11x15 - Mister Rogers Talks About PLAY

[bunniefuu]

[THEME MUSIC]

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

a beautiful 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?

[SPEAKING] Hi, neighbor.

Playful week in
this neighborhood.

I brought some wood with me.

I'll show you why.

I thought I could use this wood
to help finish this building.

I just started on this
block building here,

really big blocks.

I can remember being so
pleased when I could build

with great big blocks like this.

Of course, I still like to
build with all kinds of blocks.

I'll try this.

I thought it might
be big enough.

Let me see if this would work.

Where's Mr. Rogers?

Peek-a-boo.

I think that I will open
this door and put on a roof.

Yeah, that should work there.

You know, I was just thinking,
if I had just sat down there

and just thought about putting
on a roof, it wouldn't get on.

No, you have to do things
to make them happen.

[SINGING] You can
make-believe it

happens or pretend
that something's true.

You can wish or
hope or contemplate

a thing you'd like to do.

But until you start to do it,
you will never see it through.

Because the make-believe
pretending just

won't do it for you.

You've got to do it,
every little bit.

You've got to do it,
do it, do it, do it.

Then when you're
through, you can

know who did it,
because you did it.

You did it.

You did it.

If you want to ride a bicycle
and ride it straight and tall,

you can't simply sit and looking
at it, as it won't move it all.

But it's you who have
to try it, and it's

you who have to fall--
sometimes-- if you want to ride

a bicycle and ride
it straight and tall.

You've got to do it,
every little bit.

You've got to do it,
do it, do it, do it.

And when you're
through, you can know

who did it, because you did it.

You did it.

[SPEAKING] You did it.

[SINGING] It's not
easy to keep trying,

but it's one good way to grow.

It's not easy to keep learning,
but I know that this is so.

When you've tried
and learned, you're

bigger than you were a day ago.

It's not easy to keep trying,
but it's one way to grow.

You've got to do it,
every little bit.

You've got to do it,
do it, do it, do it.

Then when you're
through, you can

know who did it,
because you did it.

You did it.

You did it.

[SPEAKING] And playing
is one of the most

important things
you can learn to do.

When I was a little boy, I used
to play with puppets and toy

cars and trucks and
all sizes of blocks.

And I'd make up all
kinds of pretend stories.

I guess playing like that
helps me to make up stories

about our Neighborhood
of Make-Believe.

Let's go to the kitchen.

I have set up those models
out here of the-- Hi, fish.

I'll feed you later.

See the models here of the
Neighborhood of Make-Believe?

Who lives in here,
in the castle?

And who works in this factory?

Mm hmm.

Cornflake S. Pecially.

And who lives in this tree?

Henrietta and X the Owl.

Do you remember what
happened to Bob Dog

yesterday when he was
climbing up at this tree,

climbing up on a ladder to get
a ball up here at X's tree?

He fell, and he had
to go to the hospital.

Well, King Friday got so
worried about people getting

hurt that he made a rule
that no one was allowed

to play in this
neighborhood anymore.

How do you think
people will feel

if they're not allowed
to play anymore?

I think we should
think about that now

in the Neighborhood
of Make-Believe.

I'll move the little
trolley along here.

[TROLLEY CHIMING]

-Halt, Trolley.

Stop your movement.

Uh, ding three times,
and Lady Aberlin

will be here with
something for you.

[TROLLEY CHIMES THREE TIMES]

-Very good.

Lady Aberlin, I presume.

-Correct, as usual,
Uncle Friday.

-You have the signs?

-I have them.

I don't approve of what
they say, but I have them.

-Uh, I will not
have other people

hurt in this neighborhood.

-But Uncle Friday,
stopping play is no way

to stop people
from getting hurt.

-It is one way.

You may outfit the Trolley.

-Oh, all right.

[TROLLEY WHISTLING AND CHIMING]

-It says no play allowed.

-And that means nobody
is to play anything

in this neighborhood, Trolley.
[TROLLEY WHISTLING AND CHIMING]

-Yes, that includes you.

