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  • 1973-02-19T05:00:00Z on National Educational Television
  • 30m
  • 1d 8h 30m (65 episodes)
  • United States
  • English
  • Children
Fred Rogers hosts this children's television program that teaches children the important issues of life, such as being friendly, sharing, etc. Also features an imaginary world with puppets living in a medieval-type kingdom.

65 episodes

Season Premiere

1973-02-19T05:00:00Z

6x01 Is Santa Claus Real?

Season Premiere

6x01 Is Santa Claus Real?

  • 1973-02-19T05:00:00Z30m

Rogers gives a Santa Claus costume to Chef Brockett. Both Betty Aberlin and Francois Clemmons talk of how as children, they used to be afraid of Santa Claus. Later Santa Claus appears in the Neighborhood of Make-Believe.

1973-02-20T05:00:00Z

6x02 Show 1262

6x02 Show 1262

  • 1973-02-20T05:00:00Z30m

Roegrs demonstrates how to use a microscope. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, Lady Elaine is intent to cut Santa Claus' hair without his permission.

1973-02-21T05:00:00Z

6x03 Show 1263

6x03 Show 1263

  • 1973-02-21T05:00:00Z30m

Rogers pretends to be a bird at Francois Clemmons' studio. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, King Friday makes another bad rule: nobody can have bare hands. Lady Elaine doesn't take the rule seriouslt until a cold breeze blows by.

1973-02-22T05:00:00Z

6x04 Show 1264

6x04 Show 1264

  • 1973-02-22T05:00:00Z30m

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 the Owl gives her a toy seagull which says ""you know"" when a string is pulled.

1973-02-23T05:00:00Z

6x05 Show 1265

6x05 Show 1265

  • 1973-02-23T05:00:00Z30m

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 the King how the other senses tell a blind person about the world.

1973-02-26T05:00:00Z

6x06 Show 1266

6x06 Show 1266

  • 1973-02-26T05:00:00Z30m

Mr. McFeely wears a new Speedy Delivery uniform. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, Henrietta Pussycat shows her disdain for getting Collette's old clothes, which don't fit.

1973-02-27T05:00:00Z

6x07 Show 1267

6x07 Show 1267

  • 1973-02-27T05:00:00Z30m

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.

1973-02-28T05:00:00Z

6x08 Show 1268

6x08 Show 1268

  • 1973-02-28T05:00:00Z30m

Golfer Carol Mann visits Rogers' television house to show golf equipment. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, X the Owl swings his golf club, inadvertently knocking boxes out of Corny's hands.

1973-03-01T05:00:00Z

6x09 Show 1269

6x09 Show 1269

  • 1973-03-01T05:00:00Z30m

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 the Owl.

1973-03-02T05:00:00Z

6x10 Show 1270

6x10 Show 1270

  • 1973-03-02T05:00:00Z30m

Rogers' telephone isn't working, so the telephone repairman makes a visit.

Rogers tells viewers of the time he had an imaginary friend. Daniel Tiger has an imaginary friend, Malcolm Apricot Dinko, whom he consults to decide whether he should spend the night with Grandpere.

1973-03-06T05:00:00Z

6x12 Welcome New Friends (2)

6x12 Welcome New Friends (2)

  • 1973-03-06T05:00:00Z30m

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 Grandpere's for the night. Donkey Hodie has advertised his need for a helper at Someplace Else.

1973-03-07T05:00:00Z

6x13 Welcome New Friends (3)

6x13 Welcome New Friends (3)

  • 1973-03-07T05:00:00Z30m

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.

1973-03-08T05:00:00Z

6x14 Welcome New Friends (4)

6x14 Welcome New Friends (4)

  • 1973-03-08T05:00:00Z30m

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.

1973-03-09T05:00:00Z

6x15 Welcome New Friends (5)

6x15 Welcome New Friends (5)

  • 1973-03-09T05:00:00Z30m

Ana Platypus is beginning to speak. Harriet Elizabeth Cow is pleased to see her.

