Mister Rogers' Neighborhood (1968)
Mister Rogers' Neighborhood is an American children's television series that was created and hosted by namesake Fred Rogers. The series originated in 1963 as Misterogers on CBC Television, and was later debuted in 1966 as Misterogers' Neighborhood on the regional Eastern Educational Network, followed by its US network debut on February 19, 1968, and it aired on NET and its successor, PBS, until August 31, 2001. The series is aimed primarily at preschool ages 2 to 5, but has been stated by PBS as "appropriate for all ages". Mister Rogers' Neighborhood was produced by Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA public broadcaster WQED and Rogers' non-profit production company Family Communications, Inc.; previously known as Small World Enterprises prior to 1971, the company was renamed The Fred Rogers Company after Rogers' death.
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Episode 1 - The Froggs Are Moving (1) - The Frogg family moves
Release Date: 1969-02-10Mrs. Frogg receives a telegram that says she has been offered a position at the Westwood zoo, but the Frogg family must get permission from King Friday to leave, since there will be no one to run the Museum-Go-Round.
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Episode 2 - The Froggs are Moving (2) - Squares
Release Date: 1969-02-11King Friday needs to find another curator to operate the Museum-Go-Round. The Frogg family cannot leave until Lady Aberlin and others can fill that post. In the meantime, King Friday has a portrait of himself to give the Frogg family. Handyman Negri also arrives at Rogers' television house to collect a frame for the picture which sends to the neighborhood on the trolley.
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Episode 3 - The Froggs are Moving (3) - Lady Elaine becomes a curator
Release Date: 1969-02-12Rogers discusses antiques and uses a vacuum cleaner to show how it works. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, Lady Elaine applies for the position of Museum-Go-Round curator. Since she knows everything in the Museum, she is awarded the job. This enables the Frogg family to move to Westwood.
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Episode 4 - Moving day
Release Date: 1969-02-13The Frogg family moves to their new home in Westwood. Tadpole Frogg expresses his feelings about the move. Lady Elaine Fairchilde, the Museum-Go-Round's new curator, is also pleased with the move.
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Episode 5 - Ducklings
Release Date: 1969-02-14Rogers brings ducklings into the Television house. For their benefit, he fills a wading pool and both he and François Clemmons feed the ducklings. Lady Aberlin and Lady Elaine discuss the difference between being alive and being a model. Robert Troll tells King Friday that Sara Saturday will soon be arriving from Westwood.
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Episode 6 - Sara Moves In (1) - Trumpets and triangles
Release Date: 1969-02-17Rogers welcomes a trumpet player to his television house. Sara Saturday also moves back to the Neighborhood of Make-Believe.
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Episode 7 - Sara Moves In (2) - Painting a porch swing
Release Date: 1969-02-18Rogers paints the swing on the porch of the television house yellow. The Neighborhood of Make-Believe Castle is closed so King Friday can have important meetings.
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Episode 8 - Sara Moves In (3) - Royal wedding announcement
Release Date: 1969-02-19The Neighborhood of Make-Believe is in the midst of a change. X the Owl turns the Z on his knothole door to an X, Lady Elaine Fairchilde paints the pillars of her Museum-Go-Round. But the big change is the news that Sara Saturday will marry King Friday.
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Episode 9 - Sara Moves In (4) - Preparing for a royal wedding
Release Date: 1969-02-20King Friday and Queen Sara give interviews for their upcoming wedding.
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Episode 10 - Sara Moves In (5) - Wedding fashion show
Release Date: 1969-02-21The Castle holds a fashion show of many wedding garments.
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Episode 11 - The Royal Wedding (1) - Making measurements
Release Date: 1969-02-24Robert Troll measures the many wedding gifts that are pouring into the Castle.
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Episode 12 - The Royal Wedding (2) - More royal wedding plans
Release Date: 1969-02-25Rogers brings mittens and gloves in a briefcase into the television house. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, King Friday orders that any guests to the royal wedding must take a bath and wear purple gloves.
