The BEST episodes directed by Bob Walsh (Ii)
#1 - Giving and Receiving: A Visit with Author Eric Carle
Mister Rogers' Neighborhood - Season 28 - Episode 1
Mister Rogers arrives with a box of fortune cookies. Opening up one of the cookies, he reads his fortune: "You will have a visitor." Mr. McFeely stops by with a videotape about how people make fortune cookies. After watching the video, Mister Rogers gives two fortune cookies to Mr. McFeely and explains that seeing the Mr. McFeely's excitement was like receiving a gift himself. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, King Friday is looking for "great things" and is unimpressed when Mr. McFeely tries to give him a box of fortune cookies. With his feelings hurt, Mr. McFeely shares his disappointment with a reassuring Mayor Maggie. As Neighbor Aber passes through, Mayor Maggie offers him a fortune cookie. Opening the cookie, they are surprised to release a Spanish-speaking Fortune Cookie Man who is eager to distribute cookies throughout the Neighborhood. At the clock, the Fortune Cookie Man introduces himself to Daniel Striped Tiger who is surprised to meet a "live speaking fortune cookie." Back at the house, Mister Rogers visits the studio of author Eric Carle. Mr. Carle shows how he paints the images used in his children's books. Together they read one of Mr. Carle's books -- Head to Toe -- which is given to Mister Rogers as he leaves.
Watch Now:Amazon#2 - Noisy and Quiet: What You Can Do When Someone Wants Quiet Time
Mister Rogers' Neighborhood - Season 29 - Episode 4
Rogers recounts his snorkeling adventure with Sylvia Earle (extracted from the show of April 19, 1990). Later in the program, Sylvia Earle visits the television house, where screen a videotape on the sounds of fish. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, everyone is upset at the constant bell-ringing and drumming at Henrietta and X's tree. No one can convince him to stop, especially since fewer and fewer neighbors remain uncostumed.
Watch Now:Amazon#3 - What is Love? (3)
Mister Rogers' Neighborhood - Season 6 - Episode 48
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.
Watch Now:Amazon#4 - Show 1277
Mister Rogers' Neighborhood - Season 6 - Episode 17
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.
Watch Now:Amazon#5 - Little and Big: Helicopters
Mister Rogers' Neighborhood - Season 28 - Episode 12
At an airport, Rogers sees Mr. McFeely about to take deliveries on a helicopter. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, Lady Aberlin and Miss Paulifficate are unwilling enforcers of King Friday's bar on yo-yos. This does not prevent Lady Elaine from flying a helicopter she has called ""Yo-Yo."" She flies up, but does not come down.
Watch Now:Amazon#6 - Fast and Slow: A Visit with a Gymnast
Mister Rogers' Neighborhood - Season 25 - Episode 4
Chainey Umphrey returns to the neighborhood to demonstrate more gymnastics. Those in the Neighborhood of Make-Believe tries to stop the Trolley and fail.
Watch Now:Amazon#7 - Go-Stop-Go: A Visit to a Fire Station
Mister Rogers' Neighborhood - Season 29 - Episode 9
Rogers takes an extended trip to a fire station. The lessons learned there, extend to the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, as several neighbors become volunteer fire fighters.
Watch Now:Amazon#8 - Giving and Receiving: A Visit with a Batik Artist
Mister Rogers' Neighborhood - Season 28 - Episode 2
Saihou Njie gives Rogers a demonstration on making batik vests. Later in the program, Mr. McFeely shows a videotape on how bagels are made.
Watch Now:Amazon#9 - Art: Making Portraits; Encouraging Creativity
Mister Rogers' Neighborhood - Season 22 - Episode 1
Mr. McFeely shows Rogers a Mrs. McFeely portrait Bob Trow made. Later Rogers goes to see Trow do a portrait of Mr. McFeely. In the meantime, King Friday XIII declares that everyone in the Neighborhood produce Royal portraits.
Watch Now:Amazon#10 - Celebrating the Arts: A Native American Potter
Mister Rogers' Neighborhood - Season 31 - Episode 3
Just 2¾ minutes in, the Neighborhood of Make-Believe sees Chuck Aber and HulaMouse's finished sand sculpture. Lady Elaine quickly criticizes it and just about everything else. But the sand sculpture inspires Lady Aberlin to dance, and leads Daniel to creating a tiny mobile. Before we leave the Clock one last time, Daniel Striped Tiger suggests why Lady Elaine might be hurting people's feelings. The rest of the show is devoted to Rogers' visit to a lady's pottery (video insert).
