The BEST episodes directed by Hugh Martin (Iii)

#1 - Space Case

Reading Rainbow - Season 4 - Episode 6

Is there life on other planets and stars? LaVar sends a message to aliens who might be watching and a radio telescope in Puerto Rico is profiled. Today's featured story is about a being from outer space who visits Earth.

#2 - Divorce: The McFeely’s Wedding

Mister Rogers' Neighborhood - Season 11 - Episode 1

Mr. McFeely relives memories of his wedding. Previewing the Neighborhood of Make-Believe storyline, Prince Tuesday befriends a girl whose parents are divorced.

#3 - Play: Rules for Play; Moving a Real House

Mister Rogers' Neighborhood - Season 11 - Episode 12

Lady Elaine is so incensed with King Friday's no-play rule that she moves herself and the Museum-Go-Round to another neighborhood.

#4 - Going to School: Learning Through Pictures; School Can Be Fun

Mister Rogers' Neighborhood - Season 10 - Episode 4

The new school at Someplace Else opens, with an inviting atmosphere for Ana, Prince, and Daniel. To finish his school lecture, Mister Rogers rides on a school bus.

#5 - Going to School: Visit to a First Grade; First Day of School

Mister Rogers' Neighborhood - Season 10 - Episode 2

Lady Elaine Fairchilde attempts to get the children of Make-Believe ready for school. Mister Rogers visits the neighborhood school again, this time learning from the first-grade teacher.

#6 - Superheroes: Mister Rogers Rides a Back Hoe

Mister Rogers' Neighborhood - Season 10 - Episode 10

Rogers remembers the day he operated a backhoe and a high-lift. At his bakery, Chef Brockett reveals how he makes tapioca pudding. Everyone in the Neighborhood of Make-Believe now hatches a plan to reveal that Purple Panda is the one playing to be a dinosaur.

#7 - Making an Opera: The Story of "Bubble Trouble"

Mister Rogers' Neighborhood - Season 10 - Episode 11

Mister Rogers arrives empty-handed but has a synthesizer waiting inside the house to show viewers. Mr. McFeely stops by with a "person delivery" in the form of Jay O'Callahan. Mr. O'Callahan shares a story about a king who finds himself trapped inside a giant bubble. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, Handyman Negri is blowing bubbles for King Friday. Lady Elaine Fairchilde expresses to Handyman Negri that she would like to be a hummingbird in the opera while Francois Clemmons reminds him that anything is possible in Make-Believe.

#8 - Sid the Science Kid

Sid the Science Kid - Season 1 - Episode 33

#9 - Going to School: Mister Rogers Visits a Kindergarten

Mister Rogers' Neighborhood - Season 10 - Episode 1

Mister Rogers takes his television neighbors to a kindergarten classroom at the local school. Prior to beginning Make-Believe, he disguises the Neighborhood Trolley as a school bus with a cardboard cover. The Trolley enters the Neighborhood of Make-Believe with a convincing school bus disguise, arousing everyone's attention. It gets to the point where King Friday XIII decrees that a school shall be built in the neighborhood within three days. After scouting four locations, Lady Aberlin and Handyman Negri decide that the school should be built at Someplace Else. Harriet Elizabeth Cow has agreed to be the teacher for Ana Platypus, Daniel Striped Tiger, and Prince Tuesday.

#10 - Reused Robot!

Sid the Science Kid - Season 2 - Episode 8

Sid's toy robot is broken, so he wants to throw it "away." Sid's Mom tells him there is no such thing as "away," and when we put something in the trash, we are actually creating waste. Sid and his friends explore the idea that everything we throw away goes somewhere. This leads to an investigation of how to recycle and reuse items so that we make less trash.

#11 - Superheroes: Dinosaur Exhibit - Carnegie Museum; Vegetable Treats

Mister Rogers' Neighborhood - Season 10 - Episode 7

Rogers brings model dinosaurs and takes viewers to a dinosaur hall at a natural history museum. Between these ventures, a dinosaur with a crown appears in the Neighborhood of Make-Believe–really a skeptical Purple Panda in costume. This is all part of Lady Elaine's ploy to scare the neighbors.

#12 - Superheroes: Dreams Can Be Scary, But They're Not Real

Mister Rogers' Neighborhood - Season 10 - Episode 8

Rogers visits Universal Studios to see Bill Bixby and Lou Ferrigno during a shoot of The Incredible Hulk. The Neighborhood of Make-Believe residents are still in awe of a dionsaur (who is really Purple Panda in disguise).

#13 - Superheroes: Dressing Up Doesn't Change the Person Inside

Mister Rogers' Neighborhood - Season 10 - Episode 9

Rogers returns to the film studios to speak with Lou Ferrigno and Bill Bixby. Mr. McFeely shows his video of how Ferrigno in make-up to look like The Incredible Hulk. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, everyone discusses the dinosaur (Purple Panda in costume). Lady Aberlin wishes to prove that the dinosaur is not real.

