The WORST episodes of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
Every episode ever - ranked by fan votes!
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 - Show 47
Season 1 - Episode 47 - Aired 4/23/1968
Marion and Nicholas Petrov visit the Neighborhood of Make-Believe dressed as X the Owl and Henrietta Pussycat. They dance in costumes and in leotards.
#2 - Show 48
Season 1 - Episode 48 - Aired 4/24/1968
Chef Brockett is in an apple-giving mood in the Neighborhood of Make-Believe. He gives apples, applesauce and apple juice.
#3 - Show 49
Season 1 - Episode 49 - Aired 4/25/1968
Rogers uses drinking straws to blow soap bubbles. Mrs. Rubin shows paintings done with straws. Paul Draper tap dances in the Neighborhood of Make-Believe.
#4 - Show 50
Season 1 - Episode 50 - Aired 4/26/1968
Mr. McFeely brings over a battery operated steam shovel. At the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, Dr. Marchl enjoys Grand-père's machine, which responds to French words. Marchl then talks with Henrietta and X about the way boys and girls do things differently.
#5 - Show 51
Season 1 - Episode 51 - Aired 4/29/1968
Mime Walker pantomimes The Three Bears as Grand-père tells the story. Later in the program, Rogers gets to see a trained bear.
#6 - Show 52
Season 1 - Episode 52 - Aired 4/30/1968
Katie Lewin tells Rogers how puzzles are made. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, Handyman Negri and Daniel Striped Tiger organize a play retitled Benjamin Franklin and the Three Bears at X's request.
#7 - Show 53
Season 1 - Episode 53 - Aired 5/1/1968
Rogers discusses Benjamin Franklin, wearing glasses and wig, then reading about Franklin as a boy. The Neighborhood of Make-Believe expands their play into Goldilocks, Benjamin Franklin, and the Three Bears.
#8 - Show 54
Season 1 - Episode 54 - Aired 5/2/1968
Scientist Alder demonstrates how heat causes objects to change. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, X the Owl prints signs advertising the upcoming play. King Friday calls for a part and that its title should be King Friday, Goldilocks, Benjamin Franklin and the Three Bears.
#9 - Show 55
Season 1 - Episode 55 - Aired 5/3/1968
The Neighborhood of Make-Believe stages King Friday, Goldilocks, Benjamin Franklin and the Three Bears.
#10 - Show 56
Season 1 - Episode 56 - Aired 5/6/1968
Rogers brings a basket of vegetables. Chef Brockett presents cooked vegetables, first to Rogers and then to the Neighborhood of Make-Believe.
#11 - Show 57
Season 1 - Episode 57 - Aired 5/7/1968
Rogers discusses rabbits. A familiar face visits the Neighborhood of Make-Believe to cheer up Henrietta Pussycat.
#12 - Show 58
Season 1 - Episode 58 - Aired 5/8/1968
Rogers talks about the arrival of a new baby. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, Corny is too busy to spend a lot of time with Joey Hollingsworth. King Friday is unwilling to give too much time either.
#13 - Show 59
Season 1 - Episode 59 - Aired 5/9/1968
Rogers demonstrates a hacksaw, hammer, and screwdriver. Handyman Negri fixes Rogers' sink, but not his toilet. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, Tadpole Frogg expresses his sadness for thinking he had broken a fountain.
#14 - Show 60
Season 1 - Episode 60 - Aired 5/10/1968
Rogers demonstrates a clown marionette. A dance recital is scheduled at the Neighborhood of Make-Believe. King Friday XIII tries to blunt the dance rehearsal by forbidding applause and moving the start time forward. He's trying to woo Sara Saturday.
#15 - Show 61
Season 1 - Episode 61 - Aired 5/13/1968
Rogers makes mud pies and builds a dam. Professor Fitzpatrick illustrates a calm sea and a rough sea. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, Corny and Joey Hollingsworth dig a well. Hollingsworth is then assigned to sell rockers.
#16 - Show 62
Season 1 - Episode 62 - Aired 5/14/1968
Now pipes carry water to Corny's factory. As a gesture of kindness, Corny sends King Friday XIII a goblet and a tin cup, each filled with water.
#17 - Show 63
Season 1 - Episode 63 - Aired 5/15/1968
Rogers warms some wiener buns in his oven so that Chef Brockett and Mr. McFeely can enjoy. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, all the attention is on the fire that burns down Corny's factory.
#18 - Show 64
Season 1 - Episode 64 - Aired 5/16/1968
Rogers shows a film on firemen. He then puts on the full fireman's outfit. The Neighborhood of Make-Believe gets right to work, rebuilding the factory. Handyman Negri consoles Corny and Lady Elaine along the way.
#19 - Show 65
Season 1 - Episode 65 - Aired 5/17/1968
Lady Aberlin, Handyman Negri, and X the Owl rebuild Corny's factory. Everyone donates something, including (eventually) King Friday XIII.
#20 - Show 66
Season 1 - Episode 66 - Aired 5/20/1968
Rogers dictates all toys do what you want them to do. His son John makes his first appearance on the show to play with model antique cars. At the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, the newly-rebuilt factory offers to help Mime Walker in his go-cart play-act.
#21 - Show 67
Season 1 - Episode 67 - Aired 5/21/1968
King Friday is ready to dedicate the new factory, but Lady Elaine senses he is afraid of elevators. This leads to a surprise at the dedication.
#22 - Show 68
Season 1 - Episode 68 - Aired 5/22/1968
Rogers attends a dance class where kids dance to the music of a sound synthesizer.
#23 - Show 69
Season 1 - Episode 69 - Aired 5/23/1968
A lonely Donkey Hodie wants visitors at Someplace Else.
#24 - Show 70
Season 1 - Episode 70 - Aired 5/24/1968
Neighbors travel from the Neighborhood of Make-Believe to Someplace Else so that Donkey Hodie will have visitors all day long.
#25 - Show 73
Season 1 - Episode 73 - Aired 5/29/1968
Lady Elaine is derided for throwing litter around as a protest. All she wanted was one of Chef Brockett's cookies.