24x03 - Episode 3

[bunniefuu]

[THEME MUSIC PLAYING]

--[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 beauty

wood, 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.

I'm glad we're back
together again.

I brought a couple
bags with me today.

And I want you to
see what's in them.

Yup.

Here's something
from the first one.

Just put it right down there.

Slipper.

Look at this one.

These are different things
that people put on their feet.

Now, in the second bag,
there's some that match them.

And it's our trick to
find out where they go.

Where will this one go?

Beside this one.

There.

That makes a pair.

How about this one?

Where does it go?

There.

And how about this one?

Right down there.

Pair of shoes.

I saved these for last, because
I want you to meet a person who

wears this kind of shoe to
do the work that he does.

I have a picture of him.

His name is Alan Morrison.

And his job is playing
the pipe organ.

And I want you to meet
him and hear him play.

He's been a friend of mine
since he was a little boy.

So I'd like to take you,
and introduce you to him.

He knows we're coming.

I told him that I'd bring
his shoes back to him.

So let's just go to
meet Alan Morrison,

and hear him play
the pipe organ.

Come along.

[PIPE ORGAN PLAYING]

-Wow.

Is this a good time to visit?

-Why, sure.

I'm glad you came.

-I'd like you to know
my television neighbor.

This is Alan Morrison.

-Hi.

-Brought your shoes back.

Thank you for
loaning them to me.

-Oh, you're welcome.

I'm wearing my other pair today.

-Where would you
like me to put them?

-Just set them right down there.

-This is just a beautiful
organ, isn't it?

-It really is.

It's quite an instrument.

-I know that you play
very fancy things.

But I was just wondering if
you could think of something

that you learned
when you were just

starting to play the organ.

-Sure.

I still play it today.

It's one of my favorite pieces.

From Handel's "Water Music."

[MUSIC -- GEORGE FREDERIC
HANDEL, "WATER MUSIC"]

-Beautiful.

I just noticed, when
you were playing it,

you pulled something out
there, and pushed something in.

-Yes.

That's a stop.

All these knobs control the
different sounds of the organ.

Pipes, all sizes and shapes.

-Could you show
me the difference,

how it was, and then--

-Sure.

[ORGAN PLAYS]

I'll pull it off.

[ORGAN PLAYS WITH STOP]

-Now, the pipes, I guess,
are someplace else,

and this makes the air go
through them-- is that it?

-Why yes.

They're all up in the
wall and the ceiling.

Would like to see them?

-I would.

Can you take us?

-Sure.

Follow me.

They're right up these stairs.

-Look at all these pipes.

-There are many thousands more.

-Thousands?

-Oh, sure.

-Gracious, they're enormous.

-There's some smaller ones.

You can see how they work.

The air blows up
through the bottom,

and out through the mouth.

-Oh, they come out?

-Sure.

Be careful.

[PIPE SOUNDING]

Would you like to try one?

-Sure.

-Just lift it out.

[PIPE SOUNDING]

-Can we play them together?

-Sure.

[PIPES SOUNDING TOGETHER]

-Thank you for that.

-When I press a
key on the organ,

it sends a signal
up here to send air

through the pipe
to make the sound.

-So every one of
the keys down there

would correspond to
one of these pipes?

-Right.

-Would you play some
more keys, please?

-Sure, I'd love to.

-So we can hear some more
air go through these pipes.

-Sure.

MISTER ROGERS: It's beautiful.

Now I can really
appreciate this better.

Those pipes that
we were playing,

how would you make
them play now?

-Say I was playing an A flat.

I believe you were playing a C.

-Can you play yours
and I'll play mine?

[TWO NOTES SOUND]

Hello up there.

It's great.

You know, I brought those shoes.

I was wondering if
you have any piece

that used a whole
lot of footwork.

A whole lot of pedal work?

-As a matter of fact, there is.

I've been working
on it very hard.

-What's it called?

-It's called "Pageant," by Leo
Sowerby, an American composer.

-Could I hear some of it?

-Sure.

[MUSIC -- LEO SOWERBY,
"PAGEANT"]

-Isn't that hard to play?

My goodness-- you were
holding on to this

whole thing while
you were doing--

-So I don't fall.

-So you don't fall!

And your feet.

It looked to me as
if you were playing

two at once on one foot.

-I was.

That's why I have my special
shoes that you brought me.

-How do you mean?

-Hand me one, I'll show you.

-They have nice leather soles.

Makes it easy to slide
across the pedals.

The heel is higher, and that
enables you to play two notes

at once, without hitting
the note in between.

-I see.

