23x10 - Episode 10

[bunniefuu]

[THEME MUSIC]

THEME SONG: It's a beautiful
day in the 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?

-Hi, neighbor.

Glad we're together again.

I brought some stuff so
that we could make bubbles.

Yes.

Bubbles.

See if it works.

Dip this in here.

Did you ever blow bubbles?

Ooh, there's a nice one.

Go on.

There you go.

Have you ever seen
any real big bubbles?

Well, earlier today,
Mr. McFeely brought me

something that I'd
like to show you.

It's in the kitchen.

Come right along.

It's kind of a magic wand, and
you dip it in some bubble stuff

and go like that.

Big bubbles!

They're great.

But look how sticky
your hands gets.

Better wash them off.

Hey, wait a minute.

There's no water here.

Huh.

Better check in the bathroom and
see if there's water in there.

Hm.

No water in here either.

I better call the
plumbing service.

Hello?

This is Fred Rogers.

Yes.

I don't seem to be able to get
any water out of my pipes here.

Yes, I tried that.

No, not anywhere in the place.

Would you, please?

Thank you very much.

The people at the
plumbing service

said they'll check
on the problem.

In the meantime, my
fingers are still sticky,

so I'll just use a
little drinking water

that I have in the refrigerator.

That should help.

There.

Why don't we just have
some make-believe?

Let's make-believe that
this is the day they're

going to put on the
first of the soap operas

at Lady Elaine's
Museum-Go-Round.

Let's pretend that
they're almost

ready as the museum turns.

[MUSIC PLAYING]

[SPEAKING GIBBERISH]

-An usher, how would he do it?

He'd say, welcome, everybody.

No, he'd use two hands.

He'd say, welcome, everybody.

[SPEAKING GIBBERISH]

Soap opera.

Yeah, I like that.

That'll be good.

-Oh, there's Robert Troll.

-Hi, Robert Troll.

-Are you all ready?

-Well, I brought my
Assistant Mayor to help.

-Oh, good. [SPEAKING GIBBERISH]
nice to see you here, Mr. Aber.

-Well, thanks.

You look great, Robert Troll.

-Thanks.

You know, I'm usher
of the soap opera.

-Yes, that's what
Mayor Maggie told me.

She said you're doing very well.

-Oh, good.

Well, that's-- [SPEAKING
GIBBERISH] What's this machine?

-It's an a*t*matic bubble-maker.

-Oh.

[SPEAKING GIBBERISH]
bubble-maker.

How's it work?

-Shall we show
him, Mayor Maggie?

-Why don't we show him?

Why don't you try
it, Robert Troll?

-Me?

Oh, I don't know. [SPEAKING
GIBBERISH] What do I do?

-Just turn this crank.

-Uh-huh.

-And watch.

-Well, OK.

[SPEAKING GIBBERISH]

[MUSIC PLAYING]

[LAUGHING]

Boy, that's spectacular.

-The night has been
absorbed by sunlight,

and dawn makes actors of us all.

But lo, who comes near?

-We're not starting
yet, Lady Elaine.

-Oh, but the bubbles.

I thought the bubbles
were my cue to come on.

-We were just trying out of the
bubble machine, Lady Elaine.

Incidentally, you
look just right.

-Just right for what?

-For the soap opera.

-Oh, thanks, toots.

I'm the heartthrob, of course.

[TRUMPETS]

-Oh, my, here come
the castle people.

-Oh, I don't want them
to see my costume yet.

-Where's Mimus Polyglottos?

-He's in here
waiting for his cue.

See you, toots.

-All right.

Now, Robert Troll,
if you'll please

greet the people who are coming.

Mr. Aber and I will take
this machine inside,

and we'll soon be ready.

-Got you, Mayor Maggie.

-All right.

-Why, this is a very
pleasant outing.

-I should say it is.

-Uh, Robert Troll, I presume.

-Correct, as usual, King Friday.

And welcome to you all.

-You look so nice, Robert Troll.

-Oh, thank you,
Miss Paulificate.

I'm an usher, see?

-I see.

-Uh, and where will
we see the play?

-Uh, well, you just--

[LAUGHING]

Just a second.

-Aha.

-Oh, this is beautiful.

-Look at the Museum-Go-Round.

-Doesn't the museum look lovely?

-Our second grand welcome.
[SPEAKING GIBBERISH] the play.

-Yes, it's all very impressive.

And where is Mimus Polyglottos?

-Oh, well, Your Highness,
he's inside the museum.

And he's all dressed
up and ready to go.

[SPEAKING GIBBERISH]

-Oh, yes.

Well, we're all ready
to see and hear.

Aren't we, Troglodytes Aedon?

Yes, very good.

[MUSIC PLAYING]

-Here we go.

It's starting.