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Episode 13 - The Royal Wedding (3) - Variety show in the Neighborhood of Make-believe
Release Date: 1969-02-26The Neighborhood of Make-Believe stages a variety show, which includes a ballet called "The Purple Glove Ballet".
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Episode 14 - The Royal Wedding (4) - How people build houses
Release Date: 1969-02-27Lady Elaine Fairchilde and Handyman Negri give their present for the Royal Wedding by changing the old Castle into a new, larger Castle.
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Episode 15 - The Royal Wedding (5) - The royal wedding day
Release Date: 1969-02-28Rogers, Miss Emile, and Chef Brockett carry out their plans for the Royal Wedding. What nobody knows until late is that King Friday wants the wedding to take place in the redesigned Castle garden.
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Episode 16 - Welcome the Platypus Family (1) - Playing ball in the Neighborhood of Make-Believe
Release Date: 1969-03-03While King Friday and Queen Sara are away on their honeymoon, Robert Troll welcomes his old friend, Dr. Bill Platypus, to the Neighborhood of Make-Believe.
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Episode 17 - Welcome the Platypus Family (2) - Seeds and plants
Release Date: 1969-03-04Dr. Platypus and Mrs. Platypus move into the Neighborhood of Make-Believe. X and Henrietta do what they can to accommodate them.
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Episode 18 - Welcome the Platypus Family (3) - Empty and full
Release Date: 1969-03-05Rogers shows the insides of a buckeye. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, Officer Clemmons helps the Platypus family settle temporarily in the Tree.
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Episode 19 - Welcome the Platypus Family (4) - Boats
Release Date: 1969-03-06The Platypus family must wait for Digger Digorum to return before they can dig their new platypus home.
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Episode 20 - Welcome the Platypus Family (5) - Digging in the Neighborhood of Make-Believe
Release Date: 1969-03-07Rogers brings in various shovels, one of which he uses to put down fertilizer. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, Henrietta has sewn curtains with a duckbill pattern. These go to the site for the new Platypus mound. Rogers also shares his homemade recipe for making Ice pops.
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Episode 21 - Magic Kite (1) - All about kites
Release Date: 1969-03-10While digging the Platypus family's home, Digger Digorum and Handyman Negri discover a box containing a magic kite.
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Episode 22 - Magic Kite (2) - A visit with a magician
Release Date: 1969-03-11A magician performs many tricks at Rogers' television house. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, the magic kite gives advice to everyone, including Digger Digorum.
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Episode 23 - Magic Kite (3) - Singing and talking kite
Release Date: 1969-03-12Officer Clemmons pretends to be the voice of the magic kite. This convinces first Daniel and then X and Nurse Miller that the kite can talk and sing.
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Episode 24 - Magic Kite (4) - Teaching the magic kite
Release Date: 1969-03-13X wants the magic kite to add. Joey Hollingsworth returns just as Corny makes a rocking chair for kites.
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Episode 25 - Magic Kite (5) - Globes and maps
Release Date: 1969-05-14Joey Hollingsworth returns with news that King Friday and Queen Sara will return on the following Friday. He gives to Corny the orders for chairs that must be filled by that time.
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Episode 26 - All about horses
Release Date: 1969-03-17Mr. McFeely brings Lightning, a small horse, first to Rogers' television house and then to the Neighborhood of Make-Believe. He hears Donkey Hodie has broken his arm, but it is actually an arm of the windmill that has been broken and not one of his real arms.
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Episode 27 - A visit with a percussionist
Release Date: 1969-03-18Rogers plays a Xylophone and visits percussionist Jean Wilmouth. Those in the Neighborhood of Make-Believe are sad because King Friday and Queen Sara are still on their honeymoon.
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Episode 28 - Preparing for the return of the king and queen
Release Date: 1969-03-19Edgar Cooke and Joey Hollingsworth, along with Lady Elaine, plan to decorate the Neighborhood of Make-Believe for the Royal family's return.
