Mister Rogers' Neighborhood 31x4

1. It's a beautiful day in this neighborhood,

2. a beautiful day for a neighbor.

3. Would you be mine?

4. Could you be mine?

5. It's a neighborly day in this beauty

6. wood, a neighborly day for a beauty.

7. Would you be mine?

8. Could you be mine?

9. I have always wanted to have a neighbor just like you.

10. I've always wanted to live in a neighborhood with you.

11. So, let's make the most of beautiful day.

12. Since we're together, we might as well

13. say

14. Could you be mine?

15. Won't you be my neighbor?

16. Won't you please, won't you please?

17. Please won't you be my neighbor?

18. Hi, Neighbor.

19. I'm glad we're together again.

20. See what I'm sitting beside.

21. A friend made this for me, and I'll

22. show it to you a little later.

23. But in this bag are some pieces of material

24. that my friend had left over from this.

25. Think I'll just take it to the kitchen.

26. She thought I might like to use them.

27. Hi Fish.

28. And I do have an idea about them.

29. Here are the pieces right here.

30. Aren't they pretty?

31. I could cut them into smaller pieces

32. but I think I'll just use them way they are.

33. This is a piece of sticky felt.

34. And what I thought I'd do is to just put these pieces of felt—

35. make a picture with them.

36. Now, of course, each person would arrange pieces like this

37. differently, just as each person would choose different colors

38. for a painting, or would use blocks

39. for a block building in a different way.

40. So the varieties of designs are endless,

41. just as the varieties of people's imaginations

42. are endless.

43. - Oh, that's the phone.

44. Let's see who this is.

45. Hello.

46. How are you Joe?

47. Yes, I was just showing my neighbors

48. some pieces of material.

49. A glass harmonica?

50. No, I haven't.

51. But you know I'm interested in everything.

52. Do you have someone who can play it?

53. Oh, good.

54. A musical artist and the father of a little girl.

55. I'd be glad to meet him.

56. Sure.

57. We'll be right over.

58. Thanks, Joe.

59. Bye.

60. There's a person who plays an interesting musical instrument

61. at Negri's Music Shop.

62. You know me, I'm always glad to learn about new things.

63. So let's go over there now.

64. - To Negri's Music Shop.

65. Oh, I'll show you this when we get back.

66. - Hi, Joe.

67. - Hi, Fred.

68. - Yeah, that's right.

69. Trying to make sure all the pads are working.

70. - I see.

71. - Wait till you meet Dean.

72. He's just a wonderful guy and it's terrific.

73. But when you meet him, don't shake his hand—

74. —because he has them specially treated

75. so he can play the instrument.

76. - Oh, OK.

77. - I'm looking forward to this.

78. - I'll take you back.

79. - Looks like Sam may be trying out a drum.

80. Hi, Sam.

81. - Yeah, it's really a great sound.

82. - Hi, Dean.

83. - Hello.

84. - Dean, I want you to meet Mister Rogers.

85. Dean Shostak.

86. - Hello.

87. - And this is our television neighbor.

88. - Hi there.

89. - We want very much to see this harmonica of yours.

90. - Well, thank you.

91. I'm sorry I can't shake your hand.

92. I've been scrubbing up, and getting

93. ready just to play it now.

94. - Well, your fingers have to be just right for it, I guess.

95. - They do.

96. - I'm going to leave you two and I'll

97. be back in a couple of minutes.

98. I've got some work to do in there.

99. - OK.

100. We'll see you then.

101. - Have a good time.

102. - Well, this is an instrument called the glass harmonica,

103. invented in 1761 by my favorite American, Benjamin Franklin.

104. - Benjamin Franklin, that's right.

105. - Out of glass.

106. And this is part of it.

107. See, this wheel moves and—

108. - And there's a little sound right there.

109. Now, Benjamin Franklin had seen somebody

110. playing on a set of water glasses.

111. - Well, they dip their finger in and they get it wet

112. and they go around the top of the glass

113. and they make it sing.

114. And he got an idea that he could actually—

115. —use glass in a different way.

116. Instead of tuning the glass with water,

117. he had the idea that you could tune glasses by their size.

118. And I've got one of the notes right here so you can see.

119. Now, if you look at it, you can see a couple things.

120. You can see there's cork glued in the center

121. of each one of the bowls.

