[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?
-Hi, neighbor.
Glad we're together today.
An old friend of mine
has opened a restaurant
in our neighborhood,
and she asked
if we'd like to come to see it.
Her name is Barbara Smith.
In fact, a long time ago,
she was one of the people who
modeled dresses for
Queen Sara's wedding.
I have a short videotape
of her doing that,
and I'd like you see it.
Let's just show it
on Picture Picture.
Barbara Smith modeling
for Queen Sara's wedding.
[MUSIC PLAYING]
-But the one I think you'll like
the best-- I saw it yesterday.
It's simple and beautiful.
KING FRIDAY: Oh, yes, I
can see what you mean.
-Isn't that fun?
Well, now I'd like you to
meet Miss Smith in person.
Let's just go see her
at her restaurant.
Then we'll come back
here after that.
[MUSIC PLAYING]
Hello, Barbara.
-Hi, Fred.
How are you?
-I'm fine, thanks.
-Excellent.
-What a beautiful
restaurant you have.
-Oh, thank you.
I am so proud of it, and
I love feeding people.
-Oh, have you always
felt that way?
-Well, I remember when
I was a little girl,
and I used to love
to feed my dolls.
And I used to plead with my
mother and my grandmother-- oh,
please, can I help
in the kitchen?
And that's where I
learned how to cook.
-Well, do you
still like to cook?
-Oh, I still do.
And the kitchen is
my favorite place.
Can I show you my kitchen?
-Of course.
-All right.
Let's go.
You know, Fred, this restaurant
has been a dream come true.
-Well, you've worked hard to
make that dream come true.
-It takes hard work, doesn't it?
-It really does.
-Let's go to the kitchen.
-All right.
-I always enjoy coming
into the kitchen.
It's my favorite place.
And this machine is
going to whip up butter.
And the one we use at
home is very small.
And in the restaurant, we
use a very large machine.
-Wow.
Look at that going around.
BARBARA: Isn't that fantastic?
We serve so many
people that we have
to use large amounts
of everything.
-And this is making butter now?
-That's whipping up the butter.
We make homemade
bread, and I like
to serve it with whipped butter.
Yummy.
Yummy, yummy.
So isn't that great?
Look how large it is.
I mean--
-It's enormous.
-Yes, yes.
So I'm going to turn this off
because I want to show you
where we keep the butter after
we're finished with it here.
-All right.
-The refrigerators in
a restaurant are huge.
They're so different than--
from the refrigerators at home.
-This is a refrigerator.
-This is.
Look at all the food
we have in here.
-Oh, Barbara, it looks
like a whole room.
BARBARA: And I
have three others.
MISTER ROGERS: Three other
refrigerators like this?
BARBARA: Yes.
MISTER ROGERS: What is
all of this that you have?
BARBARA: We have vegetables.
We have fruit.
We have milk.
We just have everything in here.
MISTER ROGERS: Isn't
that fun to see?
-Oh, it always is.
I think it's one of the most
exciting places in the kitchen.
[LAUGHING]
I have lots of other
things to show you.
This is the most
amazing thing to me.
It's a bowl.
This is our bowl in the
restaurant business.
Now can you imagine the
difference between this
and a bowl you might
use in a home kitchen?
-This is enormous.
-I can't even get
my arms around it.
Here.
Try it.
Isn't it big?
-It's not terribly heavy,
but it's mighty big.
-It certainly is.
OK.
Next, we're going to head
over to the dessert section.
But before we go there-- because
we're going to get to work--
I want to make sure
that we wash our hands
because that's very important.
All my employees have to do
it, and we have to do it, too.
-Sure.
You mean, we're going to
make something together?
-Together we're
going to make it.
-Good.
-The other thing
that's important,
and after we're finished here
is-- is that water too hot?
-There it is.
-OK.
-I'll turn it off.
-We have to use nice, hot water
in the restaurant business
because it's so important
to keep everything sanitary
and clean.
