Season 1
(1968)
Cast
as Mr. Rogers
as Lady Aberlin
as Mr. McFeely
as Handyman Negri
Episodes
Change: The First Program 0.0
February 19, 1968
Title number 0001. Opens with Mr. Rogers talks about tying his shoes. Mrs. Russellite sends an invitation to Mr. Rogers…
King Friday Challenges Change 0.0
February 20, 1968
Title number 0002. Opens with Mr. Rogers arrives with a painting. Mr. Rogers shows how a burlap bag can be many differe…
Chef Brockett bakes a cake fit for a king 0.0
February 21, 1968
Title number 0003. Opens with Mister Rogers arriving with a package from Chef Brockett. Because of the new rules and re…
Early whimsy, fun and frolic in the neighborhood 0.0
February 22, 1968
Title number 0004. Opens with Mister Rogers arriving with a playpen and puppy. Mrs. Carol Saunders also makes her firs…
The end of the first week 0.0
February 23, 1968
Title number 0005. Opens with Mister Rogers playing with a feather on the porch. After Mr. Rogers plays with them, Bett…
Feeling scientific 0.0
February 26, 1968
Title number 0006. Opens with Mister Rogers arriving with a large box in a lab coat. To prepare for his scientific ende…
Different ways of thinking about birds 0.0
February 27, 1968
Title number 0007. Opens with Mister Rogers arriving with a birdcage under a blanket. In the Television house, Mr. Roge…
A “Peace Party” to celebrate peace 0.0
February 28, 1968
Title number 0008. Opens with Mister Rogers arriving with a Peace Party sign and a paper airplane. The Neighborhood of …
People look and sound different 0.0
February 29, 1968
Title number 0009. Opens with Mister Rogers arriving in a hat with a stack of pictures. Mr. Rogers plays audio tapes of…
Looking closely 0.0
March 1, 1968
Title number 0010. Opens with Mister Rogers arriving with binoculars in a case. In the Television house, Mr. Rogers dem…
Spending time together 0.0
March 4, 1968
Title number 0011. Opens with Mister Rogers arriving with oatmeal and Picture Picture explains how it's made.
A visit with a toucan, a mime and a French horn 0.0
March 5, 1968
Title number 0012. Opens with Mister Rogers arriving with a toucan in a cage under a blanket. Jewel Walker visits the t…
Ask for permission to borrow things 0.0
March 6, 1968
Title number 0013. Mister Rogers sits on the porch swing listening to the symphony rehearse, and afterwards plays with …
A visit with a chimp 0.0
March 7, 1968
Title number 0014. Opens with Mister Rogers arriving with an easel, supplies, and a record. Mister Rogers plays the 4th…
Talking about feelings 0.0
March 8, 1968
Title number 0015. Opens with Mister Rogers arriving and pinching his finger. Mister Rogers bandages his finger to prov…
Making things for others 0.0
March 11, 1968
Title number 0016. Opens with Mister Rogers arriving with lumber scraps and uses nails to hammer some of the pieces tog…
Donkey Hodie comes to the Neighborhood of Make-Believe 0.0
March 12, 1968
Title number 0017. Opens with Mister Rogers arriving with papers in his hand. A young donkey named Jenny is visiting Mi…
Practicing and playing the clarinet 0.0
March 13, 1968
Title number 0018. Opens with Mister Rogers arriving with clarinet in a case. Mister Rogers puts together a clarinet an…
Looking for a place for a windmill 0.0
March 14, 1968
Title number 0019. Opens with Mister Rogers arriving with a toy raft made out of straws. He plays with it and other flo…
How windmills work 0.0
March 15, 1968
Title number 0020. Opens with Mister Rogers arriving with a model windmill and talks about how windmills work. Judy Rub…
Groundbreaking for the windmill 0.0
March 18, 1968
Title number 0021. Opens with Mister Rogers arriving with a bag in which there are two tubs of ice cream. Chef Brockett…
Nurse Miller’s check up 0.0
March 19, 1968
Title number 0022. Opens with Mister Rogers arriving with multiple wooden boxes. Mister Rogers covers this episode disc…
All about eyeglasses 0.0
March 20, 1968
Title number 0023. Opens with Mister Rogers arriving with a thin case of eyeglasses. Mister Rogers discusses the use of…
Mister Rogers gets an eye exam 0.0
March 21, 1968
Title number 0024. Opens with Mister Rogers arriving with eye charts. Mr. Rogers has his eyes examined. King Friday wan…
