Fred Rogers
Director
Mister Rogers' Neighborhood (1968)
Season 6
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
S6E1 - Is Santa Claus Real?
Rogers gives a Santa Claus costume to Chef Brockett. Both Betty Aberlin and François Clemmons talk of how as children, they used to be afraid of Santa Claus. Santa Claus, himself, also comes to the neighborhood. This is the first series episode to use the closing song "It's Such a Good Feeling". This continued as the closing song until the end of the series in 2001.
Feb. 19, 1973, midnight
S6E2 - Episode 2
Rogers demonstrates how to use a microscope, and visits the Neighborhood Barber Shop for a haircut from Nick the barber. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, Lady Elaine is intent to cut Santa Claus' hair without his permission.
Feb. 20, 1973, midnight
S6E3 - Episode 3
Rogers pretends to be a bird at François Clemmons' studio. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, King Friday makes another bad rule, that nobody can have bare hands. Lady Elaine doesn't take the rule seriously until a cold breeze blows by.
Feb. 21, 1973, midnight
S6E4 - Episode 4
Chef Brockett is planning to add a soda fountain to his bakery. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, Lady Aberlin brings back the toy horse which, when a string is pulled, says "I know". X gives her a toy seagull which says "you know" when a string is pulled.
Feb. 22, 1973, midnight
S6E5 - Episode 5
Rogers and several other neighbors attend the opening of the new soda fountain at Brockett's Bakery. Eric Kloss visits the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, telling King Friday how the other senses tell a blind person about the world.
Feb. 23, 1973, midnight
S6E6 - Episode 6
Mr. McFeely wears a new Speedy Delivery uniform. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, Henrietta shows her disdain for getting Collette's old clothes, which don't fit.
Feb. 26, 1973, midnight
S6E7 - Episode 7
Collette has sent dresses and hats from Paris to the Neighborhood of Make-Believe. One of the hats is too big for Henrietta Pussycat, so Lady Aberlin gives it to Queen Sara.
Feb. 27, 1973, midnight
S6E8 - Episode 8
Golfer Carol Mann visits Rogers' television house to show his golf equipment. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, X swings his golf club, inadvertently knocking boxes out of Corny's hands.
Feb. 28, 1973, midnight
S6E9 - Episode 9
Rogers hears Bob Trow lead his a cappella group at Negri's Music Shop. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, Corny and Robert Troll want to console X.
March 1, 1973, midnight
S6E10 - Episode 10
Rogers' telephone isn't working, so the telephone repairman makes a visit.
March 2, 1973, midnight
S6E11 - Welcome New Friends Pt 1
Rogers tells viewers of the time he had an imaginary friend. Daniel has an imaginary friend, Malcolm Apricot Dinko, whom he consults to decide whether he should spend the night with Grand-père.
March 5, 1973, midnight
S6E12 - Welcome New Friends Pt 2
Rogers discusses sleep, with help from the McFeelys. Sunset reaches the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, and Daniel still doesn't believe he can to go to Grand-père's for the night. Donkey Hodie has advertised his need for a helper at Someplace Else.
March 6, 1973, midnight
S6E13 - Welcome New Friends Pt 3
Rogers hears a harmonica band at Negri's Music Shop. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, Donkey Hodie realizes that Malcolm Apricot Dinko cannot help much with harvesting the vegetables.
March 7, 1973, midnight
S6E14 - Welcome New Friends Pt 4
Mrs. McFeely has a cow named Harriet, and Rogers sees how Harriet is milked. A new arrival to the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, Harriet Elizabeth Cow, answers the call for help at Someplace Else.
March 8, 1973, midnight
S6E15 - Welcome New Friends Pt 5
Ana Platypus is beginning to speak. Harriet Elizabeth Cow is pleased to see her.
March 9, 1973, midnight
S6E16 - No One Can Ever Take Your Place
Lady Elaine Fairchilde decides to make mischief at the welcoming party for Harriet Elizabeth Cow. When a splash of milk ruins the welcoming cake, some believe Malcolm Apricot Dinko is responsible.
March 12, 1973, midnight
S6E17 - Episode 17
Guy Disalvo visits Rogers' television house to talk of his sugar-cube structure. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, Lady Elaine wants to know who Lady Aberlin likes better: Harriet Elizabeth Cow or Lady Elaine.
March 13, 1973, midnight
S6E18 - Episode 18
Lady Aberlin is dressed as a ballerina, dancing with Robert Troll to Lady Elaine's piano music.
March 14, 1973, midnight
S6E19 - Episode 19
Rogers shows crayon rubbings. Later he sees preparations for a variety show at Betty's Little Theater. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, King Friday wants to rush Prince Tuesday's learning skills.
March 15, 1973, midnight
S6E20 - Episode 20
Joe Negri shows Rogers an accordion at Negri's Music Shop. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, Lady Elaine plays an accordion in Someplace Else just to show up Harriet Elizabeth Cow.
March 16, 1973, midnight
S6E21 - A Variety Show
Rogers and other neighbors participate at the talent show held at Betty's Little Theater.
March 19, 1973, midnight
S6E22 - Episode 22
Rogers visits Elsie Neal's Craft Shop, where Bill Strickland talks of making clay pots. The Neighborhood of Make-Believe sees Purple Panda, the first of a handful of visitors from the Planet Purple.
March 20, 1973, midnight
S6E23 - Episode 23
The Neighborhood of Make-Believe welcome another two new visitors from the Planet Purple, called Paul and Pauline.
March 21, 1973, midnight
S6E24 - Episode 24
Paul and Pauline command that Purple Panda broke a law by rocking in a rocking chair. As a punishment, Purple Panda cannot return to Planet Purple.
March 22, 1973, midnight
S6E25 - Episode 25
Bob Trow is working on a bird house for a wren. King Friday has a new wooden bird on a stick called Troglodytes aedon.
March 23, 1973, midnight
S6E26 - Episode 26
Rogers has props for Bob and Judy Brown's production of The Three Little Pigs. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, King Friday wants to buy an airplane.
March 26, 1973, midnight
S6E27 - Episode 27
Don Williamson shows his remote-control model airplane at Rogers' television house. Rogers forgets that the Brown Marionette Company was performing The Three Little Pigs today. Fortunately, it will be held again tomorrow. An airplane salesman visits the Neighborhood of Make-Believe. King Friday purchases a plane and wants Handyman Negri to be the pilot.
March 27, 1973, midnight
S6E28 - Episode 28
Rogers attends the Brown Marionettes' production of The Three Little Pigs. King Friday gets word that his airplane will arrive tomorrow.
March 28, 1973, midnight
S6E29 - Episode 29
Rogers compares the sounds of a car horn, a trumpet, and a bicycle horn. When he returns to Negri's Music Shop, he hears trumpeter Ben Benack. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, King Friday gets his plane and hires Yoshi Ito to pilot it.
March 29, 1973, midnight
S6E30 - Episode 30
Marcel Marceau performs pantomime, both in Mister Rogers' television house and the Neighborhood of Make-Believe.
March 30, 1973, midnight
S6E31 - Daniel's Birthday Pt 1
Daniel's birthday is coming Friday, and he asks for, among other things, a truck.
April 2, 1973, midnight
S6E32 - Daniel's Birthday Pt 2
Daniel Striped Tiger shares his birthdate with Purple Panda.
April 3, 1973, midnight
S6E33 - Daniel's Birthday Pt 3
Al Worden shares one of his poems with Rogers. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, Daniel wonders if he has made a mistake giving his birthdate to Purple Panda.
April 4, 1973, midnight
S6E34 - Daniel's Birthday Pt 4
Rogers finds beauty in a rainy day. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, Purple Panda overcomes his fear of the rain.
April 5, 1973, midnight
S6E35 - Daniel's Birthday Pt 5
Rogers visits a lapidarian, who shows how stones are polished. Al Worden shows a moon rock in Rogers' kitchen. The Neighborhood of Make-Believe celebrates Daniel's and Purple Panda's birthday.
April 6, 1973, midnight
S6E36 - Episode 36
Rogers works a typewriter specifically used with teleprompters. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, Pilot Ito wants to take opera lessons. King Friday calls John Reardon in to teach her.
April 9, 1973, midnight
S6E37 - Episode 37
Rogers visits the dentist. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, John Reardon agrees to give Pilot Ito opera lessons. King Friday commissions an opera for Friday.
April 10, 1973, midnight
S6E38 - Episode 38
Rogers shows a book with pictures of the teeth of various animals. Mr. McFeely brings in animal-sound instruments. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, John Reardon gives opera parts to Lady Aberlin and Harriet Elizabeth Cow.
April 11, 1973, midnight
S6E39 - Episode 39
Rogers shows different kinds of potatoes and shows what happens if they are put in water for a while. He makes up a potato song. Mr. McFeely delivers an ocarina. At the Negri's Music Shop, a blue grass band is rehearsing and explains why their music is bluegrass. Chef Brockett plays an ocarina and decides to be a potato bug in the opera. John Reardon and Lady Aberlin are still planning the opera and need a king and a pilot. King Friday decides he can't be in the opera. François Clemmons will make a good king, and Miss Ito can be a pilot.
April 12, 1973, midnight
S6E40 - Potato Bugs and Cows
The Neighborhood of Make-Believe holds its opera on Potato Bugs and Cows. Lady Aberlin plays Priscilla, an unsatisfied cow who wants to be a potato bug. A segment of Fred's discussion about Priscilla Cow's emotion had a cameo on a television screen in the 1995 film Casper.
April 13, 1973, midnight
S6E41 - Episode 41
Rogers hears that Mrs. McFeely is ill. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, Queen Sara begins to fall ill.
April 16, 1973, midnight
S6E42 - Episode 42
Rogers visits Mrs. McFeely. In the process, both express their feelings about her illness. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, Lady Elaine and Bob Dog show off their bravery.
April 17, 1973, midnight
S6E43 - Episode 43
Susan Linn uses her Cat-a-lion puppet to express sad and happy feelings. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, Handyman Negri announces the Queen's illness.
April 18, 1973, midnight
S6E44 - Episode 44
Those in the Neighborhood of Make-Believe decide to play music to help Queen Sara get well.
April 19, 1973, midnight
S6E45 - Episode 45
Rogers has a juicer for Chef Brockett. Those in the Neighborhood of Make-Believe hold a concert to celebrate Queen Sara's recovery from illness.
April 20, 1973, midnight
S6E46 - What is Love? Pt 1
X gives leaves for Queen Sara to examine under her microscope.
April 23, 1973, midnight
S6E47 - What is Love? Pt 2
Rogers helps the McFeelys pack for their upcoming trip to see their grandchildren. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, Lady Aberlin wants Queen Sara to identify a leaf.
April 24, 1973, midnight
S6E48 - What is Love? Pt 3
Rogers meets a woman who makes toys from wood. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, King Friday is dismayed that Harriet Elizabeth Cow has refused to give him her plant. This prompts an argument between King Friday and Queen Sara.
April 25, 1973, midnight
S6E49 - What is Love? Pt 4
Lady Aberlin wants to know how love works.
April 26, 1973, midnight
S6E50 - What is Love? Pt 5
As he takes care of Mrs. McFeely's plants, Rogers says that new plants start from seeds. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, Henrietta and Miss Paulifficate imagine what the McFeelys might be doing.
April 27, 1973, midnight
S6E51 - Episode 51
Rogers welcomes back the McFeelys. They share photographs of their grandchildren. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, Lady Elaine shows her impatience for Mr. McFeely's return.
April 30, 1973, midnight
S6E52 - Episode 52
Rogers has a ukulele he wants Joe Negri to sell. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, Henrietta and Lady Elaine are at odds: both wishes she could be the other.
May 1, 1973, midnight
S6E53 - Episode 53
Henrietta is still stinging from her argument with Lady Elaine. Handyman Negri must console both of them.
May 2, 1973, midnight
S6E54 - Episode 54
King Friday wants Mr. McFeely to order a rocking throne. But Corny is having his nap.
May 3, 1973, midnight
S6E55 - Episode 55
Corny and Miss Paulifficate put the finishing touches on King Friday's rocking throne.
May 4, 1973, midnight
S6E56 - Mixed-up NOM Pt 1
Bob Trow helps the McFeelys wallpaper their kitchen. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, Lady Elaine uses her boomerang to rearrange the buildings and even adds wallpaper to the castle.
May 7, 1973, midnight
S6E57 - Mixed-up NOM Pt 2
Rogers takes a wallpapered container to the McFeelys, who have finished wallpapering their house. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, everyone is confused over the rearranged locales.
May 8, 1973, midnight
S6E58 - Mixed-up NOM Pt 3
Bob Trow demonstrates several tools. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, everyone is angry at Lady Elaine. Pilot Ito and Lady Aberlin do their best to remedy the rearrangements.
May 9, 1973, midnight
S6E59 - Mixed-up NOM Pt 4
Rogers talks to a glassblower at Elsie Neal's Craft Shop. Lady Elaine moves all the locales back where they belong. King Friday commissions a Festival of Mad Feelings for the next day.
May 10, 1973, midnight
S6E60 - Festival of Mad Feelings
Rogers visits a drummer in Negri's Music Shop. The Neighborhood of Make-Believe holds its Festival of Mad Feelings.
May 11, 1973, midnight
S6E61 - Episode 61
Morrie Turner, a cartoonist, shows Rogers pictures of several neighbors. Mr. McFeely announces that his grandchildren will visit the neighborhood soon.
May 14, 1973, midnight
S6E62 - Episode 62
Rogers tries on leg braces and works crutches before he visits Chrissie Thompson and Mrs. McFeely. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, Mr. McFeely helps Donkey Hodie put the finishing touches on his invention.
May 15, 1973, midnight
S6E63 - Episode 63
Audrey Roth shows Rogers a new game she created. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, Grand-père compliments Donkey Hodie for his potato crop.
May 16, 1973, midnight
S6E64 - Daniel Sleeps Away from Home
Rogers talks about and draws different kinds of stars. Nighttime in the Neighborhood of Make-Believe sees Daniel and Grand-père making a star for Donkey Hodie.
May 17, 1973, midnight
S6E65 - Episode 65
Rogers hears a barbershop quartet at Negri's Music Shop. Lady Elaine starts a vocal chorale with Harriet Elizabeth Cow and Lady Aberlin. This is the last series episode to use the original city model in which it had been in use since Season 1.
May 18, 1973, 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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