19x08 - Episode 8

[bunniefuu]

[THEME MUSIC]

-[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?

[MUSIC ENDS]

Hi, neighbor.

Welcome to this neighborhood.

A friend of mine, who is a
Native American of the Apache

Tribe, loaned this basket to
me, and I wanted you to see it.

I think it's so beautiful.

To think that
somebody made this.

My friend has it near
the door of his home.

And he tells me that having
such a basket near your door

is like telling anybody
who comes to visit you, put

your burdens down
here and come inside.

Isn't that wonderful?

Put all your worries and scaries
and anything that bothers you

in the basket, and
spend some time with me.

I've asked Mr. McFeely to
find some other baskets

in different kinds
that I can show you.

And there are many,
many kinds in the world,

just like there are many
different people in the world.

And each one is special.

[CHEERFUL MUSIC]

[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's only one in
this wonderful world.

You are special.

[SONG ENDS]

You surely are.

[KNOCK ON DOOR]

Oh, maybe that's
Mr. McFeely now.

Talk about special.

He's a special friend, isn't he?

Hi, Mr. McFeely.

-Speedy delivery.

I hope these are the
things you wanted.

-The different baskets.

-Yes, and some other things
I thought you'd like.

-Oh, you always give people
extra things, Mr. McFeely.

-Well, it's fun to
think about what

might be fun for somebody else.

-I think maybe that's
why we like you so much.

You're always thinking
about other people.

Won't you come in and
watch these with me?

-You know, business
is booming today.

-Oh, it it?

-But I wanted to make sure
that you saw this announcement.

Here, I'll hold the basket.

-Oh, thank you.

Oh, Special Olympics.

-That's right, it is.

I took some time out
and watched the children

do their activities.

-Oh, I enjoy seeing--
this looks like, this

looks like Alycia Romano.

-Well, it is.

And she's really fast
in the wheelchair race.

-Oh, I would like
to see her do that.

-Well, you can.

Rick Agretto.

Said you could
come over any time.

In fact, they're practicing
in the big school gym today.

-Oh, good.

Well, maybe we'll just do that.

-All right, there's
your delivery.

Speedy delivery to you.
-Thank you, Mr. McFeely.

-You're welcome, bye bye.

-I'm glad to see what
you've brought here.

Let's take a look at these now.

There do seem to be
more than baskets here.

But, he-- oh, here's a
tiny basket to begin with.

What a little basket that is.

Hm.

There's a basket.

All different ones.

Imagine people making
all of-- oh, here's

one made of strips of paper.

Wonder who wove that basket.

Here's a larger one.

That's colorful, isn't it?

Now what is this
that he's put in?

[LAUGHS]

For basketball.

Oh, Mr. McFeely.

He has such good ideas.

Here's a larger one
without a handle.

Somebody wove that too.

And what's this?

I guess that you try
to get this in to here?

He knows I'm
interested in games.

[CHUCKLES]

Whoops.

In and out.

That's fun.

I think that, that
I would like to see

the people at the
Special Olympics.

And I was thinking as I
saw all of these baskets,

are there any of these baskets
that you like the best?

You know, they're
all different ones.

Each person would
probably choose

a different combination
to like the best.

That's because each
person is different

from every other
person in the world.

Yet we're all persons.

You're a person.

Your mom and dad are persons.

If you have a sister or a
brother, they're persons.

Your friend is a person.

Each person in the Special
Olympics is a person.

Each person in the
world is a person.

Well, I'd like you to
see some of the practice

of the Special Olympics
in our neighborhood.

And they have all sorts
of athletic sports.

And they work long
and hard to be able,

to get to be in those games.

So, let's just go over to that
big high school gym together.

Come along.

Hello, Rick.

-Hi, Fred.

-I'd like you to
know my television

neighbor, Rick Agretto.

-Hi.

-There's lots going
on here today.

-There's a lot of activity
going on here today,

according to the
athlete's abilities.

-Oh, my.

[CLAPPING]

COACH: Way to go, Bobby Allen.

Yes.

MR. ROGERS: They
seem so energetic

-Yes, they do.

They're great.

-You know, on that
brochure that you gave me,

I saw Alycia Romano's picture.

Is she here?

-As a matter of
fact, Fred, she is.

She's right over here.

Shall we go see her?

-Sure, I'd like to see her.

[CLAPPING]

A lot of clapping.

-A lot of enthusiasm here today.

-Oh, here are the push ups.

Here's Alycia.

-Two, three.

Very good, Alycia.

-Ow.

I want to get down.

-Oh, that was really good.

-Hi, Alycia.

It's Fred Rogers here.

Hi.

Have you been doing Push ups?

Oh, you do them well.

Alycia, you're getting ready
to do something else today,

are you?

What are you going to do?

-Wheelchair race.

