Mister Rogers makes a welcome sign for the McFeelys who are returning today. Mr. McFeely thanks Mister Rogers for his help while they were away.In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, the neighbors are waiting for Mr. McFeely to return. They have balloons and signs of welcome. Lady Elaine has trouble waiting and becomes angry when Mr. McFeely is late. After he arrives, she feels better, and she tells him about the welcome-home party. Back with Mister Rogers, he takes the sign to the McFeelys and returns their plants. They show him some photographs of their granddaughters, including one that shows Chrissie’s braces. Mister Rogers talks about having a physical disability.
Mister Rogers tunes the ukelele he plans to ask Joe Negri to sell. He goes to Negri’s Music Shop where he compares it with other stringed instruments. He explains the term “second-hand.”In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, Mr. McFeely delivers some of Colette’s old dresses to Henrietta and some cement to Lady Elaine to repair a crack in the Museum-Go-Round wall. Henrietta doesn’t want to help with the cementing because it is messy. When Lady Elaine calls her a sissy, they argue. Lady Elaine wonders if she should be more like Henrietta. Handyman Negri tells her that Henrietta sometimes wishes she could be more like Lady Elaine.
Mister Rogers plays a game with slides on Picture-Picture by showing them blurry at first but then focusing them in. He watches a drummer at Francois Clemmons’ studio.Handyman Negri resolves a dispute between Lady Elaine Fairchilde and Henrietta Pussycat by telling them that everyone in the Neighborhood of Make-Believe likes them exactly as they are. He tries to put rockers on King Friday XIII’s throne but they do not fit. King Friday considers having Cornflake S. Pecially make him a new throne.
Mister Rogers has a baby chick. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, King Friday sends Mr. McFeely to order a rocking throne from Corney. Mr. McFeely doesn’t want to wait until Corney finishes his nap, but is afraid Corney will be angry if he is awakened. Mr. McFeely decides to leave him a note. Back with Mister Rogers, he returns the chick to the McFeelys, where more chicks are hatching.
Joe Negri gives Mister Rogers his share of money from the sale of the ukelele. Mister Rogers shows how to make vegetable prints.In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, Corney wants to decorate the throne with embroidery. Miss Paulificate offers some needlepoint. X is very impatient to finish the work. Back with Mister Rogers, he goes to Negri’s Music Shop and meets some Nigerian drummers who can simulate language on their instruments.
Watch full-length Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood programs. The first Monday of every month will feature programs from the early years 1968-1975. The third Monday of every month will feature programs from the “Theme Weeks” library 1979-2001.
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