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 Fred Rogers Quotation"I think people who produce and perform on programs for children should have as a prerequisite some sort of course to understand their audience. You wouldn't put a newsman on the air who didn't know how to pronounce Vietnam. But we give millions of dollars to these people who are producing cartoons and they have no earthly idea of what they're doing to a kid." "I got into television because I hated it so. And I thought there's some way of using this fabulous instrument to nurture those who would watch and listen." "We have to remember to whom the airwaves belong, and we must put as great an emphasis on the nurturing of the human personality as we can." "I believe that those of us who are the producers and purveyors of television -- or video games or newspapers or any mass media -- I believe that we are the servants of this nation." "You know you don't have to be an actor when you read a book to a child. All you need is to simply love what you're reading. Even just enjoying the pictures together is a great start. When you share a book with a child, you're saying to them that books are important. That's a gift that can nurture them all through their lives." Movie Title: Mister Rogers' Neighborhood (1967) as Cornflake S. Pecially / Lady Elaine Fairchilde / Mr. Rogers / Henrietta Pussycat / King Friday XIII / Daniel Striped Tiger / X the Owl / Queen Sara Saturday: Mr. Rogers : You make each day a special day. You know how, by just your being you. There's only one person in this whole world like you. And people can like you exactly as you are. [repeated line] Lady Elaine Fairchilde : Boomerang, Toomerang, Zoomerang. [repeated line] King Friday XIII : No buts about it. Handyman Negri : Wait a minute, we just gotta get some limits around here. X the Owl : No limits to my selling, Handy. Cornflake S. Pecially : We're working night and day but we still can't keep up with your orders, X. X the Owl : Ah, you all can do it. I'm gonna fly off and sell some more. How about pots and pans and ear muffs and suit cases and...? Handyman Negri : Oh wait a minute, wait a minute, you all are going to have to do this without my help. Either we get some order in this operation or I can't help you any more. I'm going off to my regular job. I'll see you later. Cornflake S. Pecially : Okay, well, thanks anyway, Handy. [repeated line] X the Owl : Lady Aberlina, how in the world are ya? Mr. Rogers : Hi, Television Neighbor. I'm glad we're together again. Mr. Rogers : Anything worth while certainly takes a while. X the Owl : You learn something old everyday. [there's a knock at the door] Mr. Rogers : Oh, there's somebody knocking at the door. Chef Brockett : Speedy delivery! Mr. Rogers : Speedy delivery? Somebody is saying, "Speedy delivery", but it doesn't sound like Mr. McFeely to me. Did it to you? [Calls out] Mr. Rogers : What did you say? Chef Brockett : Speedy delivery! Mr. Rogers : Who do you think that sounds like? Chef Brockett? [Looks out window] Mr. Rogers : It IS Chef Brockett. King Friday XIII : Anything is possible in make-believe. Handyman Negri : That story was just pretend, King Friday. King Friday XIII : Well, so are we. Betty Okonak Templeton-Jones : We wanted to help you some more with your assignment. After all, Carrie Dell was sleeping most of the time you were in Southwood and I just thought a little trip would be a nice thing today. King Friday XIII : Um, I'm not so sure that I'LL be able to comply. You see, I can't have a... Uh, a baby bothering my important welcome today. I have some very well chosen words to say and a most impressive gift to present. Cousin Mary Owl : We can always go someplace else, King Friday. King Friday XIII : Yes. X the Owl : I mean, I think I've done enough king watching anyway. Cousin Mary Owl : You have the idea of what you can say about kings? X the Owl : Oh sure. Kings say they have important things to do and they don't want babies around when they do them. Mr. Rogers : Hi, neighbor. How're you doing? Mr. Rogers : Now I have one other tape of sounds that I'd like to play for you. Lady Elaine Fairchilde : To the Museum Go-Round, the purple way! [they disappear] Lady Elaine Fairchilde : How much will it cost to fix the pipes? Lady Aberlin : 3,000. Lady Elaine Fairchilde : Oh, that's a bundle. Wait a minute, I've got a great idea: sell the castle. Friday and all of them can live someplace else. Lady Aberlin : I don't think they'd like that, Lady Elaine. How about selling the Museum-Go-Round? Lady Elaine Fairchilde : I don't think *I* would like THAT. [repeated line and usually song] Cornflake S. Pecially : I'm a man who manufactures. I'm a man who manufactures chairs and other wares. King Friday XIII : [Prince Tuesday tries to sit on King Friday's large tricycle, falls off and starts crying] I thought I heard some