27x10 - Episode 10

[bunniefuu]

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,

the 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.

Glad we're together
again today, yup.

I brought some fortune
cookies to show you.

You ever seen fortune cookies?

This is what they look like.

And I thought I'd
just open one and see

what the message is inside.

Here it is.

It says, "Tendras un
visitante inesperado."

"Tendras un visitante
inesperado."

"You will have a visitor."

I wonder who that
visitor might be?

Well, while we're
waiting to find out,

let's give some food, not
fortune cookies, to the fish.

Come along.

Some food for the fish.

Here you are, fish.

Beautiful fish.

I remember the first fish I ever
got when I was a little boy.

It was a goldfish
very much like these.

[KNOCKING ON DOOR]

-Here's our visitor.

Let's see who it is.

Oh, it's Mr. McFeely.

-Speedy Delivery.

-That is a speedy delivery.

-I found it right
away at the library.

-"How People Make
Fortune Cookies."

Well, my fortune cookie
said I'd have a visitor.

-Of course, you get
a lot of visitors.

-That's true.

But I'm glad you're here.

Do you have time to
watch it with us?

-I do.

And I'll tell you all about it.

-Very good.

-All ready.

Picture Picture?

-That's right Let's just
show it on Picture Picture

how people make fortune cookies.

MCFEELY NARRATING: When
people make fortune cookies,

they use a big mixer
like this to mix together

flour, sugar, eggs, and water.

ROGERS [OFFSCREEN]:
Is this flour?

MCFEELY NARRATING:
This is flour.

That's right.

In fact, he's going
to put another bag in.

ROGERS [OFFSCREEN]:
Another bag of flour?

MCFEELY NARRATING:
Another bag of flour.

Here it goes.

ROGERS [OFFSCREEN]: Well,
it takes a lot of flour.

MCFEELY NARRATING:
It certainly does.

But they're going to
make lots of cookies.

ROGERS [OFFSCREEN]:
Are those the eggs?

MCFEELY NARRATING:
That's the eggs.

ROGERS [OFFSCREEN]:
That mixture of eggs.

MCFEELY NARRATING: And that
will mix with the flour.

See what he's doing,
he's turning this wheel

to close the door,
and then presses

this button to start the mixer.

ROGERS [OFFSCREEN]: Oh,
so inside, all of that's

mixing together?

MCFEELY NARRATING: That's right.

And after a few minutes of
mixing, he opens the door,

and he looks inside.

ROGERS [OFFSCREEN]: Oh,
that's much different now.

Is that what's
called cookie batter?

MCFEELY NARRATING: Yes, it is.

Cookie batter.

ROGERS [OFFSCREEN]:
What's he adding now?

MCFEELY NARRATING: That's
food coloring and vanilla.

Now, the food color gives the
cookie their yellow color.

And the vanilla makes them
taste like, like vanilla.

ROGERS [OFFSCREEN]: Oh,
that's very pretty to watch.

Looks like a painting.

MCFEELY NARRATING: Yes, it does.

ROGERS [OFFSCREEN]:
A moving painting.

MCFEELY NARRATING: Now,
he closes it up again

and let's the batter
mix some more.

ROGERS [OFFSCREEN]:
A lot of mixing.

MCFEELY NARRATING:
A lot of mixing.

And then when the
batter is just right,

it's poured out of the mixer
and into these big buckets.

ROGERS [OFFSCREEN]: I see.

MCFEELY NARRATING: Here it goes.

ROGERS [OFFSCREEN]:
Beautiful, isn't it?

MCFEELY NARRATING: Certainly is.

ROGERS [OFFSCREEN]: Ooh.

MCFEELY NARRATING:
Now, this woman

takes the buckets of batter
to the fortune cookie machine.

ROGERS [OFFSCREEN]:
Fortune cookie machine?

That will be interesting to see.

MCFEELY NARRATING: Then she
pours the batter into this pan.

Here it goes.

ROGERS [OFFSCREEN]:
Then what happens?

MCFEELY NARRATING: You'll see.

See that hose?

ROGERS [OFFSCREEN]: Yes.

MCFEELY NARRATING:
Well, it sucks

all the better into
the holding tub.

Now, in a moment,
you'll see that.

There it is, the holding tub.

ROGERS [OFFSCREEN]: Mm-hm.

Then what happens?

