Season 2

Episodes • 1969

Fred Rogers
Betty Aberlin
David Newell
Joe Negri
The Froggs Are Moving (1) - The Frogg family moves

1. The Froggs Are Moving (1) - The Frogg family moves

28 min

Mister Rogers enters with a blue circle and compares it to round objects. Mrs. Frogg receives a telegram that says she has been offered a position at the Westwood zoo, but the Frogg family must get permission from King Friday to leave, since there will be no one to run the Museum-Go-Round.

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The Froggs are Moving (2) - Squares

2. The Froggs are Moving (2) - Squares

min

King Friday needs to find another curator to operate the Museum-Go-Round. The Frogg family cannot leave until Lady Aberlin and others can fill that post. In the meantime, King Friday has a portrait of himself to give the Frogg family. Handyman Negri also arrives at Rogers' television house to collect a frame for the picture which sends to the neighborhood on the trolley.

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The Froggs are Moving (3) - Lady Elaine becomes a curator

3. The Froggs are Moving (3) - Lady Elaine becomes a curator

min

Rogers discusses antiques and uses a vacuum cleaner to show how it works. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, Lady Elaine applies for the position of Museum-Go-Round curator. Since she knows everything in the Museum, she is awarded the job. This enables the Frogg family to move to Westwood.

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Moving day

4. Moving day

min

The Frogg family moves to their new home in Westwood. Tadpole Frogg expresses his feelings about the move. Lady Elaine Fairchilde, the Museum-Go-Round's new curator, is also pleased with the move.

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Ducklings

5. Ducklings

min

Rogers brings ducklings into the Television house. For their benefit, he fills a wading pool and both he and François Clemmons feed the ducklings. Lady Aberlin and Lady Elaine discuss the difference between being alive and being a model. Robert Troll tells King Friday that Sara Saturday will soon be arriving from Westwood.

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Sara Moves In (1) - Trumpets and triangles

6. Sara Moves In (1) - Trumpets and triangles

min

Rogers welcomes a trumpet player to his television house. Sara Saturday also moves back to the Neighborhood of Make-Believe.

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Sara Moves In (2) - Painting a porch swing

7. Sara Moves In (2) - Painting a porch swing

min

Rogers paints the swing on the porch of the television house yellow. The Neighborhood of Make-Believe Castle is closed so King Friday can have important meetings.

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Sara Moves In (3) - Royal wedding announcement

8. Sara Moves In (3) - Royal wedding announcement

min

The Neighborhood of Make-Believe is in the midst of a change. X the Owl turns the Z on his knothole door to an X, Lady Elaine Fairchilde paints the pillars of her Museum-Go-Round. But the big change is the news that Sara Saturday will marry King Friday.

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Sara Moves In (4) - Preparing for a royal wedding

9. Sara Moves In (4) - Preparing for a royal wedding

min

King Friday and Queen Sara give interviews for their upcoming wedding.

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Sara Moves In (5) - Wedding fashion show

10. Sara Moves In (5) - Wedding fashion show

min

The Castle holds a fashion show of many wedding garments.

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The Royal Wedding (1) - Making measurements

11. The Royal Wedding (1) - Making measurements

min

Robert Troll measures the many wedding gifts that are pouring into the Castle.

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The Royal Wedding (2) - More royal wedding plans

12. The Royal Wedding (2) - More royal wedding plans

min

Rogers brings mittens and gloves in a briefcase into the television house. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, King Friday orders that any guests to the royal wedding must take a bath and wear purple gloves.

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The Royal Wedding (3) - Variety show in the Neighborhood of Make-believe

13. The Royal Wedding (3) - Variety show in the Neighborhood of Make-believe

min

The Neighborhood of Make-Believe stages a variety show, which includes a ballet called "The Purple Glove Ballet".

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The Royal Wedding (4) - How people build houses

14. The Royal Wedding (4) - How people build houses

min

Lady Elaine Fairchilde and Handyman Negri give their present for the Royal Wedding by changing the old Castle into a new, larger Castle.

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The Royal Wedding (5) - The royal wedding day

15. The Royal Wedding (5) - The royal wedding day

min

Rogers, Miss Emile, and Chef Brockett carry out their plans for the Royal Wedding. What nobody knows until late is that King Friday wants the wedding to take place in the redesigned Castle garden.

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Welcome the Platypus Family (1) - Playing ball in the Neighborhood of Make-Believe

16. Welcome the Platypus Family (1) - Playing ball in the Neighborhood of Make-Believe

min

While King Friday and Queen Sara are away on their honeymoon, Robert Troll welcomes his old friend, Dr. Bill Platypus, to the Neighborhood of Make-Believe.

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Welcome the Platypus Family (2) - Seeds and plants

17. Welcome the Platypus Family (2) - Seeds and plants

min

Dr. Platypus and Mrs. Platypus move into the Neighborhood of Make-Believe. X and Henrietta do what they can to accommodate them.

