Fred Rogers
Director
Mister Rogers' Neighborhood (1968)
Season 2
Mister Rogers' Neighborhood is an American children's television series that was created and hosted by namesake Fred Rogers. The series originated in 1963 as Misterogers on CBC Television, and was later debuted in 1966 as Misterogers' Neighborhood on the regional Eastern Educational Network, followed by its US network debut on February 19, 1968, and it aired on NET and its successor, PBS, until August 31, 2001. The series is aimed primarily at preschool ages 2 to 5, but has been stated by PBS as "appropriate for all ages". Mister Rogers' Neighborhood was produced by Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA public broadcaster WQED and Rogers' non-profit production company Family Communications, Inc.; previously known as Small World Enterprises prior to 1971, the company was renamed The Fred Rogers Company after Rogers' death.
Released Feb. 19, 1968
Episode 28 min
3+
Genres: Family, Fantasy, Kids, Music
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Production Companies: WQED, Small World Enterprises, Family Communications
Network: PBS
Country: United States
Languages:
English
S2E1 - The Froggs Are Moving (1) - The Frogg family moves
Mister Rogers enters with a blue circle and compares it to round objects.
Mrs. Frogg receives a telegram that says she has been offered a position at the Westwood zoo, but the Frogg family must get permission from King Friday to leave, since there will be no one to run the Museum-Go-Round.
Feb. 10, 1969, midnight
S2E2 - The Froggs are Moving (2) - Squares
King Friday needs to find another curator to operate the Museum-Go-Round. The Frogg family cannot leave until Lady Aberlin and others can fill that post. In the meantime, King Friday has a portrait of himself to give the Frogg family. Handyman Negri also arrives at Rogers' television house to collect a frame for the picture which sends to the neighborhood on the trolley.
Feb. 11, 1969, midnight
S2E3 - The Froggs are Moving (3) - Lady Elaine becomes a curator
Rogers discusses antiques and uses a vacuum cleaner to show how it works. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, Lady Elaine applies for the position of Museum-Go-Round curator. Since she knows everything in the Museum, she is awarded the job. This enables the Frogg family to move to Westwood.
Feb. 12, 1969, midnight
S2E4 - Moving day
The Frogg family moves to their new home in Westwood. Tadpole Frogg expresses his feelings about the move. Lady Elaine Fairchilde, the Museum-Go-Round's new curator, is also pleased with the move.
Feb. 13, 1969, midnight
S2E5 - Ducklings
Rogers brings ducklings into the Television house. For their benefit, he fills a wading pool and both he and François Clemmons feed the ducklings. Lady Aberlin and Lady Elaine discuss the difference between being alive and being a model. Robert Troll tells King Friday that Sara Saturday will soon be arriving from Westwood.
Feb. 14, 1969, midnight
S2E6 - Sara Moves In (1) - Trumpets and triangles
Rogers welcomes a trumpet player to his television house. Sara Saturday also moves back to the Neighborhood of Make-Believe.
Feb. 17, 1969, midnight
S2E7 - Sara Moves In (2) - Painting a porch swing
Rogers paints the swing on the porch of the television house yellow. The Neighborhood of Make-Believe Castle is closed so King Friday can have important meetings.
Feb. 18, 1969, midnight
S2E8 - Sara Moves In (3) - Royal wedding announcement
The Neighborhood of Make-Believe is in the midst of a change. X the Owl turns the Z on his knothole door to an X, Lady Elaine Fairchilde paints the pillars of her Museum-Go-Round. But the big change is the news that Sara Saturday will marry King Friday.
Feb. 19, 1969, midnight
S2E9 - Sara Moves In (4) - Preparing for a royal wedding
King Friday and Queen Sara give interviews for their upcoming wedding.
Feb. 20, 1969, midnight
S2E10 - Sara Moves In (5) - Wedding fashion show
The Castle holds a fashion show of many wedding garments.
Feb. 21, 1969, midnight
S2E11 - The Royal Wedding (1) - Making measurements
Robert Troll measures the many wedding gifts that are pouring into the Castle.
