31x03 - Episode 3

[bunniefuu]

[THEME MUSIC PLAYING]

THEME SONG: 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.

Glad we're together again.

I brought some sculpting
dough with me today.

I'll show you.

Here it is.

It's just flour and
salt mixed with water.

And I like to sculpt with it.

Think I'll make something here.

Put some parts to the side.

What do you think it looks like?

Maybe a little trolley?

Well, let's get the real trolley
for some other kind of play.

Come on Trolley.

[TROLLEY CLANGING]

-Yes.

Well last time in Make-Believe,
Neighbor Aber and Hula Mouse

were going to sculpt
something with sand.

So let's pretend that they've
finished that sculpture,

as the Trolley goes into the
neighborhood of Make-Believe.

[TROLLEY CLANGING]

[PIANO MUSIC PLAYING]

LADY ELAINE: It'll
never win, Toots.

-Oh.

You startled me, Lady Elaine.

-What's that thing you're
dancing around there?

-A sand sculpture, I guess.

I didn't make it.

-I guess the Westwooders
and Hula Mouse did.

Well, it'll never win either.

-You don't like it?

-It doesn't look like anything.

-To me it looks
like-- everything.

-You'll see what wins, Toots.

See you.

[PIANO MUSIC PLAYING]

[HORNS]

KING FRIDAY: Lady
Aberlin, I presume.

-Correct, as usual Uncle Friday.

-What do you think of the
Westwood sand sculpture?

-I think it's inspiring.

-What does it inspire you to do?

-Dance.

-Very good, very good.

-Does it inspire you
to do anything, Sire?

-For some reason, yes, it does.

I feel like reciting
the royal version

of "Twinkle, Twinkle,
Little Star."

-Oh, oh please do,
if you will, Uncle.

-Well certainly.

Yes.

"Scintillate, scintillate,
diminutive stellar orb.

How inexplicable seems
the stupendous problem

of your existence.

Elevated it's such an
immeasurable distance

in an apparently
perpendicular direction,

from this terrestrial
planet which we occupy.

Resembling in thy dazzling
and unapproachable

effulgence a gem
of purest carbon

set solitaire in a
university of space."

-That'll will never win, Friday.

-What are you talking
about, Fairchilde?

-That silly poem of
yours will never win.

And neither will that silly
sand sculpture or Lady A's dance

about it.

-The arts festival is for
art's sake, Lady Elaine.

It's not for winning something.

-That's right.

That's absolutely right.

-I know a winner when I see one.

And I'll be the judge.

Toot toot.

-Oh, my.

Her behavior is outrageous.

She insists that everybody's
artwork is no good

and insists on being the judge.

-Yes, it is exasperating.

-Yes.

-What can we do
about her, Uncle?

-Well suppose you ask
the other neighbors.

And then report back to me.

-How democratic of
you, Uncle Friday.

-Yes, farewell niece.

-Farewell!

I think I'll go and talk
with Daniel Striped Tiger.

[KNOCKING]

DANIEL STRIPED TIGER:
Is that you Lady Elaine?

-No, it's Lady Aberlin, Daniel.

DANIEL STRIPED TIGER: Oh.

Hi.

-Hi Daniel.

Are you all right?

-Not really.

-What's troubling you?

-Oh, nothing I guess.

-You and I are old
friends, Daniel.

-I know.

-So?

-Well, I was
working on something

for the arts festival.

And Lady Elaine came by, and--

-And what happened?

-She looked at what I had made
and she said it will never win.

And that made me sad.

-Of course it did.

-I mean I didn't make
it to win something.

I just made it for fun.

And I had fun thinking
it up and making it.

-And then when Lady
Elaine said that to you--

-Somehow the fun was gone.

And the sad was there instead.

-Would you-- show
your artwork to me?

-Oh, it's not anything fancy.

It's just some
cutouts and clips.

-I'd really like to see it.

-Well, OK.

Are you sure you want to see it?

-Yes, I'm sure.

And you know Daniel, I'm
not here to judge it.

I'm just here to enjoy it.

-OK, well here it is.

-Oh!

What a good idea!

A mobile with paper
clips and paper.

It dances!

Oh!

-You mean you like it?

-I certainly do.

However did you think of this?

-Well, I saw the great
big sand sculpture

over there when I
woke up this morning.

And I thought I'll just
make something too.

-And that sand sculpture
inspired me to make up a dance.

And this mobile inspires
me to sing a song.

-Really?

-Really.

[SINGS] It's you I like.

It's not the things you wear.