-Yes.

There's Mayor Maggie.

-Ladies and gentlemen, we are
proud to present our one act

soap opera entitled
"As the Museum Turns,"

starring Lady Elaine Fairchilde
as the heartthrob, Mimus

Polyglottos as MP
the police bird,

with Robert Troll as usher,
Charles R Aber and me

as the director and the
bubble-maker and the prompter.

Welcome to you all.

-Oh, great.

-Great, Mayor Maggie.

-As our story begins, Mimus
Polyglottos, better known

as MP the police
bird is guarding

the world's supply of soap.

-Oh, he's doing
very well, isn't he?

-I should say so.

-I wonder what's going
to happen in the play.

-Well, perhaps Mimus will
just continue to dance around,

and that will be the end.

-No, no, no, no, Your Majesty.

Wait until you see
what happens next.

[SPEAKING GIBBERISH]

KING FRIDAY: Oh, yes.

-Oh.

-Look at the bubbles.

-Oh, what beautiful bubbles.

MR. ABER: [WHISPERING]
Lady Elaine.

Lady Elaine, that's your cue.

The bubbles are pouring out.

LADY ELAINE: Oh.

Oh.

Oh.

I've forgotten what
I'm supposed to say.

MR. ABER: [WHISPERING]
The night has been a--

LADY ELAINE: Oh, that's it.

Thanks.

The night has been absorbed
by sunlight, and-- and-- uh--

MR. ABER: [WHISPERING]
And dawn makes actors.

-Oh, and dawn makes
actors of us all.

But lo-- oh, I'm so sorry.

I've ruined it.

Five minutes ago, I
knew it perfectly.

-Now, now, now, now.

Please, Heartthrob, you're
doing fine. [SPEAKING GIBBERISH]

You're all right.

-I'm so embarrassed.

I wanted it to be perfect.

-No, no.

Well, see, it happens like that
in the beginning of the day

when the nighttime is being
absorbed by the sunlight.

-I know.

I know that, but
anybody-- can anybody

love a froufrou heartthrob who
never says her lines straight?

-Oh, sure, Heartthrob, I love
you, no matter what you say.

-Oh, love me?

Love my police bird.

-Well, it looks as if
your police bird has saved

the world's supply of
soap. [SPEAKING GIBBERISH].

-Let's heart it
for the bird that

saved the world's
supply of soap.

-All right.

-And the usher who
saved the heartthrob.

-Oh.

KING FRIDAY: Excellent.

Excellent.

Yes.

Excellent acting.

It's very fine.

-For a moment there,
I thought Lady Elaine

really had forgotten her speech.

-Well, yeah, maybe just
for a little second there.

I wasn't really
worried about it.

-Soap operas have
many surprises.

Come on out here, and
take a bow, Mr. Aber.

-Yes.

-Yes, Mr. Aber.

-Beautiful bubbles and
excellent prompting.

-Thank you.

It was fun.

-I thought you all made
a really good play.

Thank you for making it.

-You mean, you really
liked it, Tuesday?

-Oh, yes.

And I liked how you
made it seem so real,

Auntie Elaine-- you
and Mr. Aber pretending

that you had
forgotten and all, and

Robert Troll coming and helping.

-But I did forget, and
everybody helped me.

-Well, then, everybody
was wonderful.

-And I really felt for
you, Auntie Elaine.

-You mean you liked me,
and you like me still?

-I love you.

I really do.

-Will wonders never cease?

-Well, I hope not.

-Yes.

And I'm proud of that
talented bird of mine.

Bravo, Mimus.

And Troglodytes Aedon may be
in the next play if he wishes.

-Oh, sounds like you've
had a change of heart

about such things, King Friday.

-My night has been absorbed
by the light of your efforts.

-And such a dawn has
made actors of us all.

-Exactly.

-You know, I kind
of get the feeling

that something good
is happening here.

I really do.

-I would like to
take this opportunity

to tell you all that I love you.

[GASPING]

-Oh.

-How nice.

-Do you mean that, Daddy?

-I do mean it, son.

And I trust that there can be
some love in all your hearts

for an old king who himself
sometimes makes mistakes.

-Oh, absolutely.

-Of course.

-Again I say, will loving
wonders ever cease?

-We hope not.

-We hope not.

-And we're the ones who can
keep those wonders happening.

-Exactly.

-Our night has been
absorbed by sunlight.

-And we have refreshments
in the refreshment room.

Please go inside, and join us
for further significant sharing

as the museum turns.

[MUSIC PLAYING]

-Lady Elaine said, will
loving wonders never cease?

That means will there
always be people

who will love other people,
even when they make mistakes?

I surely hope that
there will be.

You could make up your own play
with whatever toys or friends

or bubbles you have around.