Feb. 24, 1969, midnight
S2E12 - The Royal Wedding (2) - More royal wedding plans
Rogers brings mittens and gloves in a briefcase into the television house. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, King Friday orders that any guests to the royal wedding must take a bath and wear purple gloves.
Feb. 25, 1969, midnight
S2E13 - The Royal Wedding (3) - Variety show in the Neighborhood of Make-believe
The Neighborhood of Make-Believe stages a variety show, which includes a ballet called "The Purple Glove Ballet".
Feb. 26, 1969, midnight
S2E14 - The Royal Wedding (4) - How people build houses
Lady Elaine Fairchilde and Handyman Negri give their present for the Royal Wedding by changing the old Castle into a new, larger Castle.
Feb. 27, 1969, midnight
S2E15 - The Royal Wedding (5) - The royal wedding day
Rogers, Miss Emile, and Chef Brockett carry out their plans for the Royal Wedding. What nobody knows until late is that King Friday wants the wedding to take place in the redesigned Castle garden.
Feb. 28, 1969, midnight
S2E16 - Welcome the Platypus Family (1) - Playing ball in the Neighborhood of Make-Believe
While King Friday and Queen Sara are away on their honeymoon, Robert Troll welcomes his old friend, Dr. Bill Platypus, to the Neighborhood of Make-Believe.
March 3, 1969, midnight
S2E17 - Welcome the Platypus Family (2) - Seeds and plants
Dr. Platypus and Mrs. Platypus move into the Neighborhood of Make-Believe. X and Henrietta do what they can to accommodate them.
March 4, 1969, midnight
S2E18 - Welcome the Platypus Family (3) - Empty and full
Rogers shows the insides of a buckeye. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, Officer Clemmons helps the Platypus family settle temporarily in the Tree.
March 5, 1969, midnight
S2E19 - Welcome the Platypus Family (4) - Boats
The Platypus family must wait for Digger Digorum to return before they can dig their new platypus home.
March 6, 1969, midnight
S2E20 - Welcome the Platypus Family (5) - Digging in the Neighborhood of Make-Believe
Rogers brings in various shovels, one of which he uses to put down fertilizer. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, Henrietta has sewn curtains with a duckbill pattern. These go to the site for the new Platypus mound. Rogers also shares his homemade recipe for making Ice pops.
March 7, 1969, midnight
S2E21 - Magic Kite (1) - All about kites
While digging the Platypus family's home, Digger Digorum and Handyman Negri discover a box containing a magic kite.
March 10, 1969, midnight
S2E22 - Magic Kite (2) - A visit with a magician
A magician performs many tricks at Rogers' television house. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, the magic kite gives advice to everyone, including Digger Digorum.
March 11, 1969, midnight
S2E23 - Magic Kite (3) - Singing and talking kite
Officer Clemmons pretends to be the voice of the magic kite. This convinces first Daniel and then X and Nurse Miller that the kite can talk and sing.
March 12, 1969, midnight
S2E24 - Magic Kite (4) - Teaching the magic kite
X wants the magic kite to add. Joey Hollingsworth returns just as Corny makes a rocking chair for kites.
March 13, 1969, midnight
S2E25 - Magic Kite (5) - Globes and maps
Joey Hollingsworth returns with news that King Friday and Queen Sara will return on the following Friday. He gives to Corny the orders for chairs that must be filled by that time.
May 14, 1969, midnight
S2E26 - All about horses
Mr. McFeely brings Lightning, a small horse, first to Rogers' television house and then to the Neighborhood of Make-Believe. He hears Donkey Hodie has broken his arm, but it is actually an arm of the windmill that has been broken and not one of his real arms.
March 17, 1969, midnight
S2E27 - A visit with a percussionist
Rogers plays a Xylophone and visits percussionist Jean Wilmouth. Those in the Neighborhood of Make-Believe are sad because King Friday and Queen Sara are still on their honeymoon.
