The BEST episodes directed by Paul Lally
#1 - Making Mistakes: Daniel Wonders if He Is a Mistake
Mister Rogers' Neighborhood - Season 17 - Episode 13
Oops! Mister Rogers forgot about a meeting and finds a way to deal with it. There's a video of how people make erasers, and in Make-Believe Daniel worries he's a mistake. Lady Aberlin assures him he's fine just as he is.
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#2 - Pets: A Visit with Real Pandas and a Birthday Parade
Mister Rogers' Neighborhood - Season 12 - Episode 10
Rogers visits the Washington National Zoo, where Barbara Bingham invites him to help feed the pandas. The Neighborhood of Make-Believe holds a big parade for Ana's birthday, but that doesn't prevent Ana from a quiet birthday party with her friends. In the last minute Rogers, for the first time, does sign language for ""I Love You.""
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#3 - Dance: How People Make Shows; Sam Weber, Tap Dancer
Mister Rogers' Neighborhood - Season 17 - Episode 8
Rogers sees Sam Weber demonstrating his tap-dancing skills. Mr. McFeely shows a videotape on how people make shoes. (Not sneakers—that's for a later show.) Sam Weber visits the Neighborhood of Make-Believe to disprove Lady Elaine's belief that men don't dance.
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#4 - Fun & Games: Hats for Fun; Folk Singers; Making New Friends
Mister Rogers' Neighborhood - Season 19 - Episode 6
Rogers listens to folk singers Andy Holiner and Alice Johnson. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, several residents decide to wear hats for fun. Then along comes Randy S. Caribou, who can wear all the hats at once.
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#5 - Discipline: Trying & Practicing; How People Make Piano Rolls
Mister Rogers' Neighborhood - Season 12 - Episode 1
At his Music Shop, Negri demonstrates a player piano and shows Rogers a video on how player piano rolls are made. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, an overworked Cornflake S. Pecially (Corny) is trying to make miniature trolleys in addition to rocking chairs and pretzels.
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#6 - Celebrations: "A Star for Kitty" Opera
Mister Rogers' Neighborhood - Season 16 - Episode 15
It's time for the opera "A Star for Kitty," in which a kitten wishes on a half-moon and has a vivid dream about the night sky.
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Mister Rogers' Neighborhood - Season 14 - Episode 12
Rogers makes a wind chime out of straws and shows a video of people making straws. Collette visits the Neighborhood of Make-Believe. Privately, Daniel is upset because he doesn't have a grandfather.
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#8 - Playthings: Ella Jenkins; How People Make Toy Wagons
Mister Rogers' Neighborhood - Season 17 - Episode 2
Rogers takes a tour of the Little Tikes Company, observing the design and manufacture of children's toys. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, Lady Aberlin reveals the present addressed to Queen Sara. It's a bicycle for Prince Tuesday, who is told, "Life is good."
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#9 - Dance: It's Raining; Tai-Chi is Like a Dance
Mister Rogers' Neighborhood - Season 17 - Episode 6
Daniel Striped Tiger receives a tai-chi lesson in a Neighborhood of Make-Believe that is only half-raining.
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#10 - Alike & Different: Antique Car Show; A Song in Sign Language
Mister Rogers' Neighborhood - Season 18 - Episode 1
Mister Rogers arrives with his ventriloquist dummy, Hischer Booptrunk. Hischer is dressed just like Mister Rogers and Mister Rogers spends a moment talking about he and Hischer are alike and different. On her way to teach a sign language class, Maggie Stewart stops by to invite Mister Rogers to come see Chuck Aber and his car at the Neighborhood car show. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, King Friday is playing the bass violin when his is visited briefly by a beautiful butterfly named Darrelle.
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#11 - Food: Truth Even Though Disappointed; Vegetable Soup
Mister Rogers' Neighborhood - Season 15 - Episode 4
Rogers goes to the soup division of Heinz Foods to see how people make soup in factories. The Neighborhood of Make-Believe keeps its promise to grow food for Northwood. But Daniel Tiger thinks he can grow a vegetable soup tree.
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#12 - Alike & Different: Differences Between a Real Dog and Pretend "Bob Dog"
Mister Rogers' Neighborhood - Season 18 - Episode 3
Robert Trow dresses up in his Bob Dog costume so that Mister Rogers can compare a real hound (which he brought) to a man in a dog costume. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, everyone except Prince Tuesday knows Mayor Maggie and Queen Sara will trade places for a day. This leads to the inevitable misunderstanding.
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#13 - Making & Creating: Bob Leathers - Playground Designer
Mister Rogers' Neighborhood - Season 16 - Episode 10
Mister Rogers takes viewers to the construction site of a playground that both children and adults designed. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, the horse-covered rocking chair must stop flying around, but only someone who is brave and doesn't know it, can coax it down.