122. It's kind of the size of cereal bowl, isn't it?

123. And the glass is set sideways, one inside each other,

124. with only the rim exposed or sticking out.

125. And then—

126. - Using your finger, you can rub the rim of the glass

127. and make it sing.

128. - That's a fairly big one, on this scale here.

129. - Right.

130. Right.

131. It's actually this one right here.

132. But, see they're all different sizes.

133. And what you do is you start with the largest

134. one, the lowest note.

135. - And then as they get smaller—

136. - It gets higher.

137. - That's right.

138. - There's our high note there.

139. Now, I'm dipping my hands into a bowl of water

140. that I keep right here.

141. So now my fingers are nice and wet.

142. Now, to make the glasses move, there's a large spinning wheel

143. attached to the end of this one rod, this metal rod.

144. And then I'm using my foot to make

145. all the glasses move at the same time.

146. - So I can play any glass I want.

147. - Oh, yes.

148. - Alright.

149. Ben Franklin really liked Scottish music,

150. so I picked a Scottish song called

151. "The Blue Bells of Scotland".

152. - Oh, good.

153. - What a lovely sound.

154. - Thank you very much.

155. - And it looked so easy, the way you play it.

156. - Well, it's like any musical instrument,

157. it takes some practice.

158. Would you like to have a glass harmonica musical less?

159. - Sure.

160. - Well, I brought one here that you can actually play.

161. - Oh this little one over here.

162. Let me try.

163. Now

164. - And so you just dip your fingers in the water?

165. - Right.

166. Now, I know I washed my hands, and you

167. probably washed your hands, too.

168. But one thing you have to do is scrub them again.

169. So pick a finger that your going to play,

170. maybe this finger here.

171. And then using a paper towel, really get it nice and clean.

172. - OK.

173. - And then I'm going to turn it here.

174. - And wet.

175. And you have a little bowl you're

176. going to be dipping your finger into.

177. going to be dipping your finger into. And then go ahead and see

178. And then go ahead and see

179. - That's hard.

180. - It is hard.

181. - I didn't know it would be so hard to play.

182. You were just going like this and it just all came out.

183. - I bet if you put your finger on it, it would—

184. - There's the note.

185. So let's see if you can do it.

186. - There it is.

187. - You have a magic touch.

188. - Well, I hear you've got it, too.

189. - You must have been practicing this for a long time.

190. - Many years.

191. - Oh, there it is.

192. - I'd rather hear you play.

193. - OK.

194. - Boy, that is just so difficult.

195. - Tricky instrument.

196. - I should say.

197. Joe, this is so difficult.

198. Try this a minute.

199. - Even just one finger's difficult.

200. - Now, put that in the water.

201. And put it up there and see how hard that is to play.

202. - Oh, you can do it right away.

203. Good for you!

204. - Oh, you're good.

205. - There you go!

206. - Well, I've got the touch now.

207. - OK.

208. - There you go!

209. - Right.

210. And scrub them a little bit.

211. - And clean.

212. - Very clean.

213. - Would you play something for Joe?

214. - I sure will.

215. Oh, I'm glad I'm here in time to hear this.

216. - Yeah, I want you to hear.

217. I mean, this music is gorgeous.

218. - Yeah.

219. - There was a composer named Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart—

220. - Mozart.

221. Sure.

222. - That heard the glass harmonica when he was just a boy.

223. He was traveling around with his father.

224. And he was so impressed by it he decided

225. to write a piece of music for solo glass harmonica.

226. So this is it.

227. Now, this piece of music is still around,

228. but you have to find a glass harmonica to hear it played.

229. Cause ordinarily now it's just played

230. on the piano or the organ.

231. This is it.

232. - Oh, that just sounds—

233. - Oh, Dean.

234. That took some practice.

235. - Sounds like it's just coming from the sky, doesn't it?

236. It's just gorgeous.

237. - The sound's coming from just everywhere.

238. - Would you and Joe ever play anything together?

239. - I'd like that.

240. I really like playing with guitar.

241. Do you think?

242. How about something that Mister Rogers wrote?

243. Tree Tree Tree?

244. OK.

245. - Let's do it in D.

246. - Do you ever sing that to your little girl?

247. - I do.

248. I've got a 6 and 1/2 month old named Abigail Jane,

249. and this is one of her favorite songs right now.