MCFEELY NARRATING: Well,
the batter goes down

through those tubes
and then squirted

into little round
baking pans, you see?

ROGERS [OFFSCREEN]: Oh,
that's fun to watch.

They're like little
skillets, they are.

MCFEELY NARRATING: Round
pans with the cookie dough,

they move along
this conveyor belt

into an oven where the
batter is baked into cookies.

Out come the hot cookies.

ROGERS [OFFSCREEN]:
[CLEARS THROAT].

But they don't look
like fortune cookies.

MCFEELY NARRATING:
Oh, they will.

In fact, here come
my favorite part.

ROGERS [OFFSCREEN]: What's that?

MCFEELY NARRATING: It's
when the fortunes are added.

ROGERS [OFFSCREEN]: Hm.

MCFEELY NARRATING: Now here,
the machine picks up a fortune

and puts it into the cookie.

And at the same time,
it folds the cookie

into the right shape.

ROGERS [OFFSCREEN]: No wonder
it's you're favorite part.

It is fun to watch.

MCFEELY NARRATING:
Then the cookies

are dropped into boxes to cool.

ROGERS [OFFSCREEN]:
And there you are.

MCFEELY NARRATING: And once
the cookies have cooled,

this man puts them in the bags.

And he weighs each back
and close it up tight

to keep the cookies fresh
so people can enjoy them.

-Oh, thank you very
much, Mr. McFeely.

-Well, you're welcome.

I have more deliveries now.

-Oh, but before you go--

-Yes?

-Uh, would you take
some fortune cookies?

-Oh, I'd like that.

Let's see, here we go.

One for Betsy.

-Yes.

-And one for me.

Thank you, thank you.

We'll let you know
what our fortunes are

after we've opened the cookies.

-Very good.

Of course, you know
that's just for fun.

-Oh, I know that.

But Betsy and I have always
loved fortune cookies.

Thanks again.

-You're very welcome
and thank you

for helping us to know
how people make them.

-All righty.

Speedy delivery to you.
-Goodbye, Mr. McFeely.

-Bye!

-Can you imagine why I'm feeling
so happy right this minute?

It has something to
do with Mr. McFeely.

It's because he
was so pleased when

I gave him these
fortune cookies.

The way he said thank you,
thank you, and how much

he and Mrs. McFeely loved them.

That just made me
feel really good.

It was like he was giving me a
gift the way he accepted mine.

Let's just have some
Make-Believe now.

[TROLLEY BELL RINGS]

-Trolley.

[TROLLEY BELL RINGS]

-Let's pretend
something about fortune

cookies in the neighborhood
of Make-Believe

where anything can happen.

OK, Trolley?

Neighborhood of Make-Believe.

[TROLLEY BELL RINGS]

-Greetings, Trolley.

Yes.

[TROLLEY BELL RINGS]

-Yes, I'm expecting great
things today, Trolley.

[TROLLEY BELL RINGS]

-Yes, well, I wish
the same to you.

[TROLLEY BELL RINGS]

-A beautiful day in
this neighborhood.

And I'm expecting--

---deliveries.

Speedy Delivery.

-Mr. McFeely, I presume.

-Correct as usual, King Friday.

-And the purpose of your visit?

-I have a gift for you.

-Oh, I'm expecting great
things today, Mr. McFeely.

Ah, what is your offering?

-These fortune cookies.

-Fortune cookies?

Uh, what a silly gift!

You may place them over there
for others to nibble on.

Thank you and farewell.

I must go look for great things.

-Farewell, King Friday.

[SIGHS]

-Oh, Mr. McFeely,
how good to see you!

-Hello, Mayor Maggie.

-You don't sound your
usual chipper self.

-Well, I'm all right, I guess.

-Did somebody hurt
your feelings?

-Well, I brought
something for King Friday,

but he didn't seem
to care about them.

-You mean he didn't
say thank you?

-Oh, he said thank
you, but he didn't even

want to take them with him.

-Well, what did you bring him?

-This box of fortune cookies.

-I love fortune cookies.

Wow!

-You do?

Well, here, please have one.

-I like to see the
message right away.

-What does it say?

-"You do your work very well."

Isn't that a great one?

-Oh, yes it is.

I wish King Friday had
liked it as much as you.

-Next time I have
a meeting with him,

I'm going to show him mine.

