Mister Rogers' Neighborhood: Mister Rogers Meets New Friends Collection

Join Mister Rogers as he puts on his trademark cardigan, changes into his sneakers and introduces the day's topic. Each of the 30 episodes in this fun-filled collection features Mister Rogers meeting new neighbors and visiting new places, including the San Diego Wild Animal Park and the United States Postal Service. Plus, this DVD contains a very special bonus episode -- a visit from Bill Nye the Science Guy!

Seasons

31 Episodes • Premiered 1979

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1. Mister Rogers Goes to School

Visit to a First Grade Classroom (1462) Mister Rogers visits a first grade classroom, and the teacher shows him things that children will find in first grade.

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2. Mister Rogers Talks About Superheroes

Visits a Construction Site (1470) Mister Rogers visits a construction site and learns how a backhoe works.

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3. Mister Rogers Talks About Divorce

Visits a Pretzel Factory (1477) Mister Rogers visits a pretzel factory to see how people make pretzels.

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4. Mister Rogers Talks About Divorce

Mister Rogers Meets Dr. Earl Grollman (1479) Mister Rogers visits Joe Negri's music shop and meets Dr. Earl Grollman, author of books for parents and children about divorce.

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5. Mister Rogers Talks About Divorce

Visit with a Pilot (1480) Mister Rogers goes on an airplane and visits with the pilot and flight attendant. Mister Rogers is shown around the plane and helps children feel safe when traveling by air.

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6. Mister Rogers Talks About Competition

A Visit to the Carnegie Art Museum (1482) Mister Rogers visits the Carnegie Art Museum and looks at different paintings there.

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7. Mister Rogers Talks About Competition

Mister Rogers Meets Lynn Swann (1484) Mister Rogers watches former Pittsburgh Steeler wide receiver Lynn Swann practice ballet with a dance company. He tells Mister Rogers all about how dancing helped him play football.

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8. Mister Rogers Talks About Pets

Mister Rogers Meets New Pets (1498) Different pets are visiting Mister Rogers, including Bob Trow's dog Barney and Mrs. McFeely's parrot.

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9. Mister Rogers Talks About Make-Believe

How People Make Spoons (1501) Mister Rogers visits with a person who plays the spoons and shows a video of how people make spoons.

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10. Mister Rogers Talks About Make-Believe

Visit to an Emergency Room (1502) Mister Rogers visits a hospital emergency room. He learns what happens in the waiting room, the x-ray room and the suture room.

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11. Mister Rogers Talks About Make-Believe

Mister Rogers Learns About Horns (1504) Mister Rogers visits Negri's Music Shop to learn about different kinds of horns.

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12. Mister Rogers Talks About Day Care & Night Care

Visits a Child Care Home (1516) Mister Rogers visits a child care home where he talks to the child care provider about what it's like there.

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13. Mister Rogers Talks About Day Care & Night Care

A Visit to a Balloon Factory (1518) Mister Rogers takes a tour of a factory where people make balloons.

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14. Mister Rogers Talks About Work

Visits the United States Postal Service (1526) Mister Rogers visits the United States Postal Service and learns how stamps are designed and made.

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15. Mister Rogers Talks About Work

A Visit to the Dairy Farm (1527) Mister Rogers visits a dairy farm to see how cows are milked and milk is bottled.

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16. Mister Rogers Talks About Work

Visits a Grocery Store (1529) Mister Rogers visits a grocery store and explains that "nobody can have everything he or she wants."

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17. Mister Rogers Talks About Grandparents

Remembering Childhood and Grandparents (1533) Mister Rogers remembers his own childhood and his grandparents.

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18. Mister Rogers Talks About Alike and Different

Visit to the Circus (1585) Mister Rogers goes to a circus to see the animals and the clowns. He shows viewers that clowns are people underneath their funny clothes and makeup!

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19. Mister Rogers Talks About Kindness and Unkindness

Mister Rogers Visits Luray Caverns (1592) Blind jazz saxophonist Eric Kloss and Betty Aberlin guide Mister Rogers through Luray Caverns in Virginia.

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20. Mister Rogers Talks About Kindness and Unkindness

A Visit from Tommy Tune (1594) Dancer and Tony Award-winner Tommy Tune travels from Broadway for a visit to the Neighborhood of Make-Believe!

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21. Mister Rogers Presents Josephine the Short Neck Giraffe

A Visit to the San Diego Wild Animal Park (1606) Mister Rogers visits the San Diego Wild Animal Park where guide Joan Embery shows him giraffes, elephants, tigers and other animals living there.

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22. Mister Rogers Talks About Dress-Up

A Visit with the Boys' Choir of Harlem (1639) On a visit to the Boys' Choir of Harlem, director Dr. Walter J. Turnball introduces Mister Rogers to young singers with beautifully disciplined voices who dress up in choir robes for their performances.

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23. Mister Rogers Talks About Love

A Visit with an Ornithologist (1662) Mister Rogers visits ornithologist David Ford at the aviary to see lots of different birds that people care for.

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24. Mister Rogers Talks About Helping

A Visit to a Restaurant (1703) At B. Smith's restaurant in New York City, Mister Rogers meets some of the people who work in the kitchen and watches as they help each other prepare the food.

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25. Noisy and Quiet

A Visit with the Westminster Handbell Choir (1736) Mister Rogers visits the Westminster Handbell Choir and listens to different bell sounds—loud and quiet.

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26. Go Stop Go

Mister Rogers Visits a Fire Station (1744) Mister Rogers visits a fire station and learns about fire safety and some of the equipment the firefighters use.

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27. When Things Get Broken

Mister Rogers Talks About Imaginations (1746) Mister Rogers shows some things he can do on the computer and talks about how children can use their imaginations for things they can't do on the computer.

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28. When Things Get Broken

A Visit to the Neighborhood Library (1747) Mister Rogers visits the neighborhood library to take out a book and finds children there doing lots of different things like studying, reading and doing craft activities.

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29. When Things Get Broken

Mister Rogers Visits the Dance Alloy (1750) Mister Rogers visits a dance troupe named the Dance Alloy at their studio.

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30. Mister Rogers Talks About Curiosity

Mister Rogers Visits Negri's Music Shop (1752) Mister Rogers visits Negri's Music Shop where musicians are playing different kinds of homemade instruments.

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31. Mister Rogers Talks About Sharing

A Visit From Bill Nye (1715) Bill Nye the Science Guy stops by to do a science experiment using baking soda and vinegar to blow up a balloon!

Cast

Photo of Fred Rogers

Fred Rogers

Mister Rogers

Photo of David Newell

David Newell

Mr. McFeely

Photo of Joe Negri

Joe Negri

Joe Negri / Handyman Negri

Photo of Betty Aberlin

Betty Aberlin

Lady Aberlin

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