Isn't that interesting.

So this could hit
one of the pedals,

and this could hit another.

-Right.

And the other one
fits right in there.

-Whenever you're feeling sad,
do you ever play the organ?

-Oh, sure.

It helps to release
some emotions.

I just sit and play.

-What kind of thing
would you play?

[SOFT ORGAN MUSIC PLAYING]

-Oh, that's lovely.

What about when you're
feeling very happy?

Is there something you
might play with that?

-Something rhythmic.

Lively.

[BRIGHT ORGAN MUSIC PLAYING]

-Is that Bach?

-Yes.

It sure is.

-Glorious.

What about if you're
feeling angry?

Is there something that you
might play on the organ?

-Sure.

Something to release
a lot of energy.

[FAST ORGAN MUSIC PLAYING]

-Takes plenty of
energy to play that.

What was that you were
playing when I first came in?

-That was a piece
by Charles-Marie

Widor, a French composer.

It was the first movement to
his sixth symphony for organ.

-Could I hear some more of that?

-Sure.

I'll play the last part.

[MUSIC -- CHARLES-MARIE WIDOR,
"SIXTH SYMPHONY"]

-Just makes the music
fill your whole self.

-It's a grand sound.

-It is a grand sound.

You love to play, don't you?

-I sure do.

-That's obvious.

Now, do you have a
lot more to prepare

today, here at the organ?

-Actually, I'm
preparing for a concert

where I'll be playing the
piano, and I need to practice.

-Oh, the piano?

-Yes.

-You're going to be
playing yourself?

-No, I'm playing
with two friends.

A flutist and a clarinetist.

-Is the piano in this building?

-Sure, it's in the next room.

Would you like to see it?

-Sure.

Here we go.

It's just lovely here.

[PIANO MUSIC PLAYING]

-You really love the
piano too, don't you?

-Oh yeah.

I've been playing since
I was four years old.

-Four years old.

-Yes.

-What are you going to
play with the people who

play the clarinet and the flute?

-We'll be playing a
piece called "Tarantelle"

by Camille Saint-Saens.

It sounds something like this.

[MUSIC -- CAMILLE SAINT-SAENS,
"TARANTELLE"]

And then the flute and
the clarinet come in.

-That should be fun.

-We'll be rehearsing later,
if you'd like to come.

And we'll have on our
full concert dress.

-I'd enjoy that.

Thanks very much, Alan.

-You're welcome.

-See you later.

Bye.

[MUSIC PLAYING -- "TARANTELLE"]

-I remember when Alan
Morrison was just a tiny baby.

Nobody knew that he would grow
up to be a wonderful musician.

But he loved music, and he
practiced and he worked hard.

And now you see and
hear what he can do.

Right now, let's have
some make-believe.

Trolley?

[TROLLEY WHISTLING]

Our friends in Make-Believe
haven't been concerned

about shoes, but they have
been thinking a lot about hats.

King Freddie has
said that everybody

should wear a
three-cornered hat.

And everybody except Lady
Elaine seems to enjoy the idea.

Let's think more about that
now, as the trolley goes

into the tunnel and
past the castle,

in the Neighborhood
of Make-Believe.

QUEEN SARA: Oh hello, Trolley.

Yes.

Mayor Maggie, I didn't
know it was raining.

-It's not.

-But you seem to be
dressed for wet weather.

-Well, it's pretty
wet in a certain part

of this neighborhood.

-Oh, I didn't realize that.

-We're doing our best
to take care of it.

-I'm so glad.

I have a Food for
the World meeting,

and so I must take your leave.

-Always good to see
you, Queen Sara.

-Thank you, and I feel the
same about you too, dear.

-Thanks.

-Farewell.

[TRUMPET FANFARE]

-Mayor Maggie, I presume.

-Correct as usual, King Friday.

-Is it raining in Westwood?

-No, sire, it isn't.

-But you seem to be
wearing rain clothes.

-It's very wet in one
part of this neighborhood.

-Ooh, tap water problems?

-In a way.

-I trust Handyman
Negri is working on it?

-Oh yes, he is.

-You may call on my
help if you need it.

-That's very nice.

-Even though I'm not
a registered plumber,

I do know about
water and so forth.

-King Friday, I have
a question for you.

-You may ask it, Mayor.

-When are you going to give
up the idea of everyone

needing to wear a
three-cornered hat?

-When I get the
report that everyone

has complied with the rules.

-But there's only
one neighbor who

is giving you any resistance.

-My last word on the
subject is that everyone

must wear a three-cornered one.

You may repeat my exact words.

