19x01 - Secrets

Episode transcripts for the TV show, "Mister Rogers' Neighborhood". Aired: February 19, 1968 – August 31, 2001.*
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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.
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19x01 - Secrets

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[THEME MUSIC]

--[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 beautywood,

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 the neighborhood with you.

So, let's make the most of
this beau-- 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?

Greetings to you,
television neighbor.

Glad we're back together again.

Can you guess what might
be inside this box?

[THUMPING] I'll show you.

Another box.

Could you imagine what
might be inside this box?

Another one.

And what about in here?

That one.

What about in here?

Some air.

They're like secret
boxes, aren't they?

When I was a boy, I used to like
to build with boxes like this.

See, now I would make a tower.

And sometimes I
would make a house.

In fact, I have houses
on my mind today,

because Mr. McFeely
and I are going

to go to see a very
special kind of house.

We'll show it to you.

It's not very far from here.

So, we're going to
both go on our bikes,

Mr. McFeely and I, he on--

[KNOCKING]

Oh, maybe that's he already.

He'll be on his bike, and I've
got mine waiting out here.

Yes, it is.

Mr. McFeely.

-Speedy delivery.

Are you ready to
go the Scanlon's?

-I certainly am.

You know how to get
there, don't you?

-I'm ready to lead the way.

-I told my television
neighbor that we're

going to see a very
special kind of house.

-Yeah, that it is.

A very special kind of house.

-You lead the way.

-OK.

I have my helmet on.

And you'll--

-Oh, yes.

I must get mine on.

-Always should wear a helmet
when riding a bicycle.

-I should say.

-This is a very unusual
house we're going to see.

And I've never seen
one like it before.

-Well, I've never been
there, so I'm looking forward

to doing it, and to
meeting the Scanlons.

-All set?

-All set.

-OK, well, I'll lead the way
off to the Scanlon's house.

-Very good.

-Ready?

-OK.

-OK.

Here we go.

Speedy delivery!

-Beautiful out here.

-It certainly is.

Oh, there's Judy weeding.

Right this way.

-Oh, good.

-Hi, Judy.

-Hi, Mr. McFeely.

-I'd like you to
meet Fred Rogers.

Judy Scanlon.

-Hi, Fred.

-Glad to meet you, Mrs. Scanlon.

I'd like you to know
my television neighbor.

-Hi.

-Mrs. Scanlon.

Is this your whole house?

-No, there's a lot
more to it than that.

As a matter of fact, we're
standing on the roof right now.

-This is the roof?

It looks like a garden.

-Yes, it does.

Well, a lot of times,
underground homes

are made out of concrete, and
then on top of the concrete,

they place soil, and then they
can plant flowers, or grass,

or whatever they want.

-We're used to seeing houses
with shingles on them.

-Well, you know,
in a lot of ways,

underground homes are very
different from houses built

above the ground,
but in a lot of ways,

they're very much the same.

-Well, is there a place
that you-- that you enter?

I mean, is there a
door that you go in?

-Yes.

Paul's building
a deck over here.

Would you like to go over and
say hello to Paul real quick

and then I'll show you
how to get in the house?

-Certainly.

-OK.

-Lead the way.

-OK.

-We're walking on the roof.

-We're walking on the roof.

-Mm-hmm.

-Now, there's Paul.

-There's Paul.

-Hi, Paul!

-Hi, Mr. McFeely!

-Like you to meet Fred Rogers.

-Hi Fred!

-That's Paul.

-How do you do, Paul?
-Good.

How about yourself?

-Good.

Fine, thank you.

-Why don't you come on down?

-All right.

How do we do that?

-I'll show you how to go in.

-We'll be right down.

-We'll follow you, Judy.

-This way.

Watch your step!

-OK.

-And over here to the right.

-Hi Paul.

-Hi.

-You met Paul?

-Yeah.

Hi, Paul.

-Hi.

-I'll see y'all later.

I'm going upstairs to
finish weeding the roof.

-Thank you, Judy.

This is a beautiful
place you have here.

-Thank you.

-Have you done all
the work yourself?

-Well, we've done a lot of it.

