Fred Rogers
Director
Mister Rogers' Neighborhood (1968)
Season 7
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
S7E1 - Painting The Walls [1326]
In this episode Mister Rogers paints the walls of the television house blue. From Seasons 2-3 the walls of the television house were painted yellow with the brown wooden bottom panels. From Seasons 4-6 The walls of the television house were painted a brighter yellow but more of a tan color and the brown wooden bottom panels were removed from the walls. Parts of the kitchen set were also updated. The walls of the television house would stay blue until the end of the series in 2001. Beginning with this episode Mister Rogers says "You're alive" in a higher toned voice. This is the first episode to use what would become the show's more-familiar neighborhood toy-like model town and it was used until the end of the series in 2001.
Feb. 18, 1974, midnight
S7E2 - Make-Believe Sweetheart Concert [1327]
Rogers finishes painting the walls of the television house blue. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, a mischievous Prince Tuesday empties Miss Paulifficate's purse during the Make-Believe Sweethearts Concert.
Feb. 19, 1974, midnight
S7E3 - Making a Pizza [1328]
Rogers sees how pizza is made by observing two guests at Brockett's Bakery. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, Miss Paulifficate's pizza dough, thrown in the air, lands with an OCS lesson attached.
Feb. 20, 1974, midnight
S7E4 - The Model Train Set [1329]
Bob Trow sets up a train display at his workshop, where he and Rogers discuss relative size. The potato train arrives with a package from the Owl Correspondence School for Harriet Elizabeth Cow. She is to help X learn about safety.
Feb. 21, 1974, midnight
S7E5 - The Circus coming to Make Believe [1330]
Elsie Neal brings a decoration she made from horse chestnuts. Later Ezra Jack Keats, returned from Japan, visits Rogers. The Neighborhood of Make-Believe invites the circus from Westwood.
Feb. 22, 1974, midnight
S7E6 - Circus Day (Pt 1) [1331]
Elsie Neal presents circus miniatures. Purple Panda returns to the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, but misses the circus and the friends he has there. King Friday also tries to get the circus to the NOM.
Feb. 25, 1974, midnight
S7E7 - Circus Day (Pt 2) [1332]
Sam Kamin, a balloon artist, visits the McFeelys to make animal balloons. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, Oliver Circus Clown reunites with Purple Panda.
Feb. 26, 1974, midnight
S7E8 - Circus Day (Pt 3) [1333]
Mrs. McFeely is looking after a Capuchin monkey at her house. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, King Friday and Oliver Circus Clown reach a compromise by which Purple Panda can rejoin the circus.
Feb. 27, 1974, midnight
S7E9 - Circus Day (Pt 4) [1334]
Rogers sees the Shadow Box Theatre perform their puppets. Daniel is afraid of the circus parade passing his Clock.
Feb. 28, 1974, midnight
S7E10 - Circus Day (Pt 5) [1335]
Ella Jenkins visits Rogers' television house to share songs and musical instruments. The Neighborhood of Make-Believe holds Circus Day. Purple Panda leaves to rejoin the circus.
March 1, 1974, midnight
S7E11 - The Missing Clock (Pt 1) [1336]
Rogers searches for his watch. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, Daniel works on his Clock, but it disappears.
March 4, 1974, midnight
S7E12 - The Missing Clock (Pt 2) [1337]
The Neighborhood of Make-Believe launches a search for Daniel's Clock.
March 5, 1974, midnight
S7E13 - The Missing Clock (Pt 3) [1338]
Mr. Allmine tries to take the sandbox where Prince Tuesday and Daniel are playing. While that is thwarted, he does lead them to the Land of Allmine, where Daniel's Clock stands.
March 6, 1974, midnight
S7E14 - The Missing Clock (Pt 4) [1339]
Mr. Allmine still refuses to return the Clock to Daniel, but Lady Elaine Fairchilde steps in with a wiery trick.
March 7, 1974, midnight
S7E15 - The Missing Clock (Pt 5) [1340]
Sam Senkow introduces the game of story tag to Rogers. Mr. Allmine returns Daniel's Clock.
March 8, 1974, midnight
S7E16 - McFeelys’ anniversary (Pt 1) [1341]
Mr. and Mrs. McFeely tell Rogers that their anniversary is four days away. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, Lady Elaine makes a cylinder record on which King Friday's ancestors can be heard.
