The BEST episodes of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood season 23
Every episode of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood season 23, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood season 23!
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 - Then & Now: A Dead Bird; Memories; Each One is Unique
Season 23 - Episode 14 - Aired 9/2/1993
Mr. McFeeley brings a dead bird to the television house and asks Mister Rogers for a box in which to bury it. This prompts a Neighborhood of Make-Believe discussion of death as Lady Aberlin helps Henrietta Pussycat and Daniel Striped Tiger.
#2 - Up & Down: Elevators and Escalators
Season 23 - Episode 1 - Aired 11/23/1992
After changing into his sneakers, Mister Rogers stands and steps up to the door and then back down again. He raises his arms and eyebrows to demonstrate "up and down", as well. Sitting on the floor, Mister Rogers shows a toy parking garage that he brought with him. Placing a toy car on the garage's elevator, Mister Rogers raises it to the top and then back down again. Mister Rogers sings Let's Think of Something To Do as he waits for Mr. McFeely to stop by. When he arrives, Mr. McFeely takes Mister Rogers a shopping mall where they go up and down an escalator and a glass elevator. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, Handyman Negri is playing music for Mimus Polyglottos and Torglodytes Aedon as they dance when he is called to the factory where Corney asks for his help. Using a new pulley system, Handyman Negri removes a Rockit from the factory's display case. Corney sings I'm a Man Who Manufactures before he promises to make something special for Handyman Negri to thank him for his help. Meanwhile, Mr. McFeely is struggling with a heavy package from the Up and Down Company to be delivered to Lady Elaine Fairchilde. Handyman Negri helps Mr. McFeely deliver the package to the museum where Lady Elaine allows them to open the package. Inside they find a hydraulic lift platform which they demonstrate by lifting each other up and down. X the Owl is somewhat curious about the lift and mentions that he doesn't need such a device to go up and down -- he is able to fly up and down naturally. Returning to the factory, Corney presents Handyman Negri with a custom-made rocking guitar holder. Back at the house, Mister Rogers suggests that fancy things are not needed to go up and down -- just ideas and an imagination. He concludes for the day by singing It's You I Like.
#3 - Up & Down: Dominoes!
Season 23 - Episode 2 - Aired 11/24/1992
Famed domino artist Bob Speca sets up and knocks down dominoes at Negri's Music Shop. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, Robert Troll rides the hydraulic platform outside the Museum-Go-Round.
#4 - Up & Down: So Many Things Go Up and Down
Season 23 - Episode 3 - Aired 11/25/1992
King Friday XIII wants the neighbors to find a place where Mimus polyglottos and Troglodytes aedon can take up dance lessons. While they are not looking, Robert Troll takes Mimus and Trog for a walk/dance. Chuck Aber goes off looking for the birds.
#5 - Up & Down: A Visit with Clarinetist Richard Stoltzman
Season 23 - Episode 4 - Aired 11/26/1992
Rogers hears from clarinetist Richard Stoltzman. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, two crises remain unsolved: stop the Museum-Go-Round from going up and down, and get the wooden birds back.
#6 - Up & Down: A Hot-Air Balloon Ride!
Season 23 - Episode 5 - Aired 11/27/1992
Bruce Franco again makes balloon art, concentrating on animals. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, the hydraulic platform is fixed. By chance, Robert Troll is seen with the King's two wooden birds.
#7 - Love: Teddy Bear Factory; Costumes Don't Change Who You Are
Season 23 - Episode 6 - Aired 2/15/1993
Rogers enters with a stuffed bear and a bear costume (which he wears). Mr. McFeely then brings a video on how stuffed bears are made. The Neighborhood of Make-Believe finds one of its neighbors in a bear costume.
#8 - Love: Trip to an Aviary; Caring for Birds; Work vs. Play
Season 23 - Episode 7 - Aired 2/16/1993
Rogers shows a picture of one friend, an ornithologist, and visits him at The Aviary in Pittsburgh. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, Lady Elaine Fairchilde is readying a "Museum of Love."" At Mayor Maggie's suggestion, Lady Elaine decides to start a soap opera.
#9 - Love: Tired Feet; Angry & Loving Feelings
Season 23 - Episode 8 - Aired 2/17/1993
Rogers soaks his feet in a tub outside his porch and finds an unexpected visitor: "Officer" Clemmons. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, Lady Elaine is preparing to do a soap opera she calls As the Museum Turns.
#10 - Love: Shaving; It Can Help to Talk about Feelings
Season 23 - Episode 9 - Aired 2/18/1993
Rogers discusses the way images are reflected in mirrors. Lady Elaine continues preparations for her one-woman soap opera.
#11 - Love: Blowing Bubbles; Filipino Chef; Plumber Visits
Season 23 - Episode 10 - Aired 2/26/1993
Mister Rogers arrives with a soap solution which he uses to blow bubbles. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, Robert Troll is practicing his role as usher for the soap opera when Mayor Maggie and Neighbor Aber arrive with an automatic bubble maker. The royal family arrives as the soap opera begins -- "As the Museum Turns." Back at the house, Mister Rogers remembers a time when he visited the kitchen of Mrs. Schipper and learned to make spinach egg rolls.
#12 - Then & Now: Water Experiments; Big & Little; Being Safe
Season 23 - Episode 11 - Aired 8/30/1993
Rogers does a science experiment with food coloring and water. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, Robert Troll takes the Neighborhood Trolley off its tracks. This prompts several neighbors to search for it.
#13 - Then & Now: Shadow Artist; Poem; The Past; Lightbulb Factory
Season 23 - Episode 12 - Aired 8/31/1993
Shadows and light are the contrasts of the day, as guest shadow artist Jim West performs silhouettes of various animals. Later, Mr. McFeely shows a tape on how people make light bulbs. In between, the Court of the Neighborhood of Make-Believe wants to return the shadows of Harriet Elizabeth Cow, Donkey Hodie, X the Owl, and Henrietta Pussycat. Before long, Robert Troll reveals the Trolley's Extra Dimension to Lady Aberlin.
#14 - Then & Now: Patomimist; Baby Photos; A Lost Dog
Season 23 - Episode 13 - Aired 9/1/1993
Mr. McFeely brings a pantomimist to Rogers' television house. The trolley's reputation for revealing the past spreads through the Neighborhood. It gets to the point where Trolley turns the Neighborhood upside-down.
#15 - Then & Now: Itzhak Perlman, Violinist; Colonial Williamsburg Visit
Season 23 - Episode 15 - Aired 9/3/1993
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.