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Season 10 (1979-1980)
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00:00Thank you for listening.
00:30It's a beautiful day in this neighborhood, a beautiful day for a neighbor. Would you be mine? Could you be mine? It's a neighborly day in this beauty wood, a neighborly day for a beauty. Would you be mine? Could you be mine?
00:47I have always wanted to have a neighbor just like you. I've always wanted to live in a neighborhood with you.
00:58So let's make the most of this beautiful day. Since we're together, we might as well say, would you be mine? Could you be mine? Won't you be my neighbor?
01:12Won't you please? Won't you please? Please won't you be? My neighbor. Hey, neighbor. Yesterday I brought one toy that looks like a big piece of heavy equipment.
01:29Today I brought another. This one is called a high lift. See how high it lifts? That can dig something right here and then people can bring it way up high.
01:46I'll just put them down on the floor. Remember this one from yesterday? That goes like that.
01:57Did you ever watch people using real heavy equipment like this?
02:01Well, when I was a young boy, I wanted to watch them all the time. In fact, I still do. I still like to watch them.
02:12I remember a time not very long ago when I went to see my friends, the Leonards, and they let me try their real backhoe and see their high lift.
02:26I like to think of that time.
02:31How are you, Mr. Leonard?
02:47Pretty good, Mr. Rogers.
02:48Glad to see you today. I wanted to see some of your heavy equipment.
02:52And tell me what this one is for.
02:55This one is used for pushing dirt and loading trucks.
02:58Pushing dirt.
02:59Loading trucks.
03:00Loading trucks.
03:02And, oh, Pat's working that one, isn't he?
03:05What's this one used for?
03:06This one is used for digging ditches, sewer lines, water lines, and gas lines.
03:11And, is that called a backhoe?
03:14Yeah, it's called a backhoe.
03:16I've always liked to think that maybe I could work a backhoe someday.
03:20Do you think I could try?
03:22Yeah, you can try.
03:22Yeah, my kid will teach her how to do that.
03:24Oh, good. I'd like to do that.
03:26Hey, Patrick, would you show me how?
03:31I'd like to try.
03:32All righty.
03:34Let's get down here for a second.
03:37How you doing?
03:38Pat, good to see you.
03:39Yeah, good to see you.
03:41Now, do I have to wear one of those hats?
03:43Yeah, you might as well wear one for safety.
03:46Okay.
03:46All right, there you go.
03:48Safety hat.
03:49All right.
03:50Now, this is called a backhoe.
03:56Yeah.
03:56Why is it a backhoe?
03:58Because the hoe is in the back of the machine.
04:00Oh.
04:01All right, and that's called a hoe.
04:01Well, what's in the front?
04:02The loader.
04:03That's called a loader, and that's it right there.
04:05Well, maybe you can show me that later, okay?
04:07Right, okay.
04:08All right.
04:08The first thing we do, I'll just turn up the throttle here for you.
04:12All right.
04:13So, now you've got your boom right here, and that makes it just go down and up.
04:18All right?
04:19I see.
04:19All right, let me try that first.
04:24I see.
04:25Okay.
04:26All right, now you've got your dipper.
04:27That comes in, and that goes on.
04:30You want to try that?
04:31Yeah.
04:32In and out.
04:35All right.
04:35Oh, that's great.
04:36Then your bucket comes in and out.
04:40I see.
04:44That's the bucket.
04:45All right.
04:45Okay.
04:46Then you've got your extended hoe.
04:47It goes on there.
04:53Okay?
04:53Yeah, but how do you make it go this way and this way?
04:56All right.
04:56Now you've got these levers down here on the floor.
04:59And this right here, this one is the right swing, and that makes it go right.
05:03Oh.
05:04All right.
05:04And then that one there makes it go left.
05:06I see.
05:09Okay.
05:10Okay.
05:10Now let's try it.
05:11All right.
05:12All right.
05:13Now let's try it.
05:13All right.
05:14Let's try it.
05:14Put that one down.
05:22All right.
05:23Now bring this one up.
05:30That's the wrong way, isn't it?
05:32This one.
