21x02 - Episode 2

[bunniefuu]

[THEME MUSIC]

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 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 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
television neighborhood.

I brought some tubes today.

This looks like just
one tube, doesn't it?

But that looks like two tubes.

And that looks like three tubes.

A small one, a medium
one, and a large one.

Now what if I took
one of them away?

How many do I have left?

And which one did I take away?

The medium one.

Mhm.

There are all kinds
of things people

can do with tubes like this.

[SINGING]

[SINGING] We would
like to welcome you.

It's good to be in touch.

We would like to welcome you.

Our friendship means so much.

-All sorts of things you
can do with tubes like this.

I have an idea for
something else.

I can find a little car in here.

Oh, here's one.

I thought I could make
some tunnels with them.

Small tunnel that this
car could go through.

Medium-sized tunnel.

Takes a little longer and
goes a little further.

And the large tunnel.

Ready?

[PHONE RINGING]

Oh, there's the telephone.

Let's see who that is.

[PHONE RINGING]

Hello?

Hi, Mr. McFeely.

Yeah, I was just
playing with some tubes.

Mhm.

Oh, yeah, I'd be glad to
see you and your friend.

Certainly.

I was just going
to feed the fish

and have some make-believe.

Good.

I'll see you then.

All righty.

Bye bye.

Mr. McFeely says he has
a storytelling friend

that he would like
to bring over.

He always shares his
interests and his friends

with so many people.

Very fortunate to have
him for a neighbor.

The fish.

Mhm.

You hungry?

Why don't we just
set up our models

here of the Neighborhood
of Make-Believe?

I'll use the factory and
the clock and the Trolley.

What size tunnel do you
think we should use?

That seems too big.

That's pretty big, too.

I think the small
one would be just

right for a tunnel
for our Trolley.

Now, thinking about the
Neighborhood of Make-Believe,

last time we pretended that
Lady Aberlin had just gotten

a new job-- Director
of Research.

Do you know what research means?

Well, it means to study
something very carefully

and find out as much
as you can about it.

And Lady Aberlin's
research project

is to study laughing to see how
quickly people laugh when they

hear that laughing box of hers.

Well, let's think more about
that now as the Trolley goes

through the tunnel
and beside the castle

garden in the Neighborhood
of Make-Believe.

[MUSIC PLAYING]

[CHIMES]

-Lots of scrolls, Trolley.

[CHIMES]

Lots of research
going on around here.

[CHIMES]

That's right.

[CHIMES]

LADY ABERLIN: Hello.

-Hi, Lady Aberlin.

-There you are, Handy.

Did you find the scrolls?

-Well, I hope these are
the ones that you wanted.

-What's that little one there?

-Oh, this one has the names
of all the kings on it.

And this one has the names
of all the queens on it.

[GASPING]

-Oh, look.

Here's Uncle Friday's name.

-That's right.

And look.

Here's your Aunt Sara's name.

-Isn't this exciting?

-Well, you knew they were a
king and queen, didn't you?

-Oh, sure, but actually to
see their names on these

official scrolls.

That's exciting to me.

What about this
great big one here?

-This one has the names
of all the princes

and princesses on it.

-Oh.

Is Tuesday on there?

-I would imagine so.

Take a look,
Director of Research.

-Oh, these lists are going to
be so useful in my new work.

Oh, I nearly forgot.

-Huh?

-Would you participate
in the laughing research?

-I don't know.

What do I have to do?

-Well, just listen to this box.

-Yeah?

-And see how quickly you laugh.

[LAUGHING]

-That's-- that's funny.

Oh, did you just make that up?

-No, but I'm serious.

You haven't started yet.

-I haven't started yet,
and I laughed already.

-Yes.

I-- I don't know how
to register that.

I know.

Let's just pretend
you haven't started

to laugh yet, all right?

-OK.

If you say so, Director.

-All right.

Ready?

-Mhm.

-Get set.

Go.

[LAUGHING]

-Oh, two and a half seconds.

Well, that's good, Handy.

-Lady Aberlin, that
wasn't my laughing.

-It wasn't?

Whose was it?

[LAUGHING]

-Oh.

-Hi, Robert Troll.

-That's funny.

-This research is
harder than I expected.

[SPEAKING GIBBERISH]

-Is there someone in that box?

-It's just part of my research.

-Oh, yeah.

[SPEAKING GIBBERISH]

He may be laughing,
but I know he

doesn't want to stay in his box.

-Oh.

-No, Robert Troll.

-There's nobody in this box.

It just sounds like it.

-Oh.

-Here, I'll turn it off.

See?

