[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?
Hey, neighbor.
Glad we're together again today.
Did you see that
bag that I brought?
What do you suppose is in here?
Could be lots of
things, couldn't it?
Well, they're two
sticks, and some rope.
Now what if somebody gave
you two sticks and some rope?
What would you make with them?
I was just thinking-- could
weave it around like this.
Looks a little like
a ladder, doesn't it?
Well, I know somebody who did
this with two sticks and rope.
He did some knitting.
Now let me see if
I can do it right.
Here.
Taught me how.
First you have to make some
stitches on the one stick,
or the one knitting needle.
Do you know anybody who knits?
There.
Then you take the other one-- I
tried to learn how to do it OK.
Takes a lot of practice.
See?
That's the beginning of
the knitting like that.
Well, my friend
made a rope scarf.
I'll show it to you.
Look.
Think how long it must have
taken to make one of these.
He made this rope scarf
for one of his puppets.
Isn't it a great puppet scarf?
Well, my friend's
name is Brad Brewer,
and he makes all sorts of things
out of all sorts of materials.
And Brad told me that I could
bring you over to his studio
if you'd like,
and we can see him
working on some of
his puppets and all.
He's a daddy, so he knows
a lot about young children.
I'll just take his
scarf back to him,
and we can visit
with Brad Brewer.
Come along.
[MUSIC PLAYING]
Hello, Brad.
-Hi.
How are you?
-Good, how are you?
-Good.
Good.
Good.
-I'd like you to know
my television neighbor.
-Hi.
-Mr. Brad Brewer.
Well, I wanted to thank you
for teaching me how to knit.
-Oh good.
-And I've brought this back.
-Oh, great.
Harold will really like that.
He's been missing it.
-Oh, this belongs to Harold?
-Yes, it belongs to Harold.
-There is is, Harold.
-Oh, at last you found it.
You brought it back to me.
-Yes, you want me to put it on?
-Oh, please do.
Put it on.
Oh, thank you.
Ah.
I'm so glad you found this
and brought it back for me.
MR. ROGERS: You needed it?
-Yes.
You know, it makes me
feel brave and strong.
MR. ROGERS: Oh, I didn't know
it meant that much to you.
-Oh yes, yes, yes.
I need to wear
this all the time.
Right, Brad?
-That's right.
That's what we pretend.
-Oh, he's a good puppet.
-Yes, he is.
-Harold.
-Harold is a hand puppet.
And he was made out
of fabric that we
just collected around our shop.
MR. ROGERS: This
looks like a towel.
BRAD BREWER: It is a towel.
And the rest of him is made
out of different things
that's been put together.
Some fabric that we found.
Actually, we d*ed this.
His mouth is made
out of cardboard.
And his eyes are made
out of ping pong balls.
-Ping pong balls?
-Yeah.
-Oh, you just took the
ball and painted the--
-I painted this in and
put it right in his head
and gave him some eye-line.
-Oh, you make wonderful puppets.
-Thank you.
You like me, huh?
-I sure do.
-Let's put Harold down.
Harold is one of my
favorite puppets.
And you know, when I was a
boy growing up and trying
to be a puppeteer, I
always had certain puppets
of mine that were my favorites.
-But you mean you
liked doing puppets
even when you were very little?
-Well, you know,
I started when I
was five or six years
old, as a puppeteer.
And my sisters and I put
on puppet shows every week.
Every Saturday, we would
invite all the children
from our neighborhood
over to our house,
and we would put on
these puppet shows.
And they would sometimes last
about two or three hours or so.
But we would start a
campaign with our mother
mid week, trying doing
chores, and asking her
for little things for us to do.
On Friday night we would go out
and buy cookies and sell them,
and sell the tickets
on the day of the show.
So we were very
enterprising as children.
-I guess so.
And you've done that ever since.
-Yes, I have.
And I was always able to
get a couple of my friends
to help out and become
puppeteers with me.
And it's pretty much what
I've done as an adult.
-Who is this?
-This is Otis.
And Otis is the lead
singer of the high flying,
smooth sounding, Crotations.
-How do you do, Otis?
-How do you do, Mr. Rogers?
How are you?
MR. ROGERS: I'm very well.
I'm very glad to
be with you today.
-Well, thank you.
It's good having you
here in our shop.
MR. ROGERS: You're
a handsome man.
-Well, thank you.
That's what I've been told.
-Handsome crow.
You got a good tie there, too.
-Yes, this is a tie that
once belonged to me,
and one good thing
about puppets is
that you're able to find
a lot of different things
and put them together and
make a character actually come
to life.