05:33All right, now lift up.
05:40This way.
05:41Get up.
05:42Get over to the left.
05:51And then we can dump it.
05:53This one right here.
05:54This one.
05:56There we go.
05:59You know, those things look like teeth to me, Patrick.
06:02Yeah, that's what they're called.
06:04They're called teeth.
06:05Oh, they are called teeth.
06:07They're called tiger teeth because they've got a point on them like that.
06:11Tiger teeth.
06:12Yeah.
06:13Oh, so they really dig down in nothing.
06:15They're mostly for rocks.
06:17For rocks.
06:18I see.
06:19Over to the left of you.
06:21That's how you dig a ditch.
06:23Good for you, Patrick.
06:25Thank you for showing me that.
06:32I like that.
06:35Pat, would you show me how the front of it works?
06:38All right, okay.
06:39I'll spin you around now, okay?
06:40Okay.
06:41All right.
06:42Watch your legs.
06:43How do you do that?
06:44Nope.
06:45Yeah, now what do you do?
06:50Okay, now lift it up.
06:53Raise it up?
06:54Yeah, raise.
06:55All right, now dump it.
06:56Dump it now?
06:57Yeah.
06:58All right.
06:59Good.
07:00Now we can bring it down?
07:01Right.
07:02Hey, that's great.
07:03Patrick, did you ever play with toys that looked like this when you were a little boy?
07:10Yeah, I always played with them all the time.
07:12Did you?
07:13Trucks and things?
07:14Yeah.
07:15All the time.
07:16Well, you sure do use them well now.
07:19There you grew up here.
07:20All right.
07:21Dump it now.
07:22Dump it now?
07:23Yeah.
07:24Good.
07:25Now we can bring it down?
07:27Hey, that's great.
07:28Patrick, did you ever play with toys that looked like this when you were a little boy?
07:31Yeah, I always played with them all the time.
07:32There you grew up to be somebody who could really make a big one work.
07:36And I want to go down and thank your dad, and I thank you.
07:44See you again.
07:45Yeah, nice to meet you.
07:46Thank you, Patrick.
07:48Thanks, Mr. Leonard.
07:49You're welcome.
07:50You have a fine son.
07:53And you're a fine father.
07:55And I sure thank you for showing us these things today.
07:57Yeah.
07:58We'll see you soon.
07:59Yeah.
08:00A lot of people depend on your work.
08:03Bye.
08:04Bye.
08:10I forgot my hat.
08:12Hey, this is yours.
08:14Thank you very much, Pat.
08:16Bye.
08:17Oh, it's good to remember.
08:26Good to remember good times.
08:29Young Pat has been working with his father for several years.
08:32His dad taught him so well that he can teach other people now.
08:37I want to take you over to Chef Brocket's for a few minutes.
08:41I had asked him to teach me how to make tapioca pudding.
08:44Do you like that?
08:45I do.
08:46Come along.
08:47We'll go to Brocket's Bakery.
08:49Hi, Jane.
08:50Hi, Mr. Rogers.
08:51I'm buying a veggie treat today.
08:52I'll lift my purse over there.
08:53Excuse me.
08:54These are beautiful.
08:55¿Cómo está, Mr. Rogers?
08:56Oh, muy bien, gracias.
08:57¿Y usted, Jose?
08:58Muy bien, gracias.
08:59¿Y usted, Jose?
09:00Muy bien, gracias.
09:01Chef Brocket está en la cocina.
09:02Oh, cocina, kitchen.
09:03Cocina, kitchen, sÃ.
09:04Bueno, I'll go back and see him.
09:05Le está esperando.
09:06Siga, Mr. Rogers.
09:07No, no, no.
09:08No, no.
09:09No, no.
09:10No, no.
09:11No, no.
09:12No, no.
09:14No, no, no.
09:15No, no.
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09:20No, no, no, no.
09:21No, no, no, no.
09:22No, no, no.
09:23No, no.
09:24No, no, no, no, no.
09:25No, no, no, no.
09:26No, no, no.
09:27Le está esperando. Siga, Mr. Rogers.
