25x08 - Episode 8

[bunniefuu]

[MUSIC PLAYING]

-[SINGING] It's a beautiful
day in this neighborhood.

A beautiful day for
a neighbor-- oh,

here it is-- 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.

Yes, the last time I walked
out of here in my wooden shoes,

and I forgot this album.

Well, I'll take it home with
me after our visit today.

As I was walking
here to be with you,

I saw Joe Negri
at his music shop.

And when I showed him
this book and told him

I was going to
read it to you, he

said, do you want me to
play some music for it?

And of course I said, sure.

So he'll be over in
a minute, and we'll

also look at this together.

[KNOCKING]

I hope you-- oh,
maybe that's he now.

It is.

Oh, thanks for coming Joe.

-Yeah, sure.

You know what, I thought I'd
try to play some different kinds

of music to the different
pretend animals in the book.

-Good, let's do it.

-OK.

-I usually read books to my
television neighbor over here

on the couch.

So let's just sit here together.

-Well, this is my grandchildren
would really enjoy.

-I bet they would.

Mine would too.

Now, this is called
"Animal Time."

-Mm-hm.

-And here are these
children all dressed up--

[GUITAR PLAYING]

-as little animals.

This one-- I can be a
monkey with a curly tale.

[GUITAR PLAYING]

[LAUGHING]

MISTER ROGERS [OFFSCREEN]: A
tiger with stripes in all over.

See the stripes?

And over here, a Leopard
with lots of spots.

[GUITAR PLAYING]

[LAUGHING]

MISTER ROGERS [OFFSCREEN]:
Making it sound just like that.

JOE NEGRI [OFFSCREEN]Ooh!

MISTER ROGERS [OFFSCREEN]: I
can be great gray elephant.

[SINGING] We are elephants.

And here's a turtle
with a pretty shell.

JOE NEGRI [OFFSCREEN]:
Yeah, isn't that pretty?

MISTER ROGERS
[OFFSCREEN]: I'll say.

Rhinoceros with one big horn.

There's the horn.

And a lion-- I can
be a proud lion.

Now, let's see what's next.

Ooh, that sounds like
a proud lion, Joe.

I can be a wise old owl.

JOE NEGRI [OWL NOISES]:
[OWL NOISES]

MISTER ROGERS [OFFSCREEN]:
I can be a toucan too.

Can you?

The end.

-Wasn't it fun seeing those
children dressed up as those

different animals.

-It was just great.

Yeah, and I like hearing your
music to go along with too.

All these children, and
yet each one is different.

Just like all the
strings on your guitar,

and each one sounds different.

-That's right.

Each one is a different sound.

But when you put them together,
you can make some nice music.

Would you like to sing along?

-Especially with fingers on
the guitar strings like yours.

Sure, I'd be glad to
sing something with you.

What would you like to sing?

--How about "Look and Listen."

-Good.

[SINGING]If you will look
carefully, listen carefully,

you will find a lot
of things carefully.

Look and listen.

It's good to look
carefully, listen carefully.

That's the way you learn a
lot of things-- carefully.

Look, look, and listen.

Some things you
see are confusing.

Some things you
hear are strange.

But if you ask someone
to explain one or two,

you'll begin to notice
a change in you.

If you will look carefully,
listen carefully,

that's the way to keep
ON growing carefully.

Look, look, and listen.

-I like listening to you.

-Oh, I liked doing that.

That was a lot of fun.

-Thank you, Joe.

-Well, I'd love to
stay a while, but I'd

better get back
to my music shop.

-Well, I know they
need you there too.

-Well, thanks again.

-Thank you for the guitar work.

-It was fun.

Bye, Fred.

-Fine musician-- thanks, Joe.

-See you soon.

-Goodbye.

It's fun to do things
like that with friends.

And the more creative
things you do together,

the better friendship
you can get to be.

Let's have some creative
make believe together.

[TRAIN WHISTLE]

-OK, trolley.

We've been pretending
that Prince

Tuesday has been
sad about something.

Also, that Corny is going to
have a birthday sometime soon.

So let's think some
more about those things

as the trolley goes
along the trolley

tracks in the Neighborhood
of Make-Believe.

[MUSIC PLAYING]

-I'm a lion, and
I've found a castle.

I'm not a real lion, I'm just
Lady Aberlin dressed as a lion.

[FANFARE]

-Oh, here comes Uncle Friday.

I wonder what he'll
think of this lion.

-Lady Aberlin, I presume.

-How did you know
me, Uncle Friday.

-A king knows his family no
matter how they're dressed.

-But I wanted to look
really special today.

-You look special
every day, niece.

-Thanks.

