The BEST episodes of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood season 12
Every episode of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood season 12, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood season 12!
Fred Rogers hosts this children's television program that teaches children the important issues of life, such as being friendly, sharing, etc. Also features an imaginary world with puppets living in a medieval-type kingdom.
#1 - Pets: Respecting All Living Creatures
Season 12 - Episode 8 - Aired 6/2/1982
Mrs. McFeely stops by with a parrot before Robert Trow brings his dog, Barney, to Mister Rogers for the night. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, Daniel is starting to lament over the shabby fire truck he is trying to build for Ana's birthday. King Friday XIII gets disturbed over a talking parrot.
#2 - Pets: A Visit with Real Pandas and a Birthday Parade
Season 12 - Episode 10 - Aired 6/4/1982
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.""
#3 - Discipline: Trying & Practicing; How People Make Piano Rolls
Season 12 - Episode 1 - Aired 3/1/1982
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.
#4 - Discipline: Keeping Promises; Mister Rogers Goes Swimming
Season 12 - Episode 3 - Aired 3/3/1982
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.
#5 - Discipline: Practicing; Olympian Peggy Flemming Skates
Season 12 - Episode 4 - Aired 3/4/1982
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.
#6 - Pets: Making Stuffed Animals
Season 12 - Episode 6 - Aired 5/31/1982
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.
#7 - Pets: Sometimes It’s Very Hard to Wait
Season 12 - Episode 9 - Aired 6/3/1982
Mister Rogers reflects on his walk with Barney (film insert) before his owner, Robert Trow, collects him. At the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, a few are anxious for Ana's birthday to arrive the next morning.
#8 - Discipline: Feeling Frustrated; How People Make Dolls
Season 12 - Episode 2 - Aired 3/2/1982
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.
#9 - Discipline: Feeling Secure; How People Make Blankets
Season 12 - Episode 5 - Aired 3/5/1982
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.
#10 - Pets: Children Taking Care of All Kinds of Pets
Season 12 - Episode 7 - Aired 6/1/1982
Robert Trow calls Mister Rogers to ask if he can look after his dog the next night. At the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, King Friday and Lady Elaine suggest the type of pet to give Ana for her birthday.
#11 - Creativity: How People Make and Play Spoons
Season 12 - Episode 11 - Aired 6/28/1982
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.
#12 - Creativity: A Visit to the Hospital Emergency Room
Season 12 - Episode 12 - Aired 6/29/1982
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.
#13 - Creativity: Staying Safe; Wearing Seatbelts
Season 12 - Episode 13 - Aired 6/30/1982
When Chuck Aber retrieves his lost cat at Mister Rogers' television house, they discuss seat belts and car seats for infants. King Friday XIII climbs the mountain made from the Eiffel Tower to sip imaginary tea. Once there, he asks to organize an opera for the next Friday. Near the end, Mister Rogers presents clips of four previous operas (three of which would never air after 1994).
#14 - Creativity: It Can Be Hard to Wait; Making Popcorn
Season 12 - Episode 14 - Aired 7/1/1982
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.
#15 - Creativity: A Musical Story by Fred Rogers: "Spoon Mountain"
Season 12 - Episode 15 - Aired 7/2/1982
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.