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5/19/80Visiting storyteller Jay O'Callahan tells the story of "Bubble Trouble." In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, Metropolitan Opera baritone John Reardon offers to write a new opera. All the neighbors are thinking about the parts they would like to play. Daniel Tiger and Francois Clemmons talk about how people may be different on the outside, but they are very much the same on the inside. Includes the songs "Look and Listen" and "It's You I Like".moreless -
8/16/68Robert Troll meets Gloria Onque, one of Sara Saturday's wise women. Gloria is about to meet with King Friday XIII. -
8/15/68Robert Troll makes his first visit to the Neighborhood of Make-Believe. He wants to see Sara Saturday in Westwood, but must wait a day for Westwood's wise women. -
8/14/68Rogers explains the meaning of the word "disappear," which isn't always literal. The Neighborhood of Make-Believe bids goodbye to Sara Saturday, but she and King Friday declare that she will return. -
8/13/68Lady Aberlin draws portraits of Corny and Daniel for a book. This book is for Sara Saturday, who is going away for a while. -
8/12/68Rogers discusses the rooster and hen. Later he makes a chicken marionette. -
8/9/68Rogers sets up a punching bag, explaining how some people punch a bag when they are angry. He says that rules must be followed in boxing. The Neighborhood of Make-Believe has a surprise for Joey Hollingsworth. -
8/8/68Rogers talks about all sorts of sports that are played with a ball. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, Joey Hollingsworth performs a dance with a magic ball. -
8/7/68Rogers brings light bulbs. Scientist Alder has flashlights and the batteries that make them work. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, X anticipates his gift from Joey Hollingsworth. -
8/6/68Rogers shows how to use a pair of flippers and an inner tube. A scuba diver discusses equipment she uses. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, Joey Hollingsworth and Daniel Tiger sail a boat (Daniel's present from Joey) in the Froggs' pond. -
8/5/68Rogers, Chef Brockett, and Mr. McFeely decorate doughnuts. Joey Hollingsworth returns to the Neighborhood of Make-Believe. He shares with Chef Brockett a magic recipe for peanut butter cookies. -
8/2/68It's raining in the neighborhood, so Rogers shows his umbrella. The Neighborhood of Make-Believe appears sad because the rain there is threatening to spoil the fair. -
8/1/68Officer Clemmons arrives to show what badges represent. He then issues a permit for the Neighborhood of Make-Believe street fair. -
7/31/68Rogers 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. -
7/30/68Rogers uses a foot measurer from a shoe store. The Neighborhood of Make-Believe begins preparations for a fair. -
7/29/68Lady Aberlin and Handyman Negri don a horse costume in which they dance for King Friday and Sara Saturday. -
7/26/68Rogers pretends to ride a camel through the sand. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, Donkey Hodie is bothered by sand blowing from Lady Elaine's sandbox. -
7/25/68Lady Elaine wants to turn the King upside-down with her Boomerang-Toomerang-Soomerang, but it backfires. The whole Neighborhood of Make-Believe is upside-down. -
7/24/68Nighttime in the Neighborhood of Make-Believe sees Lady Elaine having trouble sleeping (again). -
7/23/68Rogers says you can express your anger on the drums. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, Dr. Marchl tells Lady Elaine Fairchilde the difference between reality and dreams. -
7/22/68Rogers discusses how a piano works and shows a film on how people make pianos. Van Cliburn plays piano at the Neighborhood of Make-Believe. -
7/19/68Rogers' television house is the site of Mr. McFeely's birthday party. Even King Friday and Sara Saturday have offered a gift. -
7/18/68Jan Zandhuis presents to Rogers a small glass bicycle he has made for Mr. McFeely's birthday. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, Daniel Tiger has a gift for Mr. McFeely, but he breaks it. -
7/17/68Rogers brings a mother and baby turtle. Miss Emilie shares a book about animals. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, Miss Emile shares with Corny and Henrietta what gifts they will give for Mr. McFeely's birthday. -
7/16/68Rogers is weaving a basket for Mr. McFeely's birthday. At the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, Bernie Jessol, Lowell Meek, and Akeba Blazia perform gymnastics at the Castle. -
7/15/68Rogers discusses fairy tales. After reading Little Red Riding Hood, he explains parkas, or "hoods." Mr. McFeely shows the parka his children sent him for his upcoming birthday. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, Lady Aberlin and Daniel play peek-a-boo. As a kind act, Lady Aberlin gives hoods to several neighbors. -
7/12/68Rogers 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. -
7/11/68Rogers makes drums from old tin cans and listens to a real drummer. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, Mr. Anybody anchors a neighborhood orchestra. -