-Well, you're welcome
to as many as you like.

In fact, King Friday
said just leave them out

and people can nibble on them.

-Thanks very much, Mr. McFeely.

Just remember, there are some
people who love your presents.

-Thank you, Mayor Maggie.

You know how to help turn a
sad cookie into a happy one.

Remember, [SINGING] if
there's anything you want,

if there's anything you
need, McFeely's delivery

brings it to you
here with speed.

Yes, our Speedy Delivery
is a speedy delivery!

Speedy delivery to you.

Speedy Delivery, Mayor Maggie.

Speedy Delivery!

Buh-bye!

-Speedy delivery
to you! [CHUCKLES].

"You do your work very well."

-That's for sure.

-Oh, Mr. Aber.

I was just reading
my fortune cookie.

-Oh, well you do do
you work very well.

-Since my associate
mayor helps me so much.

-Oh.

-Let's see what your
fortune cookie says.

-Oh, with pleasure.

Thanks.

[WHIZZING]

ANNOUNCER [OFFSCREEN]: You have
chosen a super fortune cookie.

Stand back and enjoy it!

[WHIZZING]

[CHIMES]

-[SPEAKING_SPANISH]

-You mean, you were in
that fortune cookie?

-Si Senor.

-And you've come
out to visit us?

-Si Senorita.

[SPEAKING SPANISH]

-Do you have enough for
everybody in this neighborhood?

-Si por supuesto.

-As well as Westwood?

-Si como no.

-Thank you.

-[SPEAKING_SPANISH]

-Oh, how about Daniel Tiger?

-Donde vive el?

-Oh, in that clock
right over there.

-Vamonos.

Quien vive aqui?

-Oh, Henrietta
Pussycat lives here.

And X the Owl lives there.

-Y aqui?

-This is the Museum-Go-Round.

Lady Elaine
Fairchilde lives here.

-[CHUCKLES]

-Y aqui?

-Oh, that's the home
of the Platypus Family.

And this, Fortune Cookie
Man, is Daniel's clock.

-[SPEAKING_SPANISH]

[MAGGIE AND ABER LAUGH]

-Want to knock?

-Knock?

-Yes, knock on the clock.

-Knock on the clock.

Knock on the clock.

[KNOCKING]

-[CHUCKLES].

-Hello, Mayor
Maggie and Mr. Aber.

-Hi, Daniel.

-Hello, Daniel.

-Oh, I didn't
recognize your knock.

-There was somebody
else knocking.

-Oh, well, who-- who was it?

-It's hard to explain.

-What do you mean?

-It started out as a,
uh, fortune cookie.

-A fortune cookie
knocking on my clock?

Wow.

[GASP]

-[SPEAKING_SPANISH]

-Oh, my.

-[CHUCKLES].

[SPEAKING SPANISH]

-You're sure you won't hurt me.

-Seguro.

-But I never saw a live,
speaking fortune cookie.

-[SPEAKING_SPANISH]

-Anything can happen
in Make-Believe.

[TROLLEY BELL RINGS]

-Yes.

-Que es eso?

-Oh, that's the trolley.

That's the trolley.

-[SPEAKING_SPANISH]

-Oh, no.

You don't have to go away.

But I'll take you
see the trolley,

if you'd like to see it.

-Si quieres.

-I'll see you back in Westwood.

-Oh, OK.

-Oh, you all come
visit again, OK?

-I will.

-Good. [CHUCKLES].

And what about you,
Fortune Cookie?

-[SPEAKING_SPANISH]

-Oh, bueno, gracias.

Hasta luego.

-Hasta pronto, Tigre, mi amigo.

-Mi amigo, oh, ho.

[TROLLEY BELL RINGS]

-Oh, this is our, uh,
Fortune Cookie Man, Trolley.

[TROLLEY BELL RINGS]

-Encantado de
conocerte, Trolley.

[TROLLEY BELL RINGS]

-[SPEAKING_SPANISH]

[TROLLEY BELL RINGS]

-[SPEAKING_SPANISH]

-Oh, here.

Here, I'll open it
for you, Trolley.

-"Estas el camino a la
casa del Senor Rogers."

-It says "You are on your
way to Mr. Rogers' place."

[TROLLEY BELL RINGS]

-Todo es posible en el
mundo de la fantasia.

[TROLLEY BELL RINGS]

-Well, that really
is pretend, isn't it?

