20x04 - Episode 4

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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20x04 - Episode 4

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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 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?

Welcome neighbor, to
this neighborhood.

You know how I like to read.

I like to read books.

I brought us a book today.

I'd like to read
this book to you.

We usually read over
there on the couch.

So let's just go there.

Our special reading place.

This book is called "Potty."

And it's about learning
to go to the potty.

When babies are a
little, there are

many things they can't
do by themselves.

They can't get
dressed by themselves.

They can't even
eat by themselves.

There are lots of
things their moms

and dads need to do for them.

But when babies grow
older, they begin

to do things by themselves.

They learn how to get dressed.

They learn new
ways to play, too.

Sometimes they like
to make pictures

with crayons, or
with their hands.

Sometimes, they like to
play in special places

with water or sand.

Something else children
learn as they grow,

is how to urinate and
make bowel movements, BMs,

in the toilet instead
of their diapers.

Urine and BMs come
out of our bodies.

They're things our
bodies don't need.

It can take a long
time for children

to feel ready to use a toilet
just the way older children

and grown ups do.

That's why moms and dads
might like to give them

a special kind of
chair to begin with.

It could be a seat
that fit on the toilet.

Or it could be a potty
chair that sits on the floor

and has a little pot underneath.

Some children like to sit
right on the toilet seat,

but others feel better
sitting on something that

lets their feet touch the floor.

When children feel
ready, they may

be able to urinate
make BMs in the pot

under the potty chair
or right in the toilet.

Children need to take their
time about things like that.

When children first start
trying to go to the potty,

they may find it hard
to get there on time.

Some children wet or
mess in their pants

now and then before they really
get used to going to the potty.

Learning to stay clean and
dry is one way to please.

If children ever need
to go to the potty

when they're away from home,
they can always ask the adults

with them to help them find
a bathroom they can use.

It's a good feeling to know
that moms and dads like

helping their children to grow.

There's so much to learn
while we're growing,

and everyone needs
help from time to time.

After a while, children can
wear underpants and stay

dry all day, and all night, too.

What's more, they
will have learned

to do something new
all by themselves.

And they and the people
who love them best

can be really proud of
the way they're growing.

Learning to go to
potty, important talk.

In fact, I'd like to
show you a real potty,

right over in my bathroom here.

I want you see something
important here.

Let's take a look at
that very small drain.

That small hole where the water
and the urine the BMs go down.

No person could
ever go down there.

Could never go down that drain.

I'm going to flush
it and just show you.

[FLUSH]

-See the water rushes
around and goes down.

But no person could ever go
down the drain of a toilet,

or a tub, or a sink.

[PHONE RINGING]

-No.

Hmm, there's the telephone.

[PHONE RINGING]

Let's go in and get it.

[PHONE RINGING]

-Hello.

Joe!

Ah-ha.

Yes, well I've wanted to hear
her play for a long time.

All right.

Yes, we can come right away.

OK, see you in a little bit.

Buh-bye.

That's Joe Negri.

He says that Natasha, the
famous oboist, is at his shop.

So, he has invited us to
come to hear her play.

I love to hear the oboe.

She will play it well, I'm sure.

To Negri's music shop!

[MUSIC PLAYING]

-Hello, Helena.

-Hello, Fred.

-How's Matthew doing?

-Oh he's much better today.

Thank you.

And thank you for your
help the other day

when I had to go home.

You're a very caring mother.

-Well, it's hard when you need
to be two places at one time.

-You probably think about him
wherever you are, don't you?

-I think about him more
times than I could count,

After all, I go
to work because I

want to be able to
take care of him.

-That's hard for
children to understand.

-Oh, I know it, but it's true.

After all, when I
work, I earn money

that we use to buy food and
clothes and other things

that we need.

-You're a fine mother.

-Natasha's is a
fine mother, too.

-Oh, she's a mother?

-Oh yes, and a fabulous oboist.

She and Joe have been working
on some beautiful music.

MR. ROGERS: I'm
anxious to hear them.

