27x07 - Episode 7

[bunniefuu]

[MUSIC PLAYING]

-[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?

Hello, neighbor.

Welcome to this neighborhood.

Do you have any idea what
I might have in this bag?

Well, I'm going to show you.

It's a puzzle.

Can you imagine what
might fit in there?

Right up here it
says "greetings."

That's a royal word for "hello."

Let's take all of this to the
kitchen and put it together.

OK.

Now, does that look
like Queen Sara?

Where do you think she fits?

No.

No.

What about right there?

And what about Prince Tuesday?

No.

Prince Tuesday's there.

Who's this?

King Friday the 13th.

And there he fits.

To do things like puzzles, it's
important to look and listen

with your eyes, your
hands, and your ears.

[SINGING] If you will look
carefully, listen carefully,

you will find a lot of things.

Carefully look and listen.

It's good to look
carefully, listen carefully.

That's the way you
learn a lot of things.

Carefully look.

Look and listen.

Some things you
see are confusing.

Some things you
hear are strange.

But if you ask someone
to explain one or two,

you'll begin to notice
a change in you.

if you will look carefully,
listen carefully,

that's a way to keep on growing.

Carefully look, look,
look and listen.

Now where do the King, the
Prince, and the Queen live?

In the castle in the
Neighborhood of Make Believe.

So let's just get the castle.

Put the castle there.

And the factory.

And the tree.

Who lives in the tree?

And who lives in
the museum go round?

Lady Elaine Fairchilde.

The Platypus Mound and
Daniel's Clock and the trolley.

Now, we've been pretending
that X the Owl is giving flying

lessons to anyone
who wants them.

But last time, Lady Elaine said
she was going to teach people

to fly high because she had
a hat with a propeller on it.

So let's think more about
that as the trolley goes

into the Neighborhood
of Make Believe.

-Oh.

I'm not doing well
at all, trolley.

Well, I've tried everything
X has told me to do,

like jump and call
and spreading cheer.

And nothing works.

Well, I guess I'll just give up.

Thanks, trolley.

Oh.

It's no use.

-Did I hear you say
something, Cousin?

-I just said it's no use.

-What's discouraging you?

-Well, I thought I
could learn to fly.

-You mean by yourself?

-Yes.

I was taking lessons with
X. He knows how to fly well.

-But he's a bird.

-And I'm a strong prince.

-That's right.

You know, Tuesday, I think
that we should have a picnic

and talk about some things.

-Oh, I don't feel like a picnic.

-Well, I do.

And I'll just go to the
kitchen and bring some things

and if you're here when I get
back, we can eat together.

-We'll see.

-Peanut butter and jelly?

-Oh?

Well.

-See you.

-OK.

-Peanut butter and
jelly won't do it.

-What do you mean?

-Is that you,
Auntie Lady Elaine?

-Sure.

And I can teach you to
fly high in a minute.

-In a minute?

-Yes.

Now you just take this.

[LAUGHS] And put it on
and you will fly high.

-What is it?

-It's a magic hat.

-A magic hat?

-Yes, now you just put it on.

And when you put it
on, you go somewhere.

Close your eyes and
fly high, toots.

-Oh, thanks, Auntie Lady Elaine.

This sounds much easier
than X's flying lessons.

-It is easy.

-Does it work for you?

-Sort of.

But remember, it's pretend.

-OK.

I can't wait to go try this on.

I can hardly believe it.

I'm finally going to fly.

-All right, propellers on.

-Wow.

Ready.

Get set.

-Be careful, toots.

-Be careful.

That's what everybody says.

-Be very careful.

I've got to get
back to my museum.

-Here I go.

Whoa!

-Oh.

I thought I heard
people out here.

Oh well.

I guess I'll have to
have my picnic alone.

PRINCE TUESDAY: Ouch.

Ow.

-What's that I hear?

PRINCE TUESDAY: Oh my.

Ow.

-It sounds like Tuesday.

Oh, boy.

-Tuesday, what happened to you?

-I fell down.

-From where?

-From up there.

-Oh, no.

Aunt Sarah!

Uncle Friday!

Come to the castle
garden please!

-Miss Aberlin, I presume.

-Correct as usual, Uncle Friday.

-Have you prepared a picnic?

-I have.

Uncle Friday,
Tuesday's fallen down.

-Oh, son, are you
all right, dear?