March 18, 1969, midnight
S2E28 - Preparing for the return of the king and queen
Edgar Cooke and Joey Hollingsworth, along with Lady Elaine, plan to decorate the Neighborhood of Make-Believe for the Royal family's return.
March 19, 1969, midnight
S2E29 - Dressing up as the king and queen
Joey Hollingsworth is dressed up as King Friday as part of the ceremony to welcome back the Royal couple. Lady Elaine instructs Lady Aberlin to dress as Queen Sara. This causes mass confusion and more discussions.
March 20, 1969, midnight
S2E30 - Reflections
King Friday and Queen Sara return to the Neighborhood of Make-Believe to find the disguised Joey Hollingsworth and Lady Aberlin.
March 21, 1969, midnight
S2E31 - A present from the king and queen
In the Television house, Rogers plays a matching game. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, the Royal Family give moving frames to X, Henrietta, and Lady Elaine.
March 24, 1969, midnight
S2E32 - Preparing for the carnival
Rogers uses a balance scale to compare weights. The Neighborhood of Make-Believe is beginning plans for their upcoming carnival. X and Lady Aberlin demonstrate the talents they will display there.
March 26, 1969, midnight
S2E33 - Making cotton candy
Chef Brockett must explain cotton candy and carnivals to King Friday, and neither interest him. Lady Elaine gets into her fortune-teller mode for the upcoming carnival.
March 26, 1969, midnight
S2E34 - Permission for the carnival
King Friday puts a damper on the carnival plans because he had not been asked for permission to hold it at the Castle.
March 27, 1969, midnight
S2E35 - Carnival in the Neighborhood of Make-Believe
With permission from King Friday, the Neighborhood of Make-Believe holds its carnival.
March 28, 1969, midnight
S2E36 - Shoes and magic
A Wizard enters the Neighborhood of Make-Believe to find Lady Elaine Fairchilde. He plays games and then stubs his toe, prompting Dr. Platypus, who also meets King Friday for the first time.
March 31, 1969, midnight
S2E37 - Growing up is important
The Wizard of Lupovich leaves the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, but not without leaving a box for King Friday and others to watch.
April 1, 1969, midnight
S2E38 - Opening the wizard’s box
Dr. Bill and Elsie Jean Platypus, among others, are curious about the box the Wizard of Lupovich had left for them. When the neighbors gather, the box opens itself to reveal a bunny cap. Anyone who puts it on, hops around.
April 2, 1969, midnight
S2E39 - Taking care of a cat
Handyman Negri lets Corny, X, and Henrietta try the hopping cap. Dr. Bill Platypus has also built up a clientele.
April 3, 1969, midnight
S2E40 - Dr. Bill’s Bagpipes
Several of those in the Neighborhood of Make-Believe do not like Dr. Bill's new bagpipes. He decides that he will have to find a different place to play them.
April 4, 1969, midnight
S2E41 - A visit from Mabel Mercer
Mabel Mercer arrives in the Neighborhood of Make-Believe with a costume changer for Lady Aberlin.
April 7, 1969, midnight
S2E42 - Robert Troll makes noise
Rogers looks after Carol Saunders' guitar. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, Robert Troll raises some mischief.
April 8, 1969, midnight
S2E43 - A place for Robert Troll
Robert Troll wants to live at the campsite at Someplace Else, since Lady Elaine is not using it anymore. But Robert is too afraid to ask, until friends offer him support.
April 9, 1969, midnight
S2E44 - Building Permit
Officer Clemmons has brought a building permit to the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, but he does not know who it is for. The building permit, however, is really for a community center at Someplace Else.
April 10, 1969, midnight
S2E45 - Grown from tiny seeds
Rogers brings in flower pots filled with orchids, tulips, and daffodils. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, King Friday is surprised by the sudden quiet. Everyone is watching Handyman Negri building the community center at Someplace Else.
April 11, 1969, midnight
S2E46 - Rainy day
To combat King Friday's boredom, singer Barbara Koski visits the Neighborhood of Make-Believe from Finland.