09:29Muchas gracias.
09:30De nada.
09:32Hi, Don.
09:33Hey, how are you, Fred?
09:34Good.
09:35I'm just finishing another prehistoric scene.
09:38Is this beautiful? Are these dinosaurs?
09:41Dinosaurs.
09:42And, uh, see, it's all made out of veggie treats.
09:45There's, uh, cucumber, some carrot, mushroom and carrot, sweet red pepper, cabbage,
09:54Brocket's broccoli right there.
09:56You're a real artist with vegetables.
09:58What about this lake? How did you do that?
10:00That's jello, gelatin.
10:02Oh, that's a clever thing.
10:05How about that? It's finished now.
10:06Would you put it over here because I'm going to show you how to make tapioca.
10:10Oh, good.
10:10Okay.
10:11Yes, I want to learn how to do that.
10:13Okay, now, here's some tapioca I already made, okay?
10:16Mm-hmm.
10:17And I'll give you a container and a little spoon.
10:19You can have some while I get the milk and eggs.
10:25I get to try it, huh?
10:28Okay.
10:37I like this.
10:39Mm, that's very good.
10:40Good?
10:41Mm-hmm.
10:44Mm-hmm.
10:44How do you make it?
10:45Okay.
10:46Now, the first thing to remember is to get the tapioca in a box in a store because you have
10:52to boil the other kind for days and days, right?
10:55And this is what tapioca looks like.
10:56Feels a little like, like rice.
11:03Mm-hmm.
11:04Or salt.
11:05Right.
11:06Okay, put it in here.
11:07I'll use it later.
11:08All right.
11:08All right.
11:10Now, this is the way you make tapioca.
11:13Tapioca, three tablespoons of tapioca, one, two, three, and three tablespoons of sugar, one, two,
11:40one, two, three, one egg yolk.
11:49Just the yellow of the egg?
11:50Yeah.
11:50Uh-huh.
11:52Mm-hmm.
11:55And then two cups of milk.
12:00Okay.
12:10That's tapioca, sugar, yellow of the egg, and milk.
12:24Right.
12:25And then you mix it.
12:28Not too fast because it'll splash.
12:31But you mix it so it gets nice and smooth.
12:35Feels smooth.
12:35You can't feel the sugar in there anymore.
12:37Mm-hmm.
12:38And then you cook it.
12:40After you cook it, when you take it out of the stove, then you put in the egg whites and the little bit of vanilla, just a taste of vanilla.
12:49And that's what the egg whites and the vanilla is, what makes it nice and fluffy like that.
12:53Yeah, but how do you do that after you cook it?
12:55Yeah, you just put it right in a bowl and mix it right in.
12:57I see.
12:58Just like we did this.
13:02I like the taste of that.
13:04Tapioca.
13:05Tapioca.
13:05Tapioca.
13:08Could I take the rest of this with me?
13:09Yeah.
13:11Here's the top for you.
13:12Oh, thank you very much.
13:13It's a good dessert after you have veggie treats.
13:15I'll say.
13:17Don, how would you say cup in Spanish?
13:22Taza.
13:23Una.
13:23Una taza.
13:24Yeah.
13:25Una taza de tapioca.
13:26Thanks very much.
13:27I'll see you, Fred.
13:28Bye-bye.
13:28Está muy bueno, sÃ.
13:31Pues hasta luego, José.
13:32Hasta luego, Matthew.
13:33José.
13:34Una taza de tapioca.
13:36SÃ, señor Rogers.
13:37Una taza de tapioca.
13:39Gracias.
13:39Adiós.
13:40Adiós.
13:40Adiós, Mr. Rogers.
13:41I like to learn how to do new things.
13:57Someday I'll try making that tapioca myself.
14:01I think you're supposed to keep it in the refrigerator.
14:03I'll just feed the fish.
14:09I've had my tapioca.
14:11Fish, you can have some food.
14:20Swim around.
14:22Race about.
14:25Let's have our own make-believe now.
14:29Get the trolley.
14:33Let's pretend that they find out who's dressed up like a dinosaur today.