-Sure.
-And so that we don't
get any hair in our food,
we both have to put
on hats, all right?
-All right.
-That's your hat.
And here's my hat.
How's that?
I think we're ready
to go to work.
-Good.
Oh, there's my head chef.
I'd like to introduce
you to Henry.
-Oh, good.
-Henry, this is Fred Rogers.
-Hi, how are you, Mister Rogers?
-How do you do?
-Nice meeting you.
Oh, I can't shake your hand.
I'm wearing gloves.
-Oh.
Do we all have to wear gloves?
-We certainly do.
-Yeah, we all have wear gloves.
Let me get you some gloves.
-I forgot to tell
you about the gloves.
-Thanks, Henry.
This is so--
-Thank you.
-The food is nice and sanitary.
-We keep everything
clean in the kitchen.
-We do.
-And you're the head chef here?
-Yes, sir.
-Ah.
-Henry, we are going
to make some desserts.
Would you like to join us?
-Yeah, definitely.
Sure.
-Let's go over here.
-All right.
-I already prepared
some vanilla custard.
-Uh-huh.
-And that's what we're
going to have today.
And it has these beautiful
vanilla beans in it.
It's just great.
It has cream, and
it has eggs in it.
It's very, very tasty.
And I know that Henry
made some raspberry sauce.
-Is this the raspberry sauce?
-Yeah, this is the
raspberry sauce here.
-Oh, that looks good.
And are you going
to put it together?
-We are going to
put it together,
and we're going to put some
raspberries on our plate, too.
So I'm going to prepare one of
these plates for each of us.
I think that kids would love
to do what we're doing today.
My daughter love
it, I can tell you.
This is one of her
favorite desserts.
-And this is a custard?
-This is a custard.
It's like a vanilla
pudding, but it's just
a little thinner than
a vanilla pudding.
-There.
We're all ready.
-Here you go.
-Henry has raspberry
sauce for all of us.
Now decide which utensil
you'd like to use.
-What am I going to do with it?
-OK, I'll tell you what.
I'm going to take a
spoon so I can spoon
my raspberry sauce
onto my plate.
-All right.
-And then I'm going to
take a fork because I
like to swirl
around with my fork.
-OK.
-Henry, what do you want to use?
-I think I'm going to
make a raspberry heart.
-Oh, you're going
to make a heart?
OK.
And you may want to try
one of these skewers.
-All right.
-Henry and I will start.
-Get some raspberry here.
-I like to do just these
drops of berry sauce.
MISTER ROGERS: You
can put it anywhere?
BARBARA: You can
put it anywhere.
What's so much fun about
this is whatever you create,
you can eat.
-Well, you all know what it's
like to make what you eat.
-Right.
-Oh, look at that.
-So you can just make
any design that you want.
-You like to cook, Henry?
-Yes, sir.
I've been doing it for years.
-Now we really have dessert
chefs who work on the desserts,
and Henry does all
the other food.
So-- and this restaurant has
so many employees working here
because we do-- how many
dinners a day, Henry?
-Oh, about 350.
-Right.
-350?
-Isn't that an awful
lot of dinners?
So we're very busy
here all the time.
We're open seven days a week.
-I see.
-Yeah.
So now I like to put
raspberries on mine.
-You made just
raspberries on yours, huh?
-That's a beautiful
heart, Henry.
I like that.
-That stands for love, huh?
-Yes.
-That's great.
-That's good.
-Now Fred, I think
you did a great job.
-Oh, so did you.
-Thank you.
-Look at those three
different things.
Three different
ways of putting--
BARBARA: To do the same dessert.
MISTER ROGERS: Isn't that great?
BARBARA: It is.
Now Henry and I do have
to get back to work.
-And so do I.
-But before you leave, I
have something for you.
I have our anniversary napkin.
-Oh, thank you.
-So I'd like you to
take that with you.