Donkey Hodie’s new home 0.0
March 22, 1968
Title number 0025. Opens with Mister Rogers arriving with a small house plant and transfers it to a bigger pot. King Fr…
Jamie Rogers visits 0.0
March 25, 1968
Title number 0026. Opens with Mister Rogers arriving with a baby doll in a bag. Mr. Rogers discusses growing and change…
A baby doll bed 0.0
March 26, 1968
Title number 0027. Opens with Mister Rogers arriving with toy baby crib. Mr. Rogers makes a toy bed and pretends to mak…
Things that fit into other things 0.0
March 27, 1968
Title number 0028. Opens with Mister Rogers arriving with nesting boxes. At the television house, someone sends a rathe…
Weaving 0.0
March 28, 1968
Title number 0029. Opens with Mister Rogers arriving with a small loom. Mister Rogers demonstrates the use of a small l…
Turning the Neighborhood of Make-Believe upside down 0.0
March 29, 1968
Title number 0030. Opens with Mister Rogers arriving with a violin and a viola in cases. After Mr. Rogers demonstrates …
Red Monster Pt 1: A visit from Pedro the bird 0.0
April 1, 1968
Title number 0031. Opens with Mister Rogers arriving and talking about a trip to the zoo. Mr. Rogers discusses wild ani…
Red Monster Pt 2: No one has ever seen a monster 0.0
April 2, 1968
Title number 0032. Opens with Mister Rogers arriving with a box of masks. Mr. Rogers puts on various masks to prove he…
Red Monster Pt 3: Oranges for the ballet 0.0
April 3, 1968
Title number 0033. Opens with Mister Rogers arriving with ballet art and a bag of oranges. Mr. Rogers gives some orange…
Red Monster Pt 4: Musical bottles 0.0
April 4, 1968
Title number 0034. Opens with Mister Rogers arriving with a glass bottle. Mr. Rogers plays music by blowing across bott…
Red Monster Pt 5: There are no monsters 0.0
April 5, 1968
Title number 0035. Opens with Mister Rogers arriving and making a tunnel from chairs and a blanket. Mr. Rogers and Chef…
Rocking Chairs 0.0
April 8, 1968
Title number 0036. Opens with Mister Rogers arriving a rocking chair. Mister Rogers visits Mr. Dennis who is demonstrat…
Drawing with Chalk 0.0
April 9, 1968
Title number 0037. Opens with Mister Rogers arriving with paints and paper. Inside the Television house, Peggy Lipschut…
King Friday meets Sara Saturday 0.0
April 10, 1968
Title number 0038. Opens with Mister Rogers arriving with a bicycle handle. Mr. Rogers demonstrates exercises by using …
What to wear? 0.0
April 11, 1968
Title number 0039. Opens with Mister Rogers arriving with a letter. The Neighborhood of Make-Believe is preparing to ho…
A party for Sara Saturday 0.0
April 12, 1968
Title number 0040. Opens with Mister Rogers arriving with two cut out S shapes and dressed in a tuxedo. The reception p…
Rain in the Neighborhood of Make-Believe 0.0
April 15, 1968
Title number 0041. Opens with Mister Rogers arriving in a rain coat twirling a bag. Mister Rogers talks about sewing, a…
Airplanes 0.0
April 16, 1968
Title number 0042. Opens with Mister Rogers arriving with a book about paper airplanes and sits on the porch to sing. L…
Reardon plans an Opera 0.0
April 17, 1968
Title number 0043. Opens with Mister Rogers arriving with a harmonica and sits on the porch. Mister Rogers talks about…
Auditions for the opera 0.0
April 18, 1968
Title number 0044. Opens with Mister Rogers arriving with a milk bottle. Mr Rogers takes care of a baby chimpanzee. Rea…
The Babysitter Opera 0.0
April 19, 1968
Title number 0045. Opens with Mister Rogers arriving with a box with a hat and cape inside. During Reardon's opera, Lad…
Visiting the barbershop 0.0
April 22, 1968
Title number 0046. Opens with Mister Rogers arriving with a briefcase. Mr. Rogers gets a haircut while discussing with …
Fur, feathers, and hair 0.0
April 23, 1968
Title number 0047. Opens with Mister Rogers arriving with a book of Fur, Feathers, and Hair. Mr Rogers reads a book tha…
Apples 0.0
April 24, 1968
Title number 0048. Opens with Mister Rogers arriving with a dachshund and shows a book with all types of dogs. Chef Bro…
Bubbles 0.0
April 25, 1968
Title number 0049. Opens with Mister Rogers arriving with a straw in his front pocket. Mr. Rogers uses drinking straws …