7/10/68Rogers 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.moreless -
7/9/68Rogers pretends to give aid to a sick person. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, Nurse Miller gives a shot to a sick Tadpole Frogg. -
7/8/68Rogers demonstrates several different whistles. Mr. Anybody plays a whistler in the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, giving a whistle to the Trolley. -
7/5/68Rogers 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. -
7/4/68It's Scottish day at the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, and a guest plays the bagpipes at the Castle. -
7/3/68Mr. Farnum and his daughter, Cindy Farnum, are lapidaries. They discuss stones and how they are cut and polished for jewelry. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, Mr. Anybody makes his first visit. -
7/2/68Rogers 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. -
7/1/68Mr. 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. -
6/28/68King Friday XIII prepares a room in the Castle for Sara Saturday. -
6/27/68Lady Aberlin pantomimes the growth of a plant at Rogers' television house. She presents a flower arrangement for Sara Saturday, the special guest. -
6/26/68A special guest is supposed to enter the Neighborhood-of-Make-Believe. Lady Aberlin takes Lady Elaine's boomerang-toomerang-zoomerang. The guest's identity remains a secret, and in her frustration Lady Aberlin accidentally turns the king upside down. -
6/25/68Rogers and Mr. McFeely take care of two ducks on the porch before seeing the Vagabond Marionettes' production of Rumpelstiltskin. -
6/24/68Rogers completes a wood frame. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, Handyman Negri is building a new Castle balcony for King Friday. -
6/21/68King Friday XIII announces that he will have a good surprise for the neighbors next week. -
6/20/68King Friday XIII returns to the Neighborhood of Make-Believe bearing gifts. -
6/19/68Mr. 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. -
6/18/68Mr. 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. -
6/17/68Lady 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. -
6/14/68Rogers brings a kitten to his television house. He and Miss Emilie reflect on one of Vija Vetra's dances. -
6/13/68The second opera of the season has Lady Elaine as a campsite owner who is not pleased with some of the guests. -
6/12/68Lady 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. -
6/11/68Hugh 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. -
6/10/68John 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. -
6/7/68For a while, King Friday has been reluctant to see Sara Saturday outside the Neighborhood of Make-Believe. Now, he comes to a decision. -
6/6/68King Friday XIII gets advice on how to contact Sara Saturday. Once reached, Sara invites the King to visit her at her home. -
6/5/68Handyman Negri is making a list for King Friday according to the first letter of words. At the king's instructions, Negri writes "Sara Saturday" on the "S" page and agrees to call her within a day. -
6/4/68Lady Aberlin enlists several teenagers to try and entertain a dour King Friday XIII. -
6/3/68Dr. Marchl gets opinions from Corny, Mrs. Frogg, and Lady Aberlin. She is trying to cheer up King Friday XIII, who misses Sara Saturday. -
5/31/68Lady Aberlin dresses up as X the Owl to welcome Miss Emille, who had been ill for some time. -
5/30/68Major Smith gives King Friday XIII a citation for the Neighborhood of Make-Believe clean-up campaign. -
5/29/68Lady Elaine is derided for throwing litter around as a protest. All she wanted was one of Chef Brockett's cookies. -
5/28/68King Friday XIII and Handyman Negri take up a campaign against littering. -
5/27/68Rogers 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. -
5/24/68Neighbors travel from the Neighborhood of Make-Believe to Someplace Else so that Donkey Hodie will have visitors all day long. -
5/23/68A lonely Donkey Hodie wants visitors at Someplace Else. -
5/22/68Rogers attends a dance class where kids dance to the music of a sound synthesizer. -
5/21/68King 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. -
5/20/68Rogers' son John makes his first appearance on the show to play with model antique cars. In the Neighborhood-of-Make-Believe, the newly-rebuilt factory offers to help Mime Walker in his go-cart play-act. -
5/17/68Lady Aberlin, Handyman Negri, and X the Owl rebuild Corny's factory. Everyone donates something, including (eventually) King Friday XIII. -
5/16/68Rogers 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. -
5/15/68Rogers 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. -
5/14/68Now 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. -
5/13/68Rogers 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. -
5/10/68Rogers 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. -
5/9/68Rogers 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. -
5/8/68Rogers 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. -
