Mister Rogers' Neighborhood: Mister Rogers Meets New Friends Collection

Season 1

1979 · 31 episodes

Episodes

1. 1

   1. Mister Rogers Goes to School

   28 Aug 1979

   Visit to a First Grade Classroom (1462) Mister Rogers visits a first grade classroom, and the teacher shows him things that children will find in first grade.

2. 2

   2. Mister Rogers Talks About Superheroes

   8 Feb 1980

   Visits a Construction Site (1470) Mister Rogers visits a construction site and learns how a backhoe works.

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   3. Mister Rogers Talks About Divorce

   17 Feb 1981

   Visits a Pretzel Factory (1477) Mister Rogers visits a pretzel factory to see how people make pretzels.

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   4. Mister Rogers Talks About Divorce

   19 Feb 1981

   Mister Rogers Meets Dr. Earl Grollman (1479) Mister Rogers visits Joe Negri's music shop and meets Dr. Earl Grollman, author of books for parents and children about divorce.

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   5. Mister Rogers Talks About Divorce

   20 Feb 1981

   Visit with a Pilot (1480) Mister Rogers goes on an airplane and visits with the pilot and flight attendant. Mister Rogers is shown around the plane and helps children feel safe when traveling by air.

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   6. Mister Rogers Talks About Competition

   2 Jun 1981

   A Visit to the Carnegie Art Museum (1482) Mister Rogers visits the Carnegie Art Museum and looks at different paintings there.

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   7. Mister Rogers Talks About Competition

   4 Jun 1981

   Mister Rogers Meets Lynn Swann (1484) Mister Rogers watches former Pittsburgh Steeler wide receiver Lynn Swann practice ballet with a dance company. He tells Mister Rogers all about how dancing helped him play football.

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   8. Mister Rogers Talks About Pets

   2 Jun 1982

   Mister Rogers Meets New Pets (1498) Different pets are visiting Mister Rogers, including Bob Trow's dog Barney and Mrs. McFeely's parrot.

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   9. Mister Rogers Talks About Make-Believe

   28 Jun 1982

   How People Make Spoons (1501) Mister Rogers visits with a person who plays the spoons and shows a video of how people make spoons.

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    10. Mister Rogers Talks About Make-Believe

    29 Jun 1982

    Visit to an Emergency Room (1502) Mister Rogers visits a hospital emergency room. He learns what happens in the waiting room, the x-ray room and the suture room.

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    11. Mister Rogers Talks About Make-Believe

    1 Jul 1982

    Mister Rogers Learns About Horns (1504) Mister Rogers visits Negri's Music Shop to learn about different kinds of horns.

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    12. Mister Rogers Talks About Day Care & Night Care

    25 Apr 1983

    Visits a Child Care Home (1516) Mister Rogers visits a child care home where he talks to the child care provider about what it's like there.

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    13. Mister Rogers Talks About Day Care & Night Care

    27 Apr 1983

    A Visit to a Balloon Factory (1518) Mister Rogers takes a tour of a factory where people make balloons.

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    14. Mister Rogers Talks About Work

    4 Apr 1984

    Visits the United States Postal Service (1526) Mister Rogers visits the United States Postal Service and learns how stamps are designed and made.

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    15. Mister Rogers Talks About Work

    5 Apr 1984

    A Visit to the Dairy Farm (1527) Mister Rogers visits a dairy farm to see how cows are milked and milk is bottled.

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    16. Mister Rogers Talks About Work

    7 Apr 1984

    Visits a Grocery Store (1529) Mister Rogers visits a grocery store and explains that "nobody can have everything he or she wants."

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    17. Mister Rogers Talks About Grandparents

    9 May 1984

    Remembering Childhood and Grandparents (1533) Mister Rogers remembers his own childhood and his grandparents.

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    18. Mister Rogers Talks About Alike and Different

    27 Nov 1987

    Visit to the Circus (1585) Mister Rogers goes to a circus to see the animals and the clowns. He shows viewers that clowns are people underneath their funny clothes and makeup!

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    19. Mister Rogers Talks About Kindness and Unkindness

    3 May 1988

    Mister Rogers Visits Luray Caverns (1592) Blind jazz saxophonist Eric Kloss and Betty Aberlin guide Mister Rogers through Luray Caverns in Virginia.

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    20. Mister Rogers Talks About Kindness and Unkindness

    5 May 1988

    A Visit from Tommy Tune (1594) Dancer and Tony Award-winner Tommy Tune travels from Broadway for a visit to the Neighborhood of Make-Believe!

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    21. Mister Rogers Presents Josephine the Short Neck Giraffe

    1 May 1989

    A Visit to the San Diego Wild Animal Park (1606) Mister Rogers visits the San Diego Wild Animal Park where guide Joan Embery shows him giraffes, elephants, tigers and other animals living there.

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    22. Mister Rogers Talks About Dress-Up

    29 Aug 1991

    A Visit with the Boys' Choir of Harlem (1639) On a visit to the Boys' Choir of Harlem, director Dr. Walter J. Turnball introduces Mister Rogers to young singers with beautifully disciplined voices who dress up in choir robes for their performances.

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    23. Mister Rogers Talks About Love

    23 Feb 1993

    A Visit with an Ornithologist (1662) Mister Rogers visits ornithologist David Ford at the aviary to see lots of different birds that people care for.

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    24. Mister Rogers Talks About Helping

    24 Jul 1996

    A Visit to a Restaurant (1703) At B. Smith's restaurant in New York City, Mister Rogers meets some of the people who work in the kitchen and watches as they help each other prepare the food.

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    25. Noisy and Quiet

    15 Feb 1999

    A Visit with the Westminster Handbell Choir (1736) Mister Rogers visits the Westminster Handbell Choir and listens to different bell sounds—loud and quiet.

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    26. Go Stop Go

    29 Jul 1999

    Mister Rogers Visits a Fire Station (1744) Mister Rogers visits a fire station and learns about fire safety and some of the equipment the firefighters use.

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    27. When Things Get Broken

    23 Mar 1999

    Mister Rogers Talks About Imaginations (1746) Mister Rogers shows some things he can do on the computer and talks about how children can use their imaginations for things they can't do on the computer.

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    28. When Things Get Broken

    24 Mar 1999

    A Visit to the Neighborhood Library (1747) Mister Rogers visits the neighborhood library to take out a book and finds children there doing lots of different things like studying, reading and doing craft activities.

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    29. When Things Get Broken

    27 Mar 1999

    Mister Rogers Visits the Dance Alloy (1750) Mister Rogers visits a dance troupe named the Dance Alloy at their studio.

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    30. Mister Rogers Talks About Curiosity

    22 Feb 2000

    Mister Rogers Visits Negri's Music Shop (1752) Mister Rogers visits Negri's Music Shop where musicians are playing different kinds of homemade instruments.

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    31. Mister Rogers Talks About Sharing

    21 Feb 1997

    A Visit From Bill Nye (1715) Bill Nye the Science Guy stops by to do a science experiment using baking soda and vinegar to blow up a balloon!