Watch Now:Amazon#11 - Art: Making Toy Airplanes; Skywriter's Art
Mister Rogers' Neighborhood - Season 22 - Episode 3
Mr. McFeely describes the day he met a skywriter. The Neighborhood of Make-Believe witnesses a skywriter drawing the King's face and hears Handyman Negri's contribution.
Watch Now:Amazon#12 - Celebrating the Arts: The Last Program
Mister Rogers' Neighborhood - Season 31 - Episode 5
Mister Rogers arrives with various drawings of the Trolley made by some young Neighbors. Sharing the drawings, he notices the differences between each artist's work -- even though they were all drawing the same thing. After he talks about sharing creations with other people you care about, Mister Rogers thinks of many people showing love in different ways. Mr. McFeely arrives with a video compilation of different types of artists which he and Mister Rogers share on Picture-Picture. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, the arts festival is ready to begin as Betty Okonak Templeton is looking for Lady Elaine. At Corney's factore, Mayor Maggie is wearing a smock and cap she has made for the festival. She compliments Corney on his contribution to the festival -- an artistic rocking chair that rocks itself. At the castle, King Friday is dressed up in a special robe for the festival. Neighbor Aber is about to demonstrate his festival contribution when Betty Templeton arrives having found Lady Elaine. Promptly, Lady Elaine arrives at the castle with her own masterpiece -- a portrait of most everyone in the Neighborhood of Make-Believe. As judge of the festival, she awards first prize to all of the festival's entries including Neighbor Aber's contribution -- a Trolley attached to a parachute. Back at the house, Mister Rogers concludes by singing I'm Proud of You.
Watch Now:Amazon#13 - Art: Sculptor Bill Strickland; Creative Clay Play
Mister Rogers' Neighborhood - Season 22 - Episode 4
Mister Rogers makes his own clay and visits sculptor Bill Strickland. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, Lady Elaine uses her clay to deface all the existing portraits and other dedications to King Friday XIII.
Watch Now:Amazon#14 - Transformations: A Tall Tale from Storyteller Gay Ducey
Mister Rogers' Neighborhood - Season 26 - Episode 6
Mr. McFeely presents Rogers with a ""hide-and-find ball,"" with which they play a little hide-and-seek. Later in the program, Rogers hears a storyteller at Mrs. McFeely's house. In between, the Neighborhood of Make-Believe gets puzzled by a gift for Purple Panda—one that he is not supposed to open.
Watch Now:Amazon#15 - Mouths & Feelings: Laughing Boxes; Many Expressions Mean Many Feelings
Mister Rogers' Neighborhood - Season 21 - Episode 1
Chef Brockett is making gingerbread faces with varying emotions. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, King Friday appoints Lady Aberlin as the Director of Research. Her first assignment revolves around people's reaction to a box that plays a recording of someone laughing.
Watch Now:Amazon#16 - When Things Get Broken: Rolling Ball Sculptures of George Rhoads
Mister Rogers' Neighborhood - Season 29 - Episode 13
Rogers visits the studio of George Rhodes. He watches as Rhodes demonstrates one of his mechanical ball inventions. A co-worker shows Rogers around to see various men at work on these machines. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, King Friday XIII returns, not at all pleased by HulaMouse's absence. At the height of his anger, he breaks a toy that Lady Aberlin has brought.
Watch Now:Amazon#17 - Celebrating the Arts: The Art of Being Kind
Mister Rogers' Neighborhood - Season 31 - Episode 4
Rogers makes his last visit to Negri's Music Shop. There he meets an expert playing the glass armonica (this is spelled correctly). In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, several discover just why Lady Elaine is hurting people's feelings.
Watch Now:Amazon#18 - Art: Author-Illustrator Eric Hill; Spot Books
Mister Rogers' Neighborhood - Season 22 - Episode 5
Mister Rogers arrives with a painting of a blue tree and tells the story of his friend who painted it. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, Lady Aberlin is working to remove the play clay from the royal portraits. At the clock, Daniel is hesitant to show his portrait of King Friday to Robert Troll because he things he did it in the wrong color. Robert Troll returns to the castle with Daniel's portrait which meets the approval of King Friday. Back at the house, Mister Rogers sits at the bench to read Spot's Baby Sister, a book by Eric Hill.