His hat is made out of
just material that we had.
And his eyes, again,
this puppet like Harold,
is made out of ping pong balls.
He's a little bit more--
-In a good suit.
-Yes, we bought the
suit at a thrift shop.
So sometimes we're able to
buy clothing for children
and dress them up.
-Oh, he's a singer.
-Yes, he's a singer.
He's actually the lead singer.
And this is his friend here.
This is Martha.
-Oh, Martha.
She's lovely.
-Yes.
You know when I was telling
you about being a puppeteer
as a child, my sisters were very
effective with building some
of the puppets and making
them out of paper bags.
Isn't that right, Martha?
-Yes.
MR. ROGERS: Hello, Martha.
-Hi, Mr. Rogers.
MR. ROGERS: What a
lovely person you are.
-Well thank you.
I'm so glad that you
came to visit us.
MR. ROGERS: Well,
I like being here.
You're a singer, are you?
-Well, sometimes I like to sing.
I'm not as good as Otis, but
I like to sing sometimes.
-My.
Beautiful puppet.
So complicated, these puppets.
-Yeah, these are complicated.
They take a lot of time.
You know, they
start out as images.
We have an idea of what
character we want to do.
We sit down and think about what
our story is going to be about.
And then we move
to a drawing pad
where we actually
sketch out what
the characters are
going to look like.
MR. ROGERS: That
looks like Otis.
-This look like Otis.
This is the Otis.
And then we try to
build the puppet
to look like the character.
So we want to design the
puppets and have them stand in
for the different
shows that we do.
And again, it was
something that I
like to incorporate as a child.
I drew a lot, and
it was something
that I always felt
that I wanted to do.
-Did you ever make
real simple puppets?
-Well--
-I mean, these are not
ones that we could make.
-No, these are the
kind of difficult.
They go through a long process.
But there are some
simple puppets
that I make every now and then.
You know, my son loves puppets.
And he often asks me to tell him
a story at night, and what I do
is go into his drawer and
pull out a couple of socks.
And socks always make very
interesting characters
because you have patterns.
You have solid color socks.
And if you just stick in here,
and I think what we can do--
-Ah.
Ah.
I like it here.
It smells good in this place.
-Well, Mr. Sock let
me give you some eyes
so that you could
see where you are.
-Hey, it looks good here too.
BRAD BREWER: You like that, huh?
-I'll say and how about Socky?
-Hello, Socky.
-Hi.
What's your name?
-My name is-- well, what
do you think I should be.
-Well, you have stripes
on, maybe uh, Stripy.
-Stripy, good one.
-Yeah.
Yeah, I like that.
-Oh, thanks.
Thanks, Socky.
It's always a pleasure to
get made and born and here.
-And you know
something, we can always
go and sit down and
get in somebody's shoe
and have a lot of fun.
-That's for sure.
And also, you could take
me home, Mr. Rogers.
You could take me
back to your place.
-Yes, I think that
would be a great idea.
-Of course it would.
-Thank you very much, Brad.
-Your welcome.
-You've got so much to
show and to do here.
-And have a lot of fun.
-I'm sure you do.
Wish you well.
-Thank you.
Come back and time.
-Glad you're my neighbor.
-Bye bye.
-Bye bye.
[MUSIC PLAYING]
-See some of the things a
professional puppeteer does?
That one puppet said he
felt brave and strong
when he was wearing
the rope scarf.
Do have anything that helps
you feel brave and strong?
-Hi, I like being here.
This is a nice place.
-I'm glad you like it Stripy.
-Why don't you give
them some make believe.
Hey, there.
-Alright.
I will.
Let's have some make believe.
[WHISTLE]
Last time, when we
ended our make believe,
it was snowing cereal
at Daniels clock.
And some of the neighbors
had come to King Friday
to talk about it.
He said he would help them.
Well let's make believe
some more about that
now as the trolley goes into the
neighborhood of Make-Believe.
[WHISTLE]
-Hi, Trolley.
[WHISTLE]
-I heard that.
I want to see for myself.
[WHISTLE]
-Bye.
ELSIE JEAN: Oh, hello
there, Lady Aberlin.
-Oh, Elsie Jean.
-Oh, thank you for coming over.
I wonder if you could help me.
-What are you doing?
-Well, I'm filling this
last box of cereal.
-It snowed cereal at your
place too, didn't it?
-Yes, we had a regular
cereal blizzard.
-But what made it stop?
I mean, it's still coming
down over at Daniel's clock.
-I don't why it
stopped here, all
I was when I saw cereal
coming down, I got some boxes
and started collecting it.
