Season 1 1968

TV-Y

Rogers accepts an invitation from Mrs. Russellite to see her collection of lampshades at her home. Lady Elaine Fairchilde tries to bring change to the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, forcing a fearful King Friday XIII to impose new rules and restrictions.

Rogers shows that a burlap bag can be many things when left to one's imagination. Betty Aberlin suggests wearing it as a cape. Sure enough, in the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, Lady Aberlin will wear the cape as a border guard. King Friday XIII is taking no chances should an invasion occur.

Cornflake S. Pecially will not visit the Castle due to the border guards. King Friday XXII, ever mindful of security precautions, has ordered that a cake delivered to the Castle be cut up.

Rogers brings a playpen and a puppy to the television house. Later in the program, Mrs. Carol Saunders makes her first visit, bringing three boys who sing songs. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, King Friday XIII is still bent on protecting his province. He has ordered Handyman Negri to install punch clocks at both ends of the Neighborhood–from the Eiffel Tower to Daniel's clock.

Rogers plays with helium balloons, which Betty Aberlin takes to the Neighborhood of Make-Believe. She floats the balloons, tagged with a peace message, over the Castle. Only by reading the note does King Friday cease his efforts to stop change.

Mister Rogers arrives and puts on a lab coat because he is feeling "scientific, ready for a true scientific endeavor. He compares a turtle, a conch shell, an armadillo, and a suit of armor delivered by Mr. McFeely. He shows various types of armor on Picture Picture. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe a different scientist, Bud Alder, shows the difference between oil-based and water-based paints. He shares his wisdom with X the Owl, who offers to teach Lady Elaine the names of birds. Back at the house, Mr. McFeely returns to pick up the suite of armor.

Rogers arrives with and takes care of a canary. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, Lady Elaine learns that patience and practice is needed to learn new things as she studies birds. People are preparing in various ways for an upcoming Peace Party. Back at the house, Mr. Rogers makes a bird from objects in the kitchen.

Mister Rogers arrives with an airplane and a paper bird and puts up decorations for the party. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, food preparation and rehearsals finish and the Peace Party takes place. Miss Majorette of America, Lynda Martha, is one of the honored guests for the peace party. Lady Elaine Fairchilde dresses as a noisy dove of peace. At the house, Mr. Rogers eats peach pudding and takes down the decorations.

Mister Rogers arrives wearing a turban and talks about how people look and sound different. He plays audio tapes of his puppet characters so that viewers can try to guess who they are. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, Coach Saunders helps people exercise, and Lady Elaine and X continue with birdwatching. Back at the house Mr. Rogers tries some exercises. He then talks about different letters and sounds and concludes with the Alphabet Song.

Rogers demonstrates binoculars and teaches viewers to look closely at things. In Make-Believe, Lady Aberlin dresses as a snow goose, and Lady Elaine shares what she's learned of birds. Back at the house, Mister Rogers sings about numbers.

Mister Rogers arrives with a can of dry oatmeal and asks Picture Picture to show a film about how oatmeal is made. And he makes some himself. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, Mime Jewell Walker performs for King Friday at the Castle and then at the Tree for X and Henrietta. Henrietta is upset that X is spending so much time with Lady Elaine, so X invites Henrietta along for some bird watching. Back at the house, Mister Rogers’ son Jamie stops by for a visit and together they play with clay.

Jewell Walker mimes a baseball game before he goes to the Neighborhood of Make-Believe to teach arithmetic to X the Owl.

Lady Elaine Fairchilde has taken King Friday's painting of the Bluebird of Happiness without asking first.

Mr. Rogers draws a song (i.e., improvises on paper how the music makes him feel. The Neighborhood of Make-Believe welcomes Professor Joseph Fitzpatrick, who discusses Pointilliste painter Seurat.

Mr. Rogers puts a bandage on his finger, proving that his finger is still under the bandage. Vivian Richman stops by for folk songs that tell about feelings.

A sculptor visits the Neighborhood of Make-Believe. Lady Aberlin knits a sweater for Henrietta Pussycat and promises to knit one for X the Owl.

Rogers brings a Sicilian donkey to his television house. The Neighborhood of Make-Believe welcomes Donkey Hodie. Henrietta Pussycat learns that Donkey Hodie uses teeth only to eat his food.

Rogers talks of his boyhood days of not practicing a clarinet (something we would hear again in ""Discipline"" week). At the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, Donkey Hodie is staying in X's tree until he finds a place to live.

Donkey Hodie decides the best place to build a windmill would be in the hills behind the Castle. King Friday objects.