But just the same--

-Could I ask your advice
about something, niece?

-My advice?

My lion advice?

-Your personal advice.

-Of course, Uncle King.

-Your cousin Tuesday doesn't
seem to be himself lately.

-I wonder why.

-And so do I-- wonder why.

I'd like you to tend to him.

-Tend to him?

-Help him, Lady "Aber-lion."

-Well, I'll do my
best, Uncle Friday.

-Very good, and so you will.

Farewell.

-Farewell.

I wonder what I can do
to help Cousin Tuesday.

[GUITAR PLAYING]

-Oh, maybe that's he now.

-Roar!

-Say, you're really
good at that, Lady A.

-So you know who I am too?

-Oh sure, I'd always know you.

-But I was trying to look
really different today.

-Well, I think you just great.

-Thanks.

But what about Cousin Tuesday?

Uncle Friday seems
worried about him.

-As a matter of fact, I'm
looking for him right now.

It's time for his guitar lesson.

Do you want to help me find him?

-Certainly-- I lion
always finds a prince.

-OK, where would
you like to look?

-I'd like to start at the tree.

-All right, I'll
go to the clock.

-Very good.

I'll see you there later.

-Very fine, lion.

-Dandy, handy.

[MUSIC PLAYING]

-Roar.

-Hey, there.

What's a lion doing at our tree?

-Oh, X, thanks for
knowing I was a lion.

-Are you doing animal
research, Lady A?

-Yes, in a way.

I just wanted to see what it
felt like to dress up as one.

-I can tell you what
it's like to be a bird.

-What's it like.

-It's wonderful.

That's what it's
like-- just wonderful.

I love to fly.

I tell you, it's the best.

-Well, you sound like you're
mighty happy with yourself.

-That's for sure-- not
like Prince Tuesday.

-What do you mean?

-Oh, I saw him walking
around looking really glum.

And I told him he could come fly
with me, but he just walked on.

-Which way did he go?

-Over that way.

-I'm going to go
and look for him.

-Hope you can help
him, with that cape

and all that he has to wear.

See you, Lady A. Bye.

-Farewell, X.

[MUSIC PLAYING]

-Did you find him?

-Daniel Tiger said he was going
to look at inside the clock

and see if he was there.

-Oh, good.

-Oh, hello.

Oh, hello there, Lion Aberlin.

-Hello there, Tiger Daniel.

-Did you find Tuesday?

He was out in my backyard
trying to play his guitar.

-Oh good.

-But now he's stopped.

-Maybe I'll try to call him.

-You mean with your guitar?

-Yeah.

-Oh good.

[SINGING] Prince Tuesday.

Prince Tuesday.

That a nice way to call.

Oh, there he is.

-Hello, Tuesday.

We are glad to see you.

-I wouldn't know why.

-Well, for one thing, I
wanted to play with you.

-And I wanted to give
you your guitar lesson.

-I can't play guitar anymore.

-Why not?

-Because this old robe
keeps getting in my way.

That's why.

I'll see you all
some other time.

-Come back anytime, Tuesday

-Oh my, he really
is a sad prince.

I'm going to go and be with him.

-As a lion, or yourself?

-Oh, myself.

-That's the best.

And Handy, would you stay
and play for a while?

-Oh, sure.

-I have something
I want to show you.

I'm going to give it to
Corny for his birthday.

-Good.

-Goodbye to you two.

-Goodbye.

-Bye, Lady A. Lion ugga mugga.

-Ugga mugga from
a tiger to a lion.

-Bye, Lady A.

-Farewell.

-He said he didn't
like his robe.

[MUSIC PLAYING]

-Roar!

Oh, at least you
thought I was a lion.

[WHISTLING]

-Oh no, Trolley,
I'm Lady Aberlin,

and I'm going to go and
be with my cousin Tuesday.

[WHISTLING]

[MUSIC PLAYING]

-What do you suppose is
bothering Prince Tuesday?

He said something about his
robe getting in the way.

We'll just think more
about that next time.

You know when something
is bothering you,

it's best to play
about it and talk

about it with someone you love.

[KNOCKING]

-Let's see who that is.

Oh, it's Mr. McFeely.

Come in, Mr. McFeely.

-Delivery.

I got this tape for Joe
Negri and his music shop.

And when he saw it, he thought
you would like to see it too.

-What's it called?

-It's called "How
People Make Guitars."

-"How People Make Guitars."

-That's right.

-Do you have time
to watch it with us?

-Just enough time.

-Oh, good.

Let's do it.

-All right.

Put it in Picture Picture.

-Yeah, thank you for that.

-There's the tape.

-"How People Make Guitars."