-But you weren't afraid of it?
-Oh, no.
I always say make the
best of whatever comes.
Now I'm almost finished.
If you'll help me
with that last box?
-Oh, surely.
There.
-Oh, thank you, dear.
Tell Daniel I'll
be glad to help him
if he decides to go into
the cereal business.
-Oh, he's not even
over at his clock.
He's afraid of it.
-He is?
Well, where is he?
-He's staying over at
the castle with us.
-Oh, I see.
Well, I hope you can
help him with his fears
like you helped
me with my boxing.
Well, thanks.
-Any time, Elsie Jean.
[GASP]
Oh my.
I'd better get over to
the castle right away.
-Oh, I don't think I
could do it, Tuesday.
-But if you use these sticks and
rope, you'll feel really brave.
-How do you know?
-Because it helps me.
Honest.
All you have to do is
hold this and sing.
[SINGING] Be brave.
-Be brave.
-[SINGING] And then be strong.
-[MUMBLING]
I'm not sure--
-[SINGING] Be bra-- Oh,
hello, Lady Aberlin.
-Hi, Cousin Tuesday.
Hi, Daniel.
Sorry to interrupt,
sounds like you
were singing an important song.
-Did you see my clock, Lady A?
-I did.
-I guess the cereal's
still pouring down.
-Yes, it is.
-I don't know what to do.
-I think this could help.
[TRUMPET BLOWING]
-Here comes Daddy.
-Niece Prince, and
Daniel, I presume?
TOGETHER: Correct as usual--
---Daddy.
---Uncle Friday.
-Is the cereal still
pouring down to our east?
-Only at Daniel's clock, Sire.
-Very well.
I've decided what I
will do, since I'm
the bravest and the strongest.
-Oh, what is that?
-Oh, what, Uncle Friday?
-I shall wear my cereal
proof gear, go to the clock,
and command the
downpour to cease.
-Do you think that will
work, Uncle Friday?
-Of course it will work.
A King's command is
a King's command.
-But have you ever
done it before?
-Of course not.
There's never been a
cereal downpour before.
-True.
-Exactly.
[WHISTLE]
-We'll see you
next time, Trolley.
-Oh, yes, Trolley, we'll see.
-Do you think that if the
King just says "stop,"
the cereal will
stop coming down?
We'll make believe more
about that next time.
Right now we need
to feed the fish.
-Oh, you've got fish?
-That's right, we
have fish, Stripy.
-Hey, they're nice fish there.
-That's for sure.
It's interesting to think
that Mrs. Platypus wasn't
afraid of the cereal blizzard
and it stopped at her place.
But Daniel, who is
afraid, well it's
still snowing
cereal at his clock.
It's a complicated
pretend, isn't it?
-How about some hair for me?
-Alright.
We'll give you some hair.
I think I have
some stuff in here
that could give you some hair.
Stripy wants some hair.
So here's some yarn.
Let's see.
I think if I just put
this on like this--
-Hey, that feels pretty good.
Hey.
All the better.
Ha ha ha.
All the better.
-Very good, Stripy.
-Who's that?
-Well, I don't know.
We'll just go and see.
-Somebody at the door.
-Right.
It's Mr. McFeely.
Come in, Mr. McFeely.
-Speedy deliveries,
speedy delivery.
-My name is Stripy.
-How do you do there, Stripy?
My name is Mr. FcFeely.
Speedy delivery to you.
-Thanks.
What you got?
-Well, you know,
a long time ago,
you asked me if I could find
a tape that shows how people
in a factory make socks to wear.
-Well, I'm a sock myself.
-Well then, here is a tape
that shows how socks are made.
-Oh, could you show it to us?
-I will.
It's a perfect time to see it.
-It certainly is.
-Alright over to Picture
Picture and Stripy
can watch along with us.
-I'll be glad to.
-And I'll--
-You hold Stripy.
-I'll hold Stripy.
There's the tape.
-Very good.
How people in a
factory make socks.
Let's look at that together.
How people in a
factory make socks.
MR. MCFEELY: When people
in this factory make socks,
they start with spools of yarn.
MR. ROGERS: Look
at all that yarn.
MR. MCFEELY: Yes,
many spools of yarn.
And this person puts
on yet another spool
and then checks the
knitting machine.
This machine knits the socks.
MR. ROGERS: My, that
looks complicated.
MR. MCFEELY: Oh,
it is complicated.
The yarn comes off the spool
and then goes into the machine.
And all those
parts work together
to knit one sock at a time.