No fancy playful riding.

You understand?

[TROLLEY WHISTLING AND CHIMING]

-And none of that back and forth
riding just to make a point.

Too playful.

That's right, Niece Aberlin.

And I want those signs to go
all over the neighborhood.

-Are you sure about this?

-I'm absolutely sure.

-[SIGHS]

-And once more, that hammering
you're doing sounds like play

to me.

-You mean--
[TAPPING RHYTHMICALLY]

-I do.

-Well, it may sound
like play, but it's also

a way of telling
you that I'm angry.

Oh, Uncle Friday, you're
making everything so dull

with your no play allowed rule.

-Dull and safe.

You may take the signs
to the outskirts.

Farewell.

-Farewell.

[SIGHS]

-Meow, meow, King Friday, meow,
meow not allowed, meow, play.

-Uh, just because Bob
Dog fell off the ladder?

-Meow, guess so, meow.

-Well, that's awful.

Hey, there's Lady
Aberlin coming.

Maybe she knows something
about-- Hey, Lady Aberlina.

-Hi, X. Hi, Henrietta.

-Uh, is it true about all of
us not being allowed to play?

-Yes, it is.

And I'm supposed to
put up these signs

to remind everybody
no play allowed.

-You mean I can't
build with my blocks

and I can't pretend that
I'm Benjamin Franklin?

-Nope.

You can't even fly
around in a playful way.

-Meow, terrible.

Meow, meow, play doctor?

-Nope.

No play whatsoever.

-Oh.

What's Lady Elaine Fairchilde
saying about all of that?

-Oh, I don't know.

I haven't seen her today.

But I have a feeling she's
not going to like it at all.

-Oh, Lady Aberlin.

Come and see what I have.

-There she is now.

-Uh, maybe she can help
us think of something.

-Oh, I hope so.

-Meow too.

-Well, I'll see you both later.

-OK, Lady A. You like that poem?

OK, Lady A. Isn't that funny?

OK, Lady A. [CHUCKLES]

-I-- I don't think
we're allowed poetry.

-Why?

-Well, because,
because it's fun.

I, I guess it's kind of play.

-Well, that's just
going too far.

-No play allowed.

-Meow, meow, terrible.

-I do too.

Bye.

-[SINGING] Come and
see what I've made.

Come and see what I've made.

-Why, Lady Elaine, did you
build that block building?

-[SPEAKING] Mm hmm.

Of course.

Isn't it great?

-It is great.

-Mm hmm.

-But you're not allowed.

-What do you mean?

This is my Museum-Go-Round, and
I do what I want to do here.

-No play allowed.

-So?

Put it in the street.

People aren't allowed
to play in the streets.

-But Lady Elaine, ever since
Bob Doug had his accident,

Uncle Friday says that
people aren't allowed

to play anywhere in
this neighborhood.

-You've got to be kidding.

-No play allowed.

-Well, I'm going
to see about this.

Boomerang, toomerang, soomerang.

-Where are you, Lady Elaine?

-The castle, toots.

Now just see.

Get out here, Friday.

I need to speak with you.

-What's going on here?

-I don't like your new rule.

-It's for everyone's safety.

-You just can't cut out play.

Practically everything in
my Museum-Go-Round is play,

and I'm not going to cut it out.

-No play allowed in
this neighborhood.

-You're sure about that?

-Absolutely sure.

-Well, then I'm leaving.

-What do you mean, Fairchilde?

-I mean I can't live
where there's no play.

-You mean you're just
going to take off?

-I'm leaving,
Museum-Go-Round and all.

If you ever have play
again here, I may be back.

Toot toot.

-She felt very
strongly about that.

-Yes.

I'll go try and talk
with her some more.

-Yes.

You are excused.

-Thanks, Uncle Friday.

Where are you going?

-I'm not sure, but I'm going.

-Well, you can't just
pick up and leave

in two minutes like that.

