25x05 - Episode 5

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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25x05 - Episode 5

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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 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?

[SPEAKING] Hi, neighbor.

Here we are, television
neighbors again,

and look what I
have to show you.

This-- you know what it is?

It's a toy.

It's a crane.

Yeah, this is the way it works.

I think I should just take
it out to the sand table,

don't you?

And we can play
with it out there.

You have to squeeze
this to make it go down.

Are you ready to go
to the sand table?

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

[SPEAKING] Come on.

Let's take a little trip
right across the sand table.

We'll open it up.

Let's see what we can use
the crane for in here.

Maybe pick up this bucket.

We'll try.

Slowly bring it up.

Move it over, and
slowly let it down.

Try something else.

How about this?

I like to-- try to do one of
these fast, see if I could.

Didn't do it so well fast.

Now let's try it slowly.

That made a difference.

Made a difference to take time.

Even people who work real
cranes need to take their time.

There are all sorts of things
that need plenty of time

to be done right and well.

[SINGING] I like
to take my time.

I mean that when I
want to do a thing,

I like to take my
time to do it right.

I mean I just
might make mistakes

if I should have to hurry up,
and so I like to take my time.

To tie my shoes, to eat.

To get dressed, to
go to sleep at night.

To sing a song for you.

In everything I do, I
like to take my time.

I mean that when I
want to do a thing,

I like to take my
time to do it right.

I mean I just
might make mistakes

if I should have to hurry up,
and so I like to take my time.

[SPEAKING] Often, to
do your best work,

you just have to take your time.

[KNOCK AT DOOR]

-I think I hear
somebody knocking.

Let's go see who that is.

[SINGING] I think I
take my crane with me.

[SPEAKING] I thought
I heard something--

[KNOCK AT DOOR]

-That is somebody.

Let's see who it is.

Oh, it's Bob Trow!

Bob, how are you?

BOB TROW: Hey, Lot Friend Fred!

-Come in!

-Thank you.

-Why don't you come down.

-All right.

-What do you have?

-Well, I've been thinking a
lot about you and how you like

trolleys, so I painted you a
picture of one or two or three.

-Oh, look at those trolleys!

Four trolleys.

Who is that in there?

I see somebody.

BOB TROW: I was wondering if you
were gonna notice the trolls.

There's a troll in
each of the trolleys.

MR. ROGERS: There's
a troll there.

I love trolls.

BOB TROW: Look at it.

MR. ROGERS: We sometimes
pretend that you're a troll.

Here they are.

How did you do this?

BOB TROW: With a lot of care.

MR. ROGERS: I know that you
must have taken a lot of care,

but I mean, if I gave
you a pencil and paper,

could you show me
how you started

making a painting like this?

MR. ROGERS: Sure,
I'll be glad to, Fred.

-Come on right over here.

That would be really
interesting for me.

Let's see if I-- here.

Here's a pad of paper.

-Okey doke.

-And a thick pencil there.

-All right.

-But I've never seen
a painting like this.

-Well, I started it
something like this.

Let's see, it was a square.

So--

MR. ROGERS: Uh-huh.

BOB TROW: And I planned
one out for up here and one

for in here, and there's one
coming right at us right here,

and this real long
job right there.

And then, of course,
we add the wheels.

MR. ROGERS: So it's
as if the track's

going the whole way around.

BOB TROW: All the way around.

Exactly.

Exactly.

Put a couple more
wheels on here for you.

I just kept working on
it, and after many hours,

I finally got it painted
to look like that,

and now I'm giving it to you.

-But it's not my birthday
or any special day.

-I know, but I know
you like trolleys,

so I just wanted you
to have trolleys.

-Ooh, I love having this.

-And trolleys come
on any day, right?

-Well, you're welcome on
any day in this place!

-Well, thank you.

-Did you make that
envelope for it, too?

-Oh, yes.

Yeah.

-Let me try putting it in,
because I think we could have--

-Sure.

It could protect it.

-Yes, and we could also
have peekaboo trolley.

-Oh, good.

-Where are the trolleys
and the trolls?

Peekaboo!

Where are the trolleys
and the trolls?

Peekaboo!

Thank you very much for this.

-Ah, you're very welcome.

-What a treat.

Toot, toot.

You have to go?

-Yeah, I have to teach a
class down at the school.

-What kind of class?

-Neighborhood class-- art.

Of all things.

-They're fortunate to have
you as an art teacher.

-Well, thank you.

-Thank you very much
for this special gift.

