Mister Rogers' Neighborhood

- Season 20

(1989)

When parents go to work children can feel mad and sad. It helps to talk about those feelings. In Make-Believe, Prince Tuesday is angry because his parents are so busy with work. His friends cheer him up when they sing and play with him.

Rogers and Mr. McFeely make treats with peanuts and peanut butter. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, Prince Tuesday is still angry that his parents are running errands all the time.

Mister Rogers shows different peanuts and how people make peanut butter in a food-processing plant. In Make-Believe, the neighbors decide to open a "caring center" for children whose parents need to be away at work.

A jazz oboist, who's a musician and a mother, visits. In Make-Believe, Prince Tuesday is angry about his mother's being away at work. Mister Rogers shows his television bathroom and talks and sings about learning to use the toilet.

Mister Rogers says that even when parents are away from their children, they are thinking of them and they will come back. A balloon twister visits. In Make-Believe, Prince Tuesday talks about his feelings about his parents' working.

A major crisis has arisen in the Neighborhood of Make-Believe. Their nearby landfill at Someplace Else has reached the saturation point.

Mister Rogers and Mr. McFeely visit the neighborhood recycling center. Westwood Mayor Maggie informs that their landfill has been filled completely.

Rogers discusses how to make artwork out of old objects. This precipitates Mr. McFeely's video, showing his visit with a spare-parts artist.

Mister Rogers goes snorkeling with oceanographer Sylvia Earle to see some of the wonders of the ocean. In Make-Believe there's a special newscast to help find a solution to the garbage problem

Mr. McFeely brings a goat into the television house to dispel a few myths. Mrs. Dingleborder and the goats of Northwood complement each other's plans to solve the appalling garbage crisis.

Rogers enters with a bandaged hand. He illustrates that nothing changes underneath a bandage. Rogers attends the Marsalis Family's rehearsals at Negri's Music Shop.

Mister Rogers talks about some of the ways fathers take care of their children. He shows a video about how people make adhesive bandages and assures children that bandages don't change who we are. In Make-Believe, a rag doll comes to life.

Mister Rogers visits with two live wolves. He learns that wolves are shy, not big and bad like in the fairy tales. In Make-Believe, Daniel is afraid of a wolf costume. Mister Rogers has a visit with his own son and grandson.

Folk singer Ella Jenkins visits Mister Rogers with her ukulele and plays some songs her father enjoyed. In Make-Believe, there's fun with wolf costumes, but Lady Elaine is afraid that she might turn into a "big bad wolf."

Rogers discusses music with Yo-Yo Ma and, when son Nicholas Ma arrives, Rogers helps perform a trio of The Skaters' Waltz. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, Lady Aberlin finds a musical father for Daniel.