250. - And we love your music.

251. Abigail Jane's a mighty lucky little girl

252. to have you for a dad.

253. - Thank you very much.

254. - Thank you very much.

255. It's great to hear this music.

256. - Well, I'm going to stay here and practice some if that's OK.

257. - OK, and I'll be back to see you in a little while.

258. - Wish you well, Dean.

259. - Bye.

260. - See you.

261. - Bye.

262. It takes a lot of skill, though.

263. - Oh my goodness, I had no idea it was so difficult.

264. Very difficult.

265. You've had so many wonderful musicians here in your shop.

266. - That's for sure.

267. You know, when I'm working around here,

268. I often think about all the people

269. who have come through the doors.

270. - Thanks for sharing them with me, Joe.

271. - My pleasure.

272. - See you soon.

273. - Bye.

274. Bye bye.

275. - Some things look so easy until you try to do them.

276. That glass harmonica is very difficult to play.

277. Mr. Shostak has obviously been practicing a long, long time.

278. Well, I promised to show you what my friend made from pieces

279. of cloth like the ones I was using in the kitchen.

280. So, I'll show this to you now.

281. I'll push this over.

282. It's very big.

283. Think of someone sewing all these pieces of material

284. together to make this beautiful, artistic quilt.

285. Look at that.

286. That person had to choose where each color went.

287. And all those colors together are what make it so wonderful.

288. Now, if you were going to do a work of art,

289. what kind do you think you'd like to do?

290. Quilting, like this?

291. Or playing a musical instrument?

292. Or dancing?

293. Or singing?

294. Or drawing?

295. Or painting?

296. Or sculpting?

297. Or pottery?

298. Or making up a poem?

299. There are so many ways of being an artist.

300. You know, we can even be artists with ideas for make-believe.

301. Let's try that now.

302. Come on, quilt.

303. I think I'll just— See if I get the trolley under the quilt.

304. Come on, Trolley.

305. - You know, we've been pretending that people

306. are preparing for the Royal Arts Festival.

307. King Friday has suggested that everyone do something artistic.

308. But Lady Elaine says she's going to be the judge,

309. and she's been telling people that their art is no good.

310. She's been hurting people's feelings.

311. Daniel was even crying last time.

312. But then he started to wonder, if Lady Elaine hurts people's

313. feelings so much, maybe her feelings are hurt.

314. And that's why she's the way she is.

315. Well, let's make-believe some more about that as the trolley

316. goes into the Neighborhood of Make-Believe.

317. - Trolley.

318. - I think it's I'm idea to play your bagpipes

319. for the Arts Festival, Doctor Bill.

320. - Oh, well, I love my pipes, man.

321. - And I'd welcome the opportunity to play

322. with you and your guitar.

323. - What song would you like us to play?

324. - Well, how about "The Blue Bells of Scotland"?

325. - Oh, I like that one.

326. Would you like to rehearse it right now?

327. - With great pleasure, Handyman Negri.

328. - You boys will never win with that.

329. Never.

330. - Oh, Lady Elaine.

331. - Oh, here, let me help you through, King Friday.

332. There we go.

333. - Thank you.

334. Thank you.

335. Assembled throng, I presume?

336. - Correct as usual, King Friday.

337. - Thank you.

338. Now, gentlemen, you have the opportunity of playing a trio.

339. - Oh, that would be wonderful, King Friday.

340. Sure.

341. Do you know "The Blue Bells of Scotland"?

342. - I do.

343. - Well, let's all three try it together.

344. - Very good.

345. - Here we go.

346. - OK, boys.

347. No, no, no, no, no.

348. The bass doesn't help any.

349. You fellas will never win.

350. - Well, Lady Elaine, it's not about winning.

351. It's just about having fun. That's right.

352. - Yes.

353. Why must you stick your big nose into everyone's business,

354. Fairchild?

355. - Now, you've done it, Friday.

356. Now you'll really be sorry.

357. - Well, suppose you gentlemen come inside to the M Room—

358. Music Room that is— so we may practice without interruption.

359. - Aye-aye, sir.

360. - Very good.

361. Thank you, Handy.

362. See you in the M Room.

363. Thank you.

364. Oh, there you are.

365. You want to play Hide and Seek?

366. I'll hide and you find me.

367. OK?

368. Look away and I'll hide.

369. - Ta da!

