[MUSIC PLAYING]
-[SINGING] It's a beautiful
day in this day 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've just come from the
neighborhood museum.
And the people there
loaned me some feathers.
Look at this beautiful one.
This is a turkey feather,
a wild turkey feather.
Yeah.
And they loaned me a
poster with some birds on.
Let's take all this
to the kitchen.
[MUSIC PLAYING]
Hi, fish.
Some feathers and a
poster about birds.
Four birds on this poster.
Now I'm going to find the
other feathers in here.
The people at the museum said,
see if your neighbor can find
the bird that goes
with the feather.
So let's-- well, we've
already seen the turkey one.
You see here?
The turkey has feathers right
there that look like this.
Yeah.
So now let's find the bird
that goes with this feather.
Is it the northern flicker?
Is it the ruffed grouse?
Or is it the rock pigeon?
Something tells me
it's the pigeon.
Yup.
OK.
There's that one found.
Now what about this one?
[MUSIC PLAYING]
It's not the turkey.
I don't think it's the flicker.
It's certainly not the pigeon.
What about the grouse?
There it is.
That feather looks just
like the one down there.
See it?
OK.
Now there's one left.
Not the pigeon.
Not the turkey.
Not the grouse.
But the flicker.
The northern flicker.
That a beautiful feather?
Beautiful bird.
Whenever I look at
beautiful things like birds
I think of that little
song "Peace and Quiet."
Would you sing it with me?
[SINGING] Peace and quiet.
Peace.
Peace.
Peace.
Peace and quiet.
Peace.
Peace.
Peace.
Peace and quiet.
Peace.
Peace.
Peace.
We all want peace.
We all want peace.
[MUSIC PLAYING]
[HUMMING]
We all want peace.
We all want peace.
[KNOCKING] See
who's at the door.
Need to take these
back to the museum.
Somebody at the door.
Oh, it's Mr. McFeely.
What does that-- what
is that you have?
-Speedy delivery.
Well, I was at the
neighborhood museum
today, and heard you
were interested in birds.
-I certainly am.
Where'd you find this one?
-Well, this is a wooden parrot.
And some friends in
Haiti made in for me.
-Aha.
It's beautiful.
It's made of wood?
-Wood and string.
Now, here's how it operates.
If you just lift up there.
-Oh.
-There you go.
Wanna try one?
Just lift up.
-Just wood and string.
-And I also have this video.
-Can I hold it for you?
-There's a video here that shows
what different birds might see
as they fly over cities
and countrysides.
-Oh.
Sort of a bird's
eye view of things.
-A bird's eye view.
Like to watch it?
-Sure.
Do you have time to see it?
-I sure do.
-Come on, parrot.
Fly on over to Picture Picture.
[MUSIC PLAYING]
Oh, I love that bird.
-I'll take the parrot.
And here's the video.
-Thank you.
So we can see what
birds see from the air.
MR. MCFEELY: It gives
you a different kind
of peace and quiet.
MR. ROGERS: Yes.
[MUSIC PLAYING]
It must be fun for birds to look
down from the sky like that.
-Well, I guess
they're used to it.
-I guess so.
Could I borrow that a minute?
-Sure.
-Parrot, how would
you like a little fly?
OK.
[MUSIC PLAYING]
Turn around and go
back to Mr. McFeely.
Oh, thanks for bringing
these, Mr. McFeely.
-[SINGING] If there's
anything you want,
if there's anything you
need, McFeely's delivery
brings it to you
here with speed.
Yes, our speedy deliveries
are speedy deliveries.
Speedy delivery to you.
Speedy parrot.
-Speedy parrot.
Thank you, Mr. McFeely.
-Well, I have more deliveries.
You're quite welcome.
And I'll--
-We're always glad
when you come.
-Thank you.
And I'll see you around
the neighborhood.
-All right then.
-Bye bye.
-All right then.
-Bye bye.
-Bye bye.
-Bye bye.
-Bye bye.
-Bye bye.
And goodbye, parrot.
[SINGING] Speedy
delivery to you.
Do you ever sing that
with Mr. McFeely?
[SINGING] If there's anything
you want, if there's anything
you need, McFeely's
delivery brings
it to you here with speed.
Yes, our speedy delivery
is our speedy delivery.
You know he goes like that.
[SINGING] Speedy
delivery to you.
What a great neighbor
Mr. McFeely is.
I think it's time for
some make-believe.
Come on, Trolley.
[TROLLEY BELL AND WHISTLE]
You're a speedy delivery-er.
[TROLLEY BELL AND WHISTLE]
Yes.
You make a speedy delivery to
Neighborhood of Make-Believe,
don't you?
Well, last time we
had make-believe X
the Owl was planning
to teach flying.
Yeah.
He said, I'll just
teach anybody to fly.