Judy's been a big help.

In fact, I could use
a hand right now.

-Well, what could
we do to help you?

You need some-- something--?

-Well, I was about to
measure this foundation.

Maybe you could hold
the tape measure.

-Oh, sure.

I'd gladly do that.

-If you could hold
that right on the edge.

-Anything for Mr. McFeely?

-I think so.

Could you write down the
dimension when I call it out?

-Sure.

You just tell me.

-OK.

You want to hold it there,
and I'll walk down here.



-18 feet, two inches.

All right, I have it.

-And this is going to
be your new deck here?

-That's right.

-Right out from the house.

And then you have some
steps coming down, do you?

-Right.

Some steps down to
the lower level.

-Well, you know, this looks
very much like a regular house.

-Well, it does, but
what makes it different

is the way it's set
into the hillside.

-That's why it's
called underground.

-Right.

-Under the soil of the roof,
and then in the ground.

Is there a way we
could see the hillside?

-Yeah.

The best place is to walk
around the corner of the house.

-Let's do that.
-Want to follow me?

-Sure.

-See, there's Judy.

Hi, Jude.

-Hey, Judy.

-Still weeding.

-You see, that's where
we were, up there.

-That's the roof.

Over here you can
see how the house

actually fits into the hillside.

-Ah ha.

How far back does that go?

-Oh, about 25 feet.

And the Earth wraps around
the house like a blanket,

and helps keep us
warm in the wintertime

and cool in the summertime.

-How does that happen?

-Well, the temperature
there outside

gets very cold in the winter
and very warm in the summer,

but the temperature of the
ground underneath stays pretty

much the same temperature
all year round.

-Helps keep you warm, right?

-And cool.

Now, there's a
room right behind?

-Right.

Should we go inside
and I'll show you?

-I'd like to see it.

-OK.

Why don't you follow me?

-OK.

-This is a stairway that
takes us down into the house.

-Aha.

-And the door's around
the corner here.

-Oh, there's the
door, Mr. McFeely.

-And you can see the
rest of the roof.

-Well, this is quite
an expanse here.

-And look at the beautiful
view we can see, too.

-Oh, yes.

It is beautiful here.

-Shall we go inside?

-Sure.

-Lead away.

-It's bright in here.

-Yes, it is.

A lot of people think that
living in an underground home

is like living in a dark cave.

That's just not true.

-Oh my.

-Well, this a
beautiful room, Paul.

-Thanks.

-It surely is.

My.

I never expected that.

Isn't it wonderful?

-I have something I
wanted to show you.

-What is it?

-Well, I work for a company that
designs all sorts of buildings,

and we always make models
to help us imagine what

our designs will look
like when they're built.

So, we made a little
model of our house.

MISTER ROGERS: This is familiar.

That's where we just
came down, isn't it?

PAUL SCANLON: Right.

MR. MCFEELY: And
this is where we

parked our bikes
right about here.

PAUL SCANLON: Uh huh.

We walked around down here
to the deck downstairs.

-Oh, that reminds me.

Here's the measurements.

-Oh, OK.

-18 feet, two inches, right?

-That's right.

Thank you.

-Isn't this where Judy's
weeding, somewhere up in here?

PAUL SCANLON: Uh huh.

MR. MCFEELY: And all the brown
area, that's all earth, right?

PAUL SCANLON: Right.

MISTER ROGERS: Sure.

That's where all those
things are growing,

and it's really the roof.

Now what about this?

-That's a little skylight
that puts some light back

in the back part of the house.

-Ah ha.

Can we see inside here?

-We take the roof off
the model, and there's

all the rooms in the house.

MR. MCFEELY: Now, where
are we right about now?

PAUL SCANLON: Well,
if you remember,

we walked down the stairs,
and we're in the living room,

right outside the deck.

-Did you like to build things
when you were a little boy?

-Yes, I had three
brothers and a sister,

and we were always
building models and things.

-Did you like to dig?

-We did quite a
bit of digging too.

-Digging in the earth.

-Right.

MISTER ROGERS: I was just
thinking these walls here

must be right against the earth.