-My arm hurts a
little bit, mother.

-I will find Dr.
Bill immediately.

Imagine.

Imagine.

-What is this hat
you're wearing?

-Someone told me it
would help me fly high.

-And you fell for that?

Poor dear.

-Ouch.

-Oh, your arm?

-Yes.

It really hurts.

-Telephone for Lady Aberlin.

-Oh, thanks, Miss Paulificate.

Hello?

Yes?

-Ow.

-Right away?

We'll bring him
as soon as we can.

Thank you, Uncle Friday.

That was Uncle Friday.

He says that Dr. Bill
wants us to bring Tuesday

to the hospital right away
and to do it very carefully.

-Oh, I'll be glad to help.

-Oh, thanks, Miss Paulificate.

-Will you come too, mother?

-Of course, dear.

I'll be right with you.

-Well.

Is this what he did?

Just tried to fly and
went down like that?

He was probably thinking,
wow, with this hat on I'll

just fly all over
the neighborhood.

But that's not the way it works.

Now, now he has to
go to the hospital.

When his dad heard that he
had fallen, his dad said,

"I'm going to call the
doctor right away."

And when they found out that
he had to go to the hospital,

he said, "Would my
mom come with me?"

And she said, "Of course."

So they all went
off to the hospital.

Nothing like magic hats
can make a person fly.

Have to be so careful.

It's just birds
and bats and bees

and airplanes and things
like that that fly.

Not people.

No.

Well, we'll pretend more
about this Neighborhood

of Make Believe next time.

Lady Elaine Fairchilde.

I don't think she
meant any harm.

She probably thought those
hats could help people fly.

Let's give the fish some food.

There you are, fish.

You're hungry.

Very hungry.

And very beautiful.

I love the way they move.

See, fish don't have to
fly to move beautifully,

gracefully through the water.

[PHONE RINGING]

-I think that's the phone.

Yeah.

Hello?

Maxine.

Oh, yes.

I'm glad to hear from you.

Certainly would be.

Yeah.

Well, I'd like to
show my neighbors

something before we come.

All right.

Good.

Thanks very much.

Bye-bye.

That was Maxine Roach,
who's a friend of mine.

She's part of a string quartet.

I'd like to show you pictures
of stringed instruments

that she and her friends play.

I've got them in here somewhere.

Yeah.

Here it is.

This is our musical
instruments book.

Now, you know a quartet
means there are four.

And here's a string quartet.

There are two violins
and a viola, which

is a little bigger, and a cello,
which is the biggest of all.

And these are the
four instruments

in the Uptown String Quartet.

That's the name of
my friend's group.

Well, let's just go see
the real instruments

and the four friends
who play them.

Let's visit the
Uptown String Quartet.

Come along.

Here we are.

Let's just go on in.

[MUSIC PLAYING]

-Hey.

Hi, Maxine.

Thanks.

I'd like you to know
my television neighbor.

It's Eileen, Maxine,
Lisa, and Diane.

The Uptown String Quartet.

-Hello.

-What was that you all were
playing when I walked in?

-We were playing
Scott Joplin's Rag.

-I was feeling like
dancing the whole way down.

-I love that.

-Ooh, I like it too.

I'd like my friends to hear
how the different instruments

sound, how the
violins sound higher

than the viola and the viola
sounds higher than the cello.

Can you do that?

-OK.

All right.

Let's play a scale then.

-OK.

[MUSIC PLAYING]

-Violins.

[MUSIC PLAYING]

-Viola.

[MUSIC PLAYING]

-And cello.

[MUSIC PLAYING]

-Ooh!

[LAUGHTER]

-You all love playing
together, don't you?

-Oh, yes.

-I guess so.

Do you have anything that,
uh, that you play that you

can hear the
separate instruments?

-As a matter of fact, we do.

We have a piece that
actually I start off.

And I think I will start it off.

And the other instruments
come in separately.

-You start it?

-I start it.

-I see.

-The piece is called Vibes.

-Vibes?

-Yes.

So I'll start it.

[MUSIC PLAYING]

-And then I join Maxine
with a [INAUDIBLE] line.

[MUSIC PLAYING]

-Oh, they're nice together.

-Then I jump in
after they finish.

I jump in with a solo figure.

[MUSIC PLAYING]

-That sounds like
somebody talking.

Would you do that once more?