-The wheelchair race?

And where will that be?

Over that way.

Is it OK if we come over
and see you a little later?

Good.

OK.

We'll see you later.

Boy, that's hard work,
those push ups, isn't it?

-It's very hard work
for Alycia, but she's

an outstanding athlete
and she tries her best.

Fred, I'd like to show
you something over here.

Let's go over here.

-All right.

OK.

[CLAPPING AND CHEERING]

-That's good.

-Oh, that's good.

-Very good, nice job.

-Come on, Bobby.

-I got it.

-OK.

-He has it.

-There you go.

Good, Robert.

-Good for you, Robert.

It looks difficult.

-It is difficult.

But these kids
train so hard, they

feel so good about themselves
when they do it well.

[CLAPPING]

Fred, there's another activity
I'd like us to go see.

-OK, fine.

What is this, a balance beam?

-This is the balance beam, Fred.

These kids are doing
compulsory routines

as their practice
prior to their meet.

-One, two--

MR. ROGERS: Who's this?

RICK: That's Tara Decker.

MR. ROGERS: Tara.

She must really like this.

RICK: She loves it.

MR. ROGERS: Because the
things you like to do,

you seem to do best.

RICK: I believe
that's very true.

MR. ROGERS: But
you've always been

interested in this kind
of work, haven't you?

-I really have been.

I love sport, but this is
a special kind of sport.

And to be able to
provide special training

and competition
for these athletes,

and to be able to see the joy
and their self esteem improved

brings a lot of joy to me.

MR. ROGERS: I guess so.

Does it ever feel as if you
might fall off that beam?

-Yeah.

-Does it?

-Yeah.

-Is it fun though?

-Yeah.

-It is fun?

-Yeah.

-I sometime would like to
try it myself, I think.

BOY: Can't you try it?

-Pardon me?

-Can't you try it?

-Could I try it?

-Yeah.

-Well, we'll see.

Maybe I could try it.

You think it'd be all
right if I tried it?

-If you want to, sure.

-Could you show me?

Would you show me what to do?

-Yeah.

-As soon as Gary's done, and
he's close to being done,

you could give it a try.

MR. ROGERS: All right.

RICK: Hakeem, are you going
to show Mr. Rogers what to do?

HAKEEM: Yeah.

RICK: OK.

BOY: I will.

MR. ROGERS: Will you?

Will you both show
me what to do?

All right.

-At what time-- what
time you want to leave?

-Oh, well I don't have
to leave-- oh, good.

Good, Gary.

-Next.

-We're going to
have-- Debbie, we're

going to have Mr.
Rogers try this.

-Hi, Debbie.

I'm Fred Rogers.

-Hi, I'm Debbie.

-You're a coach here, are you?

-Yes, I am.

-Now, how do you start this?

You're going to help me?

-Hop on.

-And then what do you do?

-Kick.

-Feet out.

-Kick like that?

-No, you go like that.

-Oh, my.

-Come on, come on.

-Oh, that's-- that feels like
you're going to fall off.

And you don't have to
hold on anybody, do you?

-Down.

Squat.

-Pardon me?

Down?

-You've got to squat.

-Now get up.

Get up.

-Oh, boy.

-Get over.

-And then we'll come back?

-Yeah.

-Thanks for holding on.

I don't know how you do
this without holding.

-Look at me.

-Down?

OK.

RICK: Yay.

[CHEERING AND CLAPPING]

-Thank you for helping me.

-That was great, Fred.

-Who's next?

-Fred, the wheelchair race,
I believe, is about to begin,

and Alycia's in that.

-Oh.

OK.
-Why don't we go see her?

-Fine.

Thanks for helping me everybody.

See you later.

MR. ROGERS: They do great work.

RICK: They do.

Ready to start the
wheelchair race.

MR. ROGERS: Good.

I'll watch here.

-OK.

-On your mark, get set, go.

[CHEERING AND CLAPPING]

RICK: Let's go, let's go.

Come on, hurry.

Go.

Go Alycia.

-Alycia, I was watching
you the whole time.

How do you feel about that?

-My arm started to get tired.

-You know, there are a lot of
people who are proud of you.

ALYCIA: Yes.

-And I'm one of them.

ALYCIA: Yes.

-Now you've been practicing
this wheelchair race,

and when you go to the
actual Olympic games,

the Special Olympic
games, you'll

be in the wheelchair
race won't you?

-Yes.

Yes.

-Are you looking
forward to that?

-Yes.

-That'll be a busy
day, won't it?

-Yes, you got that right.

MR. ROGERS: Oh, you can
even turn it that way.

Can you come the
whole way around?

-Yes.

-Any wonder you can race well.

-Yeah, you got that right.

MR. ROGERS: I've got that right.

-Yeah.

RICK: Excuse me, Fred.