5/7/68Rogers discusses rabbits. A familiar face visits the Neighborhood of Make-Believe to cheer up Henrietta Pussycat. -
5/6/68Rogers brings a basket of vegetables. Chef Brockett presents cooked vegetables, first to Rogers and then to the Neighborhood of Make-Believe. -
5/3/68The Neighborhood of Make-Believe stages King Friday, Goldilocks, Benjamin Franklin and the Three Bears. -
5/2/68Scientist 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. -
5/1/68Rogers discusses Benjamin Franklin, wearing glasses and a wig. The Neighborhood of Make-Believe expands their play into Goldilocks, Benjamin Franklin, and the Three Bears. -
4/30/68Katie 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. -
4/29/68Mime Walker pantomimes The Three Bears as Grand-père tells the story. Later in the program, Rogers gets to see a trained bear. -
4/26/68Mr. McFeely brings over a battery operated steam shovel. At the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, Dr. Marchl enjoys Grand-père's machine, which responds to French words. Marchl then talks with Henrietta and X about the way boys and girls do things differently. -
4/25/68Rogers uses drinking straws to blow soap bubbles. Mrs. Rubin shows paintings done with straws. Paul Draper tap dances in the Neighborhood of Make-Believe. -
4/24/68Chef Brockett is in an apple-giving mood in the Neighborhood of Make-Believe. He gives apples, applesauce and apple juice. -
4/23/68Marion and Nicholas Petrov visit the Neighborhood of Make-Believe dressed as X the Owl and Henrietta Pussycat. They dance in costumes and in leotards. -
4/22/68Rogers 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. -
4/19/68It's opera time in the Neighborhood of Make-Believe. Lady Aberlin hires a baby-sitter (Henrietta Pussycat) to look after her son (Donkey Hodie). -
4/18/68Reardon 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. -
4/17/68John Reardon makes his first appearance. King Friday XIII asks him to make an opera, and Reardon gets started right away. -
4/16/68Lady Aberlin gives X the Owl the scarf she promised him. X gives her a walnut, and she takes it to the new trading tower Grand-père has established. -
4/15/68It's raining in the Neighborhood of Make-Believe. Corny, X the Owl, and Henrietta Pussycat have different reactions to the rain. -
4/12/68The Neighborhood of Make-Believe holds a reception for Sara Saturday. -
4/11/68The 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. -
4/10/68Rogers 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. -
4/9/68Outside Rogers' television house, Peggy Lipschutz draws with chalk during Vivian Richman's song. -
4/8/68Digger Digorum leaves the Neighborhood of Make-Believe bearing gifts. Everyone is pleased there are no red monsters. -
4/5/68Rogers 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. -
4/4/68Rogers plays music by blowing across bottles of water. Mr. McDonald visits to play a section of Die Meistersinger. The Neighborhood of Make-Believe summons Digger Digorum to search for the red monster. -
4/3/68Rogers gives oranges to members of a ballet company that will perform "The Sad Monster Ballet." -
4/2/68Rogers 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. -
4/1/68Rogers discusses wild animals. Mr. McFeely brings a Mexican parakeet. -
3/29/68After 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. -
3/28/68Rogers demonstrates a loom and sees Nantucket weavers operating looms. -
3/27/68Edgar Cooke expresses his feelings about having locked a pillow in a safe. Lady Elaine Fairchilde finds her special toy: a boomerang. -
3/26/68Rogers 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. -
3/25/68Rogers 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. -
3/22/68Lady Aberlin, X the Owl and Henrietta Pussycat bring housewarming gifts for Donkey Hodie at Someplace Else. -
3/21/68Rogers has an eye examination. King Friday XIII orders that Donkey Hodie's windmill be built someplace else. -
3/20/68Rogers 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. -
3/19/68Rogers discusses the White House and the President of the United States. -
3/18/68Chef 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. -
3/15/68Mr. 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. -
3/14/68Donkey Hodie decides the best place to build a windmill would be in the hills behind the Castle. King Friday objects. -
3/13/68Rogers talks of his boyhood days of not practicing a clarinet. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, Donkey Hodie is staying in X's tree until he finds a place to live. -
3/12/68Rogers 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. -
3/11/68A sculptor visits the Neighborhood of Make-Believe. Lady Aberlin knits a sweater for Henrietta Pussycat and promises to knit one for X the Owl. -
3/8/68Mr. 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. -
3/7/68Mr. Rogers "draws" a song by expressing on paper how the music makes him feel. The Neighborhood of Make-Believe welcomes Professor Joseph Fitzpatrick, who discusses Pointilliste painter Seurat. -