14:41I think that would be a good thing to do today.
14:45And let's think of some way to include tapioca pudding in the story.
14:50All right.
14:50Neighborhood of Make-believe.
14:59Shh.
15:00Try it.
15:01Yes, we have to be very quiet.
15:09We're trying to catch a dinosaur.
15:11Shh.
15:12Corny.
15:13I know, I know.
15:14But I think it's all pretty silly.
15:16Dinosaurs are prehistoric creatures.
15:19They don't be anymore.
15:21We all know that, Corny.
15:22But we've got to solve the mystery of this one with the crown on.
15:26Yes.
15:27Shh.
15:28I'll be very quiet, hen.
15:31Meow, meow.
15:32If I see the thing, I'm going to fly right out of here.
15:36Meow, meow, too.
15:38Meow.
15:46If it's too big for my dump truck, I'll just have to use something else, like my big back.
15:53Oh, hi, Chef Rocket.
15:56Hi, Daniel.
15:57But we're not allowed to talk.
16:00Oh, why not?
16:01We're all being very quiet because we're looking for a big dinosaur with a big crown on its head.
16:09That's what I heard.
16:10That's why I brought this tapioca.
16:12Why?
16:13Well, see, I thought we could pretend that dinosaurs love tapioca.
16:18And we could put it in the middle of the neighborhood, and maybe the dinosaur would come out and try to get some.
16:23Oh, that's a good idea.
16:26Yeah.
16:26But you better check at the castle first.
16:28Okay, first, do you want a bite?
16:29Oh, yeah.
16:33Oh, thank you.
16:34That's good.
16:35I thought you'd like it.
16:36Oh, come back and play with me in my truck sometime, okay?
16:39Okay, I'll see you, Daniel.
16:41Bye.
16:41Bye.
16:43What?
16:43What?
16:44Why, it's something very big.
16:48Something's coming.
16:49Could it be...
16:50That's Chef Brocket, Queen Sarah?
16:52Oh, I wonder what he has in his hands there.
16:54How's everyone at the castle?
16:56Oh, we have to keep our voices very quiet, Chef Brocket.
16:59Oh, I suppose you mean about the dinosaur.
17:01Did you see it?
17:03No, but I think I have a plan to find it.
17:06What's that?
17:07See this bowl of tapioca?
17:08Yes.
17:09Yes.
17:09Well, I think we should pretend that dinosaurs love tapioca and like to eat it, and we should
17:17put it in the neighborhood for his dinner.
17:20Oh, that's a lovely idea.
17:23Yeah, well, where should we put it?
17:25Right in the middle of the neighborhood.
17:26Oh, well, why don't we use that high pedestal over there that Lady Averlin's been using for
17:31her telescope?
17:32Okay, I'll go over and ask her if we can borrow it.
17:34Oh, good idea.
17:35You see, there are all kinds of plans.
17:38Lady Averlin, sorry, but we need the pedestal.
17:43What are you going to do with it?
17:45We're going to put some tapioca on it, and then we're going to catch the dinosaur.
17:50Sounds intriguing.
17:51Mm-hmm.
17:51Who thought this one up?
17:53Chef Brocket.
17:53You might as well try anything.
17:55I haven't seen the dinosaur once today.
17:58Hi, Chef Brocket.
17:59Here's the pedestal.
17:59Hi, Betty.
18:00Don't you think it's a lovely idea, Lady Averlin?
18:02I mean, the dinosaur must be hungry by now.
18:05I'm willing to try it.
18:07Where shall we put it now?
18:08Right in the middle of the neighborhood.
18:10Then we can all get a good look at it.
18:13And it won't be too close to the castle.
18:15All right.
18:16I'll place it.
18:18And when I say tapioca, you come and put your tapioca on it, Chef Brocket.
18:24Ready?
18:25Yes, we're ready.
18:26Yeah.
18:26Yeah.
18:36Sure.
18:37Sure.
18:37Tapioca.
18:49Tapioca.
18:50Tapioca.
19:07I saw you put out the bait.
19:24Is it all right if I stay here?
19:27We can all stay here and see what happens.