We're about ready
to begin next race.

-Oh, OK Rick.

Well, I think I'm going
have to go back to my place.

It's good to be with you,
Alicia, and congratulations

to you.

-Thanks.

-And thank you so much, Rick.

-Thank you, Fred.
MR. ROGERS: Good to be with you.

-Good to see you.
-Thank you.

Bye bye.

ALYCIA: Bye, Mr. Rogers.

-Bye, Alycia.

There's a lot of hard
work by the players

and the planners of
those Special Olympics.

Did you notice all the
athletes' friends who

were watching and
cheering them on?

Those Special Olympics
athletes give a lot

of pleasure to other
people by doing

as well as they possibly can.

I really enjoyed that visit.

That's the real neighborhood.

Now let's have
some make believe.

Trolley.

[BELL RINGING , WHISTLE BLOWING]

Last time in the Neighborhood
of Make-Believe, Daniel Tiger

and Randy Caribou-- you
know, the visiting reindeer--

were both sad, because they
weren't on anybody's ball team.

But Chef Brockett
suggested that they make up

a team of their own,
the Reindeer Tiger team.

Well, that sounded so good to
Prince Tuesday and Ana Platypus

that they wanted
to be on the team,

too, even though they
weren't reindeers or tigers.

So they came up
with the suggestion

that they could have a
boy-girl reindeer tiger team.

Let's pretend some
more about that now,

in the neighborhood
of Make-Believe.

CITIZENS: [SINGING] Here we
go 'round the mulberry bush,

the mulberry bush,
the mulberry bush.

Here we go 'round the mulberry
bush, so early in the morning.

[TROLLEY BELL RINGING]

-Want to go 'round the
mulberry bush, Trolley?

[TROLLEY BELL RINGING]

-OK, but you're
welcome any time.

[TROLLEY BELL RINGING]

-[ALL SINGING] This is
the way we wash our face,

wash our face, wash our face.

This is the way we wash our
face, so early in the morning.

[TRUMPETS PLAYING FANFARE]

-Assembled
congregation, I presume?

-[ALL] Correct as
usual, King Friday.

-What is going on out here?

-We're just having
fun, Uncle Friday.

-There are more important
things to do than having fun.

-What do you need your
handyman to do, sire?

-Certainly not jump
around some mulberry bush.

-We just had some free time
and we're enjoying ourselves.

-You never know when your phone
will ring, Miss Paulifficate.

-My beeper will tell
me when I needed.

-Your beeper?

-It's this new device.

It's the latest.

-Oh.

[ELECTRONIC BEEPING]

-Is that the beeper?

-It is.

The castle phone is ringing.

Excuse me, all.

HANDYMAN NEGRI:
Oh well, farewell.

LADY ABERLIN: Farewell,
Miss Paulifficate.

BOB DOG: Goodbye,
Miss Paulifficate.

-Would, would you like
to, to play "Here We

Go 'Round the Mulberry
Bush," King Friday?

-What was that
you said, Bob Dog?

-I was just wondering, would
you like to play "Here We

Go 'Round the Mulberry
Bush" with us?

We have lots of room.

-Uh, well, uh, certainly
I-- I don't think, uh--

-Oh, try it, King Friday.

KING FRIDAY: Does it take
a great deal of expertise?

-Well, no, we'll be
glad to show you how.

[HOWLS QUIETLY]

-I've never done it, you know.

LADY ABERLIN: Come
with me, Uncle Friday.

-Well, if you insist.

-We'll teach you, sire.

LADY ABERLIN: Sure we will.

-[ALL SINGING] Here we go
'round the mulberry bush,

the mulberry bush,
the mulberry bush.

Here we go 'round the mulberry
bush so early in the morning.

This is the way we have
some fun, have some fun,

have some fun.

This is the way we have some
fun so early in the morning.

[ALL LAUGHING]

-It looks like you're
all having a grand time.

[ALL AGREEING]

-It was a pleasant moment
in the day of a King.

-You see, you can
have fun, Friday.

-Pleasant moments, perhaps.

-Whatever you want
to call it, dear.

I just love to see your
face light up like that.

-Uh, yes.

-When you love somebody, you
love to see them having fun.

-Uh, yeah.

Well, now, on with our day.

-Would it be possible
for you to help me

with something, Handyman Negri?

-Oh, of course, your majesty.

-You may both depart.

-Thank you, sire.

-See you later, dear.

-Bye.

-Farewell.

-You're really good at
mulberry bush, King Friday.

-That was my first time.

-Whoa.

-You mean you never played "Here
We Go 'Round the Mulberry Bush"

before?

-I was never invited before.

-Uncle Friday, I
didn't know that.

-This is quite difficult
for me to talk about.

-You mean not playing "Here We
Go 'Round the Mulberry Bush?"

-I mean, having fun and games.