[SPEAKING GIBBERISH]

-Ordinary little box.

LADY ABERLIN: Sure.

[SPEAKING GIBBERISH]

-Let him out.

Let him out.

Let him out.

-Oh, well.

But there's no one to
let out, Robert Troll.

[SPEAKING GIBBERISH]

-Robert, would you like
to be part of my research?

[SPEAKING GIBBERISH]

-No.

-Yeah.

[SPEAKING GIBBERISH]

-Not put me in a little box.

No, no, no.

Not me.

No.

-Oh.

Oh, Robert--

-He-- he really thinks
there's someone in the box.

-I know, and I don't know how
to explain to him that it's

just the box doing the laughing.

[BOX LAUGHING]

-I guess you could say
that everybody's different.

-But there isn't a place
for that in this research.

It just says "slow to
laugh, fast to laugh,

statistical analysis."

-Why don't you make
up your own form?

-Oh, I don't think
I could do that.

-Why not?

Anything's possible
in make-believe.

-All right.

I'll think about that.

In the meantime, I think
I'll ask Cornflake S

Pecially to help me
with this research.

He ought to take it seriously.

-Oh.

What would you like me to
do with all these scrolls?

-Oh, let's display
them in the R room.

That way we can show everybody
how the research is growing.

-Oh, very good.

Oh, Lady A.

-What is it?

-Look right here
at the last name

on the prince and
princesses scroll.

-Oh, Princess Zelda.

I wonder how she is.

-Well, we haven't seen her
around here in a while.

-I know.

-Well, maybe I could give her
a call and see how she's doing.

-That's a great idea.

You know what, Handy?

-What?

-You're handy to everyone.

-Oh, well, that's my job.

-Well, I'm trying to do mine.

-Well, you keep at it.

-I will.

Bye.

-Farewell.

-Corny?

Cornflake S Pecially?

-Could I help you?

-Oh, hello, Mrs. Dingleborder.

I was kind of hoping that Corny
would help me with my research.

-Well, he's in a
meeting right now.

But I could tell him.

-Oh no, that's all right.

Don't-- don't bother him.

Perhaps you would do it.

-Well, I could try.

-Oh, good.

Just listen and react.

[BOX LAUGHING]

-Hm.

Is this box made of wormy
chestnut or bleached aspen?

Oh, it seems to be
very well constructed.

-Oh, I-- I really don't
know what kind of wood

it's made of, Mrs. Dingleborder.

-Do you know who invented
the laughing apparatus?

-No, I don't.

-Well, it sounds like a
Vitavox reproduction to me.

-I see.

-You say you're doing
research with this machine?

-I'm trying to.

-Have I given you
what you needed?

-Not exactly what
I expected, but I

am finding that
everyone is different.

-How true that is.

Now take little Daphne.

If she would have
heard that recording,

she would have started to
laugh and laugh right away.

-Oh, how soon would you say?

-Oh, right away.

-One second?

Two seconds?

-About two seconds, I'd guess.

-Thank you very much.

-Yes, smiling and laughing.

That's what Daphne
likes to do now.

Oh, I love to see
babies do that.

-Hm, I do, too.

-Well, come back if you
need to see Mr. Pecially.

He should be free in
about four or five.

He'd probably be very
interested in the Vitavox box

representation.

Hm.

He may even think it was made
by Vitavox International.

-Yes, well, I-- I think
I'll ask some others.

-Farewell, then Lady Aberlin.

-Director of Research.

-Oh, no.

But I have learned a lot just
by tending to all the details.

-Oh, I mean I'm the new Director
of Research at the castle.

-Oh, congratulations.

That must be an interesting job.

-Well, I've just started it.

We'll see.

-Well, I surely wish you well.

-And I, you.

-Goodbye, Lady Aberlin.

-Farewell, Mrs. Dingleborder.

Hi, Daniel.

-Oh, Lady Aberlin.

I've been thinking about you.

-Really?

-Yes.

-What have you been thinking?

-Well, Robert Troll
came to see me,

and he told me you had
captured a little person

and put him in a box
and made him laugh.

And he didn't think you
gave him anything to eat,

and he didn't know whether
he had any way to get out

and he couldn't breathe.

-Oh, Daniel.

-Do you know what I
told Robert Troll?

-What?

-I told him that Lady
Aberlin would never

do anything like
that to anybody.

-Oh, Daniel.

-But you wouldn't would you?

-Of course not.

I was just doing this research
and getting mixed results

with it, and Robert
Troll came by.

And he saw this box,
and then he thought

that there was
someone inside it.

[BOX LAUGHING]

Laughing.

-It does sound like
somebody in there laughing.

