Season 5 (1972)

Episode 1
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February 21, 1972

Mary Sweenie arrives late at Betty's Little Theater for her bird dance. X wants to read poetry alone.

Episode 2
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February 22, 1972

Rogers and Mr. McFeely do a bit of secret communicating, with neither one understanding the other. In the Neighborhood of Make-Bel...Read more

Episode 3
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February 23, 1972

X is afraid others will laugh at his poetry should he read it aloud. Lady Elaine is eager to hear this poetry and is already in po...Read more

Episode 4
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February 24, 1972

While seeing the breads at Brockett's Bakery, Rogers learns how a bread slicer works. The Neighborhood of Make-Believe discovers a...Read more

Episode 5
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February 25, 1972

Bob Trow repairs Mr. McFeely's bicycle, although he is slightly embarrassed because Bob doesn't yet know how to ride a bike. This ...Read more

Episode 6
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February 28, 1972

Audrey Roth brings three unidentified cheerleaders to Rogers' television house. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, Cornflake S. ...Read more

Episode 7
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February 29, 1972

Rogers' son Jamie and a friend play with a toy on the floor of the television house. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, Robert T...Read more

Episode 8
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March 1, 1972

Rogers shows steam from a tea kettle. Mr. McFeely shows him the use of a steam engine. Robert Troll plays ball with Lady Aberlin, ...Read more

Episode 9
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March 2, 1972

Corny asks Robert Troll to dump an excess amount of paint stain into a creek. The resulting pollution leaves a bad smell and tars ...Read more

Episode 10
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March 3, 1972

Corny and Robert Troll need some help to clean up the paint stain that they caused. Lady Elaine uses her boomerang to return the p...Read more

Episode 11
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March 6, 1972

Susan Linn performs her puppets, Audrey Duck and Cat-a-Lion, at Betty's Little Theater. King Friday plans to buy a large TV.

Episode 12
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March 7, 1972

Rogers needs Joe Negri's help to get a crystal radio working. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, Handyman Negri has to figure ou...Read more

Episode 13
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March 8, 1972

Rogers buys a TV set from Negri's Music Shop with a credit card. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, King Friday turns the new TV...Read more

Episode 14
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March 9, 1972

King Friday commands that everyone should watch a television show at the Castle. He borrows a TV set from Lady Elaine so that ever...Read more

Episode 15
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March 10, 1972

Rogers goes to traffic court to plead the case that led to his parking ticket. Lady Elaine leads a march on the Castle to show tha...Read more

Episode 16
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March 13, 1972

Rogers demonstrates the different sounds made from bells and crystal glasses filled with water. Joey Hollingsworth tap dances in t...Read more

Episode 17
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March 14, 1972

Tom Flynn and the Southminister Bell Ringers perform at Negri's Music Shop. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, Henrietta's const...Read more

Episode 18
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March 15, 1972

Rogers makes a musical instrument out of an oatmeal box, a large button, and some string. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, Hen...Read more

Episode 19
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March 16, 1972

X wants to ask King Friday for a job. He earns the title printer of Royal calling cards.

Episode 20
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March 17, 1972

A plumber replaces the clogged elbow in Rogers' sink drain. The Neighborhood of Make-Believe sees the same plumber retool the Cast...Read more

Arts Foundation Pt 1
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March 20, 1972

A magician performs part of his act at Betty Aberlin's theater. He is seen again in the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, but on harder times.

Arts Foundation Pt 2
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March 21, 1972

Andrew Wyeth illustrates to Rogers the work behind an animated film based on Rogers' song "You've Got To Do It". The Neighborhood ...Read more

Arts Foundation Pt 3
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March 22, 1972

Rogers explains the size of things by having a tailor alter a suit jacket. Those in the Neighborhood of Make-Believe donate things...Read more

Arts Foundation Pt 4
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March 23, 1972

Lady Aberlin is asking those in the Neighborhood of Make-Believe to donate to the new performing arts program. Lady Elaine refuses...Read more

Arts Foundation Pt 5
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March 24, 1972

Mr. Appel is named the first recipient from the Neighborhood of Make-Believe's foundation for the performing arts.

Mrs. McFeely's Birthday
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March 27, 1972

It's Mrs. McFeely's birthday, and Rogers isn't the only one giving presents. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, Lady Elaine is t...Read more

A Visit to Elsie Neal's Craft Shop
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March 28, 1972

Attempting to make a merry-go-round, Lady Elaine doesn't feel that her animals look perfect. Rogers introduces viewers to Elsie Neal's Craft Shop.

Mister Rogers is feeling “full of music today”
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March 29, 1972

Handyman Negri gives X the Owl a lesson in music history from the Owl Correspondence School. The record is an owl history music le...Read more

Daniel is Afraid of Bob Dog
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March 30, 1972

Bob Dog is saddened because Daniel doesn't want him near the Clock. Still, Bob Dog wants to talk with Daniel.

X Composes Owl Music
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March 31, 1972

Rogers takes some vegetables to Bob Trow. X the Owl wants to play the harmonica alongside the King's bass violin.

