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 - Mad Feelings
Release Date: 1996-08-16Rogers visits Red Grooms' studio, where he is currently working on a painting of the trolley. The Neighborhood of Make-Believe sees Lady Elaine in fits because she can't seem to draw the Eiffel Tower well.
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Episode 2 - Mad Feelings
Release Date: 1996-08-16Maggie Stewart brings a water-and-oil motion sculpture to the television house. Jay Styperk, a wheelchair basketball specialist, gives Rogers a few exercises. The Neighborhood of Make-Believe is startled to see Lady Elaine has turned the Eiffel Tower upside down.
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Episode 3 - Mad Feelings
Release Date: 1996-08-16Lady Elaine Fairchilde is distraught that, in a fit of anger, she has turned Mr. McFeely into a doll.
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Episode 4 - Mad Feelings
Release Date: 1996-08-16Betty Okonak Templeton visits the Neighborhood of Make-Believe in an effort to ease Lady Elaine's mean mood.
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Episode 5 - Mad Feelings
Release Date: 1996-08-16Rogers attends the rehearsals for Stomp. The Neighborhood of Make-Believe comforts a harried Lady Elaine, who rights the Eiffel Tower and learns that Mr. McFeely was not turned into a doll after all. And Then Maggie Stewart Picks Up The Mr McFeely Doll And Shows A Videotape Of Maggie Stewart and Chuck Aber Riding On The Racer At Kennywood
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Episode 6 - Transformations
Release Date: 1996-08-16Mr. McFeely presents Rogers with a "hide-and-find ball", with which they play a little hide-and-seek. Rogers hears a storyteller at Mrs. McFeely's house. The Neighborhood of Make-Believe gets puzzled by a gift for Purple Panda, which is one that he is not supposed to open.
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Episode 7 - Transformations: A Juggler on a Unicycle Visits
Release Date: 1996-02-20JoAnn Swaim does a juggling act outside Rogers' television house. Rogers shows pictures of the show's neighbors as children and as adults. The Neighborhood of Make-Believe is looking for Purple Panda so they can give him his package.
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Episode 8 - Transformations
Release Date: 1996-08-16Rogers demonstrates that he doesn't change when he wears dark glasses or a black wig. Lady Aberlin tries the same tactic in the Neighborhood of Make-Believe. Mr. McFeely shows a time-lapse videotape of how the television house is set up in the studios of WQED in Pittsburgh.
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Episode 9 - Transformations
Release Date: 1996-08-16Rogers fixes the ball float in the toilet. Maggie Stewart demonstrates some sign language, using a book in the process. The Neighborhood of Make-Believe remains perplexed by the mysterious package for Purple Panda. And things don't get any better once Purple Panda arrives.
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Episode 10 - Transformations
Release Date: 1996-08-16Rogers shows a wooden egg that contains a speckled egg. He then returns to the McFeely's house, where plants are transplanted and ducklings are delivered. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, Lady Elaine Fairchilde retrieves the package for Purple Panda. Much to everyone's surprise, the package opens itself. Maggie Stewart Stops Instead Of Mr McFeely A Videotape On How People Make Towels
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Episode 11 - Helping
Release Date: 1996-08-16Lady Elaine frets about all the noise made by someone's "vacuum sweeper".
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Episode 12 - Helping
Release Date: 1996-08-16Jabali Afrika performs at Negri's Music Shop. Lady Elaine Fairchilde has a bad dream about "vacuum sweepers," where she dances with one while in human size and tries to rid them from the Neighborhood of Make-Believe.
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Episode 13 - Helping
Release Date: 1996-08-16Rogers visits B. Smith's restaurant and reunites with B. Smith herself. Smith returns to the Neighborhood of Make-Believe and leaves a napkin for Queen Sara. But the napkin is swept away, because of Lady Elaine's army of "vacuum sweepers".
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Episode 14 - Helping
Release Date: 1996-08-16After Rogers draws with some colored chalk, he sees a videotape on how this type of chalk is made. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, Purple Panda is called on to help Lady Elaine overcome her fear of "vacuum sweepers".
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Episode 15 - Helping: A Visit to the Inner City Arts Center in Los Angeles
Release Date: 1996-07-26Purple Panda sings a song that helps Lady Elaine overcome her fear of "vacuum sweepers". Rogers' visits an inner-city arts center for children in Los Angeles.
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Episode 16 - Brave and Strong
Release Date: 1996-07-30The Neighborhood of Make-Believe has witnessed cereal falling like snow over a couple of areas. It stops snowing cereal over at the Platypus Mound, but not at Daniel's Clock.
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Episode 17 - Brave and Strong
Release Date: 1996-08-02Rogers' friend Brad Brewer, a knitter and puppeteer, talks of the puppets and puppet shows he has performed in. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, Elsie Jean Platypus explains that the cereal stopped falling on the Platypus Mound when she wasn't afraid of it. But Daniel is afraid of the cereal snowfall on his Clock. And Then Maggie Stewart Shows A Videotape On How People Make Grits
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Episode 18 - Brave and Strong
Release Date: 1996-08-06Rogers visits the McFeelys' house to see the lambs they are babysitting. Mr. McFeely plays a videotape on how lambs are sheared. The Neighborhood of Make-Believe sends armor-clad King Friday to the Clock, where he will attempt to command the cereal to stop falling. But only Daniel's presence at the Clock can stop the downpour.
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Episode 19 - Brave and Strong
Release Date: 1996-08-09Rogers takes viewers to see his immunization at a doctor's office. Daniel finally faces his fears, with the aid of Chuck Aber and Lady Aberlin. They give him an inflatable boat prior to appearing at the Clock. Only Daniel can stop the falling cereal at the Clock, and he does.
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Episode 20 - Brave and Strong
Release Date: 1996-08-13With the crisis at the Neighborhood of Make-Believe over, Daniel asks that his pile of fallen cereal should be distributed to the people who need it most. A forklift is just the tool to cart boxes of cereal from the Clock. Maggie Stewart Stops By With A Film Of Mr McFeely Painting A Picture Of Mr Rogers