-Yes, but it's just a machine.

-How do you know?

-Oh, it says in the instructions
that it's just a machine.

-I hope they're right.

-Oh, they must be right.

-Do you believe
everything you read?

-No, but there isn't
any reason to think--

-Maybe you'd better
check it to be sure.

-I wouldn't want to break it.

-Handyman Negri
has lots of tools.

He could probably help you.

-Do you really think we should?

-It could help Robert Troll.

-And others?

-Yes.

-OK, Daniel.

I think you're the only
one for whom I'd do this.

-I hope you're doing
it for yourself, too.

-You're right.

I'll come back
when I've finished

more research on this box.

-There are many ways to
do research, aren't there?

-There are in this neighborhood.

Thank you, Daniel.

-Thanks to you.

Bye, Lady Aberlin.

-Bye.

Oh, Robert Troll, you
don't have to run away.

I've just spoken to Daniel.

And as soon as we
find Handyman Negri,

we're going to open up this box.

-Ah.

[SPEAKING GIBBERISH]

That makes me feel
so much better.

Because I was really
worried who might be inside.

-I know.

You're a caring troll.

-Well.

[MUSIC PLAYING]

[CHIMES]

-Yes, Trolley.

Everyone is different,
and everyone is special.

[CHIMES]

-What do you think will be
inside the laughing box?

Well, we can pretend more
about that next time.

All right.

Now I must put these away.

After you've played with
something, you put them away.

There.

Right now I'd like to show
you a different kind of box

with sounds in it.

I have it in here.

I think this is fun.

See?

There's a chicken, a dog,
a horse, a cow, and a cat.

And when I pull these
different things-- that's

what makes these
sound like a chicken.

[CHICKEN CROWING]

A dog.

[DOG BARKING]

A horse.

[HORSE NEIGHING]

A cow.

[COW MOOING]

[CAT MEOWING]

And a cat.

[CAT MEOWING]

Now, do you think that a
chicken, a dog, a horse, a cow,

and a cat are all
inside this toy?

It's just some kind
of machine in there.

But of course, real
animals make those

sounds with their real mouths.

Just as real people make our
sounds with our real mouths.

We can make whispering sounds.

[WHISPERING] Do you hear me
when I whisper like this?

-Or calling sounds.

[CALLING] Hello.

-Or singing sounds.
[SINGING] I'll sing to you.

I'll sing to you.

I'll sing to you.

MR. MCFEELY: Mr. Rogers!

-Oh, that may be Mr. McFeely.

It sounds like him.

It is.

-Speedy delivery.
-Hi, Mr. McFeely.

-Come on outside.

I have a friend from the
library I'd like you to meet.

-Oh, good.

-Right this way.

Dr. Kimmel, I'd like
you to meet Mr. Rogers.

-Hi, Mr. Rogers.

-How do you do, Dr. Kimmel?

-I'm pleased to meet you.

-You see the
motorized chair here?

-Yes.

It's certainly a fine
instrument you have.

-It's wonderful.

It's very helpful when
you need help walking.

-Uh-huh.

Well, I understand
you're a storyteller.

-I am.

MR. MCFEELY: And she has
a lot of stories to tell.

But I have a favorite one.

Do you think you could tell
Mr. Rogers my favorite one?

-This is the one about the
soup made from a button?

-That's right.

That's it.

You'll like this one.

-Well, I'll be glad to hear it.

-Why don't you sit down?

And I'd be glad
to tell it to you.

-Thank you.

-It's called "Button Broth."

-"Button Broth."

-Once upon a time, or twice
upon a time, or as many times

as you'd like, there was a
man who made his living here

and there going--
doing this and that,

and he carried all that he
valued in a sack on his back.

Now, one day, he found himself
in a very lonely place,

and he thought he'd have to
spend the night on the ground

under the stars.

But he saw a light
flickering through the trees.

And sure enough,
when he went closer,

there was a cottage
with apple trees

and a cow shed and
a wonderful garden.

And as he got to the
door of the cottage, out

stepped the woman of the
house and her husband.

"Good day to you,"
said the traveler.

"Good day.

And what do you
want?" said the woman.

She was very grouchy.

"Well," said the
traveler, "I'd like

to share with you what I have."

"Well," said her husband,
"what can the likes of you

share with the likes of us?"

And although he-- they
were very reluctant,

he begged and [INAUDIBLE]
and pleaded and promised,

and eventually they
let him in the house.

And he asked for the biggest
soup pot that they had.

And the woman, she agreed
because she was very curious.

And he filled it full of
water from the water bucket,

and he put it on the fire hook.