-And as we're watching,
I'll talk about it.

-Good.

Well, you know Joe plays
guitar so wonderfully.

Let's see.

Let's see now. "How
People Make Guitars."

MR. MCFEELY [OFFSCREEN]:
When people make guitars,

the first thing they do is
cut out the front piece.

She carefully uses the electric
saw to cut through the wood.

And then she gets some sandpaper
and she sands the rough edges.

Now this woman uses
a machine to cut out

the hole in front of the guitar.

MISTER ROGERS
[OFFSCREEN]: The hole?

MR. MCFEELY [OFFSCREEN]: Yeah,
it's called the sound hole.

MISTER ROGERS
[OFFSCREEN]: Uh-huh.

MR. MCFEELY [OFFSCREEN]: See?

There's the saw cutting it.

MISTER ROGERS
[OFFSCREEN]: I see.

Well, why's she turning it over?

MR. MCFEELY
[OFFSCREEN]: Well, she's

going to cut it
on this side too.

See, there?

It's cutting.

Now watch what happens.

This piece comes out
and leaves a hole.

MISTER ROGERS [OFFSCREEN]: Aha.

Well, what's he doing?

MR. MCFEELY [OFFSCREEN]:
Well, this man

puts the side
pieces of the guitar

into this machine,
which is very hot.

And he turns it on.

And then it bends
the wood pieces

into the shape they need to
make the sides of the guitar.

MISTER ROGERS [OFFSCREEN]: Oh,
so the heat will bend the wood.

MR. MCFEELY [OFFSCREEN]: You
see, that's what it's doing.

Now he's going to take them out.

They've been bent.

He takes it over, you see.

It's beginning to look a
little bit like a guitar.

MISTER ROGERS
[OFFSCREEN]: I'll say.

MR. MCFEELY [OFFSCREEN]: Now
he takes this block of wood,

and some glue, and he
brushes the glue on.

MISTER ROGERS [OFFSCREEN]:
Where's that going to go?

MR. MCFEELY [OFFSCREEN]:
Well, you'll see.

He clamps it into place to
hold the side pieces together.

There's the clamp.

Now, of course when the glue
dries, the clamps come off.

Now here's some more gluing.

The backside of the
guitar is glued already,

so this man is gluing
on the front piece.

-Now that's the part with
the sound hole in it.

MR. MCFEELY [OFFSCREEN]:
That's right.

Now here comes the front
piece with the sound hole.

MISTER ROGERS
[OFFSCREEN]: There it is.

MR. MCFEELY [OFFSCREEN]:
That's the front.

A few little pieces there.

Now there's back.

MISTER ROGERS
[OFFSCREEN]: What's

he doing now, Mr. McFeely?

Well, he's putting it into a big
clamp that presses it together

and holds the pieces
of the guitar in place

until the glue dries.

And that wood protects it.

Now watch-- he'll
turn this wheel,

which is really a big clamp.

It's coming down,
and it will stay

in there until the glue dries.

MISTER ROGERS
[OFFSCREEN]: A big press.

MR. MCFEELY [OFFSCREEN]: Mm-hm.

MISTER ROGERS [OFFSCREEN]:
Now, what's she hammering?

MR. MCFEELY
[OFFSCREEN]: Well, she's

adding these pieces called
the frets to the fingerboard.

That's the fingerboard.

Here's another fret going in.

She'll hammer it in.

Now, this woman is putting the
glue on the neck of the guitar.

MISTER ROGERS
[OFFSCREEN]: The neck?

MR. MCFEELY
[OFFSCREEN]: The neck--

that's what they call it.

There-- getting ready
to add the fingerboard.

There you go.

It's been glued.

MISTER ROGERS [OFFSCREEN]:
Well, what's he working on?

MR. MCFEELY
[OFFSCREEN]: Well, he's

using tools to shape
the back of the neck,

so it's easy to hold the guitar.

MISTER ROGERS
[OFFSCREEN]: Uh-huh.

MR. MCFEELY [OFFSCREEN]:
Now, in just a moment

you'll see some finished necks.

You see?

There they are.

MISTER ROGERS
[OFFSCREEN]: Oh, yes.

MR. MCFEELY [OFFSCREEN]: And
here she adds the tuning pegs.

MISTER ROGERS
[OFFSCREEN]: Tuning pegs?

MR. MCFEELY [OFFSCREEN]:
Tuning pegs.

And she uses a drill to
make sure they're on tight.

You see, she's-- there you go.

There's the drill.

And then she checks it
to make sure it's OK.

Now he puts some glue
on the finished neck.

Watch this.