And not the way you do your
hair, but it's you I like.

The way you are right now.

The way down deep inside you.

Not the things that hide you.

Not even your artwork.

It's just beside you.

But it's you I like.

Every part of you.

Your fur, your eyes, your
feelings, whether old or new.

I hope that you'll remember,
even when you're feeling blue.

That it's you I like.

It's you yourself.

It's you, it's you I like.

-Oh, thanks for
liking me, Lady A.

-Oh, I like you Daniel,
and what you make.

-Well you may have it.

-To keep?

-Sure.

I'll make another one.

-Oh, thanks Daniel.

It's so beautiful.

-I'm glad you like it!

-And incidentally,
what do you think

we could do about Lady Elaine?

-You mean because she
hurts people's feelings.

-Yes, why do you
think she does that?

-Well, maybe one day
people hurt her feelings.

-You are a wise
tame tiger, Daniel.

-Well you're a generous
friend, Lady A.

-Generous?

Thanks for this, Daniel!

-You're welcome.

-Ugga mugga Daniel
Striped Tiger.

-Ugga mugga, Lady A. See you!

Bye.

[BELL RINGING]

-Lady Elaine.

Oh!

The judge is out.

Come back next time.

I wonder what she's doing now?

[TROLLEY CLANGING]

-Hi Trolley.

Look what Daniel made
for the arts festival!

[TROLLEY RINGING]

-Yes, I know.

It's wonderful.

What do you think
we can do about Lady

Elaine judging everything?

[TROLLEY RINGING]

-That's a great solution!

Thanks, Trolley.

[TROLLEY CLANGING]

-What do you think
about Lady Elaine's

hurting people's feelings?

Daniel wondered if she does
it because other people

hurt her feelings.

Well, we'll think more
about that next time.

Right now, the fish
want some food.

Mm hm, don't you fish.

Such good swimmers
and good eaters.

I love those fish.

My trolley.

Have I ever shown you this
beautiful piece of pottery?

My friend Dolly Naranjo
made this one time

while I was visiting
her workshop.

I love to think about that
time when we were together

and she made this
beautiful piece of pottery.

I just noticed it
seems so silent here.

-Oh, it's very quiet.

I think there's just a little
bit of wind and that's all.

But there's never any noise.

There's never anyone
down here, just me.

-Thank you for
allowing me to come.

-You're very welcome.

This is what we're going to get.

This is dark and it's just clay.

And it will hold together.

MR. ROGERS: May I do that?

DOLLY NARANJO: Yes, you may.

Just pull it out
with your fingertips.

MR. ROGERS: When we
finished gathering the clay,

we walked back up the
hill to Dolly's place.

-We'll pour our clay
into this bucket.

-Mine too?

-Mm hm, yes.

You can pour yours in there.

And if you will stir
the clay with this while

I pour water into it.

And then it will
melt very quickly.

[WATER POURING]

Maybe just keep stirring
for a little while.

-It's not very hard to stir.

-No, it's not.

-Did you like to play with mud
when you were a little girl?

-Always.

Always.

I still like to play with mud.

[LAUGHTER]

-This feels like it.

Oh, there it's coming.

MR. ROGERS [VOICEOVER]:
As I stirred,

the mixture got
thicker and thicker.

When it was thick
enough, we poured

the gooey clay onto a big sheet.

DOLLY NARANJO: And we'll have
a nice little pile of it.

The next thing
I'm going to do is

give you the bucket
of volcanic ash.

And the volcanic ash
comes from the hills

in northern New Mexico.

What we're going to do is add
the volcanic ash to the clay,

to give it strength.

And I am going to take
one of my shoes off.

And as I mix it
with my foot, you

will add-- if you can just
reach in and add some of the ash

to the clay, and
I will mix it in.

MR. ROGERS [VOICEOVER]:
As I sprinkled on the ash

with my hand, Dolly mixed it
into the clay with her foot.

She's known how to do that ever
since she was a young girl.

When we were all finished
mixing and the clay had dried

for a while, we went
into her studio.

-You can sit there,
and I will sit here.

And I will show you
how to make coils

that I can use to build upon.

-All right.

Coils, you say.

-Coils are like snakes.

Little snakes.

And they are the building
material, the building

the building blocks of
traditional Indian pottery.

And what I would like for you
to do is take a bit of clay,

about this much.

Put it on the table.

Then just roll it
back and forth,

like this, until
you have a coil.

And the coils that
I need for this pot

will be about that size.

MR. ROGERS: About this size.

DOLLY NARANJO: Yes.