-OK, Friend Fred.

-And for yourself.

-Well, I'm glad I
caught you home.

I'm glad you like it.

-You bet I like it!

See you soon.

-So long.

-Bye-bye, Bob.

BOB TROW: Bye, Fred.

-Bob Trow.

What a talented person.

And with all those
trolls in there.

Let's make believe
something about that, OK?

Something about that and
something about this.

Oh, we have lots to think
about for make-believe.

Come on, trolley.

-[WHISTLING AND DINGING]

-You know, we've been pretending
that the trolley has been going

very fast and
different neighbors

have been trying to slow
it down in Make-Believe.

So let's make believe now that
somehow, someone finds a way

to help with the trolley
problem in the Neighborhood

of Make-Believe.

You ready for that, Trolley?

-[WHISTLING]

-To help with your going fast?

-[WHISTLING]

-OK.

The Neighborhood
of Make-Believe.

-And now where's the trolley?

-It's speeding along over there.

-Oh, erratic
behavior these days!

-Yes, but it always
seems to come back here.

-But in the meantime, it speeds
through Westwood, you say?

-Yes, it does.

Our people and animals
want it to stop.

-It will stop.

I have issued a
decree for it to stop.

-And I've made some suggestions,
which my Associate Mayor

should be bringing any time now.

ROBERT TROLL: Oh,
boy this is heavy.

-Oh, Robert Troll, I presume?

-Oh, correct as
usual, King Friday.

Oh, hi, Mayor Maggie!

-Hello, Robert Troll.

-Good to see you.

-What do you have?

-Oh, this is all stuff to
help catch the trolley.

-Oh, yes, well, very good.

You obviously have
heard my decree, then?

-Oh, yes, Sire.

And Neighbor Aber asked me to
bring all this stuff over here.

So I guess it has to do
with this and all that.

-Well, where is Neighbor Aber?

-He's over at the
factory, Mayor Maggie?

Yeah, he's over
there with Corny,

and Corny is helping out, too.

He's making some stuff.

-Good.

It sounds like things
are moving right along.

-Oh, you bet it is.

Yes, that's for sure.

-Just call if you need
any further assistance,

Your Majesty.

-Your periodic
presence is always

appreciated, Mayor Maggie.

-Thank you, but I must tend
to things back in Westwood.

-You are excused.

-Thank you, Your Majesty.

See you later, Robert Troll.

-OK, Mayor Maggie.

Bye.

Oh, uh, King Friday?

-Yes?

-Listen, I've gotta
run down to the clock

and see Daniel for a minute,
but just hang around.

I'll be right back, OK?

-I, too, have
inside commitments.

You are excused, Robert Troll.

-Oh, OK.

Thanks.

Hey, Trolley!

Hey!

Slow down!

Slow down!

You know you're not
supposed to go fast!

Oh, OK.

Well, that's good news.

Oh. [SINGING] Shaddley dumdee
mooley, moodley dumdee shadzee

boom boom.

Shaddledy dumdee mooley
tooley rootley trow de boom.

Shaddley moodley noodley
roodley troll de boom.

-Hi, there, Troll.

-Hi, Daniel.

-How you doing?

-Oh, pretty good.

Hey, same thing, how's yourself?

-Pretty good, thanks.

-That's good.

-I just wondered
if you've seen how

fast the Trolley's been going.

-Yeah, it's much too fast.

So we gotta do something
to slow him down.

We can stand in front of it,
but still we've got [INAUDIBLE].

-Yeah, that's good.
-It's dangerous.

That's the thing
about it, Daniel.

-Yeah.

What do you have there?

-Well, this is for you.

This is a little
picture I made for you.

-Oh, really?

-Mm-hmm.

-I would love to see it.

In an envelope.

-Yep, in an envelope.

Look at here.

-Oh, look at that picture!

It looks like four of my clocks.

ROBERT TROLL: Yes, it's
four of your clocks,

and four of the seasons.

-Oh!
ROBERT TROLL: There's summer.

-Summer.

ROBERT TROLL: Fall.

-Fall.

ROBERT TROLL: Winter, spring.

-Summer, fall, winter, spring.

Isn't that wonderful?

-Do you like it?

See, that's good.

-Yeah!

Robert Troll, is that
somebody in the middle?

ROBERT TROLL: Oh,
you know, I really

didn't think you'd
notice that, but yes,

that's somebody in the middle.

DANIEL: It looks like
it could be somebody.

ROBERT TROLL: Oh, it is.