Mr. Rogers shows a model windmill to help explain how windmills work. The Neighborhood of Make-Believe decides they have to prove to King Friday XIII that Donkey Hodie does not bite people. That should help Donkey Hodie build the windmill behind the Castle.

Chef Brockett is ready for Donkey Hodie to break ground for the windmill at the Neighborhood of Make-Believe. To this end, Brockett brings a snowman made from dough.

Rogers discusses the White House and the President of the United States.

Rogers discusses eye glasses by showing several pairs of glasses, and then by using a simple hand puppet. Henrietta Pussycat receives glasses, making X the Owl wish he had a pair.

Rogers has an eye examination. King Friday XIII orders that Donkey Hodie's windmill be built someplace else.

Lady Aberlin, X the Owl and Henrietta Pussycat bring housewarming gifts for Donkey Hodie at Someplace Else.

Rogers changes the diapers on a doll in a discussion on growing. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, Nurse Miller assures Tadpole Frogg he is growing at just the right pace.

Rogers assembles a toy bed and pretends that a doll is going to sleep in it. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, Lady Elaine wants Edgar Cooke's pillow.

Edgar Cooke expresses his feelings about having locked a pillow in a safe. Lady Elaine Fairchilde finds her special toy: a boomerang. Little do the others know what mischief that boomerang will cause over the years.

Rogers demonstrates a loom and sees Nantucket weavers operating looms.

After showing the violin and viola, Rogers invites Michael Grebanier to play his cello. The Neighborhood of Make-Believe begins to feel the effects of Lady Elaine's new boomerang trick: turning things upside down.

Rogers discusses wild animals. Mr. McFeely brings a Mexican parakeet.

Rogers wears masks to prove he doesn't change when he puts one on. The Neighborhood of Make-Believe is trying to trace what is believed to be a red monster.

Rogers gives oranges to members of a ballet company that will perform "The Sad Monster Ballet."

Rogers plays music by blowing across bottles of water. Mr. McDonald visits to play a section of Die Miestersinger. The Neighborhood of Make-Believe summons Digger Digorum to search for the red monster.

Rogers and Chef Brockett create tunnels using what they have around them. The Neighborhood of Make-Believe concludes that there are no red monsters in the tunnels.

Digger Digorum leaves the Neighborhood of Make-Believe bearing gifts. Everyone is pleased there are no red monsters.

Outside Rogers' television house, Peggy Lipschutz draws with chalk during Vivian Richman's song.

Rogers enters with handlebars for an exercise machine, and demonstrates exercises. The Neighborhood of Make-Believe welcomes Sara Saturday, the lady who had been frightened a week earlier by the monster.

The Neighborhood of Make-Believe is going to hold a reception for Sara Saturday. Handyman Negri goes to a men's fashion show at the Museum-Go-Round to find the perfect outfit.

The Neighborhood of Make-Believe holds a reception for Sara Saturday.

It's raining in the Neighborhood of Make-Believe. Corny, X the Owl, and Henrietta Pussycat have different reactions to the rain.

Lady Aberlin gives X the Owl the scarf she promised him. X gives her a walnut, and she takes it to the new trading tower Grandpere has established.

John Reardon makes his first appearance. King Friday XIII asks him to make an opera, and Reardon gets started right away.

Reardon holds auditions for tomorrow's opera. Mrs. Frogg provides the costumes. Because Sara Saturday has to babysit tomorrow, Henrietta decides to be a babysitter in the opera. The other parts are assigned.

It's opera time in the Neighborhood of Make-Believe. Lady Aberlin hires a baby-sitter (Henrietta Pussycat) to look after her son (Donkey Hodie).

Rogers gets his haircut and discusses with the barber how haircuts don't hurt. The barber shows up in the Neighborhood of Make-Believe to cut Corny's hair.

Marion and Nicholas Petrov visit the Neighborhood of Make-Believe dressed as X the Owl and Henrietta Pussycat. They dance in costumes and in leotards.

Chef Brockett is in an apple-giving mood in the Neighborhood of Make-Believe. He gives apples, applesauce and apple juice.

Rogers uses drinking straws to blow soap bubbles. Mrs. Rubin shows paintings done with straws. Paul Draper tap dances in the Neighborhood of Make-Believe.

Mr. McFeely brings over a battery operated steam shovel. At the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, Dr. Marchl enjoys Grandpere's machine, which responds to French words. Marchl then talks with Henrietta and X about the way boys and girls do things differently.

