Mister Rogers is talking about loud sounds and quiet sounds when Mr. McFeely arrives with a pair of sound-reducing earmuffs. Picture Picture shows a film of different things that people wear on their ears. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, Lady Elaine and the queen’s nurse are tired of hearing Prince Tuesday cry. Lady Elaine puts on sound reduction earmuffs after suggesting that the king and queen send the baby back. The nurse explains that parents love their children even if they cry. At the castle, Nurse Miller talks with Dr. Bill Platypus about the patience involved with caring for a new baby. Lady Elaine threatens to turn the castle upside down if the baby does not stop crying. Thankfully, Prince Tuesday’s crying stops and King Friday suggests everyone take a thirteen second nap. Mister Rogers says that babies cry because they cannot communicate by talking.
Mister Rogers arrives and asks viewers about their daily morning activities. He discusses the days of the week on the calendar and says that Prince Tuesday is one week old today. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, Nurse Miller and Handyman Negri are decorating the castle for the prince’s one-week-old birthday party. After Handyman Negri borrows extra decorations from Lady Elaine Fairchilde, everyone gathers at the castle. King Friday celebrates by giving presents, including trees, rainbows, and the sun. King Friday gives Lady Elaine Fairchilde the equator. She becomes jealous of the prince and takes all the decorations back. Back with Mister Rogers, he uses a globe to explain to his viewers what the equator is. He also talks about gracefully receiving gifts and jealousy.
Mister Rogers explains how Picture Picture works. Omar Moore shows Mister Rogers pictures of machines used by children in school. Mister Rogers says that machines cannot work without people. He explains that the Trolley is a machine. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, Lady Elaine shows Reardon a machine that plays a recording of his singing. King Friday asks Reardon to prepare an opera for Friday. Reardon informs the king that machines can’t write operas and that people can’t always be as fast as machines. Back at the house, Mister Rogers pretends that wooden blocks are Lady Elaine’s funny fast film machine as he watches the fast film again. He concludes by explaining that operas are stories told by singing the words.
Mister Rogers shows the equipment that telephone operators use. Picture Picture shows a film about what happens when someone dials the number 0 on a telephone. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, Reardon is talking with King Friday on the telecan when he has the idea to make the Pineapple Can Telephone Company the focus of his opera. At the Museum-Go-Round, Lady Elaine Fairchilde has several fresh tomatoes and suggests that the opera be about the Tomato Can Telephone Company instead. Moving on to the castle, Reardon and Lady Aberlin announce to King Friday that the opera will be about pineapples and tomatoes. Back at the house, Mr. McFeely stops by with a pineapple and a tomato. After comparing the two, Mister Rogers cuts into each one to show the many ways they are different.
Today is opera day! Mister Rogers has an orchid plant and a lei made from its flowers. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, Reardon and Lady Aberlin check on preparations for the opera. In the opera, Benjamin Franklin visits the Pineapple Can Telephone Company. Lady Elaine complains that she doesn’t like pineapple cans. She prefers tomatoes because she likes the color red. Ben Franklin invents pineapple cans in various colors. Lady Elaine is happy with a red one. Vice President Reardon and Operator Aberlin profess their love for each other. Back at the house, Mister Rogers wraps up by talking about how people can like different things and that differences make us special.