3/6/68Lady Elaine has taken King Friday's painting of the Bluebird of Happiness without asking first. -
3/5/68Jewell Walker mimes a baseball game before he goes to the Neighborhood of Make-Believe to teach arithmetic to X the Owl. -
3/4/68Henrietta is envious of X spending so much time with Lady Elaine. To alleviate that, X invites Henrietta to do bird watching. -
3/1/68Rogers demonstrates binoculars. Lady Aberlin dresses as a snowgoose for the Neighborhood of Make-Believe. -
2/29/68Rogers plays audio tapes of his puppet characters so that viewers can try to guess who they are. -
2/28/68Miss Majorette of America, Lynda Martha, is one of the honored guests for the Neighborhood of Make-Believe peace party. Lady Elaine Fairchilde dresses as a dove of peace. -
2/27/68Rogers takes care of a canary. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, Lady Elaine learns that practice is needed to learn anything. -
2/26/68Rogers wears a lab coat, rather than a sweater, for a true scientific endeavor. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe a different scientist, Bud Alder, shows the difference between oil-based and water-based paints. -
2/23/68Rogers 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. -
1/1/68In these early episodes we see that as producer, writer, lyricist and star, Fred Rogers envisioned his Neighborhood programs as a half an hour when he would come to visit with and play with his viewers - to talk directly with them, encourage their creativity, teach them new words and ideas, help them name and talk about their feelings, and to care about them. In a time of appointment television these historic episodes feature a delightful, joyful 39-year old Fred Rogers as he was introducing himself to America's children. Includes the songs "Won't You Be My Neighbor?" and "Goodnight God".moreless -
2/22/68Rogers brings a playpen and a puppy to the television house.In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, King Friday is still preoccupied with protecting his province.
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Like much of early black and white television, in this early episode of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood, at that time spelled as one word Misterogers, there's lots of freewheeling fun and a fascinating look at a very creative, playful and imaginative Fred Rogers. In this episode he sings one of his early unfamiliar songs, "Fences" with a consistent and familiar message: "the world is full of fences, some I do not like- the ones that keep me out and some I do - the kind that keep me safe." Also includes the song "Tomorrow".moreless -
2/21/68Cornflake S. Pecially will not visit the Castle due to the border guards. King Friday, ever mindful of security precautions, has ordered that a cake delivered to the Castle be cut up. -
1/1/68This first week of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood, at that time spelled as one word, Misterogers, includes so many of the same elements millions of people came to know and appreciate about Fred Rogers. Chef Brockett visits Mister Rogers where together, and without speaking, they bake a cake for King Friday. In Make-Believe Chef Brockett delivers his cake but his feelings are hurt when King Friday mistrusts his intentions. Includes the songs "Won't You Be My Neighbor?", "I'd Like to Be Just Like My Mom" and "Tomorrow".moreless -
2/20/68Rogers shows that a burlap bag can be many things when left to one's imagination. Betty Aberlin suggests wearing it as a cape.
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. -
This playful, imaginative black and white episode, part of the first week of nationally distributed Mister Rogers' Neighborhood programs, at that time spelled as one word Misterrogers, features a young Betty Aberlin. She visits Mister Rogers' house and he dispatches her to the Neighborhood of Make-Believe to help King Friday who has made some unreasonable demands on all his neighbors. Includes the songs "It's Afternoon (sung by Betty Aberlin)", "Tree, Tree, Tree" and "Tomorrow".moreless -
2/19/68Rogers accepts an invitation from Mrs. Russellite to see her collection of lampshades at her home. Lady Elaine tries to bring change to the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, forcing a fearful King Friday to impose new rules and restrictions. -
1/1/68The first episode of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood, at that time spelled as one word, Misterogers, includes many of the same elements millions of people came to know about Fred Rogers and some that are different as the program evolved. There is his care and understanding of children, his ability to help us see the world as children do and the playful twinkle in his eye. Mister Rogers enters in his coat and changes into his sweater, shows his viewers around his house in "this very special studio of ours," and sends the Trolley into the Neighborhood of Make-Believe. Includes the songs "Won't You Be My Neighbor?", "I Like You As You Are" and "Tomorrow".moreless
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