13x10 - Episode 10

[bunniefuu]

-[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?

Hello, television neighbor.

I'm glad we're together today.

I wondered if you might
know what this would be,

a little box with some
things in it and this.

I'll take it to the
kitchen and show you.

Come on.

[SINGING] Please won't
you be my neighbor?

First, I'll show
you the big part.

It's a big board.

It is a game.

It's a game about
the neighborhood.

See the trolley tracks
that go around here?

Well, the idea is to go
along the trolley tracks

past the Eiffel Tower,
around here to the castle,

through Westwood, Corny's
factory, Henrietta and X's

tree, Lady Elaine's
Museum-Go-Round.

There's Some Place Else, around
down here to the platypuses,

Daniel's clock, and that
ends the game right there.

I'll show you how it's played
because in the little box are

some papers with
different designs on them

and trolleys, two trolleys.

So you and I could
play this game.

What we do is just to
pick up one of the papers,

see what design it has on it.

This one has a star, and so your
trolley would start out here

and go until it finds a star
and then stop at the star.

Now let's see where
my trolley will go.

Blue circle.

My trolley would go until
it finds a blue circle.

Let's try another one.

This one is yours.

This is an oval.

So your trolley goes
along these tracks

until it finds an
oval, lands there.

What do I get?

A triangle.

So my trolley will
look for a triangle,

and it will stop right there.

Let's do a couple
more, all right?

Oh, you get another star.

Oh, you go right next door.

See what I get.

Oh, what is that?

What is that?

That's called a parallelogram.

Have you ever seen
a shape like that?

A parallelogram.

Well, I'll find one.

Let me see.

Oh, it's right over here.

We'll do two more.

You'll get this
chance to go and find.

Oh, dear.

My trolley fell.

Needs to stay up like that.

Oh, what does this say?

When you land on that oval,
you pick up Prince Tuesday

and take him to school
at Some Place Else.

So you get to go the whole
way around to Some Place Else

right over to here.

Well, that's how
that game is played.

I think that's kind of fun.

We thought that up ourselves.

It's for friends to play.

You're my friend.

-[SINGING] You are my friend.

You are special.

You are my friend.

You're special to me.

You are the only one like
you, like you, my friend.

I like you.

In the daytime,
in the nighttime,

any time that you
feel's the right time

for a friendship
with me, you see.

F-R-I-E-N-D, special.

You are my friend.

You're special to me.

There's only one in
this wonderful world.

You are special.

Yes, you are.

[KNOCK AT DOOR]

-Oh, there's
somebody at the door.

Let's go see who that is.

We'll go back to the
board game later.

Oh, it's Mr. McFeely.

Hi, Mr. McFeely.

-Speedy Delivery
today, Speedy Delivery.

Here is the harmonica
you ordered.

-Oh, thank you very much.

Wondered if you'd like to
play a new game that I have.

-Well, I'd like to,
but I'm on my way

to the airport to
meet Ella Jenkins,

and I'll bring her
right over here.

-Oh, please do.

-You know, she has her
collection of harmonicas she's

bringing today so we'll
see you later, all righty?

-Yes, I know.

Thank you very much.

-You're welcome.

Bye bye.

-Did you ever try to
play the harmonica?

It looks very easy, but to play
a song takes a lot of practice.

An old friend of ours is
coming with her collection

as Mr. McFeely said.

I really like it when
Ella Jenkins comes here,

but before she gets
here, we'll have

some time for some make believe.

There's lots to think
about in the Neighborhood

of Make-Believe.

Yes.

Last time, we were pretending
that Lady Elaine Fairchilde had

made snow in the
Neighborhood of Make-Believe.

Everybody was wondering if they
could have their Olympic games

today with all that snow.

Do you think that we
should pretend that they

find a way to get
rid of the snow?

What would be the kindest thing?

Well, then let's just
make believe that.

Ready?

Neighborhood of
Make-Believe, Trolley.

