Mister Rogers' Neighborhood

1968 • PBS

4.6

14 reviews

Eligible

Season 1 episodes (9)

1 Mister Rogers Talks About Divorce: A Boy in a Wheelchair

2/18/81

Jeff Erlanger, a young boy who uses an electric wheelchair, visits Mister Rogers and talks openly and honestly about his disability. Together they sing "It's You I Like."

2 Competition: A Favorite Factory Visit, Crayons!

6/2/81

Mister Rogers shows a favorite factory tour, How People Make Crayons. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, King Friday announces a "Draw the Neighborhood" contest, and Lady Elaine Fairchilde decides she will be the winner!

3 Grandparents: A Neighborhood Opera, a Granddad for Daniel

5/11/84

A whimsical musical story about timid Daniel Tiger who is in search of his long-lost grandfather. There’s an aquarium with starfish, an old goat and a Trolley Conductor, all helping each other realize how important families are.

4 Mad Feelings: A Visit with STOMP!

10/20/95

Mister Rogers visits with STOMP! the percussionist performers who use everyday objects: brooms, pipes, buckets and their hands and feet, to make exciting music. In Make-Believe, Lady Elaine is working on saying “I’m sorry.”

5 Sharing: Dump Trucks at a Construction Site

2/21/97

Bill Nye "the Science Guy" stops by to show a science experiment using baking soda and vinegar to blow up a balloon. Mister Rogers shows a video of dump trucks at a construction site, and In Make-Believe, all that was lost is found.

6 Be Yourself: The Flying Karamazov Brothers

8/25/97

There’s a visit with the juggling group, the Flying Karamazov Brothers, a video of how people in a pasta factory make macaroni and talk about liking you "just the way you are." In Make-Believe, X the Owl is giving free flying lessons.

7 Be Yourself: A Visit with Magician David Copperfield

8/26/97

Magician David Copperfield teaches Mister Rogers how to do a magic trick. It takes lots of practice. In Make-Believe, X is giving flying lessons, and there’s a video of what the world looks like from a bird’s point of view.

8 Little and Big: A Visit with Architect Maya Lin

8/26/98

Mister Rogers visits with Maya Lin at her studio to see how she first makes small models of big things she is working on. They go to Penn Station to see what she created there. In Make-Believe, there's a video visit with cellist Yo-Yo Ma.

9 Celebrating the Arts: Appreciating All Kinds of Art

8/31/00

In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe Arts Festival, the neighbors find their own ways to express themselves. Mister Rogers has a video that helps us appreciate the wide variety of art, and says that being appreciative is a sign of growing.

About this show

Fred Rogers was a pioneer in children's television who created a place where children feel safe, respected and cared for. For more than forty years "Mister Rogers" has served as a trusted guide to help children learn about themselves, their neighbors and the world around them.

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4.6

14 reviews

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September 10, 2021

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