Well, let's think
more about that now,
as the trolley goes into the
Neighborhood of Make-Believe.
[TROLLEY BELL AND WHISTLE]
KING FRIDAY: Oh yes, Trolley.
Yes.
Yes.
-Hi, Trolley.
Good to see you.
KING FRIDAY: And so, Handyman,
what were you saying about this
learn to fly business?
-Well, X the Owl says
that he will teach
anybody who wants
to learn to fly.
KING FRIDAY: Mm-hmm.
-Would you like to learn
to fly, King Friday?
KING FRIDAY: Oh,
I don't need to.
I have a purple jet and a pilot.
I leave the flying
to pilots and birds.
-I see.
KING FRIDAY: Are you planning
to learn, Handyman Negri?
-Oh.
Oh no, Sire.
I'm just helping X to spread
the word about his teaching.
KING FRIDAY: Very well then.
I'll bid you farewell.
-Farewell, King Friday.
KING FRIDAY: Farewell.
[MUSIC PLAYING]
-[SINGING] Come on.
Let's learn how to
fly with an expert,
with an expert whose
name is X the Owl.
Come on.
Let's learn how to
glide with an ex--
PRINCE TUESDAY: Whoa!
Handyman Negri.
-Prince Tuesday?
Where are you?
PRINCE TUESDAY: I'm up here!
-What are you doing up there?
PRINCE TUESDAY: Oh, I
want to learn to fly.
-But, but you have to
have lessons for that.
PRINCE TUESDAY: I thought you
could just flap your wings
and do it.
-Oh, do you have wings?
PRINCE TUESDAY: Well,
I have a little pair.
Here, I'll show you.
-Wait, wait a minute.
Would you bring them down here
and show me in this garden?
PRINCE TUESDAY: OK.
I'll be right there.
HANDYMAN NEGRI: Oh.
Wow.
You are fast, Prince Tuesday.
PRINCE TUESDAY: Yes.
But I still want to
learn how to fly.
-Well, X the Owl is the expert.
And he'll give you
lessons over at his tree.
PRINCE TUESDAY: OK.
I'll go check it out.
-OK.
And, and please be careful.
PRINCE TUESDAY: OK.
You too, Handy.
-OK. [MUSIC PLAYING]
Learn to fly with an expert.
LADY ELAINE: [SINGING] Oh,
Handyman, Oh, Handyman,
you'd better come and see me.
-That sounds like Lady Elaine.
LADY ELAINE: [SINGING]
Oh Handyman, oh Handyman,
and now you see where I am.
-Wow.
Why, Lady Elaine.
LADY ELAINE: How do
you like it, Toots?
-Well, I think your hat
with a propeller on it
is quite unusual.
LADY ELAINE: Well, I've
decided something exciting.
-Oh?
What is it?
LADY ELAINE: It's about flying.
-Oh.
Well, X the Owl is teaching
people how to learn to fly.
LADY ELAINE: I'm going to
teach them to fly high.
[MUSIC PLAYING]
-Fly high?
LADY ELAINE: Way high!
See ya, Toots.
-[SINGING] You'd better learn
how to fly with an expert,
with an expert whose
name is X the Owl.
[MUSIC PLAYING]
X THE OWL: Hello there, Handy.
How in the world are you?
-I'm pretty good, X. Listen--
X THE OWL: You
wanna come inside?
How about coming in?
I'm givin' Tuesday a lesson.
-Oh, OK.
I can come in for just a minute.
X THE OWL: OK.
See ya at the back door.
-All right.
[MUSIC PLAYING]
[KNOCKING]
X THE OWL: Uh,
come on in, Handy.
PRINCE TUESDAY:
Oh, hi, Handyman.
-Hi.
PRINCE TUESDAY: I'm
having my first lesson.
-Oh.
Well, let's see
how you're doing?
X THE OWL: Show him the
jump and call, Tuesday.
PRINCE TUESDAY: OK.
Here goes.
Whee!
X THE OWL: There
-You do that very well, Tuesday.
PRINCE TUESDAY: Thanks.
It doesn't feel like flying yet.
X THE OWL: Well, that's
your first lesson, Tuesday.
And you can go on
home and practice jump
and call all you want.
PRINCE TUESDAY: OK.
Thanks, X.
X THE OWL: And you can come for
your second lesson next time.
PRINCE TUESDAY: All right.
Are you going back to
the castle, Handyman?
-As soon, as soon as I
talk to X about something.
PRINCE TUESDAY: OK.
I'll see you there.
X THE OWL: Remember
your first rule.
Be careful!
PRINCE TUESDAY: Yes, sir.
Be careful.
[MUSIC PLAYING]
-X?
X THE OWL: Yup.
-Lady Elaine is up to something.
X THE OWL: Well, one sure
thing, she can't teach flyin'.
-Well, that's what
she's planning to do.
