Season 17
episodes
Lots of Different Things for Play and Pretending Mister Roger visits a toy factory where people make plastic molded tricycles, and he receives a visit from folk singer Ella Jenkins.
Rogers shows a videotape of his visit to Lucy, who is a fake wooden elephant on the Jersey coast. He also takes viewers to the toy-lending library. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, Lady Elaine finally opens the door to the locked room in the Museum-Go-Round. But all what they find is left to their imagination.
Daniel receives a t'ai chi lesson in another Neighborhood of Make-Believe that is only half-raining.
Rogers goes to one of the SeaWorld theme parks to see the killer whales, Shamu and Namu, dance with the spectators. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, Lady Elaine sets up a dance studio and invites only the females, because she knows that men don't dance.
Rogers first sees Sam Weber demonstrating his tap-dancing skills. Mr. McFeely shows a videotape on how shoes are made. Sam Weber also visits the Neighborhood of Make-Believe to disprove Lady Elaine's belief that men don't dance.
Rogers visits the Dance Theatre of Harlem. Lady Elaine changes the name of her dance studio and sends dance invitations to all the men, except for Grand-père.
Rogers visits an expert weaver and helps in making a scarf. Lady Elaine invites the Junior Tamburitzans to her studio.
Rogers starts off the program by showing a picture book of animals, but the giraffe picture is misplaced as a skunk and the skunk image is misplaced as a giraffe. Susan Linn enters with the puppets she uses in talking to children. The puppets also go to the Neighborhood of Make-Believe all week. One of them, Audrey Duck, has her feelings hurt.
Mr. McFeely brings the corrected animal book with the skunk and giraffe images in their proper places. He shows a videotape on how books are made. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, Audrey Duck is overwhelmed with the thought of reading her poem to so many people.
Rogers has gone to a meeting, so Chuck Aber fills him in at the television house. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, a visiting Mr. Skunk feels embarrassed because, in a frightened moment, he sprays Audrey Duck and the surroundings.
Rogers hears André Watts playing the piano at a recital hall. Audrey Duck is ashamed to show herself.
Rogers goes to Brockett's Bakery for a sing-along. The Neighborhood of Make-Believe stages its much-anticipated poetry reading, with Audrey Duck at the center of attention.