-Everyone must wear
a three-cornered one.

-Very good.

-Everyone must wear
a three-cornered one.

-We wish you a good interval
of time, Mayor Maggie.

-I wish you the
same, King Friday.

-Farewell.

-Everyone.

must wear a three-cornered one.

Looks like you've
been to the museum.

-Every time I mentioned the
words "three-cornered hat,"

Lady Elaine squirted
me with her hose.

-I wish she'd just put
one on for a minute.

Then the king would
relax the rule.

-Well, it's a pretty
silly rule, as I see it.

-Yes.

I wish we never started this
whole three-cornered thing.

-Well, there is some hope
with Lady Elaine though.

-What is it?

-Her friend Betty
Okonak Templeton

is coming for a visit.

-Maybe she can talk
some sense into her.

[PHONE RINGING]

-We can hope.

-Mayor Maggie speaking.

Yes.

I'll be there in about five.

Thanks.

They need me back in Westwood.

I'll have to leave this
three-cornered situation

to you.

-Before you go, did the king
have any final word on it?

-The last word was, everyone
must wear a three-cornered one.

-OK.

We'll do our best.

-I hope to see you
back in Westwood.

-Where they have an
understanding mayor.

-And associate.

-Well, thanks.

HENRIETTA PUSSYCAT:
Hey meow, Aber.

-Oh, hi Henrietta.

Hello, X.

X THE OWL: Well hi
there, Neighbor Aber.

-How are you both?

-Meow meow meow, so high.

-Yeah, the humidity
does seem to be high.

-What's going on?

-Well, it's really very simple.

Lady Elaine squirts
her hose any time

she hears the words three-co--
[WHISPERING] Three-corner hat.

-Aw, so she still won't
join the fun, huh?

-Not yet, but we're
hoping she will.

-Meow meow meow, regards.

-I will.

-Yeah.

Mine too.

-You know, I really
like you two a lot.

-Hey, we like you too, Mr. Aber.

-Meow meow, sure.

-[SINGING] In the
daytime, in the nighttime,

any time that you
feel's the right time

for a friendship
with me, you see.

F-R-I-E-N-D, special.

You are my friends,
you're special to me.

You are my own and
my pussycat friend.

You are special.

See you later, friends.

Anybody here?

Seems pretty quiet.

Just so long as nobody
mentions a three-corner hat.

-I heard that.

Here's a squirt.

-I wish you wouldn't do that.

-Well hello, you all.

Nobody told me it
was going to be

raining in this neighborhood.

I'm really not dressed for rain.

I am glad to see
you all, though.

Why do you have that hose, lady?

And why are you wearing
that three-corner hat, Aber?

And why forevermore are you
squirting that hose, Lainey?

-Because you said the words.

-Well I know I talk too
much, but I was just

asking about Aber's
three-cornered hat.

It must be the three-cornered
hat that gets that water.

-That's right.

Come on.

I'll explain it all to you.

-I'll be back in
a minute, Lainey.

This all sounds so silly to me.

OK,

-OK, Betty, but no
mention of you know what.

-I think I know.

-It all started with a couple
of us wearing a-- and then

King Friday made a rule about
everyone's needing to wear one.

-Oh, that king and his rules!

-And that Lady Elaine
and her refusals.

-Do you think I should
talk with the king?

-I do.

And with Lady Elaine.

You're her best
friend, and I think

you're going to be a
big help to all of us.

-Help stop the
squirts, you mean?

-Yes.

And the diplomatic impasse.

-Oh, there's the trolley.

It always gives me such a good
feeling to see that trolley.

You're doing a fine job,
Trolley, yes you do.

[TROLLEY WHISTLING]

Yes, I'm sure you do.

But we'll talk again some day.

Bye-bye!

[TROLLEY WHISTLING]

-Lady Elaine should never squirt
water on people like that,

should she?

Nobody should.

How do you think her
friend Betty Okonak

Templeton will be able to help?

We'll think more
about that next time.

Right now, the fish
need some food.

There you are, fish.

Hungry.

I need to clean up the shoes.

In the bag you go.

I'll just put the other
bag right in this one.

And Alan's picture.

All in the bag.

I was just thinking.

I wonder if King Friday and
Lady Elaine sometimes just get

jealous of each
other or something.

If they'd just talk
about how they feel,

instead of acting
silly, everyone

would be a lot happier.

But you and I know that we
don't have to act like they do.

No we don't.

And that can give us
a very 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.

It's always good to be with you.

I'll be back next time.

Bye-bye.

[PIANO MUSIC PLAYING]