Watch Now:Amazon#19 - Mad Feelings: A Visit with Artist Red Grooms
Mister Rogers' Neighborhood - Season 26 - Episode 1
Mister Rogers visits the studio of artist Red Grooms, who is currently working on a trolley painting. The Neighborhood of Make-Believe sees Lady Elaine in fits because she can't seem to draw the Eiffel Tower well.
Watch Now:Amazon#20 - Mad Feelings: Finding Healthy Ways to Express Angry Feelings
Mister Rogers' Neighborhood - Season 26 - Episode 2
Mister Rogers introduces many different ways of dealing with anger, such as singing, playing the piano, and exercising, including his friend Maggie Stewart's favorite - swimming. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, Robert Troll and Mayor Maggie are worried about how upset Lady Elaine is over not being able to draw Grandpere's Tower. In an angry fit, Lady Elaine turns the tower upside-down. Can Lady Elaine get over her anger and make things right in the Neighborhood again? Maggie Stewart brings a water-and-oil motion sculpture to the television house. Jay Styperk, a wheelchair basketball specialist, gives Rogers a few exercises.
Watch Now:Amazon#21 - Mad Feelings: A Visit with STOMP!
Mister Rogers' Neighborhood - Season 26 - Episode 5
Mister Rogers visits a rehearsal of the international sensation STOMP. He meets the members and sees how they use everyday things like buckets, brooms, pipes, and their hands and feet to make exciting music. In Make-Believe, all the neighbors are unhappy over the upside-down tower and Lady Elaine's behavior. Lady Elaine, realizing that her anger got out of control, rights the tower and finds that apologizing is a good first step towards making amends.
Watch Now:Amazon#22 - Growing: Mister Rogers Gets a Haircut; Growing Happens Gradually
Mister Rogers' Neighborhood - Season 21 - Episode 9
Rogers gets his hair cut to prove to viewers there is nothing that harms anybody during a haircut. Robert Troll drops by the Neighborhood of Make-Believe and gives some aid to the Big Thing.
Watch Now:Amazon#23 - Sharing: A Visit with a Found-Objects Sculptor
Mister Rogers' Neighborhood - Season 27 - Episode 2
Rogers displays a horse Leonard Streckfus constructed from found objects. Later he visits Streckfus at his barn/workshop, where other found-objects sculptures are on display. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, Mayor Maggie learns the Westwood town sign is missing. It appears Lady Elaine has taken it for her ""found"" objects exhibit.
Watch Now:Amazon#24 - Sharing: How People Make Apple Juice
Mister Rogers' Neighborhood - Season 27 - Episode 3
Mr. McFeely shows a videotape on how apple juice is made. The Neighborhood of Make-Believe continues to see things disappear, just as Lady Elaine is ready to hold a "found objects" exhibit at her Museum-Go-Round.
Watch Now:Amazon#25 - Be Yourself: The Flying Karamazov Brothers
Mister Rogers' Neighborhood - Season 27 - Episode 6
Rogers visits a theater to see a juggling act called the Flying Karamazov Brothers. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, X the Owl is preparing to give flying lessons.
Watch Now:Amazon#26 - Curiosity: A Visit with Violinist Hilary Hahn
Mister Rogers' Neighborhood - Season 30 - Episode 5
Rogers reads his own book, Daniel Striped Tiger Gets Ready for Bed. Later in the program, he finds violinist Hilary Hahn at Negri's Music Shop. In between, nighttime grips the Neighborhood of Make-Believe with worry over Little Panda and Prince Tuesday.
#27 - Mouths & Feelings: A Storyteller Visits… with Button Soup Story
Mister Rogers' Neighborhood - Season 21 - Episode 2
Rogers makes tunnels out of cardboard tubes. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, Lady Aberlin continues her research with the laughing voice in a box. Robert Troll believes a little person is in that box.