MR. ROGERS: But where's
the knitted part?
MR. MCFEELY: It's actually
inside the machine,
where we can't see it.
MR. ROGERS: Oh, in there.
MR. MCFEELY: Uh huh.
But when it's
done-- what closely.
Out it comes.
MR. ROGERS: You
mean it's finished?
MR. MCFEELY: Well, no,
but the knitting is done.
The knitting part is done.
And she checks it to
be sure that it's OK.
MR. ROGERS: Oh, but her fingers
come out the toe part there.
MR. MCFEELY: Well,
that's the next step.
We'll see what happens.
Now, this person takes
the knitted pieces
and puts them on a
machine called a seamer.
MR. ROGERS: A seamer?
MR. MCFEELY: A seamer.
It turns each piece inside out.
And then sows a seam
at one and to close up
the toe of the sock.
See?
There it goes.
MR. ROGERS: Oh,
that's making the toe.
MR. MCFEELY: The toe.
Then, each sock is
turned right side
out by being pulled
through a tube.
There it goes.
MR. ROGERS: Yeah, well
where do those socks go?
MR. MCFEELY: Well, each
one travels through a tube
and comes out here.
There comes another.
MR. ROGERS: What
a fancy factory.
Look at all those socks.
MR. MCFEELY: A lot of socks.
And she checks to see if
each seam was sown correctly.
MR. ROGERS: It looks
like a sock now.
MR. MCFEELY: Well, this person
puts each sock on a foot shaped
board to check
everything once more,
and then the socks go inside
a machine where it's very hot.
MR. ROGERS: Oh, they
travel in the machine?
Oh, look at that.
They're picking them up.
MR. MCFEELY: Then they
come out, and they're
picked up by that machine.
And off they go, down
the conveyor belt.
MR. ROGERS: Another
trip for those socks.
MR. MCFEELY: Another trip to
another person who's helping.
And this person who takes
them off the conveyor belt,
and she's going to fold them.
MR. ROGERS: You need a lot
of feet for all those socks.
MR. MCFEELY: I bet she folds
a lot of socks during a day.
MR. ROGERS: She
does it just right.
Look at that.
MR. MCFEELY: And
then she sends them
down to the packaging area.
MR. ROGERS: Socks
on their voyages.
MR. MCFEELY: Now, this person
puts the socks in a bag.
You see?
Into the bag it goes.
MR. ROGERS: Uh huh.
Does a certain number
go in each bag?
MR. MCFEELY: That's right.
And after the bags are
sealed, this person
puts them into a box.
And now they're
ready to be sent out
to people everywhere to wear.
-Whenever I put my socks
on, I'll think of that.
-Well, I'm glad you enjoyed it.
-Thank you, Mr. McFeely.
-Oh, there is Stripy.
There's that sock.
Put the tape in here.
-Would you like
to try Stripy on?
-Oh, sure.
I'll try him on.
There we go.
Put my hand in here.
-Different people can play
with different puppets.
-That's right.
-Oh, uh-- Stripy has a song.
It's a delivery song.
It goes [SINGING]
That's what you'll get.
That's what you'll get.
A speedy speedy delivery.
A speedy speedy speedy
speedy speedy delivery.
-Hey, you've got a
new helper there.
-May I take this and show
it to my grandchildren?
-Of course, and would you
mind taking this with you?
-You can keep it a little
longer if you like.
-Well I would like to keep
the smaller one if I may,
but we don't need
that one anymore.
-Alrighty, I'll put it right
in here and deliver it.
-[SINGING] That's what
TOGETHER: [SINGING] you get.
-[SINGING] That's
what you'll get.
A speedy speedy delivery.
See you around the neighborhood.
-Goodbye, Mr.
McFeely and Stripy.
MR. MCFEELY: Bye bye.
-Bye bye.
Oh my.
We have a good time, don't we?
Whenever I see
some socks, I think
of the people who make them.
In fact, there's my sock.
There are so many
people in this world who
do so many things
to help others.
I trust that you're growing
up to do those kinds of things
too.
[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.
You always make each
day such a special day.
You know how, by
just your being you.
There's only one person in
the whole world like you,
and people can like
you exactly as you are.
I'll be back next time.
Bye bye.
[MUSIC PLAYING]
26x17 - Episode 17
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Rogers speaks directly to the viewer about various topics, taking the viewer on tours of factories, demonstrating experiments, crafts, and music, and interacting with his friends.
Rogers speaks directly to the viewer about various topics, taking the viewer on tours of factories, demonstrating experiments, crafts, and music, and interacting with his friends.