-Not yet, Trolley,
but we thought

that maybe some hot
water might help.

Oh, thanks, Trolley.

Oh, still shoveling, I see.

-Yes, the more I shovel,
the more there seems to be.

-Don't worry, we'll find
a way to get rid of it.

-Well, we haven't much time.

-I brought the hot water.

-Well, Lady Elaine just went
inside to check on something.

-I'm back.

-Any change?

-My weather machines
all point to snow.

-Well, here's some hot water.

-Oh, good.

I'll try it.

Bye bye.

-Bye bye.

Oh, no!

-LADY ELAINE: Did it work?

-Just the opposite.

You know what I think?

-LADY ELAINE: What?

-I think the first Olympic
games should be called

See How Much Snow
You Can Shovel.

-But that would take all day.

-Maybe we should
ask the children.

-What children?

-The children who live
in this neighborhood.

You know, Anna,
Prince, and Daniel.

-Well, what do they
know that we don't know?

-Many things, Lady Elaine.

-Well, they're in school
right now, aren't they?

-Yes, at Some Place Else.

-Shall I go ask them?

-Yes, please ask them if they
can think of anything that

would help us get
rid of this snow.

-Oh, honestly, you're
grasping at straws.

-I'm going over to the castle
and get ready for the games.

-But how do you know
that the snow will stop?

-I just know.

Something inside me just knows.

-Well, I'll see you
right back here later.

-All right.

See you later, Lady Elaine.

-Yeah, OK, and just one
thing before you go.

-Yes?

-I'm sorry about all this.

I didn't want to ruin the fun.

-Well, what did you want to do?

-I wanted to show I was in
charge of something important,

like Friday was in
charge of timekeeping.

-You wanted to be in
charge of the weather.

-Yes.

-Have you learned anything?

-I sure have.

Nobody can be in charge of a
big thing like the weather.

-Good.

Now we're on the road
to fixing things up.

-Maybe the children
will think of something.

-Of course they will.

Toot, toot.

-[SINGING] Anna, Prince,
and Daniel, Anna, Prince,

and Daniel, Daniel,
Prince, and Anna are here.

Yes, we're here.

Anna, Prince, and Daniel,
Anna, Prince, and Daniel,

Daniel, Prince,
and Anna are here.

-And I'm glad you're
all here today.

-It wasn't easy
coming in the snow.

-And I wonder what's going to
happen about the Olympic games

today.

-My daddy is the timekeeper.

-Well, there won't be anything
to time, Prince Tuesday,

if it keeps on snowing.

-Mm-hmm.

You got something there.

-May I come into your class?

-Oh, of course, Mr. Strothers.

We'd be glad to have you.

-Thank you.

I've come to ask your
help about the snow.

-We were just
talking about that.

-What's going to happen
to the Olympic games?

-Well, we were hoping
that you children could

help us out with
that big problem.

-I hope my daddy
can be timekeeper.

He's practiced so long.

-Oh, you're such a thoughtful
boy, Prince Tuesday.

-Does anyone have any
ideas for Mr. Strothers?

-I thought the only thing
that could melt lots of snow

was the sunshine.

-Oh, that's true.

But this is
Make-Believe so there

might be another way here.

-I think I have an idea.

-What's that, Daniel?

-Do you remember the
opera about the snow

people and the warm p*ssy cat?

-That's when Lady
Aberlin made the snow,

but she forgot to melt it.

-That's right.

Well, that's a little
like it is now.

-Yes, it is.

-But how did they finally
melt the snow in the opera?

-Well, they got a very special
something and the warm p*ssy

cat together, and that did it.

-Well, what was that
very special something?

-I think I remember the music.

It was like, [SINGING] If you
need a very special something

and a warm p*ssy cat, suppose
you concentrate on that.

Suppose we concentrate on that.

That was the music.

-Does anyone remember what the
very special something was?

-I think I do.

-What is it?

