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Season 5

(1972)

Cast

Fred Rogers as Mr. Rogers
Fred Rogers

as Mr. Rogers

Betty Aberlin as Lady Aberlin
Betty Aberlin

as Lady Aberlin

David Newell as Mr. McFeely
David Newell

as Mr. McFeely

Joe Negri as Handyman Negri
Joe Negri

as Handyman Negri

Episodes

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February 21, 1972

Mary Sweenie arrives late at Betty's Little Theater for her bird dance. X wants to read poetry alone.

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February 22, 1972

Rogers and Mr. McFeely do a bit of secret communicating, with neither one understanding the other. In the Neighborhood …

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February 23, 1972

X is afraid others will laugh at his poetry should he read it aloud. Lady Elaine is eager to hear this poetry and is al…

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February 24, 1972

While seeing the breads at Brockett's Bakery, Rogers learns how a bread slicer works. The Neighborhood of Make-Believe …

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February 25, 1972

Bob Trow repairs Mr. McFeely's bicycle, although he is slightly embarrassed because Bob doesn't yet know how to ride a …

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February 28, 1972

Audrey Roth brings three unidentified cheerleaders to Rogers' television house. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, Co…

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February 29, 1972

Rogers' son Jamie and a friend play with a toy on the floor of the television house. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believ…

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March 1, 1972

Rogers shows steam from a tea kettle. Mr. McFeely shows him the use of a steam engine. Robert Troll plays ball with Lad…

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March 2, 1972

Corny asks Robert Troll to dump an excess amount of paint stain into a creek. The resulting pollution leaves a bad smel…

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March 3, 1972

Corny and Robert Troll need some help to clean up the paint stain that they caused. Lady Elaine uses her boomerang to r…

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March 6, 1972

Susan Linn performs her puppets, Audrey Duck and Cat-a-Lion, at Betty's Little Theater. King Friday plans to buy a larg…

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March 7, 1972

Rogers needs Joe Negri's help to get a crystal radio working. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, Handyman Negri has t…

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March 8, 1972

Rogers buys a TV set from Negri's Music Shop with a credit card. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, King Friday turns…

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March 9, 1972

King Friday commands that everyone should watch a television show at the Castle. He borrows a TV set from Lady Elaine s…

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March 10, 1972

Rogers goes to traffic court to plead the case that led to his parking ticket. Lady Elaine leads a march on the Castle …

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March 13, 1972

Rogers demonstrates the different sounds made from bells and crystal glasses filled with water. Joey Hollingsworth tap …

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March 14, 1972

Tom Flynn and the Southminister Bell Ringers perform at Negri's Music Shop. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, Henrie…

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March 15, 1972

Rogers makes a musical instrument out of an oatmeal box, a large button, and some string. In the Neighborhood of Make-B…

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March 16, 1972

X wants to ask King Friday for a job. He earns the title printer of Royal calling cards.

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March 17, 1972

A plumber replaces the clogged elbow in Rogers' sink drain. The Neighborhood of Make-Believe sees the same plumber reto…

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March 20, 1972

A magician performs part of his act at Betty Aberlin's theater. He is seen again in the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, b…

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March 21, 1972

Andrew Wyeth illustrates to Rogers the work behind an animated film based on Rogers' song "You've Got To Do It". The Ne…

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March 22, 1972

Rogers explains the size of things by having a tailor alter a suit jacket. Those in the Neighborhood of Make-Believe do…

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March 23, 1972

Lady Aberlin is asking those in the Neighborhood of Make-Believe to donate to the new performing arts program. Lady Ela…

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March 24, 1972

Mr. Appel is named the first recipient from the Neighborhood of Make-Believe's foundation for the performing arts.

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March 27, 1972

It's Mrs. McFeely's birthday, and Rogers isn't the only one giving presents. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, Lady …

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March 28, 1972

Attempting to make a merry-go-round, Lady Elaine doesn't feel that her animals look perfect. Rogers introduces viewers …

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March 29, 1972

Handyman Negri gives X the Owl a lesson in music history from the Owl Correspondence School. The record is an owl histo…

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March 30, 1972

Bob Dog is saddened because Daniel doesn't want him near the Clock. Still, Bob Dog wants to talk with Daniel.

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March 31, 1972

Rogers takes some vegetables to Bob Trow. X the Owl wants to play the harmonica alongside the King's bass violin.