Playing with Toys 0.0
April 26, 1968
Title number 0050. Opens with Mister Rogers arriving with a picnic basket of fruit. Mr. McFeely brings over a battery o…
Bears everywhere 0.0
April 29, 1968
Title number 0051. Opens with Mister Rogers arriving with stuffed bears. Mime Walker pantomimes Goldilocks and the Thre…
Puzzles 0.0
April 30, 1968
Title number 0052. Opens with Mister Rogers arriving with a bag and a painting. In the Television house, Katie Lewin te…
Benjamin Franklin 0.0
May 1, 1968
Title number 0053. Opens with Mister Rogers arriving with a box with items of Benjamin Franklin and a candle maker. Mr.…
Heat and printing 0.0
May 2, 1968
Title number 0054. Opens with Mister Rogers arriving with bread in a bag. Alder demonstrates how heat causes things to …
King Friday, Goldilocks, Benjamin Franklin and the three 0.0
May 3, 1968
Title number 0055. Opens with Mister Rogers arriving with a string of yarn and a sock. The Neighborhood of Make-Believe…
Various vegetables 0.0
May 6, 1968
Title number 0056. Opens with Mister Rogers arriving with a basket of vegetables. Chef Brockett also shows cooked veget…
Rabbits 0.0
May 7, 1968
Title number 0057. Opens with Mister Rogers discussing rabbits brought to the porch by Mr. McFeely. A friend brings ove…
A growing family 0.0
May 8, 1968
Title number 0058. Opens with Mister Rogers arriving with wood for a dollhouse. Mr. Rogers talks about the arrival of a…
Plumbing 0.0
May 9, 1968
Title number 0059. Opens with Mister Rogers arriving with a hammer. Mr. Rogers demonstrates the use of three tools, a h…
Joey Hollingsworth’s dance recital 0.0
May 10, 1968
Title number 0060. Opens with Mister Rogers arriving with a marionette. Mr. Rogers demonstrates using a clown marionett…
All about water 0.0
May 13, 1968
Title number 0061. Opens with Mister Rogers arriving with a bucket. Mister Rogers makes mud pies and a dam with dirt an…
Drinkable water 0.0
May 14, 1968
Title number 0062. Opens with Mister Rogers arriving with bottle of milk in a bag. With pipes now carrying water into …
Fire in the factory 0.0
May 15, 1968
Title number 0063. Opens with Mister Rogers arriving with hot dog buns in a brown bag. Mister Rogers warms some wiener …
Learning about firefighters 0.0
May 16, 1968
Title number 0064. Opens with Mister Rogers arriving and then discusses firemen. Picture Picture shows what firemen do …
Rebuilding the factory 0.0
May 17, 1968
Title number 0065. Opens with Mister Rogers arriving with a bag of wood logs. Lady Aberlin, Handyman Negri, and X rebui…
All about cars 0.0
May 20, 1968
Title number 0066. Opens with Mister Rogers arriving with a bag of toy cars. Mr. Rogers explains how all toys do what y…
Dedication at the Rockit Factory 0.0
May 21, 1968
Title number 0067. Opens with Mister Rogers arriving with a yoyo. King Friday is ready to dedicate the new factory, but…
Bicycles and dance class 0.0
May 22, 1968
Title number 0068. Opens with Mister Rogers arriving with a bag of all different kinds of toy bicycles, and explains th…
Windows 0.0
May 23, 1968
Title number 0069. Opens with Mister Rogers arriving with then reading a poem he wrote. Donkey Hodie has had no visitor…
Glass 0.0
May 24, 1968
Title number 0070. Opens with Mister Rogers arriving with a briefcase containing glass blown animals made by Mr. Zandhu…
Taking care of your teeth 0.0
May 27, 1968
Title number 0071. Opens with Mister Rogers arriving with a toothbrush, tooth paste, and tooth powder. He brushes his t…
Stop litterbugs 0.0
May 28, 1968
Title number 0072. Opens with Mister Rogers arriving with plant food and talks about how plants and people grow. Judy R…
Rainbow cookies 0.0
May 29, 1968
Title number 0073. Opens with Mister Rogers arriving with two boxes which contain a ring and a hat. Mr Rogers sings "Le…
Household Chores 0.0
May 30, 1968
Title number 0074. Opens with Mister Rogers arriving with a basket of laundry. Mr Rogers does some ironing and washing …
Welcome back, Miss Emilie 0.0
May 31, 1968
Title number 0075. Opens with Mister Rogers arriving with a bag of thermometers. Lady Aberlin dresses up as X so she ca…