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, Daniel's imaginary friend, is responsible.

1973-03-13T05:00:00Z

6x17 Show 1277

6x17 Show 1277

  • 1973-03-13T05:00:00Z30m

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.

1973-03-14T05:00:00Z

6x18 Show 1278

6x18 Show 1278

  • 1973-03-14T05:00:00Z30m

Lady Aberlin is dressed as a ballerina, dancing with Robert Troll to Lady Elaine's piano music.

1973-03-15T05:00:00Z

6x19 Show 1279

6x19 Show 1279

  • 1973-03-15T05:00:00Z30m

Rogers shows crayons rubbings. Later he sees preparations for a variety show at Betty's Little Theater. Ib the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, King Friday wants to rush Prince Tuesday's learning skills.

1973-03-16T05:00:00Z

6x20 Show 1280

6x20 Show 1280

  • 1973-03-16T05:00:00Z30m

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.

1973-03-19T05:00:00Z

6x21 A Variety Show

6x21 A Variety Show

  • 1973-03-19T05:00:00Z30m

Rogers and other neighbors participate at the talent show held at Betty's Little Theater.

1973-03-20T05:00:00Z

6x22 Show 1282

6x22 Show 1282

  • 1973-03-20T05:00:00Z30m

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.

1973-03-21T05:00:00Z

6x23 Show 1283

6x23 Show 1283

  • 1973-03-21T05:00:00Z30m

The Neighborhood of Make-Believe welcome two new visitors from the Planet Purple, called Paul and Pauline.

1973-03-22T05:00:00Z

6x24 Show 1284

6x24 Show 1284

  • 1973-03-22T05:00:00Z30m

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.

1973-03-23T05:00:00Z

6x25 Show 1285

6x25 Show 1285

  • 1973-03-23T05:00:00Z30m

Bob Trow is working on a bird house for a wren. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, King Friday has a new wooden bird on a stick called Troglodytes aedon.

1973-03-26T05:00:00Z

6x26 Show 1286

6x26 Show 1286

  • 1973-03-26T05:00:00Z30m

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.

1973-03-27T05:00:00Z

6x27 Show 1287

6x27 Show 1287

  • 1973-03-27T05:00:00Z30m

Don Williamson shows his remote-control model airplane at Rogers' television house. Later in the program, Rogers forgets that the Brown Marionette Company was performing The Three Little Pigs today. Fortunately, it will be held again tomorrow. In between, an airplane salesman visits the Neighborhood of Make-Believe. King Friday purchases a plane and wants Handyman Negri to be the pilot.

1973-03-28T05:00:00Z

6x28 Show 1288

6x28 Show 1288

  • 1973-03-28T05:00:00Z30m

Rogers attends the Brown Marionettes' production of The Three Little Pigs. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, King Friday gets word that his airplane will arrive tomorrow.

1973-03-29T05:00:00Z

6x29 Show 1289

6x29 Show 1289

  • 1973-03-29T05:00:00Z30m

Rogers works 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.

1973-03-30T05:00:00Z

6x30 Show 1290

6x30 Show 1290

  • 1973-03-30T05:00:00Z30m

Marcel Marceau performs pantomime, both in Mister Rogers' television house and the Neighborhood of Make-Believe.

1973-04-02T05:00:00Z

6x31 Daniel's Birthday (1)

6x31 Daniel's Birthday (1)

  • 1973-04-02T05:00:00Z30m

Daniel Tiger's birthday is coming Friday, and he asks for, among other things, a truck.

1973-04-03T05:00:00Z

6x32 Daniel's Birthday (2)

6x32 Daniel's Birthday (2)

  • 1973-04-03T05:00:00Z30m

Daniel Striped Tiger shares his birthdate (three days away) with Purple Panda.