-Thank you, Barbara.
-And I'd like you to take
your dessert with you.
-May I have that?
-Yes.
I'll take your gloves.
-Well, I'll bring
the plate back later.
Thank you very much.
-You're welcome.
-It's a treat to be with you.
-Thank you.
But could you do me a favor?
-Certainly.
-Could you please say
hello to Queen Sara for me?
-I'd be happy to.
-And all the friends
in the neighborhood.
-I'd be glad to.
-Thank you.
Will you come back and visit us?
-You know I will.
-Thanks.
-Glad to meet you, Henry.
-Thank you.
Nice meeting you.
-Thank you.
Bye.
-Bye bye.
So Henry, I have a
lot of work to do.
I'll clean this up, and then
I'll get back to my other job.
-Yeah.
[MUSIC PLAYING]
-I'm really proud that
Barbara's our neighbor.
I think I'll put this
in the refrigerator.
Keep it cool.
And to think that from the
time she was a little girl,
Barbara had always
wanted to feed
people and have a restaurant.
Let's have some make-believe.
Trolley.
[MUSIC PLAYING]
[CHIMES]
Last time we pretended that
Lady Elaine Fairchilde wanted
to make all vacuum
sweepers go away.
Let's think more about
that and other things
as the Trolley goes to the
Neighborhood of Make-Believe.
[CHIMES]
[MUSIC PLAYING]
[CHIMES]
-Hello, Trolley.
Oh, I'm so proud
of you, Barbara.
-Well, I've thought
about you often.
And I just wanted to let you
know about my restaurant.
-Oh, I always knew
you'd do something
fine with your talents.
-And here's a commemorative
napkin for you.
-Oh, how lovely.
I must show it to Friday.
-[SINGING] Excuse me, please.
-Edgar Cooke, I'm
so glad to see you.
-[SINGING] And I'm glad
to see you, B Smith.
-Miss Smith has a
restaurant now, Edgar.
-[SINGING] How well I know.
The world knows B Smith.
-Do you still make
your Creme Anglaise?
-[SINGING] Oh, sure.
-Could I watch you do it?
-[SINGING] If you'll show me
your special raspberry coulis?
-Glad to.
Do you think King Friday would
like a napkin, too, Queen Sara?
-Oh, I'd be glad to
give him one, dear.
Thank you so much.
-Will you excuse
Edgar Cooke and me
as we go to the castle kitchen?
-Of course.
You two have such
a tasty profession.
Thank you for these
napkins, dear.
-And thank you for your years
of caring about me and my work.
-I always did and always will.
-Come right inside, Miss Smith.
-Bye.
-Goodbye, dear.
Oh, how lovely.
Oh, sometimes I just like
to look up into the sky
and think about everything
that's good in life.
LADY ABERLIN: [SINGING] It's
a perfectly beautiful day
for playing, a perfectly
beautiful day for saying hello.
-Hello.
-Hello
-You're welcome here.
[SINGING] It's a
perfectly beautiful day.
It's a perfectly beautiful
day for playing, a perfectly
beautiful day for staying
inside or outside here.
-Of course.
-[SINGING] It's a
perfectly beautiful day.
-[SINGING] Especially when
friends like you come visiting.
Friends like you who
make us feel so special.
-[SINGING] Certain things start
happening when we're visiting.
When we're together,
we're certain to say,
it's a perfectly beautiful
day for playing, a perfectly
beautiful day for staying
inside or outside here.
It's a perfectly beautiful--
perfectly beautiful--
perfectly beautiful day.
-Oh, it is a
beautiful day, dear.
-Oh, it is.
Oh, those are lovely
napkins you have, Aunt Sara.
-Yes.
Take a close look.
-B Smith.
That's our old friend.
-Yes.
She has a restaurant now.
-Oh, really?
Oh.
Well, I can hardly
hold on to this.
-Well, what's happening, dear?
-I don't know.
-Uh oh!