You know, being
in this kitchen, I

think of times I've been
in other people's kitchens.

In fact, right
now I was thinking

about a day I went to visit
a friend of mine who teaches

people to cook very
special things.

I like to think of
her and her cooking.

What are you cooking
today, Mrs. Schipper?

-Oh, I'm preparing some
spinach egg roll for dinner.

-Spinach egg roll?

-Yes.

-How do you do that now?

-Oh, first, we-- let me
show you the ingredient.

-Uh-huh.

-We have spinach.

MISTER ROGERS: And this
looks like spinach, too.

Yes.

That's how it looks
like when it's

not yet processed and prepared.

-Oh, so you ground this up,
and it makes it like that?

MRS. SCHIPPER: That's right.

MISTER ROGERS: I see.

MRS. SCHIPPER: And we
have some salt here.

MISTER ROGERS: Salt.

MRS. SCHIPPER: Nutmeg.

MISTER ROGERS: Nutmeg.

MRS. SCHIPPER: Some mushrooms.

MISTER ROGERS: Well,
these are big mushrooms.

MRS. SCHIPPER: That's how
it looks like when it's

not yet processed and ground up.

MISTER ROGERS: I see.

MRS. SCHIPPER: And we
have, of course, egg white.

MISTER ROGERS: Egg white here.

MRS. SCHIPPER: Yes.

Egg white.

MISTER ROGERS: Oh, I see.

You have all these-- so the
egg white comes from the egg.

-Yes.

We have water chestnuts.

-This is ground
up, too, isn't it?

MRS. SCHIPPER: That's right.

MISTER ROGERS: Oh, here--
these are water chestnuts,

aren't they?
MRS. SCHIPPER: Yeah.

Look like marbles.

MISTER ROGERS: Aren't
they beautiful?

MRS. SCHIPPER: And we
have some green onions.

MISTER ROGERS: Green onions.

MRS. SCHIPPER: Mhm.

-This is the way they look
before you cut them up,

isn't it?

-That's right.

Yeah.

Green onions.

-Mm.

That smells so good.

-Smells so good.

And we have ginger.

-Ginger.

-Yeah.

-What's the ginger look
like before you cut it up?

-This is how it looks like.

-Oh, this is-- it's
a root, isn't it?

-That's a root.

And I haven't had
time to grind it.

Would you please
help me grind it?

This is a mortar and pestle.

That's what we use.

-Sure.

You mean I take these little
pieces and put in there?

-Yes, please.

-Excuse me.

May I?

MRS. SCHIPPER: That's
a mortar and pestle.

MISTER ROGERS: This is
a mortar and pestle.

MRS. SCHIPPER: That's right.

MISTER ROGERS: And
do you go like this?

MRS. SCHIPPER: Yes.

Oh, you're doing
a wonderful job.

Just like that.

Oh, that's wonderful.

-Is that good enough?

-That's very good.

Would you like to hand me
all of the ingredients?

-Sure.

-Help me.

-You start with spinach?

-Spinach.

Oh, and some of the salt.

-Salt.

-Mhm.

-Put a little--

-Nutmeg.

-Some nutmeg.

-Mhm.

Mushroom.

-There's your
chopped up mushroom.

-Some of the water chestnuts.

-There's a whole dish of that.

-Yeah.

-It looks good.

-And the egg white.

This is used to bind them
or glue them together.

-Is that one egg white?

-One egg white.

And the scallions, please.

And the ginger, please.

Last but not least.

MISTER ROGERS: Here's
your ginger in the mortar.

And you mix all that together?

MRS. SCHIPPER: Yeah, mix them
all together just like that.

See how wonderful the
colors and the aroma?

MISTER ROGERS: Beautiful.

All mixed together.

MRS. SCHIPPER: It smells good.

-May I smell it?

-Yes.

-Oh, that smells so good.

-Could you kindly
help me mix them?

-Sure.

-And now this is
square, thin dough

that we use to
wrap the egg rolls.

-Oh, it's dough.

MRS. SCHIPPER: Yes.

MISTER ROGERS: It's
made out of flour.

MRS. SCHIPPER: Flour.

And we brush a little
bit of this egg

white to make them
stick together.

MISTER ROGERS: Uh-huh.

-It's like a glue that you use.

And here's the spoon.

Could you kindly--
would you like

to help me put one and a half--

-You put a spoonful?

-Yes, about one and
a half spoons of it.

MISTER ROGERS: That enough?

MRS. SCHIPPER: That's enough.

So we'll put them
on top like that

and brush a little bit more.

And fold it on one side.

Remember when you used
to make letter airplanes?

MISTER ROGERS: Paper airplanes?
MRS. SCHIPPER: Paper airplanes.

[LAUGHING]

MISTER ROGERS: Sure.