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Episode 29 - Dressing up as the king and queen
Release Date: 1969-03-20Joey Hollingsworth is dressed up as King Friday as part of the ceremony to welcome back the Royal couple. Lady Elaine instructs Lady Aberlin to dress as Queen Sara. This causes mass confusion and more discussions.
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Episode 30 - Reflections
Release Date: 1969-03-21King Friday and Queen Sara return to the Neighborhood of Make-Believe to find the disguised Joey Hollingsworth and Lady Aberlin.
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Episode 31 - A present from the king and queen
Release Date: 1969-03-24In the Television house, Rogers plays a matching game. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, the Royal Family give moving frames to X, Henrietta, and Lady Elaine.
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Episode 32 - Preparing for the carnival
Release Date: 1969-03-26Rogers uses a balance scale to compare weights. The Neighborhood of Make-Believe is beginning plans for their upcoming carnival. X and Lady Aberlin demonstrate the talents they will display there.
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Episode 33 - Making cotton candy
Release Date: 1969-03-26Chef Brockett must explain cotton candy and carnivals to King Friday, and neither interest him. Lady Elaine gets into her fortune-teller mode for the upcoming carnival.
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Episode 34 - Permission for the carnival
Release Date: 1969-03-27King Friday puts a damper on the carnival plans because he had not been asked for permission to hold it at the Castle.
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Episode 35 - Carnival in the Neighborhood of Make-Believe
Release Date: 1969-03-28With permission from King Friday, the Neighborhood of Make-Believe holds its carnival.
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Episode 36 - Shoes and magic
Release Date: 1969-03-31A Wizard enters the Neighborhood of Make-Believe to find Lady Elaine Fairchilde. He plays games and then stubs his toe, prompting Dr. Platypus, who also meets King Friday for the first time.
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Episode 37 - Growing up is important
Release Date: 1969-04-01The Wizard of Lupovich leaves the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, but not without leaving a box for King Friday and others to watch.
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Episode 38 - Opening the wizard’s box
Release Date: 1969-04-02Dr. Bill and Elsie Jean Platypus, among others, are curious about the box the Wizard of Lupovich had left for them. When the neighbors gather, the box opens itself to reveal a bunny cap. Anyone who puts it on, hops around.
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Episode 39 - Taking care of a cat
Release Date: 1969-04-03Handyman Negri lets Corny, X, and Henrietta try the hopping cap. Dr. Bill Platypus has also built up a clientele.
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Episode 40 - Dr. Bill’s Bagpipes
Release Date: 1969-04-04Several of those in the Neighborhood of Make-Believe do not like Dr. Bill's new bagpipes. He decides that he will have to find a different place to play them.
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Episode 41 - A visit from Mabel Mercer
Release Date: 1969-04-07Mabel Mercer arrives in the Neighborhood of Make-Believe with a costume changer for Lady Aberlin.
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Episode 42 - Robert Troll makes noise
Release Date: 1969-04-08Rogers looks after Carol Saunders' guitar. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, Robert Troll raises some mischief.
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Episode 43 - A place for Robert Troll
Release Date: 1969-04-09Robert Troll wants to live at the campsite at Someplace Else, since Lady Elaine is not using it anymore. But Robert is too afraid to ask, until friends offer him support.
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Episode 44 - Building Permit
Release Date: 1969-04-10Officer Clemmons has brought a building permit to the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, but he does not know who it is for. The building permit, however, is really for a community center at Someplace Else.
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Episode 45 - Grown from tiny seeds
Release Date: 1969-04-11Rogers brings in flower pots filled with orchids, tulips, and daffodils. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, King Friday is surprised by the sudden quiet. Everyone is watching Handyman Negri building the community center at Someplace Else.
