9.7/1017 votesLoading...#1 - Potato Bugs and Cows
Season 6 Episode 40 - Aired 4/13/1973
The Neighborhood of Make-Believe holds its opera on Potato Bugs and Cows. Lady Aberlin plays Priscilla, an unsatisfied cow who wants to be a potato bug. A segment of Fred's discussion about Priscilla Cow's emotion had a cameo on a television screen in the 1995 film Casper.
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#2 - Celebrating the Arts: The Last Program
Season 31 Episode 5 - Aired 8/31/2001
Everyone in the Neighborhood of Make-Believe now knows that Lady Elaine is still dwelling on that day long ago when somebody hurt her feelings, but when the time comes to "judge" all the artwork she arrives not with a judgment, but with a collage of all the neighbors. It is Lady Elaine's rightful act of compassion toward those around her. Mr. McFeely and Rogers share a video collage of artists in their various fields.
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#3 - Mister Rogers Talks About MAKE-BELIEVE
Season 12 Episode 15 - Aired 6/29/1982
Mister Rogers arrives with a small juniper tree which he shows just before Mr. McFeely stops by with pictures of various other trees. Mister Rogers and Mr. McFeely look at the trees on Picture Picture. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, everyone is working together to covert the Eifel Tower into a mountain by covering it with trees. Queen Sara takes a spill as she is putting a tree into place and is taken to an emergency room by Handyman Negri and Miss Paulificate. Back at the house, Mister Rogers talks about accidents and how sometimes people can hurt themselves and need to visit an emergency room. This leads into Mister Rogers remembering a time when he visited a hospital emergency room. He spends and extensive amount of time talking about each of the various areas in an emergency room. Mister Rogers concludes by singing I Like to Be Told.
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#4 - Welcome the Platypus Family (1) - Playing ball in the Neighborhood of Make-Believe
Season 2 Episode 16 - Aired 3/3/1969
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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#5 - Death of a Goldfish
Season 3 Episode 36 - Aired 3/23/1970
A fish in Rogers' tank has died. Rogers buries it and, with Bob Trow's help, constructs a tombstone with a pentagon that bears a fish drawing. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, concern hits when the Trolley stops at the Castle and doesn't move. Eventually, with help from Bill Platypus, they find out that the Trolley simply suffered a derailment, preventing full electrical pickup (as explained earlier by Mister Rogers).
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#7 - Celebrations
Season 16 Episode 15 - Aired 5/13/1986
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#9 - Mister Rogers Talks About SUPERHEROES
Season 10 Episode 11 - Aired 5/29/1980
Rogers returns to the film studios to speak with Lou Ferrigno and Bill Bixby. Mr. McFeely shows his video of Ferrigno in make-up to look like The Incredible Hulk. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, everyone discusses the Purple Panda dinosaur. Lady Aberlin wishes to prove that the dinosaur is not real.
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#10 - Divorce
Season 11 Episode 3 - Aired 2/18/1981
Rogers recalls the day he test-drove an electric car. Later he meets Jeff Erlanger, a boy in an electric wheelchair, who demonstrates his wheelchair and describes some of his physical handicaps. The Neighborhood of Make-Believe continues its all-out search for Prince Tuesday. When he is found, he has a mix of emotions.
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#11 - Work
Season 14 Episode 10 - Aired 4/8/1984
Mister Rogers opens by talking about how his job is to make television programs for children. As the camera pans out, viewers are treated to a glimpse of the studio where Mister Rogers' Neighborhood is filmed. After briefly introducing Johnny Costa, Bobby Rawsthorne, and Carl McVicker, Mister Rogers returns to his television home and talks about writing music. He then sings It's You I Like and spends some time thinking about the kind of work that children do. Opening a case he brought with him, Mister Rogers shows several of the Neighborhood of Make-Believe puppets before Mr. McFeely stops by with a set of pictures. The pictures show many of the sets and puppets that Fred Rogers had used throughout his career.
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#12 - Making Mistakes 3
Season 17 Episode 13 - Aired 5/6/1987
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.
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#14 - Kindness and Unkindness
Season 18 Episode 11 - Aired 5/9/1988
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#15 - Competition: Visit to the Crayon Factory
Season 11 Episode 6 - Aired 6/1/1981
Rogers shows a film on how people make crayons. King Friday decrees a "Draw the Neighborhood" Contest, something which Lady Elaine wants to win.
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#16 - Mister Rogers Talks with Parents About School
Season 10 Episode 1 - Aired 5/22/1980
Rogers is one of a handful of panelists who discuss easing the fear children have about starting school.
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#21 - You and I Together: A Visit with Koko the Gorilla
Season 28 Episode 7 - Aired 8/21/1998
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.
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#22 - Curiosity: A Visit with Violinist Hilary Hahn
Season 30 Episode 5 - Aired 9/7/2000
Rogers reads his own book titled "Daniel Striped Tiger Gets Ready for Bed". He finds violinist Hilary Hahn at Negri's Music Shop. Nighttime grips the Neighborhood of Make-Believe with worry over Little Panda and Prince Tuesday.
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#23 - Visiting the barbershop
Season 1 Episode 46 - Aired 4/22/1968
Title number 0046. Opens with Mister Rogers arriving with a briefcase. Mr. Rogers gets a haircut while discussing with the barber how it doesn't hurt. The same barber also cuts Corny's hair and a gymnast named Bernard is in Make Believe.
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8.9/1022 votesLoading...#24 - Mister Rogers Goes to School
Season 10 Episode 5 - Aired 8/23/1979
Mister Rogers gets a beginner's drum lesson at Negri's Music Shop. He also discovers Mr. McFeely is learning to type, prompting an unusual quartet version of Everybody's Fancy. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, Daniel tells Lady Aberlin his fears about starting school.
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#25 - Mister Rogers Talks About SUPERHEROES
Season 10 Episode 12 - Aired 5/29/1980
Rogers remembers the day he operated a backhoe and a high-lift. At his bakery, Chef Brockett reveals how he makes tapioca pudding. Everyone in the Neighborhood of Make-Believe now hatches a plan to reveal that Purple Panda is the one playing to be a dinosaur.
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The Best Episodes of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
Every episode of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood!
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Best Episodes Summary
"Potato Bugs and Cows" is the best rated episode of "Mister Rogers' Neighborhood". It scored 9.7/10 based on 17 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 4/13/1973. This episode scored 0.1 points higher than the second highest rated, "Celebrating the Arts: The Last Program".