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Mister Rogers' Neighborhood

Mister Rogers' Neighborhood - Season 28 (1998)

Audience Score
59

Season 28 Episodes

1. Giving and Receiving: A Visit with Author Eric Carle

February 16th, 199830 min

Rogers visits Eric Carle, author and illustrator of children's books. Mr. McFeely shows a videotape on how fortune cookies are made. A Spanish-speaking "Fortune Cookie Man" makes his debut in the Neighborhood of Make-Believe.

2. Giving and Receiving: A Visit with a Batik Artist

August 21st, 1998

Saihou Njie gives Rogers a demonstration on making batik vests. Later in the program, Mr. McFeely shows a videotape on how bagels are made.

3. Giving and Receiving: How People Make Toilets

August 21st, 1998

Rogers brings back The Potty Book that he had introduced back in 1989, and reads it in full, this time. Mr. McFeely shows a videotape of how toilets are made. Betty Okonak Templeton visits the Neighborhood of Make-Believe in search of Lady Elaine.

4. Giving and Receiving: How People Make Carousel Horses

August 21st, 1998

Rogers creates a simple merry-go-round from paper plates and a cardboard tube. Maggie Stewart Brings On Behalf Of Mr McFeely shows a videotape on how carousel horses are made.

5. Giving and Receiving: Reading with LeVar Burton

August 21st, 1998

Rogers presents a gift for Mr. McFeely just as he delivers a book for guest LeVar Burton (the host of the PBS program Reading Rainbow) to read. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, the finder balloons reveal Lady Elaine and her friend in an obscure room of the Museum-Go-Round. Then Maggie Stewart Brings A Videotape Of Mr Rogers Taking A Bath

6. You and I Together: Installing a Wheelchair Lift

August 21st, 1998

Rogers sees people operating a lifting device that elevates a wheelchair into a van. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, King Friday commands Mayor Maggie, who had arrived in a wheelchair, to visit Dr. Bill Platypus for a clean bill of health.

7. You and I Together: A Visit with Koko the Gorilla

August 21st, 1998

Rogers' comforts a visit with Koko the Gorilla. No such warmth can be found in the Neighborhood of Make-Believe when a different gorilla visits. The lone exception is Lady Aberlin, who finds the gorilla tame.

8. You and I Together: A Visit to the Eye Doctor

August 21st, 1998

Rogers visits his eye doctor to have his vision checked. Mr. McFeely presents a video on how eyeglass lenses are made. Lady Elaine is bent on warning the Neighborhood of Make-Believe about the visiting gorilla.

9. You and I Together: A Visit with a Teen and his Service Dog

August 21st, 1998

Rogers talks about how a variety of sticks is similar to a group of words: the more you have, the better you can work with them. Mr. McFeely shows a video of a service dog, named C.D., aiding a handicapped child. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, Dr. Bill Platypus tries to ensure Lady Elaine that the gorilla, called Kevin Wendell, is tame. Maggie Stewart Comes And Brings A Videotape On Mr Rogers Gets A Haircut

10. You and I Together: A Visit to the Center for Creative Play

July 31st, 1998

In drawing a rainbow, Rogers points out the more colors, the better. He then reflects on a place where friends visit to play with toys. Lady Aberlin hints that Kevin Wendell Gorilla may not be a gorilla after all.

11. Little and Big: We All Have Talents - Little and Big

August 3rd, 1998

Prince Tuesday is a natural at working a yo-yo, much to King Friday's chagrin. To everyone's dismay, Friday disallows any yo-yos in the neighborhood.

12. Little and Big: Helicopters

August 7th, 1998

At an airport, Rogers sees Mr. McFeely about to take deliveries on a helicopter. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, Lady Aberlin and Miss Paulifficate are unwilling enforcers of King Friday's bar on yo-yos. This does not prevent Lady Elaine from flying a helicopter she has called "Yo-Yo". She flies up, but does not come down.

13. Little and Big: How People Make Grape Jelly

August 10th, 1998

Lady Elaine is trying to send messages for her neighbors to get her down from her stuck helicopter. Unfortunately, Bob Dog grabs on her hat message and gets stuck himself. Mr Rogers Watches How People Make Grape Jelly In The Factory On Picture Picture

14. Little and Big: Inventor of a Sphere that Goes from Little to Big

August 14th, 199830 min

Mr. McFeely shows a videotape of his visit to inventor Chuck Hoberman. Rogers gets a visit from Mrs. McFeely. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, Handyman Negri rescues both Bob Dog and Lady Elaine. Rogers plays a cassette tape of cello music and reflects on Yo-Yo Ma and his son Nicholas.

15. Little and Big: A Visit with Architect Maya Lin

August 17th, 1998

Rogers visits the studio apartment of an innovative architect. She explains how an appreciation of the earth inspired her to design certain tables, seats, and couches. Cornflake S. Pecially improves King Friday's mood with a "Royal Automated Yo-Yo". Further reason to repeal the "no yo-yos" rule comes from a videotape of Yo-Yo Ma.

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