PAUL SCANLON: Right.

And the earth comes all
the way across the top

of them over the roof.

MISTER ROGERS: So this
really is underground.

What about this?

PAUL SCANLON: Well,
this is a garage

that we haven't built yet.

So, we built a model of it
so we could see what it would

look like when we were finished.

-Future garage.

-Future garage, coming
a little later, right?

-Uh huh.

We must get back to my
place, but I certainly

have enjoyed seeing
your wonderful house.

-Well, thanks for coming.

-Thank you, Paul.

-Thank you.

Right this way.

-Right up the stairs.

-OK.

-Great tour.

-I'll say.

Get into here.

-Are you leaving?

-Oh, yes, and thank you
for your hospitality.

-Oh, you're so welcome.

Thank you for coming.

-What a great place you have.

-Remember the skylight
we looked at earlier?

-Oh, yeah.

-There's the window
at the top of it.

-Ah ha.

That's how you get the
light down in there.

-Well, we're on our way.

-Thank you so much.

-Thanks for coming.

-Bye.
Speedy delivery!

-Goodbye, Fred.
-OK, Judy.

-We'll see you again.

-All righty.

-Bye-bye!

-Goodbye.

-You want some help?

-I can always use
some help weeding.

-OK.

-Want to come inside?

-Well, I wish I could,
but I have a few pick-ups

a few blocks down
the street that way.

-Well, thank you very much
for taking us to the Scanlons.

-Well, you're welcome.

I like that place.

Speedy delivery to you!

-I do too.

Speedy delivery to
you, Mr. McFeely.

Come on in.

I wonder if the Scanlons saw
creatures like groundhogs

and bears and things like
that who live in the ground

or in caves and that
gave them the idea

for their underground home.

Of course, everybody's
home is different.

That's because each
person in the world

is different from
each other person.

I'm going to take this a little
box out to the big sandbox.

First of all, some
food for you, fish.

They live in an underwater
home, don't they?

In the water.

My sandbox.

With a little box
right in the middle.

You know, I think
what I'll do is

try to dig a house in the sand.

Pretend that this
is a house in there.

Like the house that we saw.

A person could build a whole
neighborhood like this.

House there.

House there and there.

Or a whole neighborhood
of make-believe.

Why don't we pretend
something about sand

in the Neighborhood of
Make-Believe right now?

I'll just use the
top of this box

to pretend that it's a trolley.

And the trolley could be
going along the trolley tracks

in the Neighborhood
of Make-Believe.

[TROLLEY BELLS]

-Hello, Trolley.

I've checked with everyone
in the castle, Mr. McFeely,

and nobody has
ordered any sand here.

-The address is so
unclear, I suppose

I'll have to check
with everybody

to find out who needs it.

-May you have good fortune.

-Thank you, Queen Sarah, and
may you have a lovely day.

-Oh, I will.

My artificial flower
club is giving

a benefit for
endangered species.

-Well, I hope it goes well.

-Thank you, and farewell.

-Farewell to you.

Now, I wonder who might
have ordered some sand.

-Hey, Mr. McFeely.

How in the world are you?

-Maybe it was X the Owl.

-That looks heavy.

Delivering anything interesting
these days, Mr. McFeely?

-Well, always
interesting, but usually I

know who's supposed
to get my deliveries.

-What do you mean?

-Well, I mean someone's
ordered this box of sand.

But I don't know
where to take it.

-Is it a secret?

-No, it's just that I
can't read the label.

It's a little heavy, I'm
going to put it down here.

Just be right with you there.

There we go.

-That is heavy.

-Oh, X. You didn't by any
chance order any sand, did you?

-Me?

Oh, no.

I get my sand from the Sandman.

-Meow.

Mr. McMeowly.

Meow X.

-Hello, Henrietta.

-Hello, Henrietta.

-Meow meow meow
meow beautiful meow.

-Oh, it certainly is.

Oh, Henrietta.

You didn't happen to
order any sand, did you?

-Meow today.

Meow meow use sand, meow meow.

-Oh, that's right.

She does use sand sometimes.

-Oh, for your gardening?

-Meow.