X THE OWL: What?
-Yeah.
And she says she's going
to teach them to fly high.
And she's wearing a hat
with a propeller on it.
X THE OWL: We're gonna
have to see about that.
-That's right.
We're just going to have to keep
telling the people [SINGING]
it's best to learn how
to fly with an expert,
with an expert whose
name is X the Owl.
X THE OWL: Oh, thanks
for that, Handy.
-Well, I'm gonna go over to the
castle and see what's going on.
X THE OWL: OK.
Well, I'll see ya.
-OK.
Bye.
X THE OWL: Oh. [SINGING]
It's good to learn how
to fly with an expert, a expert.
[MUSIC PLAYING]
PRINCE TUESDAY: OK,
Trolley, just try once more.
Jump and call.
[TROLLEY BELL]
-What are you doing, Tuesday?
PRINCE TUESDAY: I'm
teaching Trolley to fly.
-Well, it looks like
everybody's doing that.
[TROLLEY BELL]
I know it's not easy, Trolley.
It's very difficult.
PRINCE TUESDAY: But
I'm going to fly high.
-Oh, well, we'll see about that.
[TROLLEY BELL AND WHISTLE]
We'll see you next
time, Trolley.
PRINCE TUESDAY: OK, Trolley.
[TROLLEY BELL AND WHISTLE]
-Now Lady Elaine wants to
teach flying, and flying high,
just because she has a hat
with a propeller on it.
All I care about is
that they be careful.
We'll think more
about that next time.
Right now we need
to feed the fish.
[MUSIC PLAYING]
Sometimes when fish
swim fast like that,
it looks like
they're flying too.
Wonder if you could see me
if I went down like this.
Could you see me
through the water?
[MUSIC PLAYING]
Where's Mr. Rogers?
Peek-a-boo.
[PHONE RINGING]
Is that the phone ringing?
It is.
Hello?
Oh, that's great.
Yeah.
All right.
As soon as I show
the flying illusion.
Thanks.
Yes.
Well, I'll see you in
a few minutes then.
Oh, good.
Bye bye.
Oh.
A friend of mine is a magician.
And he can even make it
look like he's flying.
I have a tape of him doing that.
And after we see the tape, we'll
go visit him at the theater
where he's working.
Yep.
My friend's name is
David Copperfield.
And he said we could come
over after a little while.
So let's see this tape of David
Copperfield's flying illusion.
Picture Picture.
[MUSIC PLAYING]
That looks like he's
flying, doesn't it?
Well, that's part of
his very special magic.
It's called an illusion.
But you know, it's only
birds and bugs and bees
and airplanes and things like
that that can really fly.
Mm-hmm.
The rest of it is magic.
Now let's just go and meet
David Copperfield in person.
Come along.
[MUSIC PLAYING]
His dressing room's
right in this way.
Let's just go on in.
[KNOCKING]
DAVID COPPERFIELD:
Come in, Fred.
How are you?
MR. ROGERS: Hi, David.
-Welcome.
Welcome.
Welcome.
-Thank you.
-Have a seat.
-Thank you, sir.
-There you go.
-Oh, what a place you have here.
-Isn't it beautiful?
Mirrors for a magician.
It's perfect.
-Perfect.
I'd like you to know
my television neighbor.
Mr. David Copperfield.
-Hi.
How are ya?
-I was just showing them that
flying videotape that you have.
You were flying up in the air.
-Yes.
I just got finished
flying on state, actually.
That's why I'm dressed
for the occasion.
-You look just like
that on the video tape.
-There you go.
-But you're a human being.
How do you fly?
-Well, that's 'cause
I'm a magician.
My job is doing magic
and doing illusion.
I create things that
aren't supposed to be.
But they're only illusions.
It's only magic.
You know, like this.
Look.
Do you see this rubber band
around these two fingers?
If you pass your hand
over it, it'll jump.
MR. ROGERS: How did you do that?
-Very carefully.
And I'll teach you how to do it.
Would you like to learn?
-I would.
-OK.
You need a rubber band.
And I just happen to
have one right over here.
-But human beings
don't really fly?
-No.
Human beings don't fly,
unless they're magicians,
unless they learn
the skill of doing
magic and doing illusions.
And you're going to learn
there is a secret behind it,
a skill that you have to learn.
You know, it's-- I'm
not really flying.
I'm not really flying.
I'm creating the
illusion and making
it very believable
for the audience.
Was it believable for you?
-I'll say.
-Well, good.
-But you had to work a long
time to be able to do that.
-Yes.
And you have to be very careful.
It doesn't just happen.
You have to really study it.
And that's
particular-- the flying
piece is something
that we invented.
You know, I invented
the technology
to make it look like
I'm really flying.
-And that looked
like this was flying
too, flying from here to here.
-That's right.