Cheering up King Friday 0.0
June 3, 1968
Title number 0076. Opens with Mister Rogers arriving with a briefcase and box containing dolls of all kinds. Betty Aber…
Entertaining King Friday 0.0
June 4, 1968
Title number 0077. Opens with Mister Rogers arriving with an electric amplifier. Lady Aberlin enlists several teenagers…
Letters and words 0.0
June 5, 1968
Title number 0078. Opens with Mister Rogers arriving with a bowl and tin of cat food. Rogers takes care of Mr Mc Feely'…
Calling Sara Saturday 0.0
June 6, 1968
Title number 0079. Opens with Mister Rogers arriving with an empty box from which he pretends to make a phone. King Fri…
All about telephones 0.0
June 19, 1968
Mr Rogers shows telephone line equipment and a video. For a while, King Friday has been reluctant to see Sara Saturday …
Mail delivery 0.0
June 10, 1968
John Reardon pretends to be a mailman while he visits the Neighborhood of Make-Believe. He sends a note that King Frida…
Camping 0.0
June 11, 1968
Jim Wright sets up a tent both inside Rogers' television house and in the Neighborhood of Make-Believe. Lady Elaine is …
Lady Elaine plans an opera 0.0
June 12, 1968
Mister Rogers brings one of the first kinds of instant developing cameras to the house. Lady Elaine is beginning to dev…
Campsite Opera 0.0
June 13, 1968
Reardon and Lady Aberlin are trying to get King Friday's permission for their opera. Lady Elaine is a campsite owner in…
Cats and kittens 0.0
June 14, 1968
After he brings in a kitten, Mister Rogers and Miss Emilie, "the poetry lady", reflect on one of Vija Vetra's dances an…
Pretending 0.0
June 17, 1968
Lady Elaine refuses to remove the tents from the Castle garden. Handyman Negri thinks he can scare her away by dressing…
All about fish 0.0
June 18, 1968
Mr. McFeely delivers two catfish for Rogers to put in his new aquarium. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, Lady Aberl…
Moving tents 0.0
June 19, 1968
Mr. McFeely brings two piglets into the television house. A visitor to the Neighborhood of Make-Believe coaxes Lady Ela…
Rain poem 0.0
June 20, 1968
Mister Rogers brings a suitcase full of different kinds of clothing, and explains how to say it's raining in different …
Presents 0.0
June 21, 1968
Mister Rogers brings signs to talk about. After Betty Aberlin visits to bring a gift from King Friday and Sara Saturday…
Building 0.0
June 24, 1968
Rogers builds a wood frame. Handyman Negri is building a new balcony on the castle.
A production of “Rumpelstiltskin” 0.0
June 25, 1968
Rogers and Mr. McFeely take care of two ducks that have wandered onto the porch before seeing the Vagabond Marionettes'…
Boomerang-toomerang-soomerang 0.0
June 26, 1968
A special guest is supposed to enter the Neighborhood of Make-Believe. Lady Aberlin takes Lady Elaine's boomerang. But …
About flowers 0.0
June 27, 1968
Lady Aberlin pantomimes the growth of a plant in the television house. She also presents a flower arrangement for Sara …
Decorating for Sara Saturday 0.0
June 28, 1968
King Friday prepares Sara Saturday's room in the castle.
Blowing bubbles 0.0
July 1, 1968
Mr. McFeely shows Rogers how to blow bubbles by using liquid detergent. He also gives out liquid detergent samples to t…
Trouble with the telecan 0.0
July 2, 1968
After Mister Rogers tries on many different types of shoes, Handyman Negri sees that communication with the Neighborhoo…
Meeting a stone-smith 0.0
July 3, 1968
Mr. Farnum and his daughter Cindy Farnum discuss stones and how they are cut and polished for jewelry. Mr. Anybody make…
Playing the bagpipes 0.0
July 4, 1968
The Neighborhood of Make-Believe celebrates Scottish Day. Mister Rogers invites Mr. Anybody (Don Franke) back who comes…
Height and weight 0.0
July 5, 1968
Mistee Rogers shows the comparison between two different scales: one to weigh groceries and one to weigh humans. Nurse …
All about whistles 0.0
July 8, 1968
Rogers demonstrates several types of different whistles. Mr. Anybody plays a whistle in the Neighborhood of Make-Believ…
Feeling sick 0.0
July 9, 1968
Mister Rogers pretends to give aid to a sick person. Nurse Miller also gives a shot to Tadpole Frogg who is sick.