-Why don't you show
Mr. McFeely something

that you use the sand for?

-Meow meow meow time?

-Sure, I have time
for you, Henrietta.

-Meow meow meow
meow meow meow meow.

-I tell you, she has lots of
talents, that neighbor of mine.

-Well, what is it
she's going to show me?

-Well, you just wait
and see, Mr. McFeely.

-Meow meow meow meow.

-Why, that's
beautiful, Henrietta.

-Meow.

-Did you make that?

-Meow.

-Well, how do you do it?

-Meow sand, meow glue,
meow meow meow patience.

-Lots of patience is right.

She works real hard on
those things, Mr. McFeely.

-Why, Henrietta, I I didn't
know you were a sand artist.

-Meow.

-We've all got lots of
secrets inside us, don't we?

-I guess we do.

Some secret talents we
don't even know ourselves.

-And that box that you
have is a secret, too.

-Well, how Do you mean?

-The secret is, who ordered it?

-That's for sure.

-Meow meow meow
Corning meow meow sand?

-Now, that's an idea.

-Yeah, he uses lots of
different things in his factory.

-Well, I'll check
over there right away.

Henrietta, there you go.

Thank you for
showing me your work.

-Meow glad meow meow meow.

-Oh, I certainly do like it.

-Meow make you one meow day.

-You're not only a
talented pussycat,

you're a thoughtful one too.

-Meow.

-That's for sure.

Hope you can find you
sand owner, Mr. McFeely.

-Well, so do I. Now let
me get the box here.

There we go.

It's a little heavy.

-Take care!

-Well, thank you
both for your help!

-Meow meow!

-OK, bye-bye!

-Bye!

-Speedy delivery!

-Meow meow meow
meow meow meow meow.

-Yeah, I wonder too.

-Mr. Pecially?

Mr. Cornflake S Pecially?

-Why, Mr. McFeely.

What a pleasant surprise.

What brings you to
my factory today?

-Did you order any
sand, Mr. Pecially?

-No, but I think Mayor Maggie
in Westwood might have.

-Why do you say that?

-Because I'm helping
her and her associate

with some construction over
there, and it's something

that could use some sand.

-What is it?

-It's a secret.

-A secret?

-Yes.

I can't tell yet.

-But you think it's worth
my while to go over there?

-I do.

In fact, I'm just about
to go over there myself.

Why don't we go together?

-Well, that's fine with me.

Let's go!

-Fine.

Now, see you in the back.

-Oh my!

There's something there!

-Hello, Mrs. Frog.

How are you?

-Well, I'm just fine,
and I'm just curious.

-Do you like it so far?

-Well, I think
I'd like it better

if I knew what it
was going to be.

-It won't be a
secret much longer.

-Oh, oh.

I do like pleasant
secrets, and it

looks like it might
be something fun.

-That's what Mayor
Maggie wants it to be.

Something fun.

-Speedy delivery!

[INTERPOSING VOICES]

-Hi, Mr. McFeely!

What brings you to
Westwood, Mr. McFeely?

-Corny thought I should try.

-Try what?

-I have this box of sand, but
I don't know who ordered it.

Corny though you might have
ordered it for your secret.

-I think we did.

-Oh, and I think the
secret's no longer a secret!

-Aww, did you guess
it, Mrs. Frog?

-Well, I won't tell
a soul until you do,

but I have some
things in my kitchen

that I've been
saving for the day

when Westwood would
have a sandbox.

Oh, you're just going
to love my jelly molds!

-So, it's going to be a sandbox.

That's a relief.

Now, I've made my delivery.

If you'll just sign
here, Mr. Aber.

-Oh, certainly.

-On the dotted line.

-Right here.

That's right.

Right There.

-There you are.

-That's right.

-Thank you.

-Good luck to all of you!

And Corny, thank
you for your help!

-You're welcome, Mr. McFeely.

-I have more deliveries.

See you around!

-Bye, Mr. McFeely!

-Oh, this is such an
exciting place to live.

And as soon as you're
finished building the secret,

I'm going to bring Tadpole
here to play in it.