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Episode 46 - Rainy day
Release Date: 1969-04-14To combat King Friday's boredom, singer Barbara Koski visits the Neighborhood of Make-Believe from Finland.
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Episode 47 - House numbers
Release Date: 1969-04-15Rogers plays house with a set of dolls and two houses. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, King Friday orders all the locales to be numbered from west to east, all the way from the Eiffel Tower to the Clock.
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Episode 48 - Lady Elaine’s numbers
Release Date: 1969-04-16Officer Clemmons reminds Rogers that Chef Brockett's birthday will be in two days' time. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, Lady Elaine tells King Friday he cannot always be number 1. This shows that all the house numbers on all the locales are coming down.
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Episode 49 - A cake for Chef Brockett
Release Date: 1969-04-17Rogers has to keep secret the cake he is making for Chef Brockett's birthday. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, Robert Troll, X, and Daniel discuss their gifts for Brockett.
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Episode 50 - Chef Brockett’s birthday
Release Date: 1969-04-18Today is Chef Brockett's birthday. King Friday offers the Atlantic Ocean as his gift.
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Episode 51 - Tying Knots
Release Date: 1969-04-21Rogers puts together a puzzle Chef Brockett has given him as a thank-you present. Handyman Negri leaves the Neighborhood of Make-Believe for a scout jamboree. His replacement for the week is John Reardon.
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Episode 52 - Making up an opera
Release Date: 1969-04-22Reardon is organizing an opera. Daniel, Lady Aberlin, and Dr. Platypus have parts in it.
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Episode 53 - Fishing Game
Release Date: 1969-04-23Reardon distributes music to those who will take part in the opera. Robert Troll wants to be a whale, and Elsie Jean Platypus wants to play the Loch Ness monster.
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Episode 54 - Toy Boat
Release Date: 1969-04-24Lady Aberlin gives the Trolley a waves costume for the opera, which also fools Corny making him want to have a part in the opera. The entire Neighborhood of Make-Believe will be the backdrop, simulating the sea.
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Episode 55 - “The Lost and Found Teddy Bear” Opera
Release Date: 1969-04-25The Neighborhood of Make-Believe stages its opera about the search for a lost teddy bear.
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Episode 56 - Angry feelings
Release Date: 1969-04-28Rogers is doing a puzzle, but Mr. McFeely barges in and takes it before it is even finished. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, Lady Elaine surprises Handyman Negri, who drops his souvenir from the jamboree.
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Episode 57 - Different people like different things
Release Date: 1969-04-29Rogers discusses the differences between male and female. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, Handyman Negri and Lady Elaine assemble a rocket.
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Episode 58 - Games need rules
Release Date: 1969-04-30King Friday blocks the launch of Handyman Negri and Lady Elaine's rocket until some rules are laid down for it.
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Episode 59 - Expressing feelings
Release Date: 1969-05-01Carole Clemmons, François' wife, has some new poems. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, Lady Elaine is mad at her improperly-working rocket.
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Episode 60 - Good rules
Release Date: 1969-05-02King Friday completes his set of rules for Lady Elaine's rocket. Once these rules are followed, the rocket rides more smoothly.
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Episode 61 - Car parts
Release Date: 1969-05-05Rogers builds a model car. Van Cliburn also enters the Neighborhood of Make-Believe gathering parts for the piano Lady Elaine is building.
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Episode 62 - How people make pianos
Release Date: 1969-05-06Chef Brockett has made a piano-shaped cake for Van Cliburn, who performs at the Castle.
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Episode 63 - Leaves
Release Date: 1969-05-07Lady Aberlin introduces a magic leaf. When she says the correct words, her aunt will sing for her.
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Episode 64 - Buttons
Release Date: 1969-05-08A button band performs for the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, during which Vija Vetra performs a button dance as well.
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Episode 65 - Cooling off in a pool
Release Date: 1969-05-09Queen Sara gives a lesson to Lady Aberlin and King Friday about understanding Robert Troll's troll talk.