washer on the other.

And now he'll do it
the same way again so

that all three
housings are connected.

MISTER ROGERS: One, two, three.

MR. MCFEELY: One, two, three.

MISTER ROGERS: What's that?

MR. MCFEELY: That's
a special wrench

he uses to tighten the
nuts on the housing

so it won't come apart.

MISTER ROGERS: It works
very quickly, doesn't it.

MR. MCFEELY: Oh, it surely does.

It's very helpful
because he has lots

of housings to put together.

And when he's
finished with his job,

he rolls the housing
down the assembly line.

And this woman attaches
the lenses to the housing.

MISTER ROGERS: Is the lens
that round color part?

MR. MCFEELY: Yes.

Now she uses this screwdriver
to put four screws

into the housing to
hold the lens in place.

MISTER ROGERS: Green for go.

MR. MCFEELY: Right again.

Now she'll do the same
for the middle one.

Yellow for caution.

There it is.

MISTER ROGERS: And red for stop.

MR. MCFEELY: And
when she's finished,

she rolls it down
the assembly line

to this woman, who has two jobs.

First, she attaches the wires.

She takes them through each hole
and connects them to this part.

These are red for the red lens.

MISTER ROGERS: Red
for the red lens.

MR. MCFEELY: Now she'll do
the same for the yellow.

That's for the yellow lens.

Those wires.

MISTER ROGERS: I'll bet
the next wires are green.

So the wires are the
same color as the lens.

MR. MCFEELY: Yes.

That helps her
make sure she's got

the right wire for each lens.

MISTER ROGERS: Now what's that?

MR. MCFEELY: Oh, that's
called a reflector.

Her second job is to attach
the other ends of the wires

to the reflector so the
electricity can go there.

MISTER ROGERS: Uh-huh.

Actually, what does
the reflector do?

MR. MCFEELY: Oh, it makes
the light from the light bulb

brighter so it's
easier for people

to see what color is lit.

MISTER ROGERS: Oh, I see.

And what about the light bulb?

MR. MCFEELY: Oh, you'll see.

MISTER ROGERS: There's one.

She's putting in the
first light bulb.

So there's one for
each reflector.

MR. MCFEELY: Yeah, that's right.

Three bulbs.

MISTER ROGERS: Are
all the parts on now?

MR. MCFEELY: Well, almost.

Now this woman adds the
final piece called a visor.

MISTER ROGERS: Oh, the visor.

MR. MCFEELY: The visor protects
the lens from rain and snow,

and it blocks out extra sunlight
so it's easier for people

to see the lights.

MISTER ROGERS: Uh-huh.

MR. MCFEELY: She
has to attach them.

Make sure they're on tight.

And when she's finished,
she slides it down

to this man, who
takes it to test

the lights to make sure
it's working just right.

MISTER ROGERS: He
plugs it in there.

MR. MCFEELY: Mhm.

Now watch.

He's going to test it.

MISTER ROGERS: Green.

Yellow.

Red.

MR. MCFEELY: And green.

And that's how people
assemble traffic signals.

-Isn't that interesting?

-You learn something
old everyday.

-You surely do.

And it's very much
like this one.

-A lot like that one.

Does it work?

-This one works.

-Can I see it?

-Sure.

-All right.

Let's see now.

-It should have green on now.

-The green is on right now.

Can you take the green
out-- turn it off?

-Yes.

-And let's see.

Put stop.

-Stop.

-There it is.

And what about--

-There's the stop.

-There's stop.

And what about caution?

-Should I turn this one off?

-Turn that one off.

Caution-- there it is.

And now turn that one off.

And what about go?

Green.

There you go.

Now a little-- can
you do them faster?

There.

There you go.

Speedy Delivery.

-Now we should say go.

-Go.

-Stop.

-Stop.

-Go.

-Well, speaking of going, I have
more deliveries to do today.

-Well, thank you very much
for this speedy delivery.

-Well, that's what
you'll get. [SINGING]

That's what you'll get--
a speedy Speedy Delivery.

A speedy, speedy,
speedy Speedy Delivery.

-Thank you, Mr. McFeely.

-You're quite welcome.

Want to do a duet?

-Oh.

-OK, here we go.

-[SINGING] That's
what you'll get.

That's what you'll get--
a speedy Speedy Delivery.

A speedy, speedy, speedy,
speedy, Speedy Delivery.

-Well, I'm on my way.

I have more pickups
and deliveries.

-All right.

-Bye bye.

-Thanks again, Mr. McFeely.

-You're welcome.

-Oh, my.

Mr. McFeely is such
a grand person.

You know, there are many ways
of helping people know when

it's best to stop
and then to go.

Of course, the best ways of
knowing come from the inside.

And that always gives
you such 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.

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.

-I'll be back next time.

Bye bye.

ANNOUNCER: For anyone
who would like to know,

here's the PBS neighborhood
online address.

[MUSIC PLAYING]