April 14, 1969, midnight
S2E47 - House numbers
Rogers plays house with a set of dolls and two houses. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, King Friday orders all the locales to be numbered from west to east, all the way from the Eiffel Tower to the Clock.
April 15, 1969, midnight
S2E48 - Lady Elaine’s numbers
Officer Clemmons reminds Rogers that Chef Brockett's birthday will be in two days' time. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, Lady Elaine tells King Friday he cannot always be number 1. This shows that all the house numbers on all the locales are coming down.
April 16, 1969, midnight
S2E49 - A cake for Chef Brockett
Rogers has to keep secret the cake he is making for Chef Brockett's birthday. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, Robert Troll, X, and Daniel discuss their gifts for Brockett.
April 17, 1969, midnight
S2E50 - Chef Brockett’s birthday
Today is Chef Brockett's birthday. King Friday offers the Atlantic Ocean as his gift.
April 18, 1969, midnight
S2E51 - Tying Knots
Rogers puts together a puzzle Chef Brockett has given him as a thank-you present. Handyman Negri leaves the Neighborhood of Make-Believe for a scout jamboree. His replacement for the week is John Reardon.
April 21, 1969, midnight
S2E52 - Making up an opera
Reardon is organizing an opera. Daniel, Lady Aberlin, and Dr. Platypus have parts in it.
April 22, 1969, midnight
S2E53 - Fishing Game
Reardon distributes music to those who will take part in the opera. Robert Troll wants to be a whale, and Elsie Jean Platypus wants to play the Loch Ness monster.
April 23, 1969, midnight
S2E54 - Toy Boat
Lady Aberlin gives the Trolley a waves costume for the opera, which also fools Corny making him want to have a part in the opera. The entire Neighborhood of Make-Believe will be the backdrop, simulating the sea.
April 24, 1969, midnight
S2E55 - “The Lost and Found Teddy Bear” Opera
The Neighborhood of Make-Believe stages its opera about the search for a lost teddy bear.
April 25, 1969, midnight
S2E56 - Angry feelings
Rogers is doing a puzzle, but Mr. McFeely barges in and takes it before it is even finished. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, Lady Elaine surprises Handyman Negri, who drops his souvenir from the jamboree.
April 28, 1969, midnight
S2E57 - Different people like different things
Rogers discusses the differences between male and female. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, Handyman Negri and Lady Elaine assemble a rocket.
April 29, 1969, midnight
S2E58 - Games need rules
King Friday blocks the launch of Handyman Negri and Lady Elaine's rocket until some rules are laid down for it.
April 30, 1969, midnight
S2E59 - Expressing feelings
Carole Clemmons, François' wife, has some new poems. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, Lady Elaine is mad at her improperly-working rocket.
May 1, 1969, midnight
S2E60 - Good rules
King Friday completes his set of rules for Lady Elaine's rocket. Once these rules are followed, the rocket rides more smoothly.
May 2, 1969, midnight
S2E61 - Car parts
Rogers builds a model car. Van Cliburn also enters the Neighborhood of Make-Believe gathering parts for the piano Lady Elaine is building.
May 5, 1969, midnight
S2E62 - How people make pianos
Chef Brockett has made a piano-shaped cake for Van Cliburn, who performs at the Castle.
May 6, 1969, midnight
S2E63 - Leaves
Lady Aberlin introduces a magic leaf. When she says the correct words, her aunt will sing for her.
May 7, 1969, midnight
S2E64 - Buttons
A button band performs for the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, during which Vija Vetra performs a button dance as well.
May 8, 1969, midnight
S2E65 - Cooling off in a pool
Queen Sara gives a lesson to Lady Aberlin and King Friday about understanding Robert Troll's troll talk.
May 9, 1969, midnight
Network: PBS
Episode Runtime: 28 min.
Season Runtime: 24388 min.
Released: Feb. 19, 1968
Last Air Date: Sept. 7, 2001, midnight
Status: Ended
Certification: TV-Y
Common sense age: 3+
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