-Oh!
I must go tell Friday
and Tuesday about this.
-Oh, it feels like
a huge sucking wind.
I'll try to find out
where it's coming from.
-Oh, yes.
Be careful, niece.
Be careful.
-I will.
-Don't--
-Be careful yourself, Aunt Sara.
-All right.
I'll tell them now.
-All right.
-Hey, is that you, Lady A?
-Of course it is, X.
-I mean, is that you
making my trees shake
and my leaves fall off?
-Oh, no.
Oh, what do you think it is?
-It feels mighty close by.
-Oh, it surely does.
-Something tells me it might
be my back door neighbor.
-You mean Lady Elaine?
-Yeah.
She may be up to something.
-Oh, I'll go check.
-Just a minute.
Here.
Take this spare feather.
I never go anywhere
without them.
-Oh, X. Thank you.
You're such a good friend.
-Yeah.
Be careful.
-I will.
LADY ELAINE: Who goes there?
-It's your neighbor,
Lady Aberlin.
-What are you doing here?
-I came to find out
what you're doing here.
-Just a minute.
These things make too
much noise to talk.
There.
-Now what is this all
about, Lady Elaine?
-I am helping to
clean up the world.
-Uh, what do you mean?
-I'm vacuuming
everything in sight.
-But that's not what
vacuum sweepers are for.
-Well, what are they for?
-To get rid of dirt and dust
and things you don't want.
-Well, I'm getting
rid of everything,
especially vacuum
sweepers themselves.
Watch me make them disappear.
Boomerang Toomerang Soomerang!
-Now where are they?
-That's for me to know,
and nobody to find out.
Just a minute.
You might be looking
for this napkin.
Here.
Take it.
-Now wait a minute.
Here you are, collecting
all the vacuum sweepers,
playing with them nonstop,
making them disappear,
and calling that helping?
-There's lots of kinds of
helping in this world, toots.
-I know, but there's
something I keep wondering.
-What is it?
-I'll ask you next time.
-In the meantime, if you
find any vacuum sweepers,
bring them to me.
-Oh, we'll see about that.
But right now, I'm
going to take Queen
Sara's napkin back to her.
-You never know what you'll
find in a your vacuum sweeper.
-Only little things.
-Yeah, yeah.
That's what you think.
-That's what I know.
-Only little things--
that's what they all say.
-I'd like to help you
with that, Lady Elaine.
-Only way to help me is to round
up all the rest of the world's
vacuum sweepers so I'll be in
charge of every one of them.
-So you are afraid of them.
-I'm not afraid of anything.
-So why do you want
to control them all?
-Because I want to.
So there.
So long.
-Hey, Lady Aberlin, how
did you stop the wind?
Did the feather help?
-Yes, the feather
helped, and you helped.
And I'm learning a
lot just by being
alive in this
neighborhood today.
-Oh, anytime you
need the feather,
it'll be waiting for you.
-[SINGING] Oh, a fine
feathered friend is a pleasure.
-Well, thank you.
-[SINGING] Yes, a fine
feathered friend is a treasure.
-I'll say.
-[SINGING] Oh, a fine feathered
friend is a friend to the end.
Yes, a friend to the end
is a fine feathered friend.
-Try it once more, would you?
-[SINGING] Oh, a fine
feathered friend--
-[SINGING] I am friendly.
You are friendly.
He is friendly.
We are friendly.
-[SINGING] Yes, a fine
feathered friend is a treasure.
-[SINGING] They are friendly.
We are friendly.
-[SINGING] Yes, a fine feathered
friend is a friend to the end.
-[SINGING] We are
fine feathered friend.
-[SINGING] Yes, a friend to the
end is a fine feathered friend.
-[SINGING] We are fine
feathered friends.
Hey!
Thanks, Lady A.
-Oh, thank you again, X.
-See you.
Bye bye.
-Farewell.
