Mister Rogers' Neighborhood

S1 E531968

Benjamin Franklin

Episode Synopsis

Title number 0053. Opens with Mister Rogers arriving with a box with items of Benjamin Franklin and a candle maker. Mr. Rogers discusses Benjamin Franklin and reads about Franklin as a boy. The Neighborhood of Make-Believe expands their play into becoming "Goldilocks, Benjamin Franklin, and the Three Bears".

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Benjamin Franklin

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Change: The First Program

King Friday Challenges Change

Chef Brockett bakes a cake fit for a king

Early whimsy, fun and frolic in the neighborhood

The end of the first week

Feeling scientific

Different ways of thinking about birds

A “Peace Party” to celebrate peace

People look and sound different

Looking closely

Spending time together

A visit with a toucan, a mime and a French horn

Ask for permission to borrow things

A visit with a chimp

Talking about feelings

Making things for others

Donkey Hodie comes to the Neighborhood of Make-Believe

Practicing and playing the clarinet

Looking for a place for a windmill

How windmills work

Groundbreaking for the windmill

Nurse Miller’s check up

All about eyeglasses

Mister Rogers gets an eye exam

Donkey Hodie’s new home

Jamie Rogers visits

A baby doll bed

Things that fit into other things

Weaving

Turning the Neighborhood of Make-Believe upside down

Red Monster Pt 1: A visit from Pedro the bird

Red Monster Pt 2: No one has ever seen a monster

Red Monster Pt 3: Oranges for the ballet

Red Monster Pt 4: Musical bottles

Red Monster Pt 5: There are no monsters

Rocking Chairs

Drawing with Chalk

King Friday meets Sara Saturday

What to wear?

A party for Sara Saturday

Rain in the Neighborhood of Make-Believe

Airplanes

Reardon plans an Opera

Auditions for the opera

The Babysitter Opera

Visiting the barbershop

Fur, feathers, and hair

Apples

Bubbles

Playing with Toys

Bears everywhere

Puzzles

Benjamin Franklin

Heat and printing

King Friday, Goldilocks, Benjamin Franklin and the three

Various vegetables

Rabbits

A growing family

Plumbing

Joey Hollingsworth’s dance recital

All about water

Drinkable water

Fire in the factory

Learning about firefighters

Rebuilding the factory

All about cars

Dedication at the Rockit Factory

Bicycles and dance class

Windows

Glass

Taking care of your teeth

Stop litterbugs

Rainbow cookies

Household Chores

Welcome back, Miss Emilie

Cheering up King Friday