MR. ROGERS: Well, I'll try.

-OK.

Let me give you some
clay that you can use.

And I will begin with the base.

-Oh, I think I was supposed
to make them like this.

-Yes.

And then you can
start rolling it out.

There you go.

And what I'm doing is just
making a small pinched base.

MR. ROGERS: That looks like
a little, sort of a bowl.

DOLLY NARANJO: And then
I'm going to take the coils

that you make and pinch
them onto the base.

MR. ROGERS [WHISPERING]: Wow.

DOLLY NARANJO: And as the
coil goes around and around,

the pot just gets
taller and taller.

MR. ROGERS [VOICEOVER]:
Dolly made it look so easy.

Her hands seemed very
comfortable forming the clay.

-Oh, that's wonderful.

Let me add that to the base.

And I will give you
just a bit more clay so

that you will be able
to make another one.

And I'll use that one.

MR. ROGERS [VOICEOVER]: We made
a good team, Dolly and I. I

making the coils, and Dolly
adding them to the pot.

At last, I finished
making the final coil.

And Dolly added it to
the top of the pot.

She smoothed the
coils with a Kn*fe.

And after that, formed the top
part of the pot called the lip.

When it was just the
way she wanted it,

she added it to the pot.

And when she was
finished, she let it dry.

-Now that it's dried,
it looks smaller.

-It is smaller.

As the clay dries out,
it shrinks a little bit.

But as we've compacted
the pot with the Kn*fe,

it also has made it smaller.

The next part of the
process is polishing.

And this is a red clay that I
also gather from the hillside.

MR. ROGERS: Looks like paint.

DOLLY NARANJO: It looks
like very, very red paint.

MR. ROGERS: But it's
just clay and water?

DOLLY NARANJO: It's clay
and water, that's all.

Then we want to start polishing.

This is a polishing
stone that I use

for the first
round of polishing.

And what I'm going
to do is very rapidly

move my stone back and
forth over the entire pot.

So that I can begin packing
in this lip into the pot,

into the pores of the pot.

And now we can start using
my grandmother's stone.

Actually, this is my
great grandmother's stone.

My mother gave it to me when
I started making pottery.

MR. ROGERS: And now it's been
used by four generations.

DOLLY NARANJO: That's right.

MR. ROGERS: Oh.

DOLLY NARANJO: But
with this stone,

I'm going to start at the
bottom and go to the top.

Only in one direction.

And we'll go around the entire
pot, two or three times.

MR. ROGERS [VOICEOVER]: It
was so interesting to see

the outside get
smoother and shinier,

as Dolly continued to polish it.

-There.

I think that this is
ready to be fired.

MR. ROGERS: Oh, good.

-We'll take it
outdoors and we'll

fire it in the traditional way.

MR. ROGERS: OK.

-We're going to put
our pot into the tin.

Put another piece
of tin over the pot

to protect it from
anything falling in there.

And then we're going to put
wood all the way around it,

standing up this way.

And if you can do
that side, I will

put some water on
this other side.

-It's like making an oven.

-Mm hm.

-And baking it.

-The fire will burn
for about half an hour.

And then our pot will be fired.

MR. ROGERS [VOICEOVER]: After
the f*ring, back to the studio.

DOLLY NARANJO: Fred, our
pot is ready to carve.

-It's not too hot.

-No, it's just warm.

But it's not hot.

And the way that I like
to decorate my pots

is to carve them.

And I use a small exacto Kn*fe.

I hold the Kn*fe and go
forward with my line.

And this part of the process
takes quite a bit of time.

It's slow and tedious.

But it can also be
the most fun part.

MR. ROGERS [VOICEOVER]: Because
Dolly's been making pots

since she was a very young girl,
she's had a lot of practice.

I marveled at how
carefully she worked,

and how skillfully she carved.

-There.

It's finished.

-Isn't that beautiful.

And to think that all
started with the clay

that we gathered
under the hill there.

-Yes.

And it was so nice to have
you with me to do that.

-Thanks, Dolly.

-Thank you.

-This is beautiful.

And it means all the
more to me, because

of the wonderful
person who made it.

There are so many artistic
ways to express who we are

and how we feel.

Every time I look at
that piece of pottery,

I think of Dolly
and being with her.

Trolley.

Trolley rhymes with Dolly.

Here's a trolley for you Dolly.

You know, I wonder what ways
you will choose as you grow more

and more to express
yourself artistically.

[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.

We'll have lots to
talk about and lots

to do when we're
together next time.

Bye!