Mime Walker pantomimes The Three Bears as Grandpere tells the story. Later in the program, Rogers gets to see a trained bear.

Katie Lewin tells Rogers how puzzles are made. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, Handyman Negri and Daniel Striped Tiger organize a play retitled Benjamin Franklin and the Three Bears at X's request.

Rogers discusses Benjamin Franklin, wearing glasses and wig, then reading about Franklin as a boy. The Neighborhood of Make-Believe expands their play into Goldilocks, Benjamin Franklin, and the Three Bears.

Scientist Alder demonstrates how heat causes objects to change. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, X the Owl prints signs advertising the upcoming play. King Friday calls for a part and that its title should be King Friday, Goldilocks, Benjamin Franklin and the Three Bears.

The Neighborhood of Make-Believe stages King Friday, Goldilocks, Benjamin Franklin and the Three Bears.

Rogers brings a basket of vegetables. Chef Brockett presents cooked vegetables, first to Rogers and then to the Neighborhood of Make-Believe.

Rogers discusses rabbits. A familiar face visits the Neighborhood of Make-Believe to cheer up Henrietta Pussycat.

Rogers talks about the arrival of a new baby. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, Corny is too busy to spend a lot of time with Joey Hollingsworth. King Friday is unwilling to give too much time either.

Rogers demonstrates a hacksaw, hammer, and screwdriver. Handyman Negri fixes Rogers' sink, but not his toilet. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, Tadpole Frogg expresses his sadness for thinking he had broken a fountain.

Rogers demonstrates a clown marionette. A dance recital is scheduled at the Neighborhood of Make-Believe. King Friday XIII tries to blunt the dance rehearsal by forbidding applause and moving the start time forward. He's trying to woo Sara Saturday.

Rogers makes mud pies and builds a dam. Professor Fitzpatrick illustrates a calm sea and a rough sea. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, Corny and Joey Hollingsworth dig a well. Hollingsworth is then assigned to sell rockers.

Now pipes carry water to Corny's factory. As a gesture of kindness, Corny sends King Friday XIII a goblet and a tin cup, each filled with water.

Rogers warms some wiener buns in his oven so that Chef Brockett and Mr. McFeely can enjoy. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, all the attention is on the fire that burns down Corny's factory.

Rogers shows a film on firemen. He then puts on the full fireman's outfit. The Neighborhood of Make-Believe gets right to work, rebuilding the factory. Handyman Negri consoles Corny and Lady Elaine along the way.

Lady Aberlin, Handyman Negri, and X the Owl rebuild Corny's factory. Everyone donates something, including (eventually) King Friday XIII.

Rogers dictates all toys do what you want them to do. His son John makes his first appearance on the show to play with model antique cars. At the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, the newly-rebuilt factory offers to help Mime Walker in his go-cart play-act.

King Friday is ready to dedicate the new factory, but Lady Elaine senses he is afraid of elevators. This leads to a surprise at the dedication.

Rogers attends a dance class where kids dance to the music of a sound synthesizer.

A lonely Donkey Hodie wants visitors at Someplace Else.

Neighbors travel from the Neighborhood of Make-Believe to Someplace Else so that Donkey Hodie will have visitors all day long.

Rogers brushes his teeth in the kitchen sink. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, Mr. McFeely brings Donkey Hodie some mouthwash. Sara Saturday returns to the Castle for a dance recital.

King Friday XIII and Handyman Negri take up a campaign against littering.

Lady Elaine is derided for throwing litter around as a protest. All she wanted was one of Chef Brockett's cookies.

Major Smith gives King Friday XIII a citation for the Neighborhood of Make-Believe clean-up campaign.

Lady Aberlin dresses up as X the Owl to welcome Miss Emille, who had been ill for some time.

Dr. Marchl gets opinions from Corny, Mrs. Frogg, and Lady Aberlin. She is trying to cheer up King Friday XIII, who misses Sara Saturday.

Lady Aberlin enlists several teenagers to try and entertain a dour King Friday XIII.

Handyman Negri is making a list for King Friday. At the king's instructions, Negri writes "Sara Saturday" on the S page and agrees to call her within a day.

King Friday XIII gets advice on how to contact Sara Saturday. Once reached, Sara invites the King to visit her at her home.

For a while, King Friday has been reluctant to see Sara Saturday outside the Neighborhood of Make-Believe. Now he comes to a decision.

John Reardon visits the Neighborhoof of Make-Believe, pretending to be a mailman. He sends a note that King Friday XIII and Edgar Cooke are staying with Sara Saturday a few extra days. Lady Elaine, meanwhile, wants to set up a campsite at the Castle garden.