-That's what you think.

I do not stay in a neighborhood
where there is no play.

Boomerang, toomerang, soomerang!

-Oh.

She really did go.

Where do you suppose she's gone?

What's this?

What does this say?

No play, no stay.

Oh, Lady Elaine Fairchilde.

Lady Elaine, where are you?

-Well, well.

Now this is more like it,
beautiful sky, green grass.

Oh, it's such a relief to be
away from that Neighborhood

of Make-Believe where
nobody's allowed to play.

[LOUD DRUMS]

-What?

What?

What, what's going on here?

Uh, what in the world?

What are these kids doing?

[TRUMPETS PLAYING]

ANNOUNCER: Welcome,
lades and gentlemen

to our state-wide
marching band competition.

The first band this afternoon
is Churchill High School.

-Oh, what have I got
myself in the middle of?

Honestly.

Oh, my.

It's so loud.

I thought that I was gonna
come to a nice quiet place

where I could play.

But I can't play
anything here with all

these people marching around.

Nice music, you all, but
it's just too loud for me.

Boomerang, toomerang, soomerang!

-[SOUTHERN ACCENT] As the sun
lights up the sky and the birds

fly from tree to tree, so my
love for you is ever bright

and lives on the
wings of fantasy.

I guess I could never
hope that you could feel

the same way towards
me, Christine.

I guess I should--
-[MELODRAMATICALLY] Oh, Victor.

-Let me look at you
once more before I go.

I'll remember your face forever.

-Oh, Victor.

-You will always be in my heart.

-But Victor--

-Do not prolong my agony.

-Victor, I love you too.

-You what?

-I've always loved you, Victor.

-Christine, could I be dreaming?

-Oh, Victor!

[NORMAL VOICE] Oh, brother.

-Well, well, well, uh,
what's going on here?

--[CHUCKLES] [NORMAL VOICE] We're
in the middle of a play, lady.

-Oh, whoops. [CHUCKLES] I
guess I'm not in this scene.

-[CHUCKLES] Yeah, well--

-Uh, sorry.

Boomerang, toomerang, soomerang!

[LAUGHS]

-[SOUTHERN ACCENT] And what
did you say again, Christine?

-[MELODRAMATICALLY] I've
always loved you, Victor.

-Oh, happy, happy, happy day.

[BIRDS CHIRPING]

-Now what's going
to happen here?

I don't hear any marching
bands. [CHUCKLES]

I don't see any
actors or audiences.

Well, this looks more like it.

This looks like
the place for me.

-Yippee!

-Oh, Who's that?

-Coming through.
[MAKES BEEPING SOUNDS] What

a great day to play.

-Why, it looks like--
I think it's Barbara.

-Could it really be
Lady Elaine Fairchilde?

Fairchilde, my old friend.

-The one and only.

-Is this your place, Barbara?

-Oh, this is where I play a lot.

-You mean you're
allowed to play here?

-Certainly.

It's a play park.

-Oh, that's for me.

[CHUCKLES]

-You're moving?

-Well, here I am.

Come on inside and we'll
get caught up on old times.

-Uh, but your neighborhood.

What's happened there?

-Come on in.

I'll tell you.

You'll never believe
it could happen.

But I also want to tell
you about the places

I landed first.

[TROLLEY WHISTLING AND CHIMING]

-Yes, Trolley, she
left, and she took

her Museum-Go-Round with her.
[TROLLEY WHISTLING AND CHIMING]

-I know.

We're just going to have
to think of something.

[TROLLEY WHISTLING AND CHIMING]

-What a magical trip
Lady Elaine took.

She moved her whole museum
away from the Neighborhood

of Make-Believe.

It's like this.

It doesn't look the
same with it, does it?

That's where it was.

But you can remember
where it was, can't you?

Just think about it's
being right here.

Of course, in real life nobody
could just say boomerang,

toomerang, soomerang
and have their house

move like Lady Elaine did.

No.