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Welcome the Platypus Family (3) - Empty and full

18. Welcome the Platypus Family (3) - Empty and full

min

Rogers shows the insides of a buckeye. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, Officer Clemmons helps the Platypus family settle temporarily in the Tree.

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Welcome the Platypus Family (4) - Boats

19. Welcome the Platypus Family (4) - Boats

min

The Platypus family must wait for Digger Digorum to return before they can dig their new platypus home.

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Welcome the Platypus Family (5) - Digging in the Neighborhood of Make-Believe

20. Welcome the Platypus Family (5) - Digging in the Neighborhood of Make-Believe

min

Rogers brings in various shovels, one of which he uses to put down fertilizer. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, Henrietta has sewn curtains with a duckbill pattern. These go to the site for the new Platypus mound. Rogers also shares his homemade recipe for making Ice pops.

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Magic Kite (1) - All about kites

21. Magic Kite (1) - All about kites

min

While digging the Platypus family's home, Digger Digorum and Handyman Negri discover a box containing a magic kite.

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Magic Kite (2) - A visit with a magician

22. Magic Kite (2) - A visit with a magician

min

A magician performs many tricks at Rogers' television house. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, the magic kite gives advice to everyone, including Digger Digorum.

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Magic Kite (3) - Singing and talking kite

23. Magic Kite (3) - Singing and talking kite

min

Officer Clemmons pretends to be the voice of the magic kite. This convinces first Daniel and then X and Nurse Miller that the kite can talk and sing.

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Magic Kite (4) - Teaching the magic kite

24. Magic Kite (4) - Teaching the magic kite

min

X wants the magic kite to add. Joey Hollingsworth returns just as Corny makes a rocking chair for kites.

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Magic Kite (5) - Globes and maps

25. Magic Kite (5) - Globes and maps

min

Joey Hollingsworth returns with news that King Friday and Queen Sara will return on the following Friday. He gives to Corny the orders for chairs that must be filled by that time.

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All about horses

26. All about horses

min

Mr. McFeely brings Lightning, a small horse, first to Rogers' television house and then to the Neighborhood of Make-Believe. He hears Donkey Hodie has broken his arm, but it is actually an arm of the windmill that has been broken and not one of his real arms.

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A visit with a percussionist

27. A visit with a percussionist

min

Rogers plays a Xylophone and visits percussionist Jean Wilmouth. Those in the Neighborhood of Make-Believe are sad because King Friday and Queen Sara are still on their honeymoon.

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Preparing for the return of the king and queen

28. Preparing for the return of the king and queen

min

Edgar Cooke and Joey Hollingsworth, along with Lady Elaine, plan to decorate the Neighborhood of Make-Believe for the Royal family's return.

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Dressing up as the king and queen

29. Dressing up as the king and queen

min

Joey Hollingsworth is dressed up as King Friday as part of the ceremony to welcome back the Royal couple. Lady Elaine instructs Lady Aberlin to dress as Queen Sara. This causes mass confusion and more discussions.

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Reflections

30. Reflections

min

King Friday and Queen Sara return to the Neighborhood of Make-Believe to find the disguised Joey Hollingsworth and Lady Aberlin.

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A present from the king and queen

31. A present from the king and queen

min

In the Television house, Rogers plays a matching game. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, the Royal Family give moving frames to X, Henrietta, and Lady Elaine.

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Preparing for the carnival

32. Preparing for the carnival

min

Rogers uses a balance scale to compare weights. The Neighborhood of Make-Believe is beginning plans for their upcoming carnival. X and Lady Aberlin demonstrate the talents they will display there.

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Making cotton candy

33. Making cotton candy

min

Chef Brockett must explain cotton candy and carnivals to King Friday, and neither interest him. Lady Elaine gets into her fortune-teller mode for the upcoming carnival.

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Permission for the carnival

34. Permission for the carnival

min

King Friday puts a damper on the carnival plans because he had not been asked for permission to hold it at the Castle.

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Carnival in the Neighborhood of Make-Believe

35. Carnival in the Neighborhood of Make-Believe

min

With permission from King Friday, the Neighborhood of Make-Believe holds its carnival.

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Shoes and magic

36. Shoes and magic

min

A Wizard enters the Neighborhood of Make-Believe to find Lady Elaine Fairchilde. He plays games and then stubs his toe, prompting Dr. Platypus, who also meets King Friday for the first time.

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Growing up is important

37. Growing up is important

min

The Wizard of Lupovich leaves the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, but not without leaving a box for King Friday and others to watch.

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Opening the wizard’s box

38. Opening the wizard’s box

min

Dr. Bill and Elsie Jean Platypus, among others, are curious about the box the Wizard of Lupovich had left for them. When the neighbors gather, the box opens itself to reveal a bunny cap. Anyone who puts it on, hops around.

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Taking care of a cat

39. Taking care of a cat

min

Handyman Negri lets Corny, X, and Henrietta try the hopping cap. Dr. Bill Platypus has also built up a clientele.