How about your imaginary friend?

-Of course!

It's Malcolm Apricot Dinko!

-Yes, of course, as you
say, Malcolm Apricot Dinko.

-It's a great
picture, Robert Troll.

-Well, I'm glad you like it, and
I hope Malcolm likes it, too.

-He's taking a nap right now.

-Is he?

-But I'll show it to
him when he gets up.

He's sure to like it.

-Oh, well, I'm
glad to hear that.

-As a matter of fact,
he and I both like

you a lot, Robert Troll.

-Oh, well, [INAUDIBLE].

-Thank you very much.

-Thank you both very much.

Malcolm--

NEIGHBOR ABER: Robert Trolll!

-Who's that?

NEIGHBOR ABER: Hello?

Robert Troll?

-That sounds like Neighbor Aber.

He probably needs some help.

I'll go give him some help.

-Well, you're always
helping somebody.

-Yeah, well, that's the best
thing there is you can do.

-Yeah, well, thanks again.

-Sure

-From Malcolm and from me.

-Ah, that's OK.

We'll see you
later, then, Daniel.

-Thanks, Robert Troll.

-Uh-huh.

Oh, wait a minute.

Daniel!

-Yes?

-You forgot the
envelope it goes into.

Were you saying you
want the envelope?

-Oh, I'd be glad to have it.

Thank you very much.

-Sure.

-Oh, boy, wait till
Malcolm sees all this.

-Yeah, well, I hope Malcolm
likes the envelope just as

much as he likes
the picture, too.

-Yeah, painting
and the envelope.

-OK.

-OK, bye.

-Bye.

-Bye.

-Toot!

-Toot.

-[SINGING] Oh,
shaddley dumdee mooley,

a moodley dumdee shadzee boom.

Boom shaddley dumde
mootley tooley

rootley troll the--
[SPEAKING] Eh!

What do you say, Neighbor Aber?

-Oh, there you
are, Robert Troll.

Thank you for bringing
this crane equipment.

-Oh, sure.

-Getting it all rigged up now.

-I see that, yeah.

And I don't understand,
Neighbor Aber, what's this?

-Oh, that is an important
part of our latest plan.

-Oh, yeah?

-Yeah, it's a very,
very soft trolley

stopper that Corny made for us.

-Oh.

Boy, that's soft, all right.

But how would it help?

-Well, as you can see,
we've set it on the tracks,

and when the neighborhood
trolley comes along,

it will help stop the
trolley, and then this crane

can pull the trolley up so we
can tell how to slow it down.

-That sounds pretty fancy to me!

-Yeah, I just hope it works.

-Yeah, me, too.

[FANFARE]

-Assembled helpers, I presume?

-Correct as usual, King Friday.

-Have you solved the
fast trolley problem?

-Well, we think our present
plan will work, Sire.

-I shall wait and see.

-Well, It shouldn't be too long.

[PHONE RINGING]

-Oh, excuse me, will you?

Yes?

Oh, thanks, Mayor Maggie.

We're ready.

Good.

Thank you.

Bye-bye.

The trolley has
just left Westwood,

so it should be
here in a very few.

-Very good.

-Now, Robert Troll,
if you'll just

make sure that this
trolley stopper

stays exactly where
it is on the tracks.

-OK.

-And then when
the trolley stops,

if you'll put this
sling around the trolley

and attach it to this
hook so I can hoist it up.

-Boy, you're giving me a very
important job, aren't you?

-Of course I am.

You're a very responsible troll.

-Oh, thank you.

-I hear a trolley
in the distance.

-Wow, you have super
ears, King Friday.

-From my bass viol
work, of course.

-Oh, I see.

OK, everybody get into position.

-Everybody ready?

-We're ready.

-Ready.

-[DINGING]

ROBERT TROLL: Ha ha!

We can say that--

NEIGHBOR ABER:
Robert Troll, can you

get the sling around
the trolley now?

ROBERT TROLL: Yeah, sure
let me get that for you.

NEIGHBOR ABER: Good.

ROBERT TROLL: There we go.

-We're not gonna
hurt you, Trolley.

-No, we're not at all.

Don't be afraid of anything.

-We're just trying
to help so you

don't go so fast all the time.
-Sure.

That's all.

-There.

-Let's see-- find out what's
wrong with that thin, Neighbor

Aber.

-Oh, there's the
control right there.

It looks a little out.

-Oh.

Well, can you push it in?

-[DINGING]

-I don't know-- I'll try.