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#14 - Pets: Making Stuffed Animals
Mister Rogers' Neighborhood - Season 12 - Episode 6
Rogers visits the home of Adelia Moore, who has been crafting many dolls and quilts for her children. On his return to the television house, he shows a film of people celebrating a doll's 100th birthday. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, everyone is preparing gifts for Ana Platypus's upcoming birthday.
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#15 - Playthings: Gymnast Performs; Importance of Caring Teachers
Mister Rogers' Neighborhood - Season 17 - Episode 1
Rogers visits 15-year-old Chainey Umphrey III at the neighborhood gym. Also there is Chuck Aber, working with his H.J. Elephant III puppet. In a real rarity, Aber appears in the Neighborhood of Make-Believe working the H.J. Elephant III puppet. Together they visit Lady Elaine, who talks of a toy that no one has seen.
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#16 - Playthings: A Visit to an Air Traffic Control Tower
Mister Rogers' Neighborhood - Season 17 - Episode 3
Mr. McFeely shows a video of his visit to an air traffic control tower. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, H.J. Elephant is searching for a flying key. He finds it on Prince Tuesday's new bicycle.
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#17 - Food: How People Make Tofu; Sharing Food with Others
Mister Rogers' Neighborhood - Season 15 - Episode 2
Rogers mixes granola for several neighbors and shows viewers how tofu is manufactured. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, X the Owl is puzzled that the food grown from his speedy seeds has been taken.
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#18 - Discipline: Keeping Promises; Mister Rogers Goes Swimming
Mister Rogers' Neighborhood - Season 12 - Episode 3
Mister Rogers tells of the promise he had made to himself years before, leading to a film of Rogers swimming. He also reminds viewers that one cannot coast through anything, that one must keep trying. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, King Friday XIII is enraged that Lady Elaine has defaced the King Friday dolls at Corny's factory.
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#19 - Secrets: Underground House; Secrets in Nesting Boxes; Bike Ride
Mister Rogers' Neighborhood - Season 19 - Episode 1
Rogers and Mr. McFeely visit a house built into the side of a wall. The Neighborhood of Make-Believe gets word that Westwood is building a sandbox.
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#20 - Alike & Different: Feeling Jealous; Making Strudel; Clowns
Mister Rogers' Neighborhood - Season 18 - Episode 4
Jeffrey Gabel, a circus clown and cook, prepares strudel at Brockett's Bakery. In Make-Believe, Queen Sara and Mayor Maggie trade places for a day, or at least until a mix-up occurs with two clowns (Gabel and Brockett).
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#21 - Food: Costa's Homemade Spaghetti; Friendship
Mister Rogers' Neighborhood - Season 15 - Episode 5
Mister Rogers arrives with a pasta maker which he has borrowed from John Costa, Jr. John Costa, Sr. talks about how proud he is of his son. Sitting at the piano, Mr. Costa accompanies Mister Rogers while he sings I'm Proud of You. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, the all-out effort for Northwood is coming to a close as Daniel Tiger finds out the truth about his vegetable soup tree.
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#22 - Secrets: Treasure Hunt Game: Love is a Good Secret to Tell
Mister Rogers' Neighborhood - Season 19 - Episode 2
Rogers follows clues in a treasure hunt, the end of which leads to a balloon artist. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, Chuck Aber gives a balloon ring to Lady Elaine. She is overcome with the suggestion that Aber has proposed to her.
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#23 - No & Yes: How People Make Tricycles; Staying Safe
Mister Rogers' Neighborhood - Season 15 - Episode 7
Mister Rogers brings flowers to remind people of a lesson he learned when he was a boy. Mr. McFeely brings a video on how people make tricycles. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, Prince Tuesday disobeys an order from King Friday XIII and is punished for trying to ride the royal tricycle. Meanwhile, Daniel Striped Tiger expresses doubts of being the ring bearer at the wedding of James Michael Jones and Betty Okonak Templeton. At the end of the program, Dianne Dengle is ready to present her portrait of Mister Rogers. It shows him encircled with some of the Neighborhood of Make-Believe characters.
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#24 - Fun & Games: Win or Lose, Having Fun is Important
Mister Rogers' Neighborhood - Season 19 - Episode 10
Upon his arrival, Mister Rogers talks about learning to play peekaboo as a young boy. With him, Mister Rogers has brough two different kinds of bowling balls -- a large one and a small one. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, the pussycat-owl-king-woman-dog-boy-girl-reindeer-tiger team has assembled at the castle but is having difficulty deciding on a game that would be appropriate for all team members. Back at the house, Mister Rogers has placed the Neighborhood of Make-Believe figures in the order they were mentioned in the pussycat-owl-king-woman-dog-boy-girl-reindeer-tiger team name.