crying in this garden. I'm sure I heard some crying in this garden. What is my large tricycle doing here? Prince Tuesday : I can explain, Daddy. I... King Friday XIII : Tuesday, I thought you were on your way to school. Prince Tuesday : I was, Daddy, but then I saw your big tricycle and I just sat on it and I fell. King Friday XIII : You know I told you that you are not to use my large tricycle, Tuesday. Prince Tuesday : I know. King Friday XIII : It's not your size and it could be very dangerous. Now what did I do the last time you rode my tricycle? Prince Tuesday : You sent me to my room. King Friday XIII : And so you will do the same. Prince Tuesday : But I have to go to school. King Friday XIII : You will go to your room immediately after school. Prince Tuesday : Oh! That really makes me angry. King Friday XIII : And it makes ME angry when you do things that could hurt you. Now off you go to school. Prince Tuesday : Ohh! King Friday XIII : That's right, off you go now. Well... My large tricycle. When a king says no, he MEANS no... Certainly does. X the Owl : That's just nifty galifty. Bob Dog : [King Friday and Handyman Negri were playing music by garbage cans] That sounds good. Handyman Negri : Thank you. Thank you, Bob Dog. Bob Dog : Yes. Garbage music. King Friday XIII : I beg your pardon? Bob Dog : Well, uh, music beside the garbage. King Friday XIII : Oh, yes. Mr. Rogers : [singing] Everything grows together/Because you're all once piece/ Your legs grow as your fingers grow as your hands grow as your arms grow as your ears grow as your nose grows as the rest of your grows/Because you're all once piece. Mr. Rogers : As I was walking down the sidewalk to come to visit you here, I saw Betty Aberlin and look what she gave me. You know what this is, don't you? An apple. A beautiful apple. It looks so nice and feels nice. [sniffs] Mr. Rogers : And smells so good, and I know it's going to taste good. But I won't eat it right away. Chuck Aber : Is Henrietta all right? X the Owl : I don't know what you mean by "all right", Mr. Aber. I just know that she doesn't want to play and she doesn't want to talk much at all, and she seems sort of sad. Is that all right or is that all left? Chuck Aber : Sounds like a little of each to me. Mr. Rogers : [reading from a book] "Another thing children learn as they grow is how to urinate and make bowel movements, B.M.'s, in the toilet instead of their diapers. Urine and B.M.'s come out of our bodies. They're things our bodies don't need." X the Owl : Okay? Let's have some cookies and put the whole thing aside. Henrietta Pussycat : Meow cookies meow for me meow Lady Aberlin. Meow are friends. Meow meow Aberlin! Meow here meow! Meow like meow cookie, Lady Aberlin? Lady Aberlin : Oh sure, Hen. I'm so glad you and X are feeling better. Um, aren't you? Henrietta Pussycat : X meow not meow friend. Lady Aberlin : Oh Henrietta, I don't think you mean that, really. Henrietta Pussycat : Meow was meow friend yester-meow. Meow will be meow friend tomorrow. Meow meow not meow friend today. X the Owl : And just because of all that, she won't let me have a cookie. King Friday XIII : You are all excused. Thank you, Miss Paulifficate, for the balogna. You may feed it to the elves out back. Audrey Paulifficate : Oh baloney. King Friday XIII : Exactly. Mr. Rogers : [singing] It's a beautiful day in this neighborhood / A beautiful day for an opera. Could we make one? / Sure, we'll make one. Purple Panda : Let us all go to Planet Purple for dinner. We'll have purple pumpernickel and peanut butter sandwiches. Lady Elaine Fairchilde : My treat, okay? I'll treat everybody then. Ana Platypus : No more dress-up dinosaurs? Lady Elaine Fairchilde : Not this week, dear. King Friday XIII : At ease now, Parrot. You may address me as Your Most Royal Highness. Parrot: That's cool. King Friday XIII : Ah, you must be delighted to meet a real king, Parrot. Parrot: You're a sweetie. King Friday XIII : Ha ha, how kind of you. Parrot: Hi, handsome. King Friday XIII : You're a fine bird. With good taste, I suppose. But then, after all, when you really... Parrot: Who's in charge here? King Friday XIII : I beg your pardon? Parrot: Take a walk. Take a walk. King Friday XIII : McFeely, please do something. Mr. McFeely : It's a parrot, King Friday, it says what people teach it. King Friday XIII : Then teach it to say, "Correct as usual, King Friday." Mr. McFeely : But King Friday, it takes months... King Friday XIII : McFeely, please? Mr. McFeely : Okay. Now, um, now, Parrot, say this: say, "Correct as usual, King Friday". Parrot: Ah, take a walk. That's cool. King Friday XIII : [singing, to his wooden bird on a stick] Troglodytes Aedon/ My wren is my pet/Is my very royal pet. Greet it. Troglodytes Aedon/Meet my pet/ Troglodytes Aedon. King Friday XIII : [Reciting 'big' words to 'Row Row Row Your Boat'] Propel, propel, propel