17x10 - Episode 10

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-[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 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?

[SPEAKING] Hello, Neighbor.

Glad we're together again in
this television neighborhood.

See this?

Did you see me going like that
when I brought this in today?

Do you wear a scarf?

Do you know anybody
else who wears a scarf?

Well, I'd like you to take
a close look at this scarf.

It's made of yarn.

Different strands of
yarn are woven together,

and that's how it's made.

It's sort of like leaving.

Each one of the fingers is
a different piece of yarn,

like weaving.

Well, I know a person who
weaves scarves like this,

and I thought you might
like to see her work.

So I'll call her
on the phone to be

sure it's all right to
come over there now.

Her name is Ann White, and she
does her weaving in her home.

Hello, Ann?

This is Fred Rogers.

Yes.

I just wondered if it was
all right to come now.

Yeah.

OK.

We'll be over in just a minute.

Very good.

Bye-bye.

So Ann White says, you're
welcome to come right away.

So she's expecting us,
and we can just go and see

how somebody really
weaves beautiful things.

Come along.

-Hi, Ann.

-Hi, Fred!

-I'd like you to
meet my television

neighbor, Mrs. White.

-Hi.

Come on in.

-OK.

-Now, Fred, this
is where I work.

This is my loom.

-I never expected
it to be this big!

-Well, sometimes I need it this
big, because I weave something

that's wide, but today I'm
weaving just a small scarf.

Would you like to see?

-Sure.

-Why don't you bring
that chair around.

-OK.

So many strings there.

-Yes, and we have to go in
and out of these strings,

but it'll be very easy, because
we'll use a boat shuttle.

MR. ROGERS: Boat.

ANN WHITE: Just like
a boat in the water,

because it's shaped like a boat.

And in the boat,
we have a bobbin.

MR. ROGERS: A
bobbin in the boat.

ANN WHITE: Bobbin in
the boat, and the bobbin

has yarn around it.

And I'm going to
start with the gray.

When I put the boat
shuttle through,

it leaves a trail of yarn.

MR. ROGERS: And
you bring the yarn

real close to what
you just did before.

ANN WHITE: Right, and what I
do is-- it's called beating,

and you beat the
yarn down into place.

And if you'd like to
help me, what you could

do is as I pull the
shuttle through,

you can pull the beater.

-All right.

-All right.

-Just pull it?

-Just pull it forward.

That's the way.

And push it back.

All right.

-What are you doing
with your feet?

-Well, these are pedals down
here, and as I push the pedal,

it raises these
harnesses like that.

MR. ROGERS: Ah-hah.

ANN WHITE: And each
harness has a string in it,

and these warp threads go
through one of the strings

in the harness, and
that's how I lift this.

And this space in here that
I lift is called a shed.

MR. ROGERS: Shed.

ANN WHITE: Shed.

MR. ROGERS: So the trail
goes through the thread.

ANN WHITE: Right.

MR. ROGERS: Looks complicated.

ANN WHITE: It looks
complicated, but once you

learn how to do
it, it's not hard.

-Do you like doing this?

-I love doing this, yes.

Now, we're almost out of red
yarn, so what I should do now

is take one of my
empty bobbins, and I'll

go over and put yarn on it.

-Oh, OK.

-All right?

Now this is called
a skein of yarn.

-Skein.

-A skein.

And in order to unwind
this, usually you

have somebody that would
hold it like this for you

while you rolled it up.

But I don't always have
someone here to help me,

so I have this little
piece of equipment.

It's called an umbrella swift.

-Hey!

-See how much fun this is?

Opens up like that.

-Do you put this around it?

-And put that around
it, and open it up,

and then we just
move this up here.

-Then it just goes around?

-Now we need to find an end.

-And then you just wind
that around your bobbin?

-Well, you could do it that
way, but this is much faster.

I have an electric
bobbin-winder.

-Oh!

-So you start it, and
you put it on here.

Then I just push a button.

And see how that spins
around as I'm winding it?

-Yeah.

I bet you do this
a lot, don't you?

-I do.

-Filling up your bobbins.

ANN WHITE: And I love
all these little gadgets.

-Some of it's like
play, isn't it?

-It is.

It's a lot like play.

Now I think we
have enough, and we

can take this back to the loom.

-All right.

-All right.

Now we have the yarn on the
bobbin, and what we have to do

is cut this off and take it
out and put the new one in.

And you put the yarn
through this little hole

in the side of the
boat, like that.

Now we'll take this
tail that was left over,

tuck it in, and start the new
piece right on top of that tail

and beat it down.

MR. ROGERS: You mean you
don't need to make a knot?

ANN WHITE: No, you don't
need to knot it at all.

It'll hold in place there.

MR. ROGERS: Wait a minute,
I'm not doing my job here.