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#25 - Making Music: Meet Neighborhood Musical Director John Costa
Mister Rogers' Neighborhood - Season 15 - Episode 11
Rogers walks off stage and introduces his viewers to the people who create the music live on Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood: John Costa, pianist and musical director, Bob Rawsthorne, percussionist and Carl McVicker, bassist. In Make-Believe story King Friday commands that all neighbors celebrate a “Bass Violin Festival.” The trouble is, not everyone can play the bass violin. The neighbors each find their own creative ways to obey the King’s command.
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#26 - Discipline: Practicing; Olympian Peggy Flemming Skates
Mister Rogers' Neighborhood - Season 12 - Episode 4
Mister Rogers talks with Peggy Fleming, who is practicing at a nearby arena. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, Lady Elaine knows she will be punished for defacing the King Friday dolls. She suggests that she work at Corny's factory for two days.
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#27 - Making & Creating: Chinese Dumplings; Learning from Grandparents
Mister Rogers' Neighborhood - Season 16 - Episode 7
Eva Kwong and her grandmother make dumplings at Brockett's Bakery. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, Corny contributes a rocking chair with a horse cover for Lady Elaine's exhibit, but the chair flies away.
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#28 - Josephine Giraffe: A Visit to the San Diego Wild Animal Park
Mister Rogers' Neighborhood - Season 19 - Episode 11
Mister Rogers and Mr. McFeely get a glimpse of the San Diego Wild Animal Park, with Dr. Joan Embery as Rogers' guide. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, the unseen Princess Zelda is preparing a play about a giraffe with a short neck.
#29 - Discipline: Feeling Frustrated; How People Make Dolls
Mister Rogers' Neighborhood - Season 12 - Episode 2
Rogers goes to a factory to see how people make dolls. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, an overeager X the Owl presses Corny into making Friday XIII dolls. That's be more than anybody can handle, especially a jealous Lady Elaine.
#30 - Games: Only People Have Feelings; How People Make Robots
Mister Rogers' Neighborhood - Season 13 - Episode 8
Rogers and Mr. McFeely go to a place where robots are assembled. One such robot measures off the Neighborhood of Make-Believe for the upcoming Olympic Games.
#31 - Games: It Takes Practice to Play Games & Make Fancy Cakes
Mister Rogers' Neighborhood - Season 13 - Episode 9
Brockett's Bakery is making and selling cakes designed to look like Make-Believe characters. Indeed, Chef Brockett has a couple of video arcade games to promote his cake sale. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, X the Owl finds he is better at some of the planned Olympic Games than others. But the Olympic plans hit a wall when Lady Elaine Fairchilde makes snow fall.
#32 - Food: Neighborhood Opera; Granddad for Daniel
Mister Rogers' Neighborhood - Season 15 - Episode 1
Mister Rogers enters with Hischer Booptrunk (his ventriloquist dummy) and tells a story of how his sister tried to feed Hischer, thinking he was hungry. Rogers then visits a place where applesauce is made. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, X the Owl wants to grow vegetables of his own, but he must be patient, these "speedy seeds" take a day to grow.
#33 - Discipline: Feeling Secure; How People Make Blankets
Mister Rogers' Neighborhood - Season 12 - Episode 5
Mister Rogers brings a blanket and shows a video on how blankets are made. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, Lady Elaine keeps Corny's factory running smoothly. She convinces Corny to manufacture only rocking chairs. Thus Corny bails out of pretzel-making after just a year.
#34 - Creativity: How People Make and Play Spoons
Mister Rogers' Neighborhood - Season 12 - Episode 11
After displaying an array of spoons, Mister Rogers introduces the song Let's Think Of Something To While We're Waiting before a spoon-player visits. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, King Friday gives a proclamation for Lady Aberlin and Robert Troll to make a mountain beside the castle.
#35 - Creativity: A Visit to the Hospital Emergency Room
Mister Rogers' Neighborhood - Season 12 - Episode 12
Mr. McFeely brings slides of various trees to show on Picture-Picture. Make-Believe is cut short when, in decorating the Eiffel Tower with trees, Queen Sara sprains her arm. This gives Rogers twenty minutes to talk about hospitals and emergency rooms.
#36 - Creativity: It Can Be Hard to Wait; Making Popcorn
Mister Rogers' Neighborhood - Season 12 - Episode 14
Rogers makes popcorn in his kitchen. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, King Friday and others discover they will have to stage an opera without Reardon.