#28 - Growing: A Conservatory Where People Care for Plants
Mister Rogers' Neighborhood - Season 21 - Episode 7
Rogers plants a bean seed and joins Mr. McFeely in a visit to a local conservatory. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, King Friday XIII tries to allay fears about a ""big thing"" rolling its way in from Westwood.
#29 - Imaginary Friends: Imagination & Work; Umbrella Factory; Rain
Mister Rogers' Neighborhood - Season 22 - Episode 8
Rogers sees a ballet troupe do a dance with umbrellas. As it is raining in the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, Chuck Aber tests Corny's new umbrella rocking chair.
#30 - Going Away and Coming Back: A Mime Visits the Neighborhood
Mister Rogers' Neighborhood - Season 24 - Episode 6
On the back of an old floor covering, a friend of Mister Rogers painted a map of the world. Rogers deomnstrates traveling from place to place, on boat or plane, and coming back. Later in the program, Dan Kamin demonstrates his mime act. He appears as a mime character in the Neighborhood of Make-Believe.
#31 - You and I Together: A Visit with a Teen and his Service Dog
Mister Rogers' Neighborhood - Season 28 - Episode 9
Rogers shows a variety of sticks is similar to a group of words: the more you have, the better you can work with them. Mr. McFeely shows a video of a service dog aiding a handicapped child. (The dog's name is C.D., and is credited as a neighbor.) In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, Dr. Bill Platypus tries to ensure Lady Elaine that the gorilla, called Kevin Wendell, is tame.
#32 - Curiosity: A Field Trip to 'The Edible Schoolyard'
Mister Rogers' Neighborhood - Season 30 - Episode 1
Rogers uses a frame to concentrate on small sections of a large mural. Seeing a set of vegetables in one section of the mural, he reflects on a visit to an "edible school yard" (vegetable garden). In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, King Friday XIII is irritated when Purple Panda and his compatriot, Little Panda, fool him. He commands that they cancel all curiosity. (This costs the entire Neighborhood a chance to see a rolled-up piece of paper Mayor Maggie has brought.)
#33 - Sharing: A Visit with a Paper Sculptor
Mister Rogers' Neighborhood - Season 27 - Episode 4
Rogers visits Gonzales at his studio to see goupet-goupet sculptures. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, more things have gone missing, including Edgar Cooke's refrigerator and Daniel's truck.
#34 - Mouths and Feelings: A Visit to the Dentist
Mister Rogers' Neighborhood - Season 21 - Episode 4
Mister Rogers arrives with a tube of toothpaste which he shows before inviting viewers along on a visit to his dentist. Before leaving, Mister Rogers heads to the bathroom to brush his teeth. At the dentist's office, Mister Rogers receives a check-up from Dr. Doug Jackson and his hygienist, Lisa Gjebre. Lisa and Dr. Jackson demonstrate various tools used for a dental check-up. Afterwards, Mister Rogers talks with a young dental patient named Joe. Returning to the house, Mister Rogers takes out a puppet which he uses to explain that people should not bite other people. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, Neighbor Aber sings It's the Style to Wear a Smile as Princess Zelda is looking for the Director of Research, Lady Aberlin. Still looking like a tiger, Lady Aberlin appears from behind the tree but goes unrecognized by Neighbor Aber and Princess Zelda. At the castle, Queen Sara reveals that Lady Aberlin will be gone for a "limited period of time." Back at the house, Mister Rogers sings It's the Style to Wear a Smile and talks about the best feelings are the ones that come naturally.
#35 - Imaginary Friends: Blank Books for Imagining; Nutritious Snack
Mister Rogers' Neighborhood - Season 22 - Episode 9
Rogers has a real book which he reads to a pretend child sitting in a real chair. The Neighborhood of Make-Believe sees Prince Tuesday's rag doll for the last time.
#36 - Then & Now: Itzhak Perlman, Violinist; Colonial Williamsburg Visit
Mister Rogers' Neighborhood - Season 23 - Episode 15
This program provides the last glimpse of Trolley's Special Dimension. For the bulk of the show, Rogers visits Itzhak Perlman at a concert hall and reflects on his visit to Colonial Williamsburg.
#37 - Sharing: A Swimming Lesson for Mister Rogers
Mister Rogers' Neighborhood - Season 27 - Episode 1
After a swim, King Friday XIII is startled to find that his crown has been taken.