He'll squeeze on some glue--

MISTER ROGERS [OFFSCREEN]: Mm-hm

MR. MCFEELY [OFFSCREEN]:
spreads it around a little

bit with his finger,
and then adds

it to the body of the guitar.

MISTER ROGERS
[OFFSCREEN]: Oh, it really

is looking like a
guitar now, isn't it?

MR. MCFEELY
[OFFSCREEN]: Yes, it is.

Now he adds a part
called the bridge.

And you'll see it in a moment.

Some more glue, he'll put it on.

MISTER ROGERS [OFFSCREEN]:
A bridge, you say?

MR. MCFEELY [OFFSCREEN]: Mm-hm.

MISTER ROGERS [OFFSCREEN]: It
looks a little like a bridge,

doesn't it?

MR. MCFEELY [OFFSCREEN]:
Yes, it does.

MISTER ROGERS [OFFSCREEN]:
What are those?

MR. MCFEELY [OFFSCREEN]:
Those are the guitar strings.

And they're made out of steel.

And there are six of them.

And these guitar strings--
they're held in place by pieces

called bridge pins.

You see, there's a bridge pin.

MISTER ROGERS
[OFFSCREEN]: Oh, yes.

MR. MCFEELY [OFFSCREEN]:
And he stretches each string

across the sound hole
and the fingerboard,

and then he puts it through
a hole in the tuning peg.

You see?

There's one.

MISTER ROGERS [OFFSCREEN]: So
the strings go from the bridge

pins to the tuning pegs?

MR. MCFEELY [OFFSCREEN]:
Mm-hm, that's right.

Now here's another one he'll
put through a tuning peg.

Then he tightens
the tuning pegs.

And you see that extra
wire sticking up there?

He'll cut that off.

That's extra, and
they don't need that.

So he'll trim it
with special pliers.

And now it's almost finished.

MISTER ROGERS [OFFSCREEN]:
It looks finished.

MR. MCFEELY [OFFSCREEN]: This
man has one more thing to do.

MISTER ROGERS [OFFSCREEN]:
What is that for?

MR. MCFEELY [OFFSCREEN]: Well,
he's putting on a pick guard.

It keeps the wood from
getting scratched by the pick

that people use when
they play the guitar.

MISTER ROGERS [OFFSCREEN]: Aha.

My, how carefully he works.

MR. MCFEELY [OFFSCREEN]:
He wants to make sure

he gets it on just
right-- smooths it out,

checks it over, and there
you have a finished guitar.

-It's so interesting.

And so much of it
is made by hand.

-Just like a lot of deliveries.

-Made by hand.

-As I always sing, [SINGING]
is there anything you want?

Is there anything you need?

McFeely's delivery brings
it to you here with speed.

Yes, our speedy deliveries,
our speedy deliveries--

speedy delivery to you.

Speedy delivery!

-Oh, thank you Mr. McFeely.

I like your song.

-Well, I'm taking this back
to Joe Negri right now.

-Oh, please thank him
for thinking of us.

-I will.

I will.

Well, see you around
the neighborhood.

-Thank you, Mr. McFeely.

[SINGING] Speedy
delivery to you.

We have some pets here
that we have not fed today.

Who are those pets?

Fish.

Have you been waiting
for some food?

[FLUTE PLAYING]

-I think they have been
waiting for some food.

Look at those beautiful fish.

Some hungry fish.

I'd like to show you
something-- something else.

-It's not very fancy.

It's made of cardboard.

Mm-hm.

It's a cardboard guitar.

It's like one I made
when I was a little boy.

You see?

It's just a piece of cardboard.

And these pieces of
yarn are like strings.

I attached them there.

I think maybe I'll
just sing a song

with this cardboard guitar.

[SINGING] If you've got an
hour, now the time to share it.

If you've got a flower, wear it.

This is just the day.

If you've got a plan,
now's the time to try it.

If you've got an
airplane, fly it.

This is just the day.

It's the day for seeing
all there is to see.

It's the day for being
just you, just me.

If you've got a smile,
now's the time to show it.

If you've got a
horn, well blow it.

It's the minute to begin it.

This is just the day.

[GUITAR SOLO]

If you've got a smile,
now's the time to show it.

If you've got a
horn, well, blow it.

It's the minute to begin it.

This is just the day.

-Oh, I remember
when I was a boy how

special I felt as I
played my pretend guitar.

And I used to make up songs too.

And I would sing the
songs that I made up.

And now here I am, a grown up
man making up songs and giving

them to my television neighbors.

It gives me such a good feeling
to be able to be your neighbor

and give you what's
important to me.

[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 today,

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 like being with you.

I'll be back next time.

Bye-bye.

[MUSIC PLAYING]