Episode 31
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April 3, 1972

Rogers helps Bob Trow inflate one tire of a tandem bicycle. Fog in the Neighborhood of Make-Believe causes Bob Dog to lose a stone...Read more

Episode 32
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April 4, 1972

Astronaut Al Worden stops by the television house to show how his space suit works. His scheduled arrival in the Neighborhood of M...Read more

Episode 33
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April 5, 1972

Lady Elaine is prepared to go to the Moon by any means. Later in the visit, Rogers goes to the Brown Marionette studio to work on ...Read more

Episode 34
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April 6, 1972

Rogers and Al Worden recall the question-and-answer period they conducted with children about going to the Moon. Worden shows the ...Read more

Episode 35
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April 7, 1972

Al Worden shows more equipment that he took to the Moon, and he discusses the one side of the Moon that is never seen on Earth. In...Read more

Lady Elaine Flies into Space Pt 1
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April 10, 1972

Rogers makes a crayon rubbing of leaves. Mrs. McFeely invites him to their house to see a fern and a reptile called a caiman. In t...Read more

Lady Elaine Flies into Space Pt 2
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April 11, 1972

Rogers plays with blocks and then with clay. Later he calls François Clemmons, offering him a position as voice teacher. In betwee...Read more

Lady Elaine Flies into Space Pt 3
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April 12, 1972

Mr. McFeely shows Rogers a duck. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, Lady Elaine commands attention as she begins her flight into...Read more

Lady Elaine Flies into Space Pt 4
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April 13, 1972

The Brown Marionette Company opens one room in their studio for François Clemmons to give voice lessons. In the Neighborhood of Ma...Read more

Lady Elaine Flies into Space Pt 5
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April 14, 1972

Lady Elaine radios back to the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, saying she will stay in space because she has made the most extraordinary discovery.

Lady Elaine's Purple Phase Pt 1
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April 17, 1972

Lady Elaine splashes down in the Neighborhood of Make-Believe. While some think she is going to get married, Lady Elaine keeps her...Read more

Lady Elaine's Purple Phase Pt 2
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April 18, 1972

Rogers hears a harpist at Negri's Music Shop. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, Lady Elaine announces she has discovered the Pl...Read more

Lady Elaine's Purple Phase Pt 3
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April 19, 1972

A purple disk drops into the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, giving Lady Elaine and others information on Planet Purple. She tries t...Read more

Lady Elaine's Purple Phase Pt 4
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April 20, 1972

Rogers visits François Clemmons's music class. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, Lady Elaine is reluctant to shake off living l...Read more

Lady Elaine's Purple Phase Pt 5
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April 21, 1972

Lady Aberlin and Robert Troll must convince Lady Elaine of her rightful place in the Neighborhood of Make-Believe.

Snow People Pt 1
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April 24, 1972

Chef Brockett presents snow pudding to Rogers at the bakery. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, Lady Elaine wants to make snow, ...Read more

Snow People Pt 2
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April 25, 1972

Rogers talks about practice by showing different pairs of skates. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, Lady Elaine's snow-making s...Read more

Snow People Pt 3
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April 26, 1972

Rogers explains how only grown-ups can change light bulbs with a ladder. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, Lady Elaine experime...Read more

Snow People Pt 4
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April 27, 1972

Rogers uses the heater for the fish tank and shows the room's radiator. He also sees that the Brown Marionette Theater is heated w...Read more

Snow People Pt 5
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April 28, 1972

The snow opera features an angry girl who has interrupted a badminton game. She makes snow and turns the badminton players into sn...Read more

Telecan Crisis Pt 1
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May 1, 1972

The bulb burns out in Picture-Picture, so Rogers gets a new bulb at Negri's Music Shop. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, the t...Read more

Telecan Crisis Pt 2
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May 2, 1972

Mr. McFeely has been taken ill because he has been in too much of a hurry. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, X gets a lesson fr...Read more

Telecan Crisis Pt 3
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May 3, 1972

Rogers talks about staying still, something that Mr. McFeely will need to practice. The same thing occurs for the telecan kiosk. H...Read more

Episode 54
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May 4, 1972

Rogers uses a pitch pipe at his television house and with François Clemmons. Mr. McFeely demonstrates one of his sitting-still exe...Read more

Episode 55
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May 5, 1972

King Friday wants to fool Lady Aberlin and others with a marionette of the king pretending to fly.

Episode 56
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May 8, 1972

The Castle has lost its XIII plaque. It's up to Lady Aberlin and Handyman Negri to find it.

Episode 57
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May 9, 1972

Ezra Jack Keats visits the Neighborhood of Make-Believe and tells a story about a bad king. Keats must report his story to King Friday.

Episode 58
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May 10, 1972

Rogers goes to Betty's Little Theater with an idea for Susan Linn's puppets to act out.

Episode 59
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May 11, 1972

Bob Dog is sad that Queen Sara is too busy with Prince Tuesday.

Episode 60
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May 12, 1972

Lady Elaine decides to turn the Neighborhood of Make-Believe purple with her Boomerang. It does not sit well with the neighbors.

Episode 61
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May 15, 1972

Lady Elaine has yet to remove purple residue from Grand-père's sign. But the Boomerang doesn't seem to get it off.

Episode 62
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May 16, 1972

King Friday sends Mr. McFeely to deliver things for the water skiers who will appear later in the week. Rogers watches ballet danc...Read more

Episode 63
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May 17, 1972

Rogers shows that even when things are hidden, those things still exist. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, Mrs. McFeely and Han...Read more

Episode 64
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May 18, 1972

The McFeelys bring two African lion cubs to Rogers' television house. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, Lady Aberlin helps Hand...Read more

Episode 65
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May 19, 1972

Rogers and Elsie Neal make clay figures of a person and a horse. Handyman Negri and Lady Aberlin, wearing a horse costume, give He...Read more