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Dr. Bill’s Bagpipes

40. Dr. Bill’s Bagpipes

min

Several of those in the Neighborhood of Make-Believe do not like Dr. Bill's new bagpipes. He decides that he will have to find a different place to play them.

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A visit from Mabel Mercer

41. A visit from Mabel Mercer

min

Mabel Mercer arrives in the Neighborhood of Make-Believe with a costume changer for Lady Aberlin.

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Robert Troll makes noise

42. Robert Troll makes noise

min

Rogers looks after Carol Saunders' guitar. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, Robert Troll raises some mischief.

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A place for Robert Troll

43. A place for Robert Troll

min

Robert Troll wants to live at the campsite at Someplace Else, since Lady Elaine is not using it anymore. But Robert is too afraid to ask, until friends offer him support.

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Building Permit

44. Building Permit

min

Officer Clemmons has brought a building permit to the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, but he does not know who it is for. The building permit, however, is really for a community center at Someplace Else.

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Grown from tiny seeds

45. Grown from tiny seeds

min

Rogers brings in flower pots filled with orchids, tulips, and daffodils. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, King Friday is surprised by the sudden quiet. Everyone is watching Handyman Negri building the community center at Someplace Else.

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Rainy day

46. Rainy day

min

To combat King Friday's boredom, singer Barbara Koski visits the Neighborhood of Make-Believe from Finland.

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House numbers

47. House numbers

min

Rogers plays house with a set of dolls and two houses. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, King Friday orders all the locales to be numbered from west to east, all the way from the Eiffel Tower to the Clock.

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Lady Elaine’s numbers

48. Lady Elaine’s numbers

min

Officer Clemmons reminds Rogers that Chef Brockett's birthday will be in two days' time. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, Lady Elaine tells King Friday he cannot always be number 1. This shows that all the house numbers on all the locales are coming down.

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A cake for Chef Brockett

49. A cake for Chef Brockett

min

Rogers has to keep secret the cake he is making for Chef Brockett's birthday. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, Robert Troll, X, and Daniel discuss their gifts for Brockett.

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Chef Brockett’s birthday

50. Chef Brockett’s birthday

min

Today is Chef Brockett's birthday. King Friday offers the Atlantic Ocean as his gift.

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Tying Knots

51. Tying Knots

min

Rogers puts together a puzzle Chef Brockett has given him as a thank-you present. Handyman Negri leaves the Neighborhood of Make-Believe for a scout jamboree. His replacement for the week is John Reardon.

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Making up an opera

52. Making up an opera

min

Reardon is organizing an opera. Daniel, Lady Aberlin, and Dr. Platypus have parts in it.

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Fishing Game

53. Fishing Game

min

Reardon distributes music to those who will take part in the opera. Robert Troll wants to be a whale, and Elsie Jean Platypus wants to play the Loch Ness monster.

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Toy Boat

54. Toy Boat

min

Lady Aberlin gives the Trolley a waves costume for the opera, which also fools Corny making him want to have a part in the opera. The entire Neighborhood of Make-Believe will be the backdrop, simulating the sea.

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“The Lost and Found Teddy Bear” Opera

55. “The Lost and Found Teddy Bear” Opera

min

The Neighborhood of Make-Believe stages its opera about the search for a lost teddy bear.

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Angry feelings

56. Angry feelings

min

Rogers is doing a puzzle, but Mr. McFeely barges in and takes it before it is even finished. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, Lady Elaine surprises Handyman Negri, who drops his souvenir from the jamboree.

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Different people like different things

57. Different people like different things

min

Rogers discusses the differences between male and female. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, Handyman Negri and Lady Elaine assemble a rocket.

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Games need rules

58. Games need rules

min

King Friday blocks the launch of Handyman Negri and Lady Elaine's rocket until some rules are laid down for it.

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Expressing feelings

59. Expressing feelings

min

Carole Clemmons, François' wife, has some new poems. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, Lady Elaine is mad at her improperly-working rocket.

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Good rules

60. Good rules

min

King Friday completes his set of rules for Lady Elaine's rocket. Once these rules are followed, the rocket rides more smoothly.

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Car parts

61. Car parts

min

Rogers builds a model car. Van Cliburn also enters the Neighborhood of Make-Believe gathering parts for the piano Lady Elaine is building.

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How people make pianos

62. How people make pianos

min

Chef Brockett has made a piano-shaped cake for Van Cliburn, who performs at the Castle.

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Leaves

63. Leaves

min

Lady Aberlin introduces a magic leaf. When she says the correct words, her aunt will sing for her.

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Buttons

64. Buttons

min

A button band performs for the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, during which Vija Vetra performs a button dance as well.

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Cooling off in a pool

65. Cooling off in a pool

min

Queen Sara gives a lesson to Lady Aberlin and King Friday about understanding Robert Troll's troll talk.

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