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Mister Rogers' Neighborhood is an American children's television series that was created and hosted by namesake Fred Rogers. The series originated in 1963 as Misterogers on CBC Television, and was later debuted in 1966 as

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  1. #1 Worst Episode
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    Mister Rogers' Neighborhood Season 1 Episode 7 - Different ways of thinking about birds
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    #1 - Different ways