Mister Rogers' Neighborhood

Season 17

1986 · 15 episodes · 3h 0m in all

Episodes

1. 1

   1. Playthings

   24 Nov 1986

2. 2

   2. Playthings

   25 Nov 1986

   Lots of Different Things for Play and Pretending Mister Roger visits a toy factory where people make plastic molded tricycles, and he receives a visit from folk singer Ella Jenkins.

3. 3

   3. Playthings

   26 Nov 1986

4. 4

   4. Playthings

   27 Nov 1986

5. 5

   5. 1570 - Playthings: Toy Library; Lucy the Elephant Monument

   28 Nov 1986 · 30 min

   Rogers shows a videotape of his visit to Lucy, who is a fake wooden elephant on the Jersey coast. He also takes viewers to the toy-lending library. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, Lady Elaine finally opens the door to the locked room in the Museum-Go-Round. But all what they find is left to their imagination.

6. 6

   6. Dance

   11 May 1987

   Daniel receives a t'ai chi lesson in another Neighborhood of Make-Believe that is only half-raining.

7. 7

   7. Dance

   11 May 1987

   Rogers goes to one of the SeaWorld theme parks to see the killer whales, Shamu and Namu, dance with the spectators. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, Lady Elaine sets up a dance studio and invites only the females, because she knows that men don't dance.

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   8. Dance

   11 May 1987

   Rogers first sees Sam Weber demonstrating his tap-dancing skills. Mr. McFeely shows a videotape on how shoes are made. Sam Weber also visits the Neighborhood of Make-Believe to disprove Lady Elaine's belief that men don't dance.

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   9. Dance

   11 May 1987 · 30 min

   Rogers visits the Dance Theatre of Harlem. Lady Elaine changes the name of her dance studio and sends dance invitations to all the men, except for Grand-père.

10. 10

    10. Episode 10

    11 May 1987

    Rogers visits an expert weaver and helps in making a scarf. Lady Elaine invites the Junior Tamburitzans to her studio.

11. 11

    11. Making Mistakes 1

    4 May 1987 · 30 min

    Rogers starts off the program by showing a picture book of animals, but the giraffe picture is misplaced as a skunk and the skunk image is misplaced as a giraffe. Susan Linn enters with the puppets she uses in talking to children. The puppets also go to the Neighborhood of Make-Believe all week. One of them, Audrey Duck, has her feelings hurt.

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    12. Making Mistakes 2

    5 May 1987

    Mr. McFeely brings the corrected animal book with the skunk and giraffe images in their proper places. He shows a videotape on how books are made. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, Audrey Duck is overwhelmed with the thought of reading her poem to so many people.

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    13. Making Mistakes 3

    6 May 1987 · 30 min

    Rogers has gone to a meeting, so Chuck Aber fills him in at the television house. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, a visiting Mr. Skunk feels embarrassed because, in a frightened moment, he sprays Audrey Duck and the surroundings.

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    14. Making Mistakes 4

    7 May 1987 · 30 min

    Rogers hears André Watts playing the piano at a recital hall. Audrey Duck is ashamed to show herself.

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    15. Making Mistakes 5

    8 May 1987 · 30 min

    Rogers goes to Brockett's Bakery for a sing-along. The Neighborhood of Make-Believe stages its much-anticipated poetry reading, with Audrey Duck at the center of attention.