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Private Notes
Rogers visits 15-year-old Chainey Umphrey III at the neighborhood gym. Also there is Chuck Aber, working with his H.J. Elephant III puppet. In a real rarity, Aber appears in the Neighborhood of Make-Believe working the H.J. Elephant III puppet. Together they visit Lady Elaine, who talks of a toy that no one has seen.
Rogers takes a tour of the Little Tikes Company, observing the design and manufacture of children's toys. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, Lady Aberlin reveals the present addressed to Queen Sara. It's a bicycle for Prince Tuesday, who is told, "Life is good."
Mr. McFeely shows a video of his visit to an air traffic control tower. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, H.J. Elephant is searching for a flying key. He finds it on Prince Tuesday's new bicycle.
The Neighborhood of Make-Believe appears at a standstill. Lady Aberlin has the magic key that she hopes will open the door to a closed room in the Museum-Go-Round. What she and a couple of neighbors don't count on is that Lady Elaine is absent. All of them must wait for her return before they can try to work the key. Afterward, Rogers finds Bobby Rawsthorne demonstrating odd musical instruments at Negri's Music Shop.
Mister Rogers arrives with a small elephant carved out of wood. Through a film, he remembers a time he recently visited a much larger wooden elephant named Lucy.
After the film, Mister Rogers visits the Neighborhood toy lending library where he meets Barbara Liftman. Ms. Liftman explains the library's procedure for sharing toys with patrons and also discusses some of the library's playful features. Mister Rogers takes some time to look inside a doll house.
In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, Prince Tuesday is having a difficult time learning to ride his bicycle. With a little help from Handyman Negri, Prince Tuesday finds some encouragement and wants to share his excitement with Ana Platypus. At the clock, Prince Tuesday offers to let Ana ride his bicycle.
At the Museum-Go-Round, the master key is used to open the locked door but all that is found inside is an empty box.
Back at the house, Mister Rogers talks about the importance of playing and sings I'm Proud of You.
Daniel Striped Tiger receives a tai-chi lesson in a Neighborhood of Make-Believe that is only half-raining.
Rogers sees killer whales Shamu and Namu dancing with people at Sea World. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, Lady Elaine sets up a dance studio and invites only the females. The reason? According to her, men don't dance.
Rogers sees Sam Weber demonstrating his tap-dancing skills. Mr. McFeely shows a videotape on how people make shoes. (Not sneakers—that's for a later show.) Sam Weber visits the Neighborhood of Make-Believe to disprove Lady Elaine's belief that men don't dance.
Rogers visits the Dance Theatre of Harlem. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, Lady Elaine changes the name of her dance studio and sends dance invitations to all the men.
Rogers visits an expert weaver and helps in making a scarf. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, Lady Elaine invites the Junior Tamburitzans to her studio.
Mister Rogers helps children understand that everyone makes mistakes sometimes. Even Mister Rogers does when he buttons his sweater wrong. Ventriloquist Susan Linn shows how she uses her puppets to help children talk about their feelings.
Mr. McFeely brings the corrected animal book with the skunk and giraffe images in their proper places. He shows a videotape on how books are made. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, Audrey Duck is overwhelmed with the thought of reading her poem to so many people.
Oops! Mister Rogers forgot about a meeting and finds a way to deal with it. There's a video of how people make erasers, and in Make-Believe Daniel worries he's a mistake. Lady Aberlin assures him he's fine just as he is.
Concert pianist Andre Watts talks about practicing and learning from his mistakes. In Make-Believe, puppet Audrey Duck is upset about the fuss over her little poem, but she learns that sometimes littlest things are the best.
Mister Rogers says nobody's perfect, but they can still give good care. Folk singer Andy Holiner sings with some children. In Make-Believe, King Friday makes a mistake introducing Audrey for her poetry reading. Even kings make mistakes.