March 11, 1974, midnight
S7E17 - McFeelys’ anniversary (Pt 2) [1342]
Rogers' son John shows his molds of animal tracks. Elsie Neal is assigned to make a portrait of Mr. McFeely. King Friday asks for a statue of Monday IX, his "great-great-great-great grandfather".
March 12, 1974, midnight
S7E18 - McFeelys’ anniversary (Pt 3) [1343]
Audrey Roth wants to put a mirror in an old frame and present it as an anniversary gift for the McFeelys. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, Prince Tuesday sees himself, for the first time, in a mirror while touring the Museum-Go-Round.
March 13, 1974, midnight
S7E19 - McFeelys’ anniversary (Pt 4) [1344]
Rogers sees what Chef Brockett is making for the McFeelys' anniversary: a mother cat and her kitten. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, Elsie Neal and Henrietta contribute to the statue of King Monday.
March 14, 1974, midnight
S7E20 - McFeelys’ anniversary (Pt 5) [1345]
Rogers and other neighbors attend a surprise party for the McFeelys' anniversary. The Neighborhood of Make-Believe witnesses the unveiling of the statue of King Monday.
March 15, 1974, midnight
S7E21 - Episode 21
Rogers sees the Brown Marionette Company prepare for a performance of The Shoemaker and the Elves. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, a self-billed Master Mister Magic Maker insists on performing magic tricks. To some, he is a mischief maker.
March 18, 1974, midnight
S7E22 - Episode 22
Rogers offers to write music for the Brown Marionettes' production of The Elves, The Shoemaker and the Shoemaker's Wife. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, Prince Tuesday breaks the statue of King Monday. Lady Elaine is among the neighbors who first let the Prince understand what he has done and then help him repair it.
March 19, 1974, midnight
S7E23 - Episode 23
Chef Brockett has a sale on round baked goods. X needs Handyman Negri to help repair the bell outside Henrietta's house.
March 20, 1974, midnight
S7E24 - Episode 24
Rogers delivers his songs to the Brown Marionettes Theater in preparation for the puppet play the next day. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, X looks for a hide-and-find lesson from the Owl Correspondence School.
March 21, 1974, midnight
S7E25 - Episode 25
The Brown Marionettes perform The Elves, the Shoemaker and the Shoemaker's Wife.
March 22, 1974, midnight
S7E26 - Water Flowing and Stopping Pt 1
Rogers shows a film of his visit to New York to see François Clemmons. Later Rogers visits an oboist at Negri's Music shop. Some in the Neighborhood of Make-Believe look for X's OCS lesson. King Friday shows concern that his waterfall remain off most of the time.
March 25, 1974, midnight
S7E27 - Water Flowing and Stopping Pt 2
Audrey Roth's daughter Holly shows some of her crafts at Rogers' television house. Later Rogers hears a Vietnamese musician at François Clemmons' studio. The Neighborhood of Make-Believe also becomes the perfect place for a magic switch to turn the Castle fountain on or off.
March 26, 1974, midnight
S7E28 - Water Flowing and Stopping Pt 3
Rogers talks of turning things on and off, such as a flashlight and a water faucet. Later he goes to Elsie Neal's Craft Shop where two people are making a papier-mâché tunnel. The Neighborhood of Make-Believe witnesses a fire at Henrietta's house. Prince Tuesday lets Handyman Negri use his squirt bottle to put it out.
March 27, 1974, midnight
S7E29 - Water Flowing and Stopping Pt 4
Julia Child makes spaghetti Marco Polo at Brockett's Bakery. Smokey Bear visits the Neighborhood of Make-Believe to console Henrietta.
This is the first episode to have Smokey Bear in this episode of the series.
March 28, 1974, midnight
S7E30 - The History of Planet Purple Pt 1
Mike Taylor, a bass player, performs at Negri's Music Shop. Rogers begins reading The History of Planet Purple. Handyman Negri and others in the Neighborhood of Make-Believe are surprised to see people from the Planet Purple wearing different colors.
March 29, 1974, midnight
S7E31 - The History of Planet Purple Pt 2
Rogers continues to read from The History of Planet Purple, explaining that Lady Elaine's visit opened the populace to variety in life. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, Paul and Pauline arrive looking for Purple Panda.