-[SINGING] You need a
very special teacher.

-That's it.

-[SINGING] A very special
teacher, and a warm p*ssy cat.

Suppose we concentrate on that.

-Are you suggesting that we
have a very special teacher

and a warm p*ssy
cat come together

in order to help the snow?

-Well, we could try.

-Oh, but who would that be?

Who's a very special teacher?

-[ALL] Harriet the Cow.

-Thank you, class.

-Would you help us, Miss Cow?

-I'll do anything I can.

Of course, Henrietta p*ssy
Cat is a warm p*ssy cat.

I could call her to help.

-Thank you, thank you all.

Let's all meet at the
Museum-Go-Round as soon

as possible.

You have such good ideas.

-Thank you for asking us.

-Oh, it was Lady Aberlin's idea.

-She believes children.

-I know.

-It's fun to help.

-It surely is.

-Well, I'll see you at
the Museum-Go-Round.

-OK, bye.

-I think we should get a big
blanket as big as the sky

and just put it up there and
let it catch all the snow.

-But what if the blanket
would get so heavy--

-Meow, meow, meow Aberlin.

Meow, X.

-Hi, Henrietta.

-Hi, Henrietta.

Do you have any
ideas about the snow?

-Meow.

-You do?

What?

-Meow just talked meow, meow,
telephone meow Harriet Cow.

-Well, what did she say?

-Meow, school children
meow, meow, idea.

-Oh, I'm so glad.

-Meow, meow, go to
meow, museum right away.

-All right, let's go.

-Well, I'll see you
in a little while.

-Okie doke.

-Oh, there you are.

The children had
a very good idea.

-Henrietta had a phone call.

Oh, there they are now.

-I hope it's going to work.

-What's the idea?

-Well, do you remember
the opera about the snow?

-Yes.

-Well, we were thinking that
maybe we could stop the snow

the same way you
did in the opera.

-[SINGING]You need a
very special teacher.

-My students elected me.

-Of course.

[SINGING] And a warm p*ssy cat.

-Meow, meow, beautiful.

-[SINGING] Suppose we
concentrate on that.

Suppose we concentrate on that

You did it.

Oh, I just knew you could do it.

-It's all gone, the snow.

You believe in children,
don't you, Lady Aberlin?

-I certainly do.

-We can take off our
winter clothes now.

Yeah, thanks.

Oh, boy.

That feels good.

-Oh, look at you.

-I think I've got--
what's going on here?

-The snow stopped, Lady Elaine

-I knew I could do it.

-The children did
it, Lady Elaine.

-Well, then the children
won the first game

of the Olympic games.

I know one thing.

I'll never try to be in
charge of weather again.

It's too hard to control.

-Oh, look.

There's the parade that begins
the Make-Believe Olympic Games.

-Well, Make-Believe people
can stop snow like that,

but that's not the way snow
stops in the real world, is it?

I hope you'll make up your
own pretend about what

the Make-Believe
Olympic games are like.

You might even like to ask
the grown ups who love you

what they think
Olympic games might

be like in a make believe land.

Do you remember
the racing towels?

Well, that was make
believe, wasn't it?

[KNOCK AT DOOR]

Oh, maybe that's
Ella Jenkins now.

It is.

Oh, I'm so glad
to see you, Ella.

-Hi, Fred.

-Welcome.

Thank you, and it's good to
be in your neighborhood again.

-It's good to have you.

David, will you come in?

-I'll bring the stool over.

-Good, will you sit there, Ella?

-Thank you very much.

I'm not carrying
very much today.

I've just got a
bag of harmonicas.

-I bet there's a lot of
music in those harmonicas.

-Well, you see, I have
a lot of harmonicas,

but I only brought four
along, and harmonicas

are one of my
favorite instrument.

-Well, you know my
television neighbor,

and I know that my
television neighbor

would love to hear you play.

-And I hope that some of
your television neighbors

love to play the
harmonica, and I

hope they'll be inspired today.

