Mister Rogers visits with a person who plays the spoons and shows a video of how people make spoons. In the Neighborhood of Make Believe, King Friday issues a royal decree to build a mountain, and a baton twirler entertains the Neighbors.
Mister Rogers visits an emergency room and shows some of what happens there in the waiting room, the x-ray room, and the suture room. In the Neighborhood of Make Believe, the Neighbors use their creativity to build a mountain for King Friday.
There’s lots of singing in the Neighborhood today as everyone is thinking about the upcoming opera and remembering past ones. Mister Rogers talks about seatbelts and how important they are. He shows a video of seatbelts being installed in a car in an auto factory.
Mister Rogers visits Negri’s Music Shop to learn about different kinds of horns. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, Chef Brockett makes popcorn balls, and the King decides to have popcorn in the Opera, which is tomorrow.
“Spoon Mountain Opera,” a musical story, weaves together many of the elements introduced during the week – seatbelts, spoons and popcorn and tells the story of Prince Extraordinary and Wicked Knife and Fork. There’s a King, a Queen, a kitten, a forest ranger, and a balladeer who holds the story together in this delightful tale.