ANN WHITE: No, but
I have a new job

for you, which
might be more fun.

-All right.

-What we're going to do is you
are going to throw the shuttle

through the shed, and the
way we'll do it is you

do all the ones from
the left-hand side,

and I'll do all the ones that
come from the right-hand.

-All right.

-And we do a gray one, a red
one, a gray one, a red one.

All right?

All right.

Mm-hmm.

-A gray one.

MR. ROGERS: A gray one.

ANN WHITE: That's the way.

Now I do the red one,
because we're on this side,

and you catch it.

And gray.

MR. ROGERS: Red.

ANN WHITE: Red.

MR. ROGERS: And gray.

ANN WHITE: This is sort of like
being dance partners, isn't it?

-Sure.

Over, over.

-Now red.

MR. ROGERS: Red.

I was just wondering
as I watched

you do that-- you said
you loved to do it.

Did you always like to
do things like this?

-I always liked to
work with my hands.

I didn't weave when I
was young, because we

didn't have a loom at home.

A loom is something you
get when you're older.

But I did have a
grandmother who wove,

and I never saw her weave, but
I do have some of the cloth

that she made when
she was a girl.

-But that's all part
of you, isn't it?

-Yes, yes.

-Gee, that's wonderful.

I just love to think
about things like that.

And you liked to do lots
of things with your hands

when you were a little girl?

-Oh, yes.

I played with lots of yarn
and with paper and paint.

-And now you're
teaching other people.

-Yes.

-Teaching me through
the boats through.

Let's see now.

-It's red.

-Is it red?

-Yeah.

-Is that the right one?

And gray.

Now, this is wool, isn't it?

-Yes, this is wool.

-Do you always work
with wool thread?

-Not always.

Sometimes I work with
silk-- silk yarn.

-Could I see some of that?

-I'd love to show you
some of that, certainly.

One last shuttle.

-One last.

And the gray is through.

-All right.

It's right over here.

-Now, Fred, these
are my scarves.

They're all silk.

-Beautiful colors.

May I touch them?

-Please, yes.

MR. ROGERS: Oh,
that's so soft, Ann.

ANN WHITE: That's the silk.

MR. ROGERS: Mm!

They're all different colors.

-All different colors.

And if you look at
this one down here,

you see you have one
pattern on one side--

-Yes?

-And then turn it over
and look at the other.

It's a different
pattern on the back.

MR. ROGERS: But you wove
that on the same loom?

ANN WHITE: Yes.

On the big loom that we've
been working on today.

MR. ROGERS: It's kind of
reversed on the back, isn't it?

ANN WHITE: Mm-hmm.

-You do such beautiful work.

I'm proud to you.

-Oh, thank you.

I'm proud of myself.

-I'm glad.

I've got to get
back to my place,

but I thank you for
showing me all of it.

-Oh, I'm so happy
you could come today.

MR. ROGERS: Thanks again, Ann.

-You're welcome.

Any time.

-Goodbye.

-Bye-bye.

-I think it's fun to learn
how people make things.

That weaving-- ooh!

Looks complicated, doesn't it?

Ann White said that she and
I were like dance partners

as we were throwing those
shuttles back and forth.

Let's have some make-believe.

Hey, Trolley.

-[DINGING]

-Let's make believe
something about a scarf

and a ballet dancing teacher.

She could be Henrietta
Pussycat's teacher,

and they could be doing
some ballet together

before Henrietta goes to the
Sometimes Happy dance studio.

Maybe that teacher could have
a very special kind of scar.

We'll just think about
that in the Neighborhood

of Make-Believe.

-[DINGING AND WHISTLING]

-Meow really beautiful, meow.

Meow looks meow meow rainbow!

-I thought I heard
somebody say rainbow.

I've been looking for
one for a long time.

-Meow, X.

-Oh, hi, Hen.

Where's that rainbow?

Seems to be gone.

Oh, there it is.

I want to slide down its back.

-Meow meow minute, X. Meow
not meow real rainbow.

-It's not?

-Meow meow meow teacher's scarf.

Meow meow meow teacher,
Meow Meow Cloud.

-Oh, hi.

I'm glad to know you, Ms. Cloud.

Howdy do?

Do you like to make
a rainbow dance?

Oh, you do.

Don't you use words to talk?

-Meow dance meow.

-Oh, you use dancing!

Well, I sure do understand you.

-Meow meow teaching meow ballet.

-Oh, I'd surely like to see
the two of you do some ballet.

-Meow meow [SPEAKING FRENCH].

Meow, meow.

-Oh, boy.

That's nifty galifty,
I'll tell you!

-Meow meow learn, X?

-Oh, sure.

I'd be glad to learn
that pretty stuff.