Now you can make
happy sounds, and you

can make sad sounds
with harmonicas.

They can make loud sounds.

They can make soft sounds.

I'd like to you a story of how I
got started with the harmonica.

-Please do.

-My uncle, who came from
Louisiana and moved to Chicago

and worked in the steel
mill in Gary, Indiana,

worked for many,
many long hours.

After his hard day's work, he
came back to the apartment,

took a shower, put on
some fresh clothes,

and then he went and
ate a hearty meal.

After that, he came back and sat
in a comfortable chair, a couch

like this, and he
put on his vest,

just like you put on
your nice sweaters.

He felt especially
dressed up in his vest.

Out of this vest pocket,
pull out a harmonica.

And he would play
for hours, and I

would sit right down on
the floor by his feet.

And I learned all
by just listening.

-You were just a
little girl then.

-That's right.

Many years ago.

And I learned a lot
about music, though.

First, he'd warm up on
the low notes like this.

Then he'd take the high notes.

And then he'd take a lot of
notes together call chords.

But he said, I want you
to remember this note.

This is a blue note.

Let's see if maybe
some of you children

have heard this before.

Now this is kind of
finger-snapping music

so if you can't
snap your fingers,

just go through
the motions anyway.

And sometimes he
would say a line,

and then he would imitate it
with the harmonica like this.

[SINGING] Well, I
hear that old freight

train coming on down the line.

Yes, I hear that old freight
train coming on down the line.

I wonder if that train going to
bring back that friend of mine.

-And so your uncle
started teaching you.

-Right, but he was not
a professional musician.

He just did it as a form
of recreation for himself,

and then he could go back to
those steel mills the next day.

-So you remember him
when you play, don't you?

-Exactly, yes.

This is a little harmonica.

It's called the puck
harmonica, and I'm

going to play a song,
the first song I

ever learned play
on the harmonica.

It's called Red River Valley.

Maybe some of you
children know it.

And you kept really good time.

These have been around
a long time, too.

What's that?

-London Bridge.

-London Bridge is falling down.

All right, here's another one.

Anybody know that?

It has to do with stars.

-Twinkle,Twinkle.

-Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star.

OK, the last one I'll play,
and I know you all know this.

-Pop goes the weasel.

-That was it.

All right.

Now I'd like to
play a spiritual.

I was over in Germany once, and
I played for a lot of students,

college students,
and this is another.

It has a sad feeling, but
it has a good feeling, too.

It's Let My People Go.

And watch my hands, and
see how I make the sounds.

-Oh, Ella, that's beautiful.

-Well, now this is a
minor key harmonica.

It plays a lot of the minor
moods and sad and happy moods,

too.

And there's one
about the Cuckoo Bird

I'd like to share, Cuckoo Bird.

-Well, we have to get over to
your performance pretty soon

so one more.

-All right, fine.

And I would like to play a
little bit for you, Fred.

-I'd like to hear that one.

-This is Oh, Susanna.

That's a familiar song.

I better turn it right
around the right way.

-On that little machine.

Oh, Ella, you're just wonderful.

-And now I expect to
hear you play sometimes.

-I'll work on it.

-Even better than you did in
the beginning of the program.

And thank you for
inviting me again.

It's good seeing you.

-Oh, you're always welcome here.

You know that.

-Thank you.

I'm going to follow you so I
can get to that school on time.

-School's right down here.

-The school people
are lucky to have you.

Bye, bye.

It takes a lot of practice,
doesn't it, to play that well?

It gives me a good feeling to
have a friend like that, too.

Ella Jenkins is a
very special person.

[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 week 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'll come back this weekend
and clean up that board game

in the kitchen and be
thinking about you playing

all kinds of things with
the people who love you.

That's what games are
good for, you know,

bringing people together,
people who care for each other.

We care for each
other, don't we?

I'll be back next time.

Bye, bye.