1973-04-04T05:00:00Z

6x33 Daniel's Birthday (3)

6x33 Daniel's Birthday (3)

  • 1973-04-04T05:00:00Z30m

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.

1973-04-05T05:00:00Z

6x34 Daniel's Birthday (4)

6x34 Daniel's Birthday (4)

  • 1973-04-05T05:00:00Z30m

Rogers finds beauty in a rainy day. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, Purple Panda overcomes his fear of the rain.

1973-04-06T05:00:00Z

6x35 Daniel's Birthday (5)

6x35 Daniel's Birthday (5)

  • 1973-04-06T05:00:00Z30m

Rogers visits a lapidarian, who shows how stones and polished. Later Al Worden shows a moon rock in Rogers' kitchen. In between, the Neighborhood of Make-Believe celebrates Daniel's and Purple Panda's birthday.

1973-04-09T05:00:00Z

6x36 Show 1296

6x36 Show 1296

  • 1973-04-09T05:00:00Z30m

Rogers works a typewriter specifically used with teleprompters. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, Pilot Ito wants to take opera lessons. The King calls John Reardon in to teach her.

1973-04-10T05:00:00Z

6x37 Show 1297

6x37 Show 1297

  • 1973-04-10T05:00:00Z30m

Rogers visits a dentist. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, John Reardon agrees to give Pilot Ito opera lessons. The King commissions an opera for Friday, the 13th of April 1973.

1973-04-11T05:00:00Z

6x38 Show 1298

6x38 Show 1298

  • 1973-04-11T05:00:00Z30m

Rogers shows a book with pictures of animals' teeth. Mr. McFeely brings animal-sound instruments. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, John Reardon gives opera parts to Lady Aberlin and Harriet Elizabeth Cow.

1973-04-12T05:00:00Z

6x39 Show 1299

6x39 Show 1299

  • 1973-04-12T05:00:00Z30m

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. In the NOM, Chef Brockett is playing 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. Francois Clemmons will make a good king, and Miss Ito can be a pilot. Songs: Won't You Be My Neighbor?, Sweet Potato, Who Wants To Be A Cow, Potato Bug Song, Good Feeling.

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.

1973-04-16T05:00:00Z

6x41 Show 1301

6x41 Show 1301

  • 1973-04-16T05:00:00Z30m

Rogers hears that Mrs. McFeely is ill. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, Queen Sara begins to fall ill.

1973-04-17T05:00:00Z

6x42 Show 1302

6x42 Show 1302

  • 1973-04-17T05:00:00Z30m

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.

1973-04-18T05:00:00Z

6x43 Show 1303

6x43 Show 1303

  • 1973-04-18T05:00:00Z30m

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.

1973-04-19T05:00:00Z

6x44 Show 1304

6x44 Show 1304

  • 1973-04-19T05:00:00Z30m

Those in the Neighborhood of Make-Believe decide to play music to help Queen Sara get well.

1973-04-20T05:00:00Z

6x45 Show 1305

6x45 Show 1305

  • 1973-04-20T05:00:00Z30m

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.

1973-04-23T05:00:00Z

6x46 What is Love? (1)

6x46 What is Love? (1)

  • 1973-04-23T05:00:00Z30m

X the Owl gives leaves for Queen Sara to examine under her microscope.

1973-04-24T05:00:00Z

6x47 What is Love? (2)

6x47 What is Love? (2)

  • 1973-04-24T05:00:00Z30m

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.

1973-04-25T05:00:00Z

6x48 What is Love? (3)

6x48 What is Love? (3)

  • 1973-04-25T05:00:00Z30m

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.

1973-04-26T05:00:00Z

6x49 What is Love? (4)

6x49 What is Love? (4)

  • 1973-04-26T05:00:00Z30m

Lady Aberlin wants to know how love works. Just how could loving people argue with one another?