#38 - You and I Together: Installing a Wheelchair Lift
Mister Rogers' Neighborhood - Season 28 - Episode 6
Rogers sees people operating a lifting device that elevates a wheelchair into a van. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, King Friday XIII commands Mayor Maggie, who had arrived in a wheelchair, to visit Dr. Bill Platypus for a clean bill of health.
#39 - You and I Together: A Visit to the Eye Doctor
Mister Rogers' Neighborhood - Season 28 - Episode 8
Rogers visits his eye doctor to have his vision checked. Mr. McFeely presents a video on how people make eyeglass lenses. In between, Lady Elaine is bent on warning the Neighborhood of Make-Believe about the visiting gorilla.
#40 - Noisy and Quiet: How Do Different Percussion Instruments Sound?
Mister Rogers' Neighborhood - Season 29 - Episode 3
Rogers visits drum performer/teacher Tim Adams. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, X and Henrietta have rigged their tree so that, at the first sign of anything unnatural, everyone will hear constant drumming.
#41 - Go-Stop-Go: A Fire Drill and a Go-Stop-Go Game
Mister Rogers' Neighborhood - Season 29 - Episode 10
Rogers witnesses a school fire drill. The Neighborhood of Make-Believe gives support to the Platypus family following the previous day's fire. King Friday gives an award to Lady Elaine for her action.
#42 - When Things Get Broken: A Library is Full of Things to Do!
Mister Rogers' Neighborhood - Season 29 - Episode 12
Rogers reads the library book When the TV Broke before visiting the neighborhood library. Once there, he finds a title the librarian recommends. Before he reads, Rogers sits in on a kids' crafts group. At the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, King Friday insists that the royal HulaMouse must return to the Castle. Chuck Aber sees him first, and when he takes HulaMouse to the Castle, they learn King Friday is flying around the world in search of him.
#43 - Curiosity: Homemade Musical Instruments
Mister Rogers' Neighborhood - Season 30 - Episode 2
Rogers makes a shaker out of small lid tops and a can before seeing several homemade instruments played at Negri's Music Shop. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, Chuck Aber begins to build a truck frame around curious Daniel's Clock. Little Panda tries to show Prince Tuesday how to travel "the Purple way," but both get lost.
#44 - Curiosity: Mister Rogers Rides in a Bucket Lift
Mister Rogers' Neighborhood - Season 30 - Episode 3
Rogers visits a friend who takes him on a "bucket lift" prior to trimming trees. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, Purple Panda suggests--to Lady Aberlin's dismay--that Little Panda and Prince Tuesday may not be on anyplace familiar.
#45 - Ready to Read?: A Baby Elephant at the Zoo
Mister Rogers' Neighborhood - Season 30 - Episode 6
Rogers immediately goes to see elephants, full-sized ones and a baby one. He also shows a video on how people make backpacks. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, an over-curious King Friday XIII asks that Cornflake S. Pecially build a machine to look inside of things.
#46 - Ready to Read?: Look Carefully - One Way to Get Ready to Read
Mister Rogers' Neighborhood - Season 30 - Episode 7
Mister Rogers visits guitarist Manuel Barrueco at Negri's Music Shop. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, Queen Sara gives HulaMouse a picture with several hoops and a few hidden letters.
#47 - Ready to Read?: Lots of Ways to Learn Words
Mister Rogers' Neighborhood - Season 30 - Episode 8
Rogers witnesses a majestic ballet dancer and her teacher. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, Lady Elaine reveals her plans for a new game show.
#48 - Growing: Growing Takes Time, So Does Learning to Read
Mister Rogers' Neighborhood - Season 21 - Episode 8
The Big Thing arrives in the Neighborhood of Make-Believe. At the request of several neighbors, the King agrees to maintain and talk of peaceful things.
#49 - Poetry Day and Fun With Nonsense Sounds
Mister Rogers' Neighborhood - Season 5 - Episode 3
X is afraid others will laugh at his poetry should he read it aloud. Lady Elaine is eager to hear this poetry and is in position to hide her feelings about it.
#50 - Separation & Return
Mister Rogers' Neighborhood - Season 5 - Episode 7
Rogers' son Jamie and a friend play with a toy on the floor of the television house. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, Robert Troll starts a game of catch, but doesn't want to throe because he thinks no one will throw back.