your craft... Gently down liquid solution. Ecstatically, ecstatically, ecstatically, ecstatically... Existance is but an illusion. King Friday XIII : [singing to his wooden bird on a stick] Mimus Polyglottos is my pet/ Mimus Polyglottos is my pet/ Mimus Polyglottos is my pet. Have you met my pet yet? Mr. Rogers : I was just thinking. You know, if you had all the toys in the world and you didn't have any imagination about how you would play with them, those toys would just sit there doing nothing. And that would be no fun. Thinking up good things to do with what you have gives everybody a good feeling. King Friday XIII : Cereal has no respect for royalty. Lady Aberlin : [singing to the tune of "There Are Many Ways to Say 'I Love You'"] Making a fruit salad can say 'I love you'. Henrietta Pussycat : Cleaning up meow meow before you're asked to meow meow. X the Owl : Making sure the fruit is washed without a spot. Uh, you missed a few, Henrietta. Henrietta Pussycat : Meow meow meow meow meow. Meow meow meow meow. [Angrily] Henrietta Pussycat : Meow meow meow meow meow. X the Owl : Well Henrietta I'm sorry but, uh, but you did. Lady Aberlin : You hurt all of our feelings. King Friday XIII : Well, uh, what will we do about it? Lady Aberlin : What will YOU do about it? King Friday XIII : Well... I know. Handyman, do you have your Ukulele handy? Handyman Negri : Yes, sire. King Friday XIII : I will need a royal Uke fanfare please. [Handyman plays fanfare on his Ukulele] King Friday XIII : Very good. I, King Friday XIII, do hereby make a new rule. The new rule is that everyone who had hurt feelings will now have good feelings. Lady Aberlin : You can't order people to have good feelings, Uncle Friday. King Friday XIII : I just did. Yo Yo Ma: King Friday XIII, I presume? King Friday XIII : Correct as usual, Mr. Ma. King Friday XIII : This is a lovely day. Of course it would have been more lovely if we had flown here in the purple jet. Queen Sara Saturday : Honestly, Friday, you have a one-track mind. King Friday XIII : A one-jet stream mind, Sara. Lady Aberlin : Ugga mugga, Daniel. Daniel Striped Tiger : Ugga mugga, Lady Aberlin. King Friday XIII : Niece Aberlin and Lady Elaine Fairchilde, I presume? Lady Aberlin : Correct as usual, Uncle Friday. Lady Elaine Fairchilde : Correct, but not always, Friday. King Friday XIII : I am hereby making a royal announcement! Purple Panda : Uh oh. King Friday XIII : We want to ask your advice on something. Prince Tuesday : What is it? King Friday XIII : Whom would you like for a babysitter? Prince Tuesday : Nobody. King Friday XIII : Nobody? Why not? Prince Tuesday : Because I'm not a baby. King Friday XIII : Well of course you're not a baby. That's just something that people say. Prince Tuesday : Well I don't want a babysitter. Queen Sara Saturday : How about a night-and-day-care-giver, Son? Prince Tuesday : Oh, well, that sounds good. King Friday XIII : [discussing the chalk board for the new school] I don't understand it. She said she would be using a greenboard. Lady Aberlin : That's right, Uncle Friday. King Friday XIII : But in my school, we used a blackboard. I think she should use a blackboard. Lady Aberlin : But alot of the newer schools are using green. King Friday XIII : Oh, this newfangled stuff. What is education coming to? Even the pencil boxes have pictures on them. Robert Troll : What's wrong with the prince? He-He isn't sick, is he? W-what's this about? King Friday XIII : He told me he doesn't like himself. Robert Troll : Aw, "doesn't like himself". It's not like him to not like himself- [troll talk] Robert Troll : King Friday. Mr. McFeely : Do you have time to watch a surprise videotape? Mr. Rogers : Of course. What's it about? Mr. McFeely : Well it's about something I did in a car. Ana Platypus : We want to play for you, King Friday. King Friday XIII : And I suppose you want to play for Sir Thomas also? Prince Tuesday : If we're good enough, sure. King Friday XIII : You may play, but if you see Sir Thomas arriving, you must stop your playing. I don't want him to think we major in foolishness here. [Ana, Prince and Daniel play music with their instruments] Prince Tuesday : What do you think, Daddy? King Friday XIII : Your playing is not fine enough for Sir Thomas to hear. And now who is arriving at this castle? Will the guests never stop? Tommy Tune: I heard a rhythm band and I came running. King Friday XIII : And who are you? Tommy Tune: Tommy Tune. King Friday XIII : Sir Thomas Tune? Tommy Tune: Some people call me that. Tommy Tune: [King Friday presents Sir Thomas with a royal crown that is too small for his head] Something tells me that this is an extra special wrist crown. King Friday XIII : Wrist crown? [Sir Thomas puts the crown around his wrist] King Friday XIII : Is that the kind of thing you teach? Putting crowns on wrists? Tommy Tune: Well, when they