370. Now I'll hide another place.

371. Watch the statue for a moment, OK?

372. - Here I am.

373. You found me.

374. Lady Aberlin.

375. Lady Aberlin.

376. - Oh, that's Elsie Jean Platypus calling.

377. - Hi, Elsie Jean.

378. - Hi, Lady Aberlin.

379. - Oh, fine.

380. - Oh, that's what I'm making for the Arts Festival.

381. - Yes, and I grew these vegetables.

382. - Oh my goodness.

383. Look, cabbage, onions, and parsnips.

384. Oh tomatoes, too.

385. - I know.

386. Yes.

387. And I'm making a wreath of them.

388. And after the festival we can all eat the vegetables.

389. - Are you going to be using carrots?

390. - Oh, yes.

391. But I thought you could help me decide

392. where they might look best.

393. - Oh, that will be fun.

394. You'll never win with carrots.

395. - That sounds like Lady Elaine.

396. - Yes, it is.

397. She does not like my carrots.

398. - I wonder why.

399. - I'll tell ya why, Toots.

400. - It's I and my head covering.

401. - So nobody will see my carrot.

402. I mean, my nose.

403. - My big nose.

404. Friday told me to keep my big nose out

405. of everybody's business, so I'm just covering my whole head.

406. - Well it certainly is an artistic covering.

407. And one of my favorite people is under it.

408. - One of my favorite people.

409. - No, I don't think so, Lainy.

410. You have a lot of people who like you.

411. - With every part of you.

412. Well,

413. - Well, I'm going to cry.

414. - Oh, that's all right, too, you know.

415. - Boo hoo.

416. Boo hoo.

417. People don't say kind stuff to me you very much.

418. - I wonder why.

419. Hi everybody!

420. - Oh, hi Handyman Negri.

421. - Can I take a picture of you all with your creations?

422. - Yeah.

423. We're making a booklet and we would like everybody in it.

424. - Well, that's a silly idea.

425. Silly idea.

426. That wasn't a very kind thing for me to say.

427. Maybe people don't say kind things to me

428. because I don't say kind things to them.

429. - Well, how about a picture for the booklet?

430. - No.

431. How about if you put it at your side?

432. Over near Elsie Jean's vegetable wreath.

433. Oh yeah, that looks nice.

434. Oh, that's terrific.

435. OK.

436. Are you all ready now?

437. Here we go.

438. - Doctor Bill, you're playing better than ever.

439. - Thank you, thank you, Lady Elaine.

440. Thank you very, very much.

441. - Oh, would you take a picture of Trolley,

442. and I'll be over at the castle in four.

443. - Of course.

444. See you all later.

445. - Hi, Trolley.

446. - We're making a booklet for the Arts Festival.

447. Do you mind if I take your picture for it?

448. - Oh, good.

449. Stay very still, please.

450. - Thank you.

451. - Oh, I know.

452. - Do you think if Lady Elaine were kinder to people,

453. they'd be kinder to her?

454. That's what she's wondering right now.

455. Next time we'll think about the Make-Believe Art Festival.

456. But right now, we have some real fish who might be hungry.

457. I'll fold that up later.

458. Want some food?

459. They surely do.

460. There you are.

461. - That quilt really inspired me.

462. - So much you can do with your imagination.

463. - No matter what your face looks like,

464. people can like you exactly as you are.

465. Yep.

466. It's what's inside of you that matters most.

467. Our thoughts and our feelings, the way we treat other people,

468. the way we love one another— that's

469. what matters much more than what we look like.

470. Well, I like you exactly as you look right now.

471. It's such a good feeling, to know you're alive.

472. It's such a happy feeling, you're growing inside.

473. And when you wake up, ready to say,

474. I think I'll make a snappy new day.

475. It's such a good feeling, a very good feeling,

476. the feeling you know that I'll be back when the day is new.

477. And I'll have more ideas for you.

478. And you'll have things you'll want to talk about.

479. I will too.

480. - We have lots of things that we talk about, don't we?

481. You always make each day such a special day.

482. You know how— by just your being yourself.

483. There's only one person in the whole world like you.

484. And people can like you exactly as you are.

485. I'll be back next time.

486. Bye.

487. For anyone who would like to know,

488. here's the PBS neighborhood online address.