#37 - Creativity: A Musical Story by Fred Rogers: "Spoon Mountain"
Mister Rogers' Neighborhood - Season 12 - Episode 15
The Neighborhood of Make-Believe stages its Spoon Mountain opera. A mean figure called Wicked Knife and Fork kidnaps a baton-twirling cat and takes him to Spoon Mountain. It's the same mountain given to a queen for her birthday.
#38 - Friendship: Sharing Can Be Hard – Even for Friends
Mister Rogers' Neighborhood - Season 13 - Episode 1
Rogers brings a display of some of his friends. In the middle of the display is his longtime friend Buzz Wagner, from whom Rogers buys a pair of shoes. The Neighborhood of Make-Believe residents learn a few things about sharing.
#39 - Friendship: Folk Songs and Games with Friends and Mary Jo Barron
Mister Rogers' Neighborhood - Season 13 - Episode 2
Mr. McFeely takes Rogers to Betty Aberlin's house for a sing-along with a few children. At the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, a turkey gives messages to Lady Elaine and Robert Troll. They are to bring banners and large balloons to the Neighborhood Picnic in two days' time.
#40 - Friendship: Friends X the Owl and Henrietta Have a Fight
Mister Rogers' Neighborhood - Season 13 - Episode 3
Mister Rogers sees the ins and outs of a restaurant. Among the notes distributed to Make-Believers are three parts toward making a fruit salad. This tests the teamwork of Lady Aberlin, X the Owl and Henrietta Pussycat.
#41 - Friendship: Daniel Feels Forgotten
Mister Rogers' Neighborhood - Season 13 - Episode 4
Rogers visits Betty Aberlin's little theater for a performance of fife and drums. The Neighborhood of Make-Believe holds its picnic for friends—but Lady Aberlin forgets to take Daniel Striped Tiger there.
#42 - Day & Night Care: Eyeglasses; Scary Dreams & Nighttime Fears
Mister Rogers' Neighborhood - Season 13 - Episode 14
A friend gives Rogers pointers on how to take care of fish. Nighttime at the Neighborhood of Make-Believe finds Prince Tuesday recover from a bad dream.
#43 - Day & Night Care: Feelings When Parents Return; Graham Crackers
Mister Rogers' Neighborhood - Season 13 - Episode 15
Rogers visits a bakery plant where graham crackers are made. The Neighborhood of Make-Believe welcomes back King Friday and Queen Sara.
#44 - Conflict: There are Many Ways to Solve a Problem
Mister Rogers' Neighborhood - Season 14 - Episode 1
Rogers sees a collection of toy banks. The Neighborhood of Make-Believe wants to buy a record player for the school, but something else grabs King Friday's attention. Why is Corny making all those parts for Southwood?
#45 - Conflict: How People Make Money at the U.S. Mint
Mister Rogers' Neighborhood - Season 14 - Episode 2
Rogers goes to the U.S. Mint in Philadelphia to see how coins are made. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, a shallow King Friday jumps to the conclusion that Southwood is making bombs, and he wants to counter.
#46 - Conflict: Communication: Braille & Cave Drawings
Mister Rogers' Neighborhood - Season 14 - Episode 3
Rogers demonstrates a Brailler. He then visits a cave to see the petroglyphs of an earlier civilization. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, Lady Elaine and Lady Aberlin are determined to prove that Southwood is a peaceful neighborhood.
#47 - Work: How People Design and Make Postage Stamps
Mister Rogers' Neighborhood - Season 14 - Episode 6
Mister Rogers takes viewers to the U.S. Postal Service headqaurters for an inside look and engraving and printing stamps. The Neighborhood of Make-Believe issues its annual report of services to neighbors. It turns out they have a surplus of 3,000 (no monetary unit attached).
#48 - Work: A Visit to a Dairy Farm
Mister Rogers' Neighborhood - Season 14 - Episode 7
Rogers visits a dairy farm to see cows milked. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, King Friday meets with a representative of a pool company. They reach a compromise by which the NOM can afford to build a new swimming pool.
#49 - Work: A Visit to the Grocery Store
Mister Rogers' Neighborhood - Season 14 - Episode 9
Rogers goes to a grocery store and takes a look behind the scenes. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, Daniel suggests the pool money be spent on new pipes for the neighborhood.
#50 - Work: Mister Rogers Talks About His Work
Mister Rogers' Neighborhood - Season 14 - Episode 10
In the ultimate reality check, Mister Rogers reveals his television house is part of a television studio, as viewers glance at some of the technical crew and the musicians. Rogers also shares pictures of his days as puppeteer of The Children's Corner in the 1950s. The Neighborhood of Make-Believe finishes the new underground system of water pipes. While others are working on their disappointments, Westwood Mayor Maggie has good news in store for everyone.