1973-04-27T05:00:00Z

6x50 What is Love? (5)

6x50 What is Love? (5)

  • 1973-04-27T05:00:00Z30m

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.

1973-04-30T04:00:00Z

6x51 Show 1311

6x51 Show 1311

  • 1973-04-30T04:00:00Z30m

Rogers welcomes back the McFeelys. They share photographs of their grandchildren. One of them, Chrissie Thompson, wears leg braces. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, Lady Elaine shows her impatience for Mr. McFeely's return.

1973-05-01T04:00:00Z

6x52 Show 1312

6x52 Show 1312

  • 1973-05-01T04:00:00Z30m

Rogers has a ukelele 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.

1973-05-02T04:00:00Z

6x53 Show 1313

6x53 Show 1313

  • 1973-05-02T04:00:00Z30m

Henrietta is still stinging from her argument with Lady Elaine. Handyman Negri must console both.

1973-05-03T04:00:00Z

6x54 Show 1314

6x54 Show 1314

  • 1973-05-03T04:00:00Z30m

King Friday wants Mr. McFeely to order a rocking throne. The trouble is, Corny is having his nap.

1973-05-04T04:00:00Z

6x55 Show 1315

6x55 Show 1315

  • 1973-05-04T04:00:00Z30m

Corny and Miss Paulifficate put the finishing touches on King Friday's rocking throne.

1973-05-07T04:00:00Z

6x56 Mixed-Up NOM (1)

6x56 Mixed-Up NOM (1)

  • 1973-05-07T04:00:00Z30m

Bob Trow helps the McFeelys wallpaper their kitchen. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, Lady Elaine uses her boomerang-toomerang-soomerang to rearrange the buildings.

1973-05-08T04:00:00Z

6x57 Mixed-Up NOM (2)

6x57 Mixed-Up NOM (2)

  • 1973-05-08T04:00:00Z30m

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.

1973-05-09T04:00:00Z

6x58 Mixed-Up NOM (3)

6x58 Mixed-Up NOM (3)

  • 1973-05-09T04:00:00Z30m

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.

1973-05-10T04:00:00Z

6x59 Mixed-Up NOM (4)

6x59 Mixed-Up NOM (4)

  • 1973-05-10T04:00:00Z30m

Rogers talks to a glassblower at Elsie Neal's Craft Shop. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, Lady Elaine moves all the locales back where they belong. King Friday commissions a Festival of Mad Feelings for the next day.

1973-05-11T04:00:00Z

6x60 Festival of Mad Feelings

6x60 Festival of Mad Feelings

  • 1973-05-11T04:00:00Z30m

Rogers visits a drummer in Negri's Music Shop. The Neighborhood of Make-Believe holds its Festival of Mad Feelings.

1973-05-14T04:00:00Z

6x61 Show 1321

6x61 Show 1321

  • 1973-05-14T04:00:00Z30m

Morrie Turner, a cartoonist, shows Rogers pictures of several neighbors. Mr. McFeely announces that his grandchildren will visit the neighborhood soon.

1973-05-15T04:00:00Z

6x62 Show 1322

6x62 Show 1322

  • 1973-05-15T04:00:00Z30m

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.

1973-05-16T04:00:00Z

6x63 Show 1323

6x63 Show 1323

  • 1973-05-16T04:00:00Z30m

Audrey Roth shows Rogers a new game she created. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, Grandpere compliments Donkey Hodie for his potato crop.

Rogers talks about and draws different kinds of stars. Nighttime in the Neighborhood of Make-Believe sees Daniel Tiger and Grandpere making a star for Donkey Hodie.

Season Finale

1973-05-18T04:00:00Z

6x65 Barbershop Quartet

Season Finale

6x65 Barbershop Quartet

  • 1973-05-18T04:00:00Z30m

Rogers hears a barbershop quartet at Negri's Music Shop. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, Lady Elaine starts a vocal chorale with Harriet Elizabeth Cow and Lady Aberlin.

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