-Oh, well, you can play
in it too, Mrs. Frog.

It'll be for everybody.

-Well, I'll just love that.

And thank Mayor Maggie,
for me, will you?

You both have such good
ideas inside your heads.

-Well, thank you, and I will.

-And you're so handsome,
you'd make a stunning groom!

-Oh, well, really, I--

-May you have a perfectly
lovely day, both of you.

-Good bye, Mrs. Frog.

-Well, now that
the sand is here,

I'd better hurry
and finish this box.

-I'll help you, if you like.

-Oh, I would like that, Corny.

Would you please hold
this tape over there?

-Of course.

Just want to double check this.

There it is.

-Is that what you wanted?
-Yes, it is.

Thanks.

-Good.

-There's a call for you
from Make-Believe, Charles.

-Oh, well thank
you, Mayor Maggie.

Hello?

-This is coming along
very well, Mr. Pecially.

-I'm glad you like it.

Mr. McFeely has already
delivered the sand.

-Well, then, we should have
an operational very soon.

-You have a good man in that
associate mayor of yours.

-I'm well aware of that.

Every mayor should have
a first-rate associate.

-Mrs. Frog guessed
what the secret was.

She said she'd bring
some old things

from her kitchen
to use in the box.

-Well, I hope everybody is
going to use the sandbox.

-I'm going to have to make
a trip to Make-Believe.

I don't think I'll
be gone long, though.

-Are things all right there?

-I hope so.

Lady Elaine said
she needs to see me.

-I'll stay here and
help finish the sandbox.

-Well, I have a
couple of minutes.

I can work with
you, Mr. Pecially.

-I'll see you both later.

-OK.

Bye bye, Mr. Aber.

--[SINGING] I never use
sand in my cooking.

-I use it for pretend.

-[SINGING] Oh, pretend.

Of course, pretend.

You can cook anything
out of sand for pretend.

-But you don't actually eat it.

Not even this sand souffle.

-[SINGING] Oh, of course not.

You pretend to eat
it, just pretend.

-Mmmm.

NEIGHBOR ABER: Hi, friends.

-Oh, hello, Neighbor Aber.

Would you care for
some sand souffle?

-Oh, thanks anyway.

I have to see Lady Elaine.

-Oh, good luck.

-Thanks, it helps.

See y'all soon!

--[SINGING] Oh, in
a little while,

in a little while,
we'll see you.

-[SINGING] We'll see him.

[BELL RINGS]

If you have a secret
to tell, come inside.

I don't have a secret to tell.

Did I come the whole way
from Westwood for this?

Honesty, that Lady Elaine.

-Hi.

Everything all right?

-Well, I came the whole way from
Westwood because Lady Elaine

wanted me to, and all
I find is this sign.

-If you have a secret
to tell, come inside.

I wonder what that's about.

-Who knows with Lady Elaine.

It could be anything.

-Yes.

She does have many
interesting notions.

-Oh, I'll say.

-I have a secret.

-Oh?

-Something you want to tell?

-Hmmm, not right yet.

-Would you like to see a nice
secret being built in Westwood?

-Sure.

-Come along.

You'll like it.

[TROLLEY BELLS AND WHISTLES]

[LAUGHTER]

-Oh, that's for sure, trolley.

-There are lots of
secrets, aren't there?

Some you want to
keep for a while,

some you want to tell
the people you love,

and some you just
want to think about.

I'm going to show you one
thing here before we go in.

It's like a secret, isn't it?

This is a pretend egg,
with a toy chicken in it.

It is like a secret, where
baby things come from.

Some baby creatures hatch from
eggs that their moms have laid,

but human beings-- that's what
you and I are-- we human beings

grew inside our birth mother
until we were big enough

to come out into the world and
let people know what we needed.

I think I'll just
leave this box here.

Play with that another time.

And we'll go inside.

There's a lot to think
about, isn't there?

Fish.

They hatch from eggs.

Mm-hmm.

There is a lot to think about.

And a good thing
about being a person

is that we can talk
about when we're thinking

about with the people we
love, the people who love us.

[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 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.

I'll be back next time.

Goodbye.
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