The BEST episodes of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood season 16
Every episode of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood season 16, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood season 16!
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 - Families: How People Make Orange Juice
Season 16 - Episode 1 - Aired 11/25/1985
Most of this show is devoted to oranges. Mister Rogers plants an orange seed and, with Mr. McFeely, shows a sequence on how orange juice is made. Rogers then drops by Brockett's Bakery, which has a sales display of several soy foods. The Neighborhood of Make-Believe sees more of the same, as Lady Aberlin distributes orange juice to the neighbors. But the tempo of the week changes when she and X the Owl learn that Cousin Mary Owl will arrive the next day.
#2 - Making & Creating: Miniature Golf; Creative Play in Sand and Dirt
Season 16 - Episode 6 - Aired 2/3/1986
Rogers plays at his sand table. Later he and Mr. McFeely go to a miniature golf course. In between, Lady Elaine Fairchilde inspires the Neighborhood of Make-Believe by putting a car cover on the Trolley. This inspires everyone to make covers for a Museum-Go-Round exhibit.
#3 - Making & Creating: Chinese Dumplings; Learning from Grandparents
Season 16 - Episode 7 - Aired 2/4/1986
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.
#4 - Making & Creating: Bob Leathers - Playground Designer
Season 16 - Episode 10 - Aired 2/7/1986
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.
#5 - Celebrations: "A Star for Kitty" Opera
Season 16 - Episode 15 - Aired 5/9/1986
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.
#6 - Families: Families Come in Different Shapes and Sizes
Season 16 - Episode 2 - Aired 11/26/1985
Mister Rogers arrives with a painting of a tree covered in snow. Handyman Negri is helping X the Owl prepare for a visit from Cousin Mary Owl. Growing tired of waiting for his cousin's arrival, X joins Lady Aberlin on a visit to Southwood where they learn that Betty Okonak Templeton and James Michael Jones have adopted a baby girl -- Carrie Dell.
#7 - Families: A Visit to the Pediatrician
Season 16 - Episode 3 - Aired 11/27/1985
Rogers visits a girl's check-up at a pediatrician's office. During Make-Believe, Betty and James Michael Jones name their adopted daughter Carrie Dell.
#8 - Families: Mister Rogers Talks About Adoption
Season 16 - Episode 4 - Aired 11/28/1985
Robert Trow shows two puppies in Rogers' yard and delivers a film of different families in the neighborhood. With the Neighborhood of Make-Believe's cousin reunion nearing, Bob Dog and Ana Platypus adopt each other as cousins.
#9 - Families: A Field Trip to See the Penguins at Sea World
Season 16 - Episode 5 - Aired 11/29/1985
Mister Rogers goes behind the scenes at the Penguin Encounter. Daniel Striped Tiger is tentative about attending the cousins' reunion.
#10 - Making & Creating: How People Make Rocking Horses; Friendships
Season 16 - Episode 8 - Aired 2/5/1986
Mr. McFeely demonstrates a new chair for Rogers and shows a video on how people make rocking horses. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, Lady Elaine accepts covers from neighbors in Westwood and Southwood. One exhibit not in her Museum-Go-Round is the rocking chair with the horse cover, which is flying above the Tree.
#11 - Making & Creating: Poet May Sarton; Kitten Birth Film; Covers & Masks
Season 16 - Episode 9 - Aired 2/6/1986
Rogers shows a kitten and talks with two poets on his porch. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, Chuck Aber fools the Royal family with his King Friday cover.
#12 - Celebrations: How People Make Trumpets
Season 16 - Episode 11 - Aired 5/5/1986
King Friday XIII wants everyone to celebrate the imminent arrival of Friday's Comet. For her part, Lady Elaine Fairchilde is busy planning a surprise birthday party for a dour Henrietta Pussycat.
#13 - Celebrations: A Visit to the Planetarium
Season 16 - Episode 12 - Aired 5/6/1986
Rogers visits a planetarium. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, King Friday intensifies the imposed celebrations for the imminent arrival of Friday's Comet.
#14 - Celebrations: A Visit with Wynton Marsalis
Season 16 - Episode 13 - Aired 5/7/1986
Rogers hears Wynton Marsalis at Negri's Music Shop. It's nighttime in the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, and Lady Elaine is planning to disprove the talk that the upcoming comet is Friday's.
#15 - Celebrations: Happy Birthday, Henrietta!
Season 16 - Episode 14 - Aired 5/8/1986
Mister Rogers arrives with a cake that is not quite finished. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, dawn is about to break as Purple Panda and King Friday are at the castle eagerly awaiting the arrival of Friday's Comet. Neighbor Aber arrives at the castle and Lady Elaine mentions Henrietta's upcoming birthday.