May I just go back
to the back room?

-Oh yes.
They're expecting you.

-Good.

Thank you.

See later.

-Buh-bye.

[OBOE PLAYING]

-Hello.

[MUSIC PLAYING]

-Very nice!

-Oh, is that beautiful!

-Oh, hi!

Oh, I'm glad you're here.

I'd like you to meet Natasha.

-So nice to meet you Mr. Rogers.

-I've want to meet
you for a long time.

-Well, thank you.

-Oh, that sounds beautiful.

-Yeah, we were just
working on the phrasing.

-It sounds like the
song "It's You I Like."

-That's exactly what it was.

-Is there any way I could
hear the whole thing?

-Oh well, sure.

JOE NEGRI: Sure.

[LAUGHTER]

[MUSIC PLAYING]

-I certainly liked
the end of it.

I'd like to hear it all.

-OK.

[INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC PLAYING -
IT'S YOU I LIKE]

-Oh, that is beautiful!

-Thank you.

Sometimes, I play this
song for my children

because I like so much.

-Oh, Helena told me
that you're a mother.

-Yes, I am.

And I've got two sons.

I have their
pictures right here.

-Oh!

NATASHA: This is
Justin, and he's six.

And that's Shawn, and he's four.

MR. ROGERS: Justin and
Shawn, what handsome sons.

-Yes, they are.

-Oh, and they are fortunate to
have a musical mother like you.

-Oh, they like music too.

They like to play.

-Did you play when you
were a little girl?

I mean, this oboe it
looks so difficult.

-It is.

The oboe is a very
difficult instrument.

I didn't play this as a
child, because you have

to make a double reed
in order to play it.

And if you're too little, it
might be a little bit hard.

So when I was eight years
old, I played the clarinet,

which is a single
reed instrument.

I played that for
a number of years.

I was a teenager before I
started with the double reeds.

-But now you play professionally
as an oboist in orchestras

and in groups, but
by yourself, as well.

I mean, do you play things
in concert by yourself?

-Oh, certainly.

I could play something
for you by myself.

-I'd like to hear that.

-Oops.

-Justin and Shawn
can just be watching

you while you play that.

[OBOE PLAYING]

-Lovely, Natasha.

Really lovely.

[CLAPPING]

-Beautiful!

-Very nice.

-Now, who wrote that?

-That's a piece by Telemann,
who was Baroque composer.

And he composed.

Most people know
about Bach and they

think that he's the
most prolific composer.

But Telemann wrote
a lot of stuff.

-Yes, he did.

He did.
-A lot of stuff.

-You feel dancing.

Da-dum, da-da-dum, da-da-da-dum.

Is it a kind of dance?

-Well, yeah.

You could probably
do a dance to it.

[GIGGLE]

-What do your children
think about your profession?

I mean, you must have to go off
to work at times, don't you?

-Yes, sometimes.

Like when you're musician,
sometimes, as Joe I'm sure

knows, you have
to play at night.

And sometimes, I have to
be out very late at night.

And I have to be sure
that my children are

with somebody that
trust very deeply.

Of course, they're most
precious things to me.

-Mm-hm.

-Do you ever use your
instrument just by yourself?

I mean, to express
your feelings.

-Oh, of course!

When I get angry, I like
to just low loud notes like

[OBOE PLAYING]

[SQUEAK]

-Blow as hard as I can,
and make awful sounds,

just so I can get
rid of the anger.

And then I can go back and
play something really pretty.

Oh, these another
Neighborhood song that's

a very pretty song,
that I like to play.

-Which is it?

-"Did You Know?"

-Did you know that's
it's all right to wonder?

Oh, I like that song.

-Or to feel angry.

[LAUGHTER]

-Or to feel angry, exactly.

Or to feel anyway.

JOE NEGRI: I'll start you off.

[MUSIC PLAYING]

-Ba-bump!

Oh, how much fun to
be in your presence.

Both of you, thank you very
much for playing for me.

I know I mustn't interrupted
your practice for the concert.

