Mister Rogers' Neighborhood

- Season 30

(2000)

Mister Rogers remembers a visit to "The Edible Schoolyard" where children garden and cook the food they've grown. In Make-Believe Purple Panda and a Little Panda play a joke on King Friday. He doesn't like that and "forbids" curiosity.

Mister Rogers visits musicians who make instruments from found objects. In Make-Believe, the King has banned curiosity, but the neighbors can't stop being curious. And Mister Rogers is curious about how people make ice cream cones.

Mister Rogers rides up in a bucket lift. In Make-Believe, Prince Tuesday is curious about the Planet Purple way of traveling magically and has gone on an adventure.

Rogers gives a final discussion on false faces. He then visits a new studio set, the toy-and-book store run by a new neighbor, Tony Chiroldes. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, everyone is still looking for Little Panda and Prince Tuesday. Betty Okonak Templeton uses a telescope, as do the others, to discover just the planet to seek. It is up to HulaMouse to rescue Tuesday and Little Panda.

Mister Rogers visits virtuoso violinist Hilary Hahn. He reads a bedtime story. It's nighttime in Make-Believe. Prince Tuesday and Little Panda are rescued from outer space by Hula Mouse. King Friday learns that curiosity is a good thing.

Rogers immediately goes to see elephants of different sizes. He also shows a video on how backpacks are made. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, an over-curious King Friday asks that Cornflake S. Pecially should build a machine to look inside of things.

Rogers visits guitarist Manuel Barrueco at Negri's Music Shop. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, Queen Sara gives HulaMouse a picture with several hoops and a few hidden letters.

Mister Rogers uses art forms to illustrate words. The word "fish" goes with a graceful ballerina dancing on a "river." A "Night and Day" poem connects with a video. In Make-Believe, a neighbor is embarrassed he can't read well and hides.

Chuck Aber visits the television house with his H.J. Elephant III puppet and the book I Read Signs. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, Lady Aberlin discovers H.J. Elephant III knows sign language. What nobody knows is how to get H.J. involved in The Reading Game.

Given assistance from Mayor Maggie, H.J. Elephant reads his first words on Lady Elaine's new show, The Reading Game. Mr. McFeely shows Rogers a video on how ball caps are made.