#14 - Making an Opera: How People Make Sweaters

Mister Rogers' Neighborhood - Season 10 - Episode 12

Rogers finds a bubble-making machine and a knitting machine at Bob Trow's workshop. Later on, Mr. McFeely shows a video of how people make sweaters in a factory. In between, Reardon visits the Neighborhood of Make-Believe. Lady Aberlin decides she will be a sweater-maker for the upcoming opera.

#15 - Making an Opera: Favorite Moments from Neighborhood Operas

Mister Rogers' Neighborhood - Season 10 - Episode 13

Rogers sees Chef Brockett's treats made from bananas. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, the schoolchildren provide ideas for the upcoming opera.

#16 - Making an Opera: Exploring the Wind

Mister Rogers' Neighborhood - Season 10 - Episode 14

Mister Rogers visits a weather station and helps launch a weather balloon. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, Handyman Negri is named to play the Wind in the upcoming Bubbleland Opera.

#17 - Making an Opera: "Windstorm in Bubbleland" Opera

Mister Rogers' Neighborhood - Season 10 - Episode 15

The opera "Windstorm in Bubbleland" takes up the entire program. In it, a news team promises "There's never any trouble here in Bubbleland." What they don't know is that a windstorm is approaching. It's the by-product of a chemical company's aerosol spray. While all the residents are worried about their bubbles, Hildegarde Hummingbird strives to protect the people from the giant wind.

#18 - Divorce: How People Make Pretzels

Mister Rogers' Neighborhood - Season 11 - Episode 2

Rogers visits a bakery to see people making pretzels. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, the King and Queen squabble about buying a new plane. It upsets Prince Tuesday to the boiling point.

#19 - Divorce: A Boy in a Wheelchair

Mister Rogers' Neighborhood - Season 11 - Episode 3

Rogers recalls the day he test-drove an electric car. Later he meets a boy in a wheelchair, who describes some of his physical handicaps. In between, the Neighborhood of Make-Believe continues its all-out search for Prince Tuesday. When found, he has a mix of emotions.

#20 - Divorce: Some Things Can’t Be Fixed

Mister Rogers' Neighborhood - Season 11 - Episode 4

Joe Negri shows Rogers a rack of musical instruments that have either been repaired or are in need in repair. They meet Earl Grollman, a counselor who has written a book on divorce for children. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, Prince Tuesday finally shares his emotions with his family.

#21 - Divorce: Going on an Airplane

Mister Rogers' Neighborhood - Season 11 - Episode 5

Rogers wears a false-face to show that he is still himself inside. In Make-Believe, the Royal Electric Plane-Car arrives via a clown courier. Behind that mask is Chuck Aber, who has been divorced and doesn't see much of his children. Thus, Prince Tuesday can relate to Aber's feelings. Corny reveals his secret: he is now making rocking-chair-shaped pretzels. Mister Rogers concludes his visit by showing viewers the ins and outs of an airplane.

#22 - Competition: A Visit to an Art Museum

Mister Rogers' Neighborhood - Season 11 - Episode 7

Mister Rogers visits an art museum to look carefully at various genres of paintings. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, Henrietta Pussycat is upset when she hears Big Bird will visit X the Owl.

#23 - Competition: Big Bird Visits the Neighborhood

Mister Rogers' Neighborhood - Season 11 - Episode 8

After reflecting on his discussion with Andrew Wyeth, Rogers helps to console Chef Brockett. The Neighborhood of Make-Believe welcomes Big Bird, who enters his drawing for the Draw the Neighborhood Contest.

#24 - Competition: Football All-Star Lynn Swann Practices Ballet

Mister Rogers' Neighborhood - Season 11 - Episode 9

Rogers meets Lynn Swann at a dance class. Swann enters in his Pittsburgh Steeler uniform, then changes into something more suitable for a dance lesson. as the Neighborhood of Make-Believe Drawing Contest nears an end, Lady Aberlin discovers that Ana has drawn a picture of the Neighborhood and all its neighbors.

#25 - Play: Play & Imagination; Blind Pianist Lou Schreiber

Mister Rogers' Neighborhood - Season 11 - Episode 13

In defiance of King Friday's rule, the schoolchildren set up a play area at the point where the Museum-Go-Round used to be. Prince Tuesday challenges King Friday up front about the no-play rule.

#26 - Play: Visiting a Mushroom Farm; No One is Always Right

Mister Rogers' Neighborhood - Season 11 - Episode 14

King Friday realizes just how important play is and repeals the rule, much to everyone's delight. All they need is to inform Lady Elaine.

#27 - Play: Many Different Ways to Play, Loud & Quiet

Mister Rogers' Neighborhood - Season 11 - Episode 15

Mister Rogers arrives with a pair of stilts which he demonstrates outside before singing You're Growing. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, Bob Dog has recovered from his injury and he is instructed by King Friday to find Lady Elaine Fairchilde and ask her to return. Although it takes some persuading on the part of Purple Panda and Handyman Negri, Lady Elaine and her Museum-Go-Round return to the Neighborhood of Make-Believe where play is once again allowed. Back at the house, Mister Rogers sings Children Can before leaving on his stilts.