But thank you very much.

-Thank you.

I'm so happy to see you.

-And please give a hug to
you boys for me, will you?

-I sure will.

-Thank you, Natasha.

-OK, Fred.

-Thank you, Joe.

I'm glad you enjoyed it.

-Boy, the treats that you
give our neighborhood.

[LAUGHTER]

-Thank you.

-Buh-bye.

-Buh-Bye

JOE NEGRI: Want to work
on the ending again?

NATASHA: Sure.

JOE NEGRI: Huh?

Where shall we go from?

[OBOE PLAYING]

[MUSIC PLAYING]

-Please give Matthew
a hug for me.

[MUSIC PLAYING]

-Natasha seems to have such
a good time with her work.

Her oboe playing is her work.

What a fine player she is.

I was glad to hear that Helena's
little child's feeling better.

She certainly seemed
happier today, didn't she?

[TROLLEY BELL DINGS]

-I think it's time
for some make-believe.

Last time, we pretended that
Henrietta Pussycat had offered

to start a caring center for
the children of the workers

at Corney's factory.

Let's think more about that
now in the Neighborhood

of Make-believe.

[TOOT-TOOT]

[TROLLEY BELL DINGS]

[TROLLEY BELL DINGS]

-Hi Trolley.

[TROLLEY BELL DINGS]

-Why are you dressed up in that
cat costume, Princess Zelda?

-I found this costume
in the c room,

and I thought it might be
fun to wear a little while.

-You're always doing fun stuff.

-You can do it too.

-I don't want to
put on a costume.

-You don't have to put
on a costume to have fun.

-I think I'll just get sick.

-What did you say?

-I said, I think
I'll just get sick.

-Why would you get sick?

-Maybe my parents wouldn't
go to work if I got sick.

-Oh Tuesday, I know you're
angry about your parents

going to work all the time.

But you don't have to get
sick to make your point.

-That's what you say.

-[SINGING] You're much
more than your anger.

And you're much
more than your fist.

A closet's more than
a hanger, and a fist

has an arm and a wrist.

You're much more
than your sadness.

You're much more
than your frown.

You're days more
glad than madness.

See, a frown is a
smile upside down.

More than a yell,
or a tap, or a pout.

More than a bellow,
a slap, or a doubt.

You're more than a
moment of feeling apart.

You're more than an outside,
you're inside your heart.

You see only much, much
more than your anger .

Much, much more than your mind.

When they put you
all together, you're

a beautiful, marvelous,
spirited, lovely, wonderful,

one of a kind.

-Greetings neighbors!

-Hello, Lady Aberlin!

-Hi, Lady Aberlin.

-What a great cat costume!

-Ha, ha, ha.

I thought I'd be Zelda
the Princess cat today.

-Well, I'm a plumber today.

I'm helping with the
new caring center.

These are the toilets.

Henrietta Pussycat said she'd
meet me over here by the castle

and then we'd go over
to the factory together.

How are you Tuesday?

-OK.

-Meow, meow everbody!

-Hello, Henrietta!

-Hi, Henrietta!

-Meow, meow, meow.

Big cat, meow, meow.

-Ah, did you ever see
such a big cat as this?

-Meow, meow, meow, meow costume.

-You're right.

Only in a costume would
there ever be such a big cat.

-Meow, meow, really excited,
meow, meow, caring meow, meow.

-Me too.

These are the toilets for
the children's bathroom.

Meow, wonderful!

-Everybody seems to be
excited about something.

-Meow, meow about meow Tuesday.

-Everybody but me.

-Meow thought meow'd help
meow, meow caring center.

-What could I do to help?

-Meow, meow, help meow,
meow, pretending meow,

meow, kings, meow, queens.

-I'm not going to help anybody
pretend to be a king or queen.

-Meow not?

-Just because.

-What about helping the
children with their block

building, Tuesday?

-Block buildings?

-Sure.

We're going to have a
place where there'll

be room to build lots
of different things.

-If you help somebody else, you
may find that it helps you too.