MRS. SCHIPPER: And just roll
them together like that.

See?

Now they look like eggroll.s
Would you like to try one?

-Sure.

-Here.

And put-- we have-- here.

-Oh, first brush.

-Yes, first you have to brush
a little bit of the egg white.

Ah, you're doing a good job.

-I like learning
things from you.

MRS. SCHIPPER: I like
to share and teach you

how to make this wonderful
spinach egg roll.

It's my pleasure.

MISTER ROGERS: It's good food.

How do you know how much?

Just a--

MRS. SCHIPPER: That's enough.

-Is that enough?

-Yes.

-I think yours
had a little more.

-OK.

-There you are.

-You want it bigger, huh?

OK.

Now put the roll on top.

Make one side.

Fold the other side.

And then the other side.

-Doesn't it need a little more--

MRS. SCHIPPER: Yes,
you can put a-- brush

a little bit of the egg white.

MISTER ROGERS: Get
it all together.

MRS. SCHIPPER: Put
them all together.

Roll it.

Oh, perfect.

See?

-You're a good teacher.

-OK.

Now.

-Now what do you do?

-We will fry them.

-Oh, good.

Now what do you fry these in?

-I fry them in sunflower oil.

MISTER ROGERS: Sunflower oil.

MRS. SCHIPPER: Yes.

MISTER ROGERS: Oh, my.

Look at that bubbling.

-It will take a little
while for it to cook.

So I would like you
to taste some of these

that I prepared
a little earlier.

-Oh, is this the
same kind of thing?

-Yes.

-Mm.

That is so good, Mrs. Schipper.

-Oh, thank you very much.

My husband and my little son
loves the spinach eggroll.

-Mm.

I can taste the spinach and
the onions-- all those things

that we put in.

MRS. SCHIPPER: See how they're
turning into golden brown?

MISTER ROGERS: Did
you always like

to cook, even when you
were a little girl?

-Oh, I always loved to cook.

My grandmother, my
mother, and my sisters--

as a way of showing their love
and concern for the members

of the family, they
teach me to cook.

In fact, now I also
teach my son how to cook.

-Oh, he's fortunate
to have you for a mom,

teaching him that good stuff.

-See how they are
turning to golden brown?

-Mhm.

-We turn them over
so they will be even.

-I want to see them get
finished before I leave.

-Yeah.

We'll drain them.

-Oh, it's already done?

-All done.

That's right.

And--

-I must go, though.

-Oh, wait.

In my culture and
in my country, it's

a custom-- it's tradition to
give something to a friend

when they leave.

In fact, may I give you
this egg roll that we made?

-Oh, certainly.

-And I'd like you to share them
with your wife and children.

And this is supposed to give you
good luck for me and for you.

-Good luck for both of us.

Well, it's certainly good
luck that I know you.

Thank you so much,
Mrs. Schipper.

See you.

-It was my pleasure.

You're most welcome.

-See you soon.

[KNOCKING]

[KNOCKING]

Oh.

Well, hello.

-Hello, Mister Rogers.

I'm Shelia McKenna from
the plumbing service.

-Oh, thank you for coming.

-Sure.

Everything's OK now.

The problem was in
your outside line.

-Oh, the outside lines.

-Hm.

Would you like me
to check the water

and make sure it's running?

-Would you, please?

-Sure.

-Thank you.

-There you go.

MISTER ROGERS: Oh, great.

Thank you very much.

-You're welcome.

You call anytime you need us.

-I appreciate it.

-Certainly.

-Thanks again, Miss McKenna.

-Bye now.

-Bye bye.

[SINGING] There are many
ways to say I love you.

There are many ways to
say I care about you.

Many ways.

Many ways.

Many ways to say I love you.

Cleaning up a room
can say I love you.

Hanging up a coat before
you're asked to do it.

Drawing special pictures
for the holidays.

And making plays.

You'll find many ways
to say I love you.

You'll find many ways to
understand what love is.

Many ways.

Many ways.

Many ways to say I love you.

-Fish.

You will find many ways
as you grow in life.

Maybe cooking ways,
plumbing ways.

Many ways to let other people
know that you love them.

But you know the toughest
thing is to love somebody who

has done something
mean to you, especially

when that somebody
has been yourself.

Have you ever done
anything mean to yourself?

Well, it's very important
to look inside yourself

and find that
loving part of you.

That's the part that you must
take good care of and never

be mean to because that's
the part of you that

allows you to love
your neighbor.

And your neighbor
is anyone you happen

to be with at any
time of your life.

Respecting and
loving your neighbor

can give everybody
a good feeling.

[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 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.

-We always have things that
we want to do and talk about,

don't we?

I like being with you.

I'll be back next time.

Bye bye.

[MUSIC PLAYING]