-It's hard for
you to talk about?

-When I was a
young prince, I was

not very fine at playing games.

So when it came time for
people to choose their teams,

nobody ever--

-Anybody for a game?

-Oh, we were just having
a serious conversation

with Uncle Friday, Randy.

-Mr. Caribou, I presume?

-Right you are, Uncle Friday.

-[MUTTERING] Uncle Friday--

-Oh.

Correct as usual, King Friday.

-Good, very good.

-What did you all say
you were talking about?

-About getting chosen
to play on teams.

-Oh.

Daniel and I have a team.

The Reindeer Tiger team.

-Reindeer Tiger team?

-That's it.

I'm a reindeer and he's a tiger.

But Prince Tuesday and
Ana want to be on it,

so now it's a Boy Girl
Reindeer Tiger team.

-King Friday, what
was it you were

saying about people
choosing teams?

-Sometimes it makes people
sad when nobody chooses them.

-That's for sure.

No one ever chose me.

I was all paws.

I really didn't play very well.

-You either?

-Me either.

-You can be on our team
if you like, Bob Dog.

-But I'm not a boy, or a girl,
or a reindeer, or a tiger.

-We'll make it the Dog Boy
Girl Reindeer Tiger team.

-You'd do that?

-Sure.

You could do anything
you want when

you're playing and having fun.

Just so long as you
don't hurt anyone.

Oh, no.

Oh, no.

[QUIET HOWLING]

-Could you ever have
a woman on the team?

-You know some woman who
wants to be on our team?

-This one.

-You're on.

Oh, let's see.

What are we called now?

-The Woman Dog Boy Girl
Reindeer Tiger team.

[ALL LAUGH]

-Would it, uh, be possible to,
uh, place a king on that team?

-You mean you
would, King Friday?

I was afraid to ask.

-That's the trouble.

Everybody's afraid to ask.

Kings are human too.

-Why, Uncle Friday.

-Nobody ever asked me
to be on a team before.

-Not you either?

-Not I either.

-Well, I'm asking you.

How about being
on our King Woman

Dog Boy Girl
Reindeer Tiger team?

-I accept.

-Hooray!

-Yay!

I'll go ask Miss
Paulifficate and Handy.

-And Queen Sara, if she likes.

-What a team this
is going to be.

-I'll say.

-I didn't know you felt
that way too, King Friday.

-Yes, come inside, Bob Dog.

We will talk about
those feelings.

You may come too, Mr. Caribou.

BOB DOG: This way, Mr. Caribou.

[BELL RINGING, WHISTLE BLOWING]

-That's one way to make a team.

Whoever wants to play
can play, and they

put their name on the team.

But King Friday and Bob
Dog were remembering times

when people were
playing some game

and they didn't
want them to play.

That made the King and
Bob Dog really sad.

I remember some times like that.

I'm going to put this over
here and show you something.

That's easy.

Yeah.

I remember a time that I wasn't
too good at playing basketball.

No.

And nobody wanted
me on their team.

It's easy putting
it in like this,

but it's really
tough when you're

this size, trying to get it in.

Yeah.

I remember one day though,
somebody took a chance

and asked me to be on his team.

And I made a good basket, and
I felt really fine about that.

I really did.

We'll think more about
the King Woman Dog Boy

Girl Reindeer Tiger
team next time.

[SINGING] King Woman Dog Boy
Girl Reindeer tiger team.

Da dum, pa rum, pa rum.

Wanna be on the team, fish?

[SINGING TO THE TUNE OF "HERE
WE GO 'ROUND THE MULBERRY BUSH"]

Dum pum pum, so
early in the morning.

What do you suppose is going
on inside the castle right now?

Inside the tree right now?

Inside the museum right now?

What do you suppose is going
on inside the platypus mound

right now?

And maybe Daniel's clock, too?

Fun to think about
that, isn't it?

I mean, when you're by yourself,
you could be thinking about,

what do you suppose is
going on in the Neighborhood

of Make-Believe?

And make up your own
stories about that.

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

with you about important things.

and things that are fun.

I like to think that you're
making up your own kind of fun.

The kind that doesn't
hurt you or anybody else.

Nothing's fun if it
hurts anybody in any way.

But what a good feeling
it is when you're

able to have fun
with your friends.

[UPBEAT MUSIC]

[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.

A 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.

And one of the things you do
when you have a lot of things

that you have played with
is that you put them back.

Mm-hmm.

Now, these are things I need
to take back to Mr. McFeely.

And this I need to
take back to my friend

so he can put it outside
his house and people

can put their burdens in there
and come and visit with them.

You know, you make each
day a special day for me.

By just your being yourself.

You and your family and friends
are some special people,

and people can like
you exactly as you are.

I'll be back next time.

Bye.

[END THEME MUSIC]