Hugh Wright sets up a tent outside Rogers' television house and again in the Neighborhood of Make-Believe. Lady Elaine is using the tents as the centerpiece for her upcoming opera.

Lady Elaine is developing her opera. Reardon has no idea what kind of an opera she will make with camping equipment. Nevertheless, he gets a covered wagon at Lady Elaine's behest.

The second opera of the season has Lady Elaine as a campsite owner who is not pleased with some of the guests.

Rogers brings a kitten to his television house. He and Miss Emile reflect on one of Vija Vetra's dances.

Lady Elaine refuses to remove the tents from the Castle garden. Handyman Negri thinks he can scare her away by dressing as a great crested grebe.

Mr. McFeely delivers two catfish for Rogers to put in his new aquarium. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, Lady Aberlin tries to get the tents removed from the Castle garden.

Mr. McFeely brings two piglets to Rogers' television house. A visitor to the Neighborhood of Make-Believe coaxes Lady Elaine to move her tents to Someplace Else.

King Friday XIII returns to the Neighborhood of Make-Believe bearing gifts.

King Friday XIII announces that he will have a good surprise for the neighbors next week.

Rogers completes a wood frame. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, Handyman Negri is building a new Castle balcony for King Friday.

Rogers and Mr. McFeely take care of two ducks on the porch before seeing the Vagabond Marionettes' production of Rumpelstiltskin.

A special guest is supposed to enter the Neighborhood of Make-Believe. Lady Aberlin takes Lady Elaine's boomerang-toomerang-soomerang. But the guest's identity remains a secret, and in her frustration Lady Aberlin accidentally turns the king upside down.

Lady Aberlin pantomimes the growth of a plant at Rogers' television house. She presents a flower arrangement for Sara Saturday, the special guest.

King Friday XIII prepares a room in the Castle for Sara Saturday.

Mr. McFeely shows Rogers how to blow bubbles with liquid detergent. McFeely gives out liquid detergent samples to the Neighborhood of Make-Believe. Daniel thinks that King Friday and Sara Saturday will marry.

Rogers tries on different shoes. Handyman Negri sees that communication with the Neighborhood of Make-Believe is intact. Later in the program, a dance teacher and her students perform a few steps.

Mr. Farnum and his daughter Cindy Farnum are lapidaries. They discuss stones and how they are cut and polished for jewelry. Then Mr. Anybody makes his first visit. He decides he'll be a stonesmith today. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, Mr. Anybody gives stones to several neighbors. King Friday selects a stone for mounting on rings.

It's Scottish day at the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, and a guest plays the bagpipes at the Castle.

Rogers shows different scales: one to weigh groceries and one to weigh humans. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, Nurse Miller gives physiclas to the neighbors. Lady Elaine refuses to cooperate, turning King Friday XIII upside-down.

Rogers demonstrates several different whistles. Mr. Anybody plays a whistler in the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, giving a whistle to the Trolley.

Rogers pretends to give aid to a sick person. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, Nurse Miller gives a shot to a sick Tadpole Frogg.

Rogers talks of playing with toys and reads the poem The Land of Counterpane by Robert Louis Stevenson. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, Tadpole Frogg and Lady Aberlin pretend to roller skate. After skating, Lady Aberlin finds that King Friday and Sara Saturday are in the R Room of the Castle.

Rogers makes drums fromof tin cans and listens to a real drummer. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, Mr. Anybody anchors a neighborhood orchestra.

Rogers demonstrates the xylophone. John Costa, on the accordion, joins Rogers on several song duets. The Neighborhood of Make-Believe orchestra holds a concert for King Friday XIII and Sara Saturday.

Mister Rogers introduces the topic of fairy tales. He reads the book “Little Red Riding Hood.” and puts on a hood. Mr. McFeely comes over to show off a parka his children sent him for his birthday. Mister Rogers explains that Mr. McFeely is a grandfather. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, Lady Aberlin pretends she is Little Red Riding Hood. She gives Daniel a hood. He and Lady Aberlin play peek-a-boo. Mrs. Frogg finds X the Owl for Lady Aberlin. Lady Aberlin gives X the Owl, Henrietta, and Corney hoods as gifts because they are her neighbors.

Mister Rogers jumps rope and shows different types of knots. He is making a basket for Mr. McFeely’s bicycle for his birthday. Chef Brockett visits and says he will make a cake for Mr. McFeely’s birthday. Picture-Picture shows him how the cake should be decorated. Acrobats perform for King Friday XIII. They suggest the king make something for Mr. McFeely’s birthday.