Roller skates 0.0
July 10, 1968
Rogers talks of playing with toys and reads the poem of The Land of Counterpane by Robert Louis Stevenson. In the Neigh…
Playing instruments together 0.0
July 11, 1968
Mister Rogers makes drums out of tin cans and listens to a real drummer. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, Mr. Anybo…
The neighborhood orchestra 0.0
July 12, 1968
Rogers demonstrates how the xylophone works. John Costa, who is on the accordion, joins Rogers on several song duets. T…
Fairy Tales 0.0
July 15, 1968
Rogers discusses fairy tales. He reads Little Red Riding Hood and explains what parkas are. Mr. McFeely shows a parka h…
Decorating a cake 0.0
July 16, 1968
Rogers is weaving a basket for Mr. McFeely's birthday. Bernie Jessol, Lowell Meek, and Akeba Blazia also perform gymnas…
Animal Book 0.0
July 17, 1968
Rogers brings in a mother turtle and a baby turtle. Miss Emilie shares a book about animals. She also shares with Corny…
Making things out of glass 0.0
July 18, 1968
Jan Zandhuis presents a small glass bicycle to Rogers that he made for Mr. McFeely's birthday. In the Neighborhood of M…
Mr. McFeely’s Birthday 0.0
July 19, 1968
Rogers' television house is the site of Mr. McFeely's birthday party. King Friday and Sara Saturday offer a gift.
How people make pianos 0.0
July 22, 1968
Rogers discusses how a piano works and then shows a film on how people make pianos. Van Cliburn plays piano at the Neig…
Drums 0.0
July 23, 1968
Rogers shows how to express your anger on the drums. Dr. Marchl tells Lady Elaine Fairchilde the difference between rea…
Going to bed 0.0
July 24, 1968
Lady Elaine has trouble sleeping in the Neighborhood of Make-Believe.
Staying well 0.0
July 25, 1968
Lady Elaine wants to turn King Friday upside-down with her Boomerang, but it backfires and the whole Neighborhood turns…
Playing with sand 0.0
July 26, 1968
Rogers pretends to ride a camel through the sand, while Donkey Hodie is bothered by sand blowing from Lady Elaine's san…
Horse costume 0.0
July 29, 1968
Lady Aberlin and Handyman Negri don a horse costume in which they dance for King Friday and Sara Saturday.
Henrietta’s doll collection 0.0
July 30, 1968
Rogers shows how a foot measurer works. The Neighborhood of Make-Believe begins preparations for a fair.
Native American dancers 0.0
July 31, 1968
Rogers displays an assortment of Native American clothing and witnesses Native American dancers on the Picture Picture …
Badges 0.0
August 1, 1968
Officer Clemmons arrives to show what a badge represents. He then issues a permit for the Neighborhood of Make-Believe …
Rain on the day of the fair 0.0
August 2, 1968
It's raining in the neighborhood, so Rogers brings in his umbrella. The Neighborhood of Make-Believe appears sad becaus…
All about doughnuts 0.0
August 5, 1968
Rogers, Chef Brockett, and Mr. McFeely decorate doughnuts. Joey Hollingsworth returns to the Neighborhood of Make-Belie…
Scuba diving 0.0
August 6, 1968
Rogers shows how to use a pair of flippers and an inner tube for scuba. A scuba diver discusses the equipment that she …
Flashlights need batteries 0.0
August 7, 1968
Rogers brings in light bulbs. Scientist Alder has flashlights and the batteries that make them work. X anticipates his …
All kinds of balls 0.0
August 8, 1968
Rogers talks about all sorts of sports that are played with a ball (such as football, soccer and baseball). In the Neig…
Feeling angry 0.0
August 9, 1968
Rogers sets up a punching bag, explaining how some people punch a bag when they are angry, saying that rules must be fo…
Chickens in the neighborhood 0.0
August 12, 1968
Rogers discusses the difference between a rooster and a hen. He also makes a chicken marionette.
Portraits 0.0
August 13, 1968
Lady Aberlin draws portraits of Corny and Daniel for a book for Sara Saturday, who is going away for a while.
Disappearing 0.0
August 14, 1968
Mr Rogers shows how to tie a shoe, and also explains the meaning of the word "disappear," which isn't always exactly wh…
Meeting Robert Troll 0.0
August 15, 1968
Mr Rogers sings "Let's Be Together Today" and Mr McFeely lends him an animal number book. Robert Troll makes his first …
Getting to know Robert Troll 0.0
August 16, 1968
Robert Troll is still appreciative. Fortunately, he meets Gloria Onque, one of Sara Saturday's wise women. She is about…