The rubber band actually
jumps between the two fingers.
-How do you do it?
-Well, I'll show you
the secret behind it.
Why don't you take that.
And you can put it, let's see,
around these two things fingers
right here.
Around the forefinger,
the pointer finger.
-Yup.
Like that?
DAVID COPPERFIELD: Uh-huh.
And you take it and
you stretch it down.
MR. ROGERS: Oh.
DAVID COPPERFIELD: Like this.
And you put all of your
fingers into that loop.
Exactly.
And that's the secret part.
You have your hand like this.
Before the show
you be in position
so it looks like it's only
around these two fingers.
It's actually around of
course the others too.
But when you open up your
hand, they'll jump like that.
You did it!
-Can I try it once more?
-Yeah.
You bet.
OK.
This is the secret part,
putting your fingers in.
Exactly.
I'll let you do it by
yourself this time.
That's good.
-And then you turn
it around like that.
-And you don't show
anybody that part, right?
That's the secret part.
-OK.
-That's the technology
behind it, right?
-And then you did
something like this?
-Yes.
Little misdirection, yes.
Go ahead.
There you go.
Exactly.
Very, very good.
You have a new job.
You can come on
the road with us.
-You teach people to do
things like this, don't you?
-I do in certain situations.
This is something we teach in
hospitals, because in order
to do this, not only do you
have to know the secret,
but you have to have the ability
to open and close your hand.
And some people in
hospitals and people
that have certain problems
with their movements,
this is a motivation,
a kind of a reason
to get people to want to
open and close their hand.
And this is kind of
an activity or a game
that they play in hospitals
to teach patients who, who've
had little problems,
to help them move
muscles they wouldn't
want to move.
And it's called Project Magic.
And it's in about 1,000
hospitals in 30 countries
around the world, so
that's very popular.
-You must be very proud of that.
-Yeah.
It's using magic for something,
uh, for someone's health.
Excellent.
See.
-Have you always liked
to do magic tricks?
-Well, ever since I was a
child I did magic, you know.
I went to the library every day.
And I read all the
books on magic.
And I showed magic to my
friends, which was a great way
of, you know,
meeting new friends
and having something to share.
And, uh, I kept doing it.
I'm still studying and
learning new things
and inventing new
things with magic.
MR. ROGERS: You still like it?
-I love it.
It's a way of-- it's kind
of like being a painter.
Magic is my paint.
Instead of painting pictures,
I create illusions on stage.
MR. ROGERS: Now, you don't
use just rubber bands, do you?
-No.
Another thing that we
do in Project Magic
is exercises with ropes.
For example, take this.
You can-- I'll take
this rubber band.
Or can you keep it if you like.
Here you go.
Take this rope.
And hold it like this between
your hands, like this.
-Make a U?
-Make a big U. Exactly.
And you hold it between
these two fingers like this,
with the other
fingers up like this.
And you take the rope
and go around the arm.
Exactly.
And down.
Make them two loops, like that.
Now you can go in the left loop.
Very good.
And out the right loop.
It's this loop right there.
Exactly.
And you have this like this.
And what we're going to is we're
going to tie a knot in a rope
without letting go of the ends.
It's impossible.
But we're gonna try right now.
Watch.
I'll try it first.
I have a knot like that.
Throw it off your hands.
-Like that?
-Mm-hmm.
-You're the magician.
-Maybe we should change ropes.
Let's try it again here.
You take this one.
I'll take this one.
And hold it like this.
And go around the arm.
Come down, making two loops.
Exactly.
In the left side,
out the right side.
Exactly.
And now watch.
I have a knot.
That's very close.
Very good.
Very good.
-I know you have another
show to do, David.
But I wondered if I could
take one of those rubber bands
with me.
-Of course.
Of course.
In fact, for you two.
One to practice
and one to perform.
-Thank you very much, David.
-You're welcome.
You're welcome.
-Wish you well.
-Thank you very, very much.
-Bye.
-You're welcome any time.
-Wow.
Come on back to my place.
[MUSIC PLAYING]
Wasn't that fun?
I want to try that
again, that magic trick.
Now, he said to put it on here.
This part you're not supposed
to show anybody, you know.
Just show this part
and go like this.
I'm just wondering
if we could make
it go back the
other way, same way.
Isn't it wonderful
to have neighbors
who do such interesting things?
You know, people choose
what to do with their time.
Every minute, each one
of us is making choices.
I hope you're making the best
choices for the healthiest life
you can possibly have.
I say that because
I care about you,
about you and your neighbor.
[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,
[SNAPS] 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.
We always have lots of things
to talk about, don't we?
Lots of things to see and do
and to talk about our feelings.
Yeah.
It's such a good
feeling to be with you.
I'll be back next time.
Bye bye.
[MUSIC PLAYING]
27x06 - Be Yourself
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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.