Yes, there.

There you go!

-In, not out.

OK, now let's let it down
and see what happens.

-Uh, just one moment, please.

I shall speak to the trolley.

-Of course, King Friday.

-Yeah, we can see--

-Neighborhood
Trolley, I presume?

-[WHISTLING AND DINGING]

-Yes.

You have been
travelling too fast.

-[WHISTLING]

-I suggest that
after a short rest,

you go much slower than you
have been recently traveling.

-[WHISTLING]

MAYOR MAGGIE: Hello,
everyone, how's it going?

-Oh, hi.

Well, we'll soon see.

-Mayor Maggie, I presume?

-Oh, King Friday.

I didn't realize you were there.

-Yes.

I have told the trolley
to go more slowly.

-Good.

-Yeah, Mr. Aber has
pushed the control ink,

so that takes care of it.

-Very good.

-Robert Troll, you
may now please remove

the soft trolley
stopper from the tracks.

-All right.

Gotcha.

-We're going to lower you
to the tracks, Trolley,

and see how you do.

-[WHISTLING]

-OK.

-[WHISTLING AND DINGING]

-All right!

-It wanted help all along.

-Yes, Trolley, of course
you took my orders.

-And, uh, everybody
else's helped.

MAYOR MAGGIE:
Congratulations, everyone.

-[WHISTLING AND DINGING]

-That's it, Trolley.

A lot of people helped all
week to slow down the trolley.

When people work together,
they can often be very helpful.

Reminds me of those
four Daniel clocks.

You know, you can make
up your own stories

about your own toys.

Sure, those will be the
best stories of all,

because they'll be
coming from inside you.

Time to feed the fish.

There you are, fish.

[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.

There's the feeding
way to say I love you.

There's the feeding something
someone really likes to eat,

the feeding way, the
feeding way, the feeding way

to say I love you.

[SPEAKING] All kinds of
ways to say I love you.

JOHN: Hello, Fred?

Are you home?

-You hear somebody calling?

Oh, John.

Come on out.

Hi, John.

-Hi.

-Glad to see you.

You remember my
television neighbor?

-Yes.

-Mr. John Sikora.

He works at the school
with Marilyn Burnett.

-Yes.

Do you have time
for a few exercises?

-I surely do.

-Would you like to
bring a chair down here?

-I will.

-That's great.

-Right beside you.

Give us some chair exercises.

-Yeah.

I'll show you a few
exercises I like

to do to get my heart working
better and make me feel better.

-Good.

-One is, we're gonna reach up
with one hand and grab the star

and pull it down to our chest.

And reach up with our
other hand the same way.

Grab it, turn our hand back
toward us, and pull it down.

We'll do this a few times.

We'll do it nice and slow to
get that full movement in.

-Mm.

I can feel that.

-Yeah.

And I like to do some things
with rotating my body, too.

We'll take our fists
and put them together,

and our elbows out.

And we'll just twist
our entire upper body

around and back
to the other side.

Look behind us.

Feels good.

Those were a couple
slow exercises.

-Yeah?

-I've got another one
where we reach out in front

and we do scissors formatino--
one hand over top of the other,

but we can do it quicker.

-I can feel that here.

-Do that for a few minutes.

You can feel you get to your
breathing a little bit more,

and--

-Yeah, that helps your
heart, doesn't it?

-Yes, it does.

-All these exercises.

And that's-- you're supposed
to pull all the way around?

-Yes.

-And what was that
first one you showed us?

This?

-Reaching up and grabbing
the star, pulling down.

-Ooh, you've got
great exercises.

-Well, Fred, I have to go
to basketball practice.

I'd love to do a few
more exercises, but--

-You're the coach,
aren't you, for the team?

-Yes.

I do wheelchair basketball
practice a few days a week,

but this practice is with
the high school varsity team.

MR. ROGERS: Oh, good.

Well, I wish them well.

-Thank you.

-Give them my best and
give Marla my best.

-I sure will.

It's nice to see you again.

-Thanks very much
for coming, John.

Goodbye.

-Bye.

-I always feel better after
I've done some exercises.

I think it's because the
exercises help you feel good,

but so does being with people
you like, like John Sikora.

I have a good feeling
about being with you, too.

[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.

[SPEAKING] You always make
each week a special one for me.

You know how-- by
just your being you.

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

person in the whole world
like your neighbor, too.

And people can like you and your
neighbor exactly as you are.

I'll be back next time.

Bye!

[THEME MUSIC]
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