19:34There's nothing to be afraid of.
19:37But everything is so quiet.
19:41And every time somebody gets scared of me, I get scared myself.
19:47Oh, you're the most cowardly dinosaur I ever saw.
19:50Well, I am tired of being a dinosaur.
19:55And besides, I am hungry.
19:58Oh, you're hungry.
20:00What is that?
20:02Over there, it looks like something to eat.
20:08Now remember, don't say anything.
20:11Don't say anything.
20:12Tapioca.
20:23Tapioca.
20:24I love tapioca.
20:26Tapioca.
20:26and now what else is there don't say anything dinosaur but i want something more to eat boomerang
20:46tumerang zoomerang you're supposed to go when i say that i want some more to eat you sound like
20:53someone from planet purple that is who i am please help me out of this costume
20:59oh rats oh rats oh dinosaur rats lady lane how about coming over to the castle spoil sport let's go to
21:10the castle and show everybody else right and purple panda can get some more to eat i will be glad to do
21:17that i'll take the tail oh good good well congratulations everyone oh yes i am sorry
21:35that i scared so many people i tamed the dinosaur with my super funnel
21:41you did not i'm tired of hearing about that super funnel i'll tell you the dinosaur wasn't
21:49anything but panda dressed up in a costume why did you make me do it lady elaine i'm tired of all of
21:56this stuff i wanted to show you all a thing or two well i did not like it but you don't have to do
22:04everything people tell you to do purple panda i do not of course not that's one good thing about
22:10this neighborhood we can each decide what's best to do and it certainly wasn't best to scare
22:18everybody like this
22:21you see everyone it's just a costume with somebody in it too that's just like my dream last night
22:32i saw who was inside the monster in my dream it was you daddy well i guess i do seem rather powerful
22:40at times son but my super funnel took care of the monster and then you came out and took care of me
22:49that's what parents are for fathers and mothers are meant to take care of children all grown-ups are
22:56meant to do that and not meant to tease them i did not want to tease anyone nobody can take a joke
23:04around here of course we can lady elaine but jokes don't have to scare people let's think of a joke
23:11that doesn't scare anybody let us all go to planet purple for dinner
23:16purple pumpernickel and peanut butter sandwiches
23:22my treat okay i'll treat everybody then no more dress up dinosaurs not this week dear
23:32there aren't any dinosaurs anyway so i'm gonna take down my hiding wall well i'll go get my truck
23:40and then i can help you do that it was just a costume trolley it was just purple panda dressed up
23:49in a costume of a dinosaur
23:50grown-ups are meant to take care of children not to tease them it's fun to pretend that people are
24:05all different ages and make believe isn't it sometimes they can be older sometimes younger
24:11sometimes even babies yeah you can make up your own stories about all kinds of things
24:19yeah don't need fancy toys or fancy costumes
24:23the important thing is your imagination
24:30just thinking about this brontosaurus
24:37bronte means thunder
24:39saurus means lizard
24:41thunder lizard
24:44walked along the earth
24:46sounded like thunder
24:48as it walked it was so heavy
24:50we've thought of a lot of things this week
24:56if you know of somebody
24:58who's afraid of monsters and dinosaurs and super things like that
25:02and you feel you can
25:05maybe you'd tell them what we've talked about this week
25:08it'll help them to know that you like them just the way they are
25:13even if they are scared once in a while
25:17we all need to have people who like us exactly as we are
25:23it's such a good feeling to know you're alive it's such a happy feeling you're growing inside and when you wake up ready to say i think i'll make us snappy new day it's such a good feeling a very good feeling
25:32And when you wake up ready to say, I think I'll make a snappy new day.
25:40It's such a good feeling, a very good feeling, the feeling, you know, that I'll be back when the week is new.
25:51And I'll have more ideas for you. And you'll have things you'll want to talk about. I will, too.
26:08I have lots of things to take with me.
26:21You always make each week a special week. You know how. By just your being you.
26:29There's only one person in the whole world like you. And people can like you exactly as you are.
26:36I'll be back. Bye-bye.
26:51I'll be back.
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