April 1, 1974, midnight
S7E32 - The History of Planet Purple Pt 3
Rogers reads The Owl and the Pussycat. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, Lady Aberlin is surprised to see Paul and Pauline with variety in their lives.
April 2, 1974, midnight
S7E33 - The History of Planet Purple Pt 4
Myra Stone, a silversmith, displays her jewelry at Elsie Neal's Craft Shop. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, Lady Elaine is not pleased with the changes at Planet Purple until she discovers those changes came about from her.
April 3, 1974, midnight
S7E34 - The History of Planet Purple Pt 5
Rogers discusses voting and sees a voting machine at Trow's Workshop. Most in the Neighborhood of Make-Believe oppose the vote to add "Fairchilde" at the end of the territory's name.
April 4, 1974, midnight
S7E35 - The History of Planet Purple Pt 6
Chef Brockett and Barbara Russell apply clown make-up at Betty's Little Theater. Rogers completes his reading of The History of Planet Purple. Lady Elaine whisks herself and a panda from the circus for a weekend on Planet Purple.
April 5, 1974, midnight
S7E36 - Harvest Festival Pt 1
Chef Brockett makes waffles at the McFeelys' house. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, he begins searching for maple syrup. Lady Elaine promises she will make syrup by Thursday.
April 8, 1974, midnight
S7E37 - Harvest Festival Pt 2
In the television house, Rogers gets a hole in a bucket repaired. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, Lady Elaine wants to go into making maple syrup.
April 9, 1974, midnight
S7E38 - Harvest Festival Pt 3
Rogers witnesses actor Iron Eyes Cody and a Native American family teaching dances to François Clemmons. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, Lady Elaine plans to get maple syrup for the harvest festival. To start it, she tries to tap X's oak tree.
April 10, 1974, midnight
S7E39 - Harvest Festival Pt 4
After Lady Elaine Fairchilde fails to get maple syrup from X's oak tree, Chef Brockett helps her remember the brown sugar syrup she enjoyed as a child.
April 11, 1974, midnight
S7E40 - Harvest Festival Pt 5
Elsie Neal helps Rogers arrange a rock garden at her craft shop. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, Lady Elaine gets her bottles of brown sugar syrup ready for the Potato Harvest Festival at Someplace Else.
April 12, 1974, midnight
S7E41 - Episode 41
Rogers' adopted sister visits with her two sons. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, Lady Elaine discusses opera roles with John Reardon.
April 15, 1974, midnight
S7E42 - Episode 42
Rogers hears Don Riggs play a washboard at Negri's Music Shop. He also visits the McFeelys' house to see an old-fashioned washing machine. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, X suggests a role he can play in the opera.
April 16, 1974, midnight
S7E43 - Episode 43
François Clemmons demonstrates his camera to Rogers. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, Clemmons asks to be a photographer in the opera.
April 17, 1974, midnight
S7E44 - Episode 44
Rogers puts a puzzle together and sees how diamonds are cut. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, King Friday grants Yoshi Ito a part in the upcoming opera.
April 18, 1974, midnight
S7E45 - Episode 45
The Neighborhood of Make-Believe stages the opera All in the Laundry. In it, Reardon plays a lowly laundromat worker who catches the eye of a handsome lady.
April 19, 1974, midnight
S7E46 - Episode 46
Tim Scanlon and Elaine Bromka, from the National Theatre of the Deaf, perform a pantomime of Mary Had a Little Lamb. X gets word that a new professor at Owl Correspondence School will teach him a new lesson soon.
April 22, 1974, midnight
S7E47 - Episode 47
The National Theatre for the Deaf performs pantomime at Betty's Little Theater. Henrietta and King Friday express their feelings for X's new teacher.
April 23, 1974, midnight
S7E48 - Episode 48
Rogers dyes some Easter eggs. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, X prints all sorts of signs after Professor Scanlon's lessons.
April 24, 1974, midnight
S7E49 - Episode 49
Rogers discusses facial expressions vibrations with musical instruments. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, King Friday decides he likes X the Owl's teacher.
April 25, 1974, midnight
S7E50 - Episode 50
Tim Scanlon is at Bob Trow's workshop enlarging photographs. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, King Friday wishes to hold a dinner for Professor Scanlon.
April 26, 1974, midnight
S7E51 - Episode 51
Mr. McFeely gives Rogers a pullover shirt from Elsie Neal. Later Rogers hears a marimba and a xylophone at Negri's Music Shop.