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April 3, 1972

Rogers helps Bob Trow inflate one tire of a tandem bicycle. Fog in the Neighborhood of Make-Believe causes Bob Dog to l…

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April 4, 1972

Astronaut Al Worden stops by the television house to show how his space suit works. His scheduled arrival in the Neighb…

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April 5, 1972

Lady Elaine is prepared to go to the Moon by any means. Later in the visit, Rogers goes to the Brown Marionette studio …

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April 6, 1972

Rogers and Al Worden recall the question-and-answer period they conducted with children about going to the Moon. Worden…

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April 7, 1972

Al Worden shows more equipment that he took to the Moon, and he discusses the one side of the Moon that is never seen o…

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April 10, 1972

Rogers makes a crayon rubbing of leaves. Mrs. McFeely invites him to their house to see a fern and a reptile called a c…

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April 11, 1972

Rogers plays with blocks and then with clay. Later he calls François Clemmons, offering him a position as voice teacher…

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April 12, 1972

Mr. McFeely shows Rogers a duck. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, Lady Elaine commands attention as she begins her …

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April 13, 1972

The Brown Marionette Company opens one room in their studio for François Clemmons to give voice lessons. In the Neighbo…

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April 14, 1972

Lady Elaine radios back to the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, saying she will stay in space because she has made the mos…

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April 17, 1972

Lady Elaine splashes down in the Neighborhood of Make-Believe. While some think she is going to get married, Lady Elain…

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April 18, 1972

Rogers hears a harpist at Negri's Music Shop. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, Lady Elaine announces she has discov…

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April 19, 1972

A purple disk drops into the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, giving Lady Elaine and others information on Planet Purple. …

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April 20, 1972

Rogers visits François Clemmons's music class. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, Lady Elaine is reluctant to shake o…

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April 21, 1972

Lady Aberlin and Robert Troll must convince Lady Elaine of her rightful place in the Neighborhood of Make-Believe.

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April 24, 1972

Chef Brockett presents snow pudding to Rogers at the bakery. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, Lady Elaine wants to …

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April 25, 1972

Rogers talks about practice by showing different pairs of skates. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, Lady Elaine's sn…

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April 26, 1972

Rogers explains how only grown-ups can change light bulbs with a ladder. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, Lady Elai…

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April 27, 1972

Rogers uses the heater for the fish tank and shows the room's radiator. He also sees that the Brown Marionette Theater …

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April 28, 1972

The snow opera features an angry girl who has interrupted a badminton game. She makes snow and turns the badminton play…

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May 1, 1972

The bulb burns out in Picture-Picture, so Rogers gets a new bulb at Negri's Music Shop. In the Neighborhood of Make-Bel…

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May 2, 1972

Mr. McFeely has been taken ill because he has been in too much of a hurry. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, X gets …

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May 3, 1972

Rogers talks about staying still, something that Mr. McFeely will need to practice. The same thing occurs for the telec…

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May 4, 1972

Rogers uses a pitch pipe at his television house and with François Clemmons. Mr. McFeely demonstrates one of his sittin…

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May 5, 1972

King Friday wants to fool Lady Aberlin and others with a marionette of the king pretending to fly.

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May 8, 1972

The Castle has lost its XIII plaque. It's up to Lady Aberlin and Handyman Negri to find it.

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May 9, 1972

Ezra Jack Keats visits the Neighborhood of Make-Believe and tells a story about a bad king. Keats must report his story…

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May 10, 1972

Rogers goes to Betty's Little Theater with an idea for Susan Linn's puppets to act out.

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May 11, 1972

Bob Dog is sad that Queen Sara is too busy with Prince Tuesday.

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May 12, 1972

Lady Elaine decides to turn the Neighborhood of Make-Believe purple with her Boomerang. It does not sit well with the n…

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May 15, 1972

Lady Elaine has yet to remove purple residue from Grand-père's sign. But the Boomerang doesn't seem to get it off.

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May 16, 1972

King Friday sends Mr. McFeely to deliver things for the water skiers who will appear later in the week. Rogers watches …

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May 17, 1972

Rogers shows that even when things are hidden, those things still exist. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, Mrs. McFe…

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May 18, 1972

The McFeelys bring two African lion cubs to Rogers' television house. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, Lady Aberlin…

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May 19, 1972

Rogers and Elsie Neal make clay figures of a person and a horse. Handyman Negri and Lady Aberlin, wearing a horse costu…