And the fire blazed up,
and before you can tell,

the pot was bubbling.

And he reached into that sack
and looked very carefully

and pulled out a brass button.

And he rinsed it off and plopped
it into the boiling water.

"Ah," he said.

"perfect."

"Why, what ever are you
doing?" asked the woman.

"Button broth,"
said the traveler.

"Button broth?"
said the husband.

Why, he'd heard of many
things in his life,

but never such a
thing as button broth.

Couldn't they make it?

Well, indeed they could.

And he would show them how.

And he began to
stir with a spoon

that the wife had given him,
and he stirred and he stirred.

"This is probably the best
button I've ever had," he said.

"But it might be a little
weak for I've used it once

today and twice the day before.

It would be much better
if I had some tomatoes

and salt and pepper to add."

-Uh-huh.

Well, the woman thought he
could have some tomatoes,

and salt and pepper
was little enough.

So she got them, and
she gave them to him.

And he cut them up and plopped
them into the boiling water.

"Now," he said, "this
would be just more

perfect if I could
add some potatoes.

But what was lost was
gone and not worry."

Well, the woman thought
she had some potatoes,

and she even found
an onion. "Would that

be good enough for
the button broth?"

"Indeed, it would,"
said the traveler.

And he put the potatoes and
the onion in the button broth,

and he stirred.

And they watched.

"Now," he said, "this
would be as good as what

I gave to the King
of the country

if I had a cabbage
and some carrots

and a piece of parsley."

"Imagine that," said
the man, "That I

should have soup as fine as
the king of the country."

And he went to the garden,
and he got the vegetables

and gave them to the traveler.

And he put them into the button
broth and stirred and stirred,

and the couple watched.

"Now," said the traveler,
"when the king of the country

and his wife sit down
to this feast, why,

they have some milk.

But what is lost is gone, and--"
Before he could get the words

out of his mouth, the
husband was out to the cow

shed and back with
a bucket of milk.

And the wife, who was
feeling a bit grand herself,

hummed as she put her very
best cloth on the table

and laid out the milk
and bread and cheese

and two apples and a pear.

And the three sat down and
ate and drank and talked

and laughed until
they were so sleepy

that they couldn't
keep their eyes open.

And the last thing the traveler
heard that night before he went

to sleep was the sound
of the couple laughing

as they put away
the supper things.

And the first thing he
heard in the morning

was the sound of water
bubbling for tea.

And before he
left, the good wife

gave him some bread and
cheese and an apple.

And the husband thanked the
man for all his generosity

with the button broth.

And the wife said, "You
know, it's not very often

that such a clever fellow
comes down our road."

And that's the story
of button broth.

-It's not very often that
such a clever storyteller

comes down our road, Dr. Kimmel.

Isn't that fun to think that
all he had was a button,

and he talked those people
into giving him everything

else to make such
a wonderful soup?

-That's what the generous spirit
of all of that sharing was.

-That's one of my
favorite stories,

and Dr. Kimmel tells it so well.

-I know.

-As a matter of fact, we're off
to the library for story hours,

so I thought you would
enjoy hearing that story.

-I certainly have enjoyed it.

-And I've enjoyed
being on-- being here

and visiting you in
your neighborhood.

-Thanks, Dr. Kimmel.

You're always welcome
in these parts.

-Well, speedy delivery.

-Speedy delivery.

-Bye.

-Bye.

-Wish you well.

-Right this way, Dr. Kimmel.

-Imagine making
soup with a button.

Hm.

I was just thinking.

I wonder what Dr. Kimmel would
make of all of these animals.

I wonder what kind of a story
she would make out of them--

a chicken, a dog, a
horse, a cow, and a cat.

Well, what kind of
a story would you

make with all of these animals?

Do you suppose they all live
together on the same farm?

Or are they just
neighbors, and they just

decide to get together for
a party once in awhile?

Maybe in the story they could
all get dressed up in costumes

and go parading around and make
all of their sounds together.

Let's see if I can make
all of these go together.

[ANIMAL SOUNDS]

Well, you have good idea,
so I know you can make up

your own story
about these animals.

Or about anything else
that interests you.

I'll put this away.

Oh, and this little car, too.

Remember the little car
going through the tubes?

We've done a lot together today.

Here you go, toy.

Car in there.

We have lots of good things
to do in this life, don't we?

[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 both have
things that we'll

want to talk about next
time when we're together.

You always make it
such a special day.

You know how.

By just your being you.

There's only one person in
the whole world like you.

And that's you yourself.

And people can like
you exactly as you are.

I'll be back next time.

Bye.

[MUSIC PLAYING]