Mister Rogers brings a mother and baby turtle from the pet store. He also brings in a bowl and food for them. He puts the turtles in the bowl filled with a little water and then feeds them. Miss Emilie visits Mister Rogers. She brings a book about animals. As she reads the book, Mr. Rogers counts the animals. She is going to give Mr. McFeely the book for his birthday. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, Mr. McFeely delivers Corney his weekly order of lumber. Miss Emilie shows Corney and Henrietta the animal book. Corney is going to make Mr. McFeely a bicycle seat with a safety belt, and Henrietta is going to give him a kiss for his birthday.

Mister Rogers visits Jan Zandhuis at his workshop. Mr. Zandhuis shows Mister Rogers a small glass bicycle he has made for Mr. McFeely. He also demonstrates how to make a glass ornament using a glass blower. Lady Aberlin enters and asks Mr. Zandhuis for some excelsior for Daniel to use to wrap a fragile present.In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, Lady Aberlin asks Grandpere for a box. She takes Daniel the box and the excelsior. While showing Lady Aberlin the glass he decorated for Mr. McFeely, Daniel drops and breaks it. He cries because he is very sad that he broke the glass. Lady Aberlin cleans up the glass so no one will get cut. Then she helps Daniel decorate another glass.

Today is Mr. McFeely’s birthday. Chef Brockett arrives at Mister Rogers’ house with Mr. McFeely’s birthday cake. They decorate the cake with gumdrops. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, Handyman Negri shows Lady Aberlin the pennant King Friday and Sara Saturday designed for Mr. McFeely. At Mister Rogers’ house, Mister Rogers and Chef Brockett prepare for the guests. Miss Emilie, Lady Aberlin, Mister Rogers, Chef Brockett, and Handyman Negri give Mr. McFeely the gifts they have been preparing all week. Mr. McFeely thanks Mister Rogers and Chef Brockett for such a nice birthday party.

Mister Rogers uses a flashlight to look at the hammers and strings inside a piano. He uses a model to demonstrate how the hammers, strings, and keys all work together to produce music. He shows a film about how people make pianos. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, Van Cliburn plays several selections on the piano for King Friday and Sara Saturday. He explains how it took a lot of hard work and practice for him to become a pianist. Lady Aberlin goes to Someplace Else to lend Donkey Hodie a pair of ear muffs. He cannot sleep because Lady Elaine Fairchilde tunes her piano at night. Lady Elaine agrees to be a good neighbor and tune her piano during the day.

Mister Rogers plays a home-made drum. A professional drummer visits and shows different types of drums and sticks. Mister Rogers says the things we dream about are not really there. Lady Elaine Fairchilde kept the neighbors awake all night by banging a spoon against a pan. She was frightened after dreaming about bears. Trained bears perform for King Friday XIII.

Mister Rogers talks about nighttime and going to bed. Miss Emilie visits and reads a poem by De La Mare. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, it is nighttime. Lady Elaine has called Handyman Negri and asked for a drink of water. He takes her a drink. She is having trouble sleeping so he sings her a song.

Mister Rogers talks about getting injections. He pretends to give injections to doctor and nurse dolls. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, King Friday is exercising with Coach Saunders. Lady Elaine uses her Boomerang-toomerang-soomerang to turn them upside down while they exercise. The boomerang doesn’t work properly. The whole neighborhood is upside down and she can’t turn it right side up. When she finally turns everything right, the kings asks her to keep the boomerang outside. Back with Mister Rogers, Judy Rubin shows him how to use some medical supplies, such as cotton swabs, for crafts.

Mister Rogers and Betty Aberlin play in a sandbox and try on Middle Eastern clothing. Lady Elaine Fairchilde’s sand is blowing to Donkey Hodie’s windmill. Mr. McFeely wets the sand so that it will not blow away.

Lady Aberlin and Handyman Negri don a horse costume in which they dance for King Friday and Sara Saturday.

Rogers uses a foot measurer from a shoe store. The Neighborhood of Make-Believe begins preparations for a fair.

Rogers displays an assortment of Native American clothing. He witnesses Native American dancers as well. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, Lady Elaine Fairchilde wants to be a cowgirl for the fair. Both King Friday and Daniel Tiger demonstrate activities at their booths.

Officer Clemmons arrives to show what badges represent. Hee then issues a permit for the Neighborhood of Make-Believe street fair.