-Sure.

Sure.

[MUSIC PLAYING]

-Oh, thanks.

Then do you play in this one?

-Yes, I play the bass line.

And I play it with
my fingers pizzicato.

I pluck the strings.

-Oh, plucking them.

-Yes.

[MUSIC PLAYING]

-Oh, I'd love to hear
all that together.

-OK.

We'll play it for you.

-Hear Vibes.

[MUSIC PLAYING]

-Wow!

Oh, thank you.

-Thank you.

-Thank you.

-Have you always
liked making music?

I mean, even when you
were little girls?

-Absolutely.

Absolutely.

Yeah.

Well, music was always in my
house when I was growing up.

And I was inspired to take piano
lessons because my uncle taught

me how to play
the boogie woogie.

And then, then when I got
to be eight years old,

I got to not only just
play the piano by myself,

but I got to play with friends.

I get to play the
violin with my buddies.

All right?

So.

-What did you play?

-Well, I used to love a
tune entitled "Lightly Row."

[MUSIC PLAYING]

-That reminds me of
when I was little

and I used to like
to pick up my friend.

My friend has a
name, my instrument,

and his name is Baby Love.

-You mean your violin
is called Baby Love?

-Baby Love.

I named him Baby Love
because I love him

and he's like a baby,
a little baby to me

that I can caress and
hold whenever I want to.

And I would pick up
Baby Love sometimes

and play however I felt.

Sometimes I'd feel happy
and sometimes I'd feel sad

and I could play
all those feelings

and emotions on my instrument.

If I felt sad, I would
play something like this.

[MUSIC PLAYING]

-Or happy too.

Maybe Maxine has a happy sound.

-Well, I-- your feelings remind
me of when I was a little girl

and I used to sit next to
my grandmother at the piano.

She was a pianist.

And I come from a
very musical family.

I have uncles who
played trumpet and sax.

But my favorite thing was
to sit with my grandmother

and she would play songs for me.

And one of the
songs she taught me

was "Twinkle Twinkle
Little Star."

So when I play it I
think of my grandmother.

[MUSIC PLAYING]

-She'd sing it to me with
a twinkle in her eye.

I remember her.

-That must be mighty special
for you to have that inside.

-Yes.

And I'll always have it.

It's mine.

-What about you, Eileen?

-Well, I remember being
inspired by a lot of musicians.

My teachers and my parents took
me to see woodwind quintets

and big bands and
string quartets.

And I can still see those
musicians on stage in my mind.

And my father used to
always play the piano.

And he used to really swing.

And so sometimes now
I can play on my cello

and it reminds me of
those experiences.

[MUSIC PLAYING]

-And that all reminds you
of when you were little girl

and you carry all
of that with you.

Well, I know you have a
lot of rehearsing to do,

so I'd better be on my way.

-Well, don't go just
yet, Mr. Rogers.

We have something
very special for you.

We're going to play one
of your compositions

entitled "You Are Special."

And we've done a very special
arrangement of this for you.

-Oh, I'd like to hear that.

And not any of you are
going to use the bows?

-No, we're all going to pluck
the strings, play pizzicato.

It makes this
arrangement very special.

-Oh, great.

I'm listening.

[MUSIC PLAYING]

-You always make it a beautiful
day in this neighborhood.

And you are very special.

You Uptown String Quartet.

I'm proud to be your neighbor.

See you soon.

-Take care.

-Goodbye.

-We need to rehearse a little.

Why don't we take
it from the bridge?

-OK.

-One, two, three, four.

[MUSIC PLAYING]

-Come on back to my place.

Aren't they wonderful?

Even when they were
little, they loved music.

I really like them.

Our friends at the
Uptown String Quartet.

Where's that puzzle
that I brought with me?

Oh, it's in the
kitchen isn't it?

Prince Tuesday.

Queen Sarah.

[SINGING] In the daytime,
in the nighttime.

Any time that 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.

I was just thinking
when you like somebody,

you want to share the things
that you like with that person.

I guess that's why I want
to share so much with you.

We'll do more
together next time.

We surely will.

[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 always have things
to talk about, don't we?

And things to do together.

I look forward to
our times together.

You make each day
such a special day.

You know how.

By just your being yourself.

That's right.

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

And people can like
you exactly as you are.

I'll be back next time.

Goodbye.

[MUSIC PLAYING]