Do you think I could, Ms. Cloud?

Oh, yes, I can fly.

Well, if you think so, I'll try.

-Meow meow dance together meow.

-Oh, I'll say.

That should be fun.

LADY ABERLIN: Hello, friends!

-Oh, hi, Lady A.

-Meow meow meow meow meow
ballet teacher, Ms. Cloud.

-Oh, I'm glad to meet you, too.

-She's going to teach me
the ballet, too, Lady A.

-Oh, great, X!

-And she can make a
rainbow with her scarf.

LADY ABERLIN: Oh!

And you can pretend you're
dancing down the back of it.

-I'll say!

-Well, I've come to tell you
all that there's something very

special about to happen at the
Sometimes Happy dance studio.

-What is it?

-A whole group of
folk dancers have

come to rehearse
their dance, and they

said that everyone
is welcome to watch.

-Meow meow go now?

-Well, Lady Elaine says
that everyone's welcome.

-Things do keep working
out, don't they?

-Yes.

-Meow meow meow meow class meow.

Meow.

Meow meow meow other time, meow.

Meow meow thank you, Ms. Cloud.

-I love the way you communicate!

-She dances like a
cloud, doesn't she?

Oh, beautiful.

-Come on, friends.

Meow, meow.

-OK, now.

Everybody knows the
new name of this place

and that everybody's invited.

So that settles that.

Now, on with today's
special attraction--

-They should be here by now.

-What's that?

-Oh, I just said
that Henrietta, X,

and Betty should be here by now.

-Oh well.

They'll be coming around.

You know them.

Now, maybe you would
like to introduce

the special attraction, Friday?

-Why, Fairchild!

How neighborly of you!

-Oh, you know me, Toots.

Always a surprise for everybody.

Go ahead and introduce them.

You love that sort of thing.

-Oh, yes, as a matter of fact.

Thank you.

It is with great pleasure
and a certain royal pride

that I, King Friday the


the assembled throng,
one of the most gifted

and talented assemblies of folk
dancers in all of the universe.

They have come here to
expand our understanding

of this wonderful
enterprise called the dance.

They bring their unrivaled
elegance and expertise to--

-Just say who they are, Friday!

We want to see them dance!

-Oh, yes.

Of course.

Ladies and gentlemen--

-Are we too late?

-Meow meow meow meow?

-Oh, no.

It's fine.

I will give you all
copies of my speech later.

-Meow meow meow.

-Thank you.

-And now for all to enjoy,
the Junior Tamburitzans.

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-[SINGING] [NON-ENGLISH SONG]

-Oh, wonderful!

-Excellent!

-Makes you want to dance
yourself, doesn't it?

I guess you know that
was the Zurli Trestat.

-Lady Elaine, you amaze
me with your erudition.

-Well, I am the dance mistress
at this place, after all.

Do you think you could
do some of those steps?

-[HUMMING]

-Meow meow beautiful meow.

-Oh, you all are
doing real well.

Well, it's good.

-Well, now, just you wait
to see what they do next.

You know those little propellers
that they have up there,

that they just
swing around-- Yeah.

Well, they start out with
that, and end up with that.

It's a lovely dance!

Let's see the next one, kids!

[MUSIC PLAYING]

-Excellent.

Yes.

-Oh, well.

I'm so proud of
you young people.

Yes, now why don't you include
all of us in your next dance?

So everybody's welcome to dance.

After all, this is the
Sometimes Happy dance studio.

Here we go.

[MUSIC PLAYING]

-[DINGING AND WHISTLING]

-There are many different
ways to dance, aren't there?

Those young people in their
costumes and scarves--

they certainly
must practice a lot

together to know
just what to do.

Where to put their
feet and how to twirl

and what to do with that.

Oh, I like watching them.

I want to show you
something over here.

I have some miniature
life figures right here.

Here are a couple friends,
and a father with a baby,

and some other friends.

I just thought
maybe I might make

the father dance with the baby.

Boom boom boom.

Yeah, he's taking
care of the baby.

[SINGING] For once, he
was very little too.

Now he takes care of the baby.

[SPEAKING] Do you ever play
with miniature life figures?

You know, you can make up your
own music or dance or any kind

of story with little
figures like this.

Some of them might feel lonely.

Some of them might
feel very happy.

Some of them might feel angry.

I think it's fun
to make up things.

That's how people invent new
things, by thinking about them

and then trying them.

That's the way people
make up dances, too.

They just think up
some special movement--

some special
movement like that--

and then they put
that into their dance.

Here you are, fish.

A little food for you right now.

Dancing fish.

Gives me a good feeling to
be able to show and tell you

things, because I like children.

[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.

[SPEAKING] I'll be back.

Bye-bye.

Bye-bye.

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