don't fit on your head and when someone has been kind enough to offer them to you as a present and, uh, you don't want to make them feel bad because they don't fit where they were meant to fit... Prince Tuesday : Is that what international lofty generosity is all about? Tommy Tune: Well, that's what I think it's all about. Tommy Tune: [King Friday presents Sir Thomas with a royal crown that is too small for his head] Something tells me that this is an extra special wrist crown. King Friday XIII : Wrist crown? [Sir Thomas puts the crown around his wrist] King Friday XIII : Is that the kind of thing you teach? Putting crowns on wrists? Tommy Tune: Well, when they don't fit on your head and when someone has been kind enough to offer them to you as a present and, uh, you don't want to make them feel bad because they don't fit where they were meant to fit... Prince Tuesday : Is that what international lofty generosity is all about? Tommy Tune: Well, that's what I think it's all about. Daniel Striped Tiger : I wish I could learn international lofty generosity. Ana Platypus : I do too. Tommy Tune: Oh, I can teach everybody EVERYTHING about international lofty generosity real quickly. King Friday XIII : Everybody? Tommy Tune: Oh sure. Everybody can learn to be generous and kind. You don't have to be a king or a prince to learn that. Lady Elaine Fairchilde : I'll give you a rift on the accordion for that one, toots. [Plays quick tune on accordion] Daniel Striped Tiger : I wish I could learn international lofty generosity. Ana Platypus : I do too. Tommy Tune: Oh, I can teach everybody EVERYTHING about international lofty generosity real quickly. King Friday XIII : Everybody? Tommy Tune: Oh sure. Everybody can learn to be generous and kind. You don't have to be a king or a prince to learn that. Lady Elaine Fairchilde : I'll give you a rift on the accordion for that one, toots. [Plays quick tune on accordion] King Friday XIII : Perhaps I could listen to a few of these new ideas. Prince Tuesday : Oh Daddy, would you come with us? King Friday XIII : I will. Count me in with the best of them. Lady Aberlin : Oh Uncle Friday, sometimes you can be so kind. King Friday XIII : And sometimes unkind, I know. Lady Aberlin : That's what makes people angry with you. I guess you know that too. King Friday XIII : Yes, I am aware of that, Niece Aberlin. I talked with Queen Sara about that. Lady Aberlin : What did Aunt Sara say? King Friday XIII : She reminded me that people can love you even when they are angry with you. Lady Aberlin : Knowing that can help you to be kinder, can't it? King Friday XIII : It most certainly can. King Friday XIII : Some days are nicer than others, are they not, Miss Paulifficate. Audrey Paulifficate : Yes, and some days you are kinder than others, King Friday. King Friday XIII : Oh so you say. Cornflake S. Pecially : [X the Owl is renting tools from Corny] The buckets are 6 for 1. Shovels 6 for 4. Buckets 6 for 1. X the Owl : Um, how am I supposed to rent all these different things at once? I mean, it's confusing. Cornflake S. Pecially : Well, first you think about it, and then if you need help I'll be right here to help you figure it out. X the Owl : I think that buying is alot harder than selling, Corny. Cornflake S. Pecially : Well it takes very careful thinking. X the Owl : All the same, I wonder if it wouldn't be easier if people just gave each other the things they need instead of buying all the time and selling all the time. Cornflake S. Pecially : Well in some places, it's like that, X. But in most places, people earn money for work and then pay that money for what they need. X the Owl : Like shovels and buckets. Mr. Rogers : I was just thinking, you know work changes things. And children can change things by doing a good job. Like changing the way a room looks by picking up your toys when your play is over. Or changing the way your plate of food looks by eating your food. Good work can make good changes and can give a good feeling. Lady Elaine Fairchilde : [Holds a sign reading "Hey Sky! Please Rain" skyward] Hey, Sky! Please rain! Come on, can't you read? We need the water! King Friday XIII : Nevertheless, I think I'll be wearing a broader smile when we have located the other crown. In the meantime, we shall wear our chef's hats and partake of the Brockett crown cake in antiscipation of seeking sucess. Bob Trow : [Bob shows Mr. Rogers some wooden blocks set up like dominoes] Do you have a super-something to push these down with? You can't do this the way you did those. You need a super-something to push the first one down. There are some super-things right there. Make your choice. Mr. Rogers : Well... 'Guess I better not use the paint. [Picks up a funnel] Mr. Rogers : How about a super-funnel? Bob Trow : Good. "Fun with a funnel", we'll call it. |
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