[MUSIC PLAYING]
[CHIMES]
Yes, Trolley, I'm taking
it back to Aunt Sara.
[WHISTLE]
[CHIMES]
-So Lady Elaine
is collecting all
the vacuum sweepers for herself.
Do you think she's doing that
so nobody else will have any?
Or because she's afraid of them?
We'll think more
about that next time.
Right now, some
food for the fish.
[DOORBELL]
There you are.
Oh, that's the back door.
The back door bell.
Oh, maybe it's Justin.
Hi, Justin.
-Hi.
-I'm glad you're here.
Come in.
I'd like you to know
my television neighbor.
-Hi.
-This is Justin Miller.
Would you sit down?
What are you going
to show us today?
Justin is a cook.
Yes.
And sometimes he goes
around the neighborhood
and helps people to know some
new things to do for cooking.
-Mhm.
-What do you do first
before you cook?
With your hands.
-Wash your hands.
-OK.
Let's do that.
Here's some water.
And I'll give you
a little soap here.
I just washed my hands
a little while ago
over at Barbara Smith.
You sometimes help her with some
cooking ideas, too, don't you?
-Yes.
-I'm going to need that towel.
-All right.
-Thank you.
-You're welcome.
-OK.
Now you had asked me to have
a paper towel and a spoon
and some things that I
have in the refrigerator.
I'll get them for you.
-OK.
Thank you.
-I can't imagine what you're
going to make with these.
You said that you had
wanted some strips
of peppers and
lettuce and some--
-Cucumbers.
-Now what did you bring?
-I brought the rolls.
-Rolls?
-Mhm.
-Oh.
You're going to make
something with rolls
and these things, huh?
-Mhm.
And a spoon.
Here's what you want to do.
You want to take this spoon,
and you want to dig all of that
out.
-Oh, you scoop the bread
out from the roll, huh?
-Yeah.
-I see.
And then what?
-And then you take the lettuce.
MISTER ROGERS: Put
lettuce in first?
-And then you take three
strips of green pepper.
-Three strips.
-And you put one, two, three.
-Three strips of green pepper.
-And three cucumbers.
MISTER ROGERS: Is this something
you made up by yourself?
-Yes.
-It was your idea?
-Mhm.
-And now what is this?
-It's a turtle sandwich.
-A turtle sandwich?
-Mhm.
-You think I could
try making one?
-Sure.
-Let me try here.
-All right.
-Thank you.
-You're welcome.
-You've been cooking
and making up recipes
since you were a little
boy, haven't you?
-Yep.
-When did you start?
-When I was one.
-One-year-old?
Well, what did you make
when you were one-year-old?
-Peanut butter and
jelly sandwiches.
That's when I--
that's when I started.
-That's what you started with?
-Yeah.
-Peanut butter and jelly.
I always liked them
when I was little.
Now you say three
strips of this?
-Uh-huh.
-One, two, three.
And then three cucumbers.
-Mhm.
[LAUGHING]
-I like the looks of
yours better than mine.
But would you like to take
these to your mom and dad?
-Sure.
-These two.
OK.
I'll put them back
in your thing there.
You can have them for them.
-All right.
-You all are very
blessed to have
each other, you and
your mom and dad.
I know they love you.
Thank you very much, Justin.
-You're welcome.
-For helping me.
Well, hope to see
you again soon.
-All right.
-Bye, my dear.
-Bye.
-Bye bye.
-Bye bye.
-Isn't he a fine boy?
Yes.
Well, you know if you have
an interest in making things
in the kitchen, you can just
ask someone to help you.
And some day you may be
able to help somebody else.
That's the way it works.
[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.
-You always make each
day such a special way.
Just like all of my neighbors.
Mhm.
I like being with you.
We always have things
to do together.
And I'll be back next time.
And I'll be thinking
about you while I'm gone.
Bye bye.
[MUSIC PLAYING]
26x13 - Episode 13
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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.
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.