But in real life, we can
remember where things were

or when people were there.

I'll take the
platypus mound away.

Do you remember the
Museum-Go-Round was here?

The platypus mound was here.

I'll put the clock away.

Do you remember all
three of them being here?

Put the tree away, the
factory away, the castle away.

Even when nothing's
there, you can still

remember what it was like
when it was there, can't you?

Castle with the
trolley, factory, tree,

Lady Elaine's museum, platypus
mound, Daniel's clock.

That shows you're really
growing when you can do that.

I wonder how Lady
Elaine's neighbors

are feeling about her
leaving like that.

She didn't even say
goodbye to everyone.

I like people to
tell me when they're

going to do big things
like that, don't you?

[SINGING] I like to be told
when you're going away,

when you're going to come back,
and how long you will stay.

I like to be told.

I like to be told.

I like to be told if it's going
to hurt, if it's going to be

hard, if it's not going to hurt.

I like to be told.

I like to be told.

It helps me to get ready
for all those things,

all those things that are new.

I trust you more
and more each time

that I'm finding those
things to be true, true.

I like to be told, because
I'm trying to grow,

and I'm trying to learn,
and I'm trying to know.

I like to be told.

I like to be told.

[SPEAKING] You and I like
to be told things, don't we?

Important things.

I have a film that
I'd like to show you.

It's a film of some people
moving a real house,

not a Museum-Go-Round moving
magically but a real house.

It was really hard to do,
and it took such a long time

that we had to speed up the
film or it wouldn't seem

like the house
was moving at all.

But it was.

Those people thought
about it a long time,

and they figured out a way to
do it, a way that wasn't magic.

So I want to show you this film.

It's kind of funny to see a film
of a house going down a street.

Yeah, you'll see.

[VIDEO PLAYBACK]

And there's the house
with the windows

all boarded up, all
ready to be moved.

And the bulldozer, look
how fast it's moving.

It's preparing the lot
to move the house away.

And this man is
stacking logs so they'll

be able to jack
up the foundation.

See all that?

And that long beam
is put underneath.

What they're doing is building
a trailer under the house.

It's really like
building a trailer

so that they can move it away.

Then they put the wheels there,
and the truck hooks onto it.

And away it goes.

The house was just too
big to move all at once,

so they've divided
it into two parts.

See, there's the
second part coming.

Of course workpeople have to
go ahead and see that there's

plenty of room for the house to
move along the roads and all.

Now the house is
arriving at the new lot.

See the foundation back there?

It's all ready for the old
house to be in the new place.

So now they have the
job of putting the house

together onto the
new foundation.

They take off the window
covers and paint the windows

and paint the house and fill
in the foundation with dirt

and fix up the chimney
and get the insides ready.

And there's the house
in its new spot.

[END VIDEO PLAYBACK]

[CHUCKLES] Most people
when they have to move just

move themselves and the things
that are inside their house,

unless you have a mobile home.

Very few people can move
the outsides of their house.

You can move the outsides of
a block building, can't you?

In fact, you can change
all kinds of things

with a block building.

I wonder if we could make
a window out of this block.

That look like a window?

Maybe even make a
whole back door.

I have an idea.

This could be a tape
or a chair right there.

I'm going to put something
in that back door.

Remember this from yesterday?

[CHUCKLES] Put it on the roof.

Let's see if it'll
go in the back door.

Oh, that's too wide there.

Think it'll go in
the front door?

Sure.

There it is.

Can't do it one
way, do it another.

Better put these models away,
Neighborhood of Make-Believe.

Tomorrow we can think
about how Bob Dog is doing

in the hospital
and find out more

about Lady Elaine and her
Museum-Go-Round in Barbara's

play park.

You and I can pretend
anything we want,

because we live in
neighborhoods where

we're allowed to
pretend and play.

[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.

[SPEAKING] You always make
each day such a special day.

You know how?

By just your being you.

I'll be back tomorrow.

[THEME MUSIC]