-I'll think about it.

-Let's think about it together.

We could go to
the b room and see

what kinds of different
blocks there are.

-Well, we could take
a look just to see.

-See you later.

-Meow.

-Meow, meow, fine cat princess.

-Bye!

-And a fine person.

So is Tuesday.

-Meow.

-Let's go to the factory.

-Meow, meow.

-Cornflake S. Pecially!

-Meow, meow, Pecially!

-Hello there, ladies.

-Hi Corney, we have some
things for the caring center.

-Well, that's quick service.

-Meow, meow, workers,
meow, meow, caring center?

-They surely do want it.

-Let's get working on it then.

-All right, come on inside.

-All right.

-OK.

-Hey there, Aberlin.

-Who's calling me?

-Over here, Museum-Go-Round.

[OBOE PLAYING]

-Oh, Lady Elaine.

I didn't know you
played the oboe.

-Never too late to
try anything, toots.

[OBOE PLAYING]

-What bout that?

-What a great sound
that instrument has?

-I like to learn new things.

-I know you do.

Ah, what have you got those
toilets over there for?

-Oh, we're starting
a caring center

at the factory for the
children of Corney's workers.

-Oh well, you can always bring
those children on a field trip

to this museum if you want.

-Good idea.

-I'm full of good ideas.

-I wish you had the idea
about cheering up my cousin.

Prince Tuesday?

-Yeah.

-What's wrong with that kid?

-He's upset because his mom
and dad after work so much.

-I'll take care of him.

Where is he?

Well, he's home
with Princess Zelda.

-OK, toots.

Where's my boomerang?

-Oh, here it is.

-Oh good, thank you.

I'm going to go see him.

-Thank you.

-Yeah, by then.

-Toot toot!

-Boomerang,
toomerang, zoomerang!

Here I come!

[DING]

-Tuesday!

Where are you, Tuesday?

-Oh!

-Is that you, Henrietta?

If it is, you've grown some.

-It's Zelda the princess
cat today, Lady Elaine.

-Oh, you're something
else, Zelda.

-Where's Tuesday?

-He's inside, still being angry.

-At his mom and dad?

-You've got it.

-Because they go to work?

-That it.

-Well, I'm going to
have a talk with him.

You know, he's much more
than he thinks he is.

-I think I know what you mean.

-What I mean is, he's more
than just his parents.

-I see.

-Agree?

-I agree.

-OK, I'll go see him.

[TROLLEY BELL DINGS]

-[SINGING] A prince is
more than his parents,

that's apparently so.

[TROLLEY BELL DINGS]

[TOOT-TOOT]

-And meow to you Trolley.

[TOOT-TOOT]

[TROLLEY BELL DINGS]

[TOOT-TOOT]

[TROLLEY BELL DINGS]

[TOOT-TOOT]

[TROLLEY BELL DINGS]

-You are more than your anger.

And you're more
than your parents,

even though you
may be like them.

You are special
in your own ways.

In fact, you are more than
any one thing about you.

There's lots and lots
of things about you

that make you who you are.

And a lot of it is
inside yourself.

[SINGING] You are my friend.

You are special.

You are my friend.

Your special to me.

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

I like you.

In the day, in the
night, any time and 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.

You are.

Could you tell me what it is
that I usually feed that lives

in this television
house of mine?

My fish.

We'll do that now.

You are my friends, who
you are special fish.

[GIGGLE]

-Whatever there is about
you that don't like,

you can always talk
about that with someone

you love, someone who loves you.

You know one way to tell if
somebody really loves you,

that person will listen to
what you have to tell them.

And you know what else,
people who love you

will tell you the truth about
how they feel about you, too.

Even if it isn't
easy to talk about.

They'll tell you
because they love you.

And that can be a good
feeling for you and for them.

[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.

[SNAP, SNAP]

[SINGING] 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 talk about
lots of things, you

and I. Lots of important things.

And I like being with you.

And I'll be back next time.

Good bye.

[MUSIC PLAYING] Yeah
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