A fortune cookie man
walking around Make-Believe.

We'll think more
about that next time.

Right now, I'd like you to
meet a real friend of mine who

makes real books, really
great books for children

to read and enjoy.

I asked him if I could bring
you with me to his workshop.

And he said, certainly.

So let's just go now
to meet my friend.

Eric Carle is his name.

Come along.

Here we are.

Let's just go on in.

Hello, Eric.

-Oh.

-Hi.

-Hello, Fred.

-I'd like you to know
my television neighbor.

Mr. Eric Carle.

-Hi.

-What are you working on?

-Right now, I'm doing papers.

I paint these papers
with all kinds of colors.

-Oh, this is a beauty.

That one's still wet, I guess.

-That's still wet.

I painted blues and
blacks on this one.

-Lovely.

And what about these?

-Oh.

-How'd you do these?

-This one I did-- I used carpet.

-An old piece of carpet.

-An old piece of carpet which
you can get in a carpet store.

They'll give it to you for free.

And you paint some color paint
on this and make a print.

-And this one looks like--

-And this--

---it has lines.

-Now, this one, I used
also a piece of carpet,

painted some color
on here, and dragged

across this way and this way.

-Ah, isn't that fun?

Oh, and look at these
beautiful pieces.

-These are dry now.

-What beautiful papers you make!

And someday, these will
all end up in your books?

-Yes.

Cut out little pieces, paste
them down, make a collage.

Those are my illustrations.

-Would you show us how
you do some of that?

-I'll be happy to.
-Good.

-Well, I'm right now
preparing my papers.

-Oh, good.

-And you can watch me.

-I like that.

-And help me, too,
if you like to.

-Oh sure.

-OK.

-Now, what-- what
kind of paper is this?

-Uh, this is a
tissue paper that you

can buy in art stores,
the stationery stores.

Or sometimes when
you buy a gift,

it might be wrapped
in a tissue paper.

You can use that.

-Oh, good.

-And then you put
paint right on that?

-And then I'll paint--
put paint on it.

-Oh, let me see.

-OK.

-[CHUCKLES].

That's yellow, huh?

-That's yellow.

-And you just put it
wherever you want to put it.

-Yeah.

Oops, sorry.

-And in this, there's just
no mistakes, ha, is there?

-No, you can't make
mistakes, really.

And what I do, I always
leave a little band here

so I can lift it.

-Aha.

-And I won't get
paint on my fingers.

-Uh-huh.

-But this looks kind of dull.

So I'll add
something else to it.

See what happens.

-That makes it
different, doesn't it?

Yeah.

-Yeah.

And then sometimes, I do this.

I turn my brush
around and go like so.

-Ah.

Eric, have you always liked
doing things like this?

I mean with paint and, uh--

-Yes.

Well, I always liked to draw.

From when I was little
child, I liked to draw.

And my father, he used
to draw a picture for me.

-He did?

-Yeah.

-And-- and my nursery
school teacher, she--

my first grade teacher
recognized that I was pretty

good at it.

And she asked my mother
to come to school

and told her that I was how
talented and I drew well,

and that she and my father
should nurture that.

And they did.

-Isn't that wonderful?

-I bet she put some of your
pictures up on the wall, too.

-They did.

My-- my mother walked
into the school,

there were all my pictures
on the-- in the hallway.

And she didn't even
know it was her Eric.

-[CHUCKLES].

-But the teacher told
her, it's your Eric.

-"Your Eric."

Wow, she must have been very--
now, this looks very nice.

Are you going to add more to it?

-Well, I think I'm going to ask
you to add a little to that.

Would you like to help me?

-Of course.

-OK, you help me.

First, you have to
put-- put on a smock.

-Oh, all right.

-And I got one for
you right here.

You look great.

-I feel like the real artist.

OK.

-Now, how would you like
to put dots in this?

-Sure, anything.

-Look, here.

-You just dip it in here?

-Dip it in.

And all over, you put in dots.

Great.

I think I'm going to hire you.

[BOTH CHUCKLE]

-That's fun.

-That's--

-You tell me when that's enough.

-That's plenty. [CHUCKLES].

-Terrific.

-Well, we now have
a-- another sheet

in my collection of, uh,
colored tissue papers.

-Now, that has to dry, too.

-That has to dry.

Well, we can't use
it when it's wet.

-Uh-huh.

-Yeah.

-But then after a
while, you'll cut that

and make it into pictures?

-Pictures, right.

So we'll put that away.

And I'll show you
how I make a picture.

-Good.

-I have started a-- I have
started a-- what is this?

What do you think?

-That's a seal.

-A seal, you're right.

And what I do is I
have here my glue.

I have a brush in here, too.

But it's a different brush
than I use for painting.

It's a softer brush.

And that's how it goes.

-Well, you obviously
already cut that one out.

-Yes, so I could show it to you.

Then it goes here.

And, uh, that's it.

Now, it's not quite finished.

I add little details
with, um, with crayons.

And put an eye in here
and a little black.

And we have to put in
the-- the mustache here.

And with a little
pink, let's see

a little-- there's
a little pink.

Here we put a little--
the mouth in here.

And I put some dots
here, just-- you

know when you look
at a seal, they shine

and have little--
little black dots here.

And the best part is when
I finish the picture--

-Yes?

-Guess what the best part is?

-What?

-I put my name to it.

"Eric Carle."

-Let me hold it up and show it.

Now, this picture, have you
used in one of your books,

one like this?

-Yes.

In "Head to Toe," I used a
seal pretty much like this.

-I wonder if I could see that.

-Yes.

You want to take off your coat?

-Oh sure.

-I'll keep on mine.

-Sure.

-Now, Fred, come on over here.

-Thank you.

-Oh, a lot of books
that you have.

-That's all art books,
books on animals.

-You must love books.

-Yes.

And here are my books.

-Ah, good.

-And I'd like to show
you the book in which I

have a seal pretty much
like, uh, we did together.

-Aha.

-Mm-hm.

And this book is called
"From Head to Toe."

-"Head to Toe."

-"Head to Toe."

-Oh, isn't that beautiful.

-That's what they
call an endsheet.

-Endsheets.

-Yup.

And this is the inside title.

-"Head to Toe."

And it says here, "I'm a
penguin and I turn my head.

Can you do it?"

-I can do it.

-Great.

-"I'm a giraffe
and I bend my neck.

Can you do it?"

-I can do it.

-You can do it.

I can do it.

-You can do it, too. [CHUCKLES].

-"I'm a buffalo and
I raise my shoulders.

Can you do it?"

-I can do it.

My, can you do it?

-Great.

This, this-- this girl is
based on a friend of mine.

-I bet she can do it.

-She can do it.

-"I'm a seal and
I clap my hands.

Can you do it?"

-There's the seal.

[CLAPS]

-I can do it.

-Terrific.

-"I'm a cat and I arch my back.

Can you do it?"

-I'm not sure.

Can we do that like
this? [GRUNTS].

-Great.

-I can do it.

-You could do it.

-She did it well.

-"I'm a crocodile and
I wriggle my hips.

Can you do it?"

-I can do it.

-Great.

[BOTH CHUCKLE]

-Here's an elephant.

-"I'm an elephant
and I stomp my foot.

Can you do it?"

-I sure can.

-Great.

-Can you do it?

You can do it.

-"And I am I and
I wiggle my toe."

-You wiggle your toe.

-Can you do it?

-Oh, this parrot--

-The parrot--

---can do it.

-The parrot is
saying, "I can do it.

I can do it." [CHUCKLES].

-It's a great book.

-And then we come
back to the endsheet.

-Oh, that's beautiful.

What a fine book.

-I'm glad you like it
because it's yours.

And I want you to take it back
to your neighborhood, Fred.

-Oh, you're a generous person.

Thank you, Eric.

I know you have lots to do, and
I must get back to my place.

But, uh, I'm mighty
glad you're my neighbor.

-[CHUCKLES].

Bye, Fred.

-Thanks so much.

-Bye.

-Buh-bye.

Let's go back to my place.

It's fun for me to tell
people how much I like them

and how much I like their work.

This seal.

Can you clap your hands?

[CLAPS]

-It's fun for me to tell you how
special you and your neighbor

are to me.

[SINGING] It's such a good
feeling to know you're alive

and such a happy feeling
you're growing inside.

And when you wake
up ready to say

I think I'll make
a snappy clear day.

[SNAPS]

-[SINGING] 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 day, you

and your neighbor.

I like being with you.

And I'll be back next time.