April 29, 1974, midnight
S7E52 - Episode 52
Since Corny said Lady Elaine is his best neighbor, she gives him freshly squeezed orange juice. In his appreciation, Corny gives Lady Elaine a baseball bat. This, she thinks, is a sign that she and Corny are engaged.
April 30, 1974, midnight
S7E53 - Episode 53
John Costa performs his accordion at François Clemmons' studio. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, Lady Elaine decides she will marry Corny the following Wednesday. Lady Aberlin feels Corny knows nothing about the engagement.
May 1, 1974, midnight
S7E54 - Episode 54
Rogers meets a weaver at Elsie Neal's Craft Shop. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, Elsie Jean and Miss Paulifficate plan for Lady Elaine's shower.
May 2, 1974, midnight
S7E55 - Episode 55
Rogers works a sandsifter and says that only water flows through a bathroom shower. The Neighborhood of Make-Believe holds its shower for Lady Elaine.
May 3, 1974, midnight
S7E56 - Episode 56
Rogers goes to the McFeelys to work a player piano, even though Mrs. Mcfeely had not been told about it. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, Lady Elaine thinks Joey Hollingsworth will be the best man for her apparent wedding with Corny.
May 6, 1974, midnight
S7E57 - Episode 57
Professor Arne B. Larson shows a few ancient musical instruments at Negri's Music Shop. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, Corny leaves on a business trip, ruining Lady Elaine's thoughts of a wedding between them.
May 7, 1974, midnight
S7E58 - Episode 58
Back in Negri's Music Shop, Arne B. Larson demonstrates handmade musical instruments. Those in the Neighborhood of Make-Believe try to get a dour Lady Elaine to attend a party.
May 8, 1974, midnight
S7E59 - Episode 59
Rogers shows all the puppets he uses in the Neighborhood segments. He and Bob Trow (the man behind Harriet Elizabeth Cow) demonstrate the washer-dryer-sorter-dumper. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, Lady Elaine overcomes her disappointment of the day before by starting a television station, called MGR-TV.
May 9, 1974, midnight
S7E60 - Episode 60
Rogers shows how a bed tray is used. Lady Elaine Fairchilde puts on cooking shows at MGR-TV. But the station is strapped into inaction because Lady Elaine doesn't have a TV license.
May 10, 1974, midnight
S7E61 - Episode 61
Rogers first shows his driver's license. As a favor for Mr. McFeely, he gives a delivery to Trow's workshop. Robert Trow is giving a lesson on silkscreening to a professional artist. The Neighborhood of Make-Believe has waited a weekend for the license for MGR-TV. A few hurdles still have to be cleared. X and Mr. McFeely have delivered to an empty studio. But Lady Elaine and King Friday arrive in haste, eager to get MGR-TV back on the air.
May 13, 1974, midnight
S7E62 - Episode 62
Negri's Music Shop has a display of television equipment. Rogers and Negri take turns working the camera and performing music on-screen. Before leaving the shop, Rogers encounters Terri and Chrissy Thompson, who are arranging a puppet show. MGR-TV still continues to emerge at the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, creating program ideas on the spot. To help tiring camera operator, Lady Aberlin, Handyman Negri provides a rolling camera attachment.
May 14, 1974, midnight
S7E63 - Episode 63
Mister Rogers brings with him a collection of puppets from around the world that were provided by the Lovelace Marionette Theatre. He then goes to Elsie Neal's shop to find Elsie Neal helping Terri and Chrissy Thompson for their upcoming puppet show. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, Lady Elaine is ready to do remote TV work. The first act is Lady Aberlin in a primitive witch costume, which scares Henrietta.
May 15, 1974, midnight
S7E64 - Episode 64
Chrissy Thompson tells a story of how a girl had despised her braces and crutches, but changed her mind thanks to Chrissy's television visits. X and Lady Aberlin help to comfort Henrietta Pussycat by telling her in song, Witches Aren't Real.
May 16, 1974, midnight
S7E65 - Episode 65
In preparation for Chrissy and Terri's puppet show, Mister Rogers has made an "icebox cake" from chocolate wafers and whipped cream. Before the play, the Neighborhood of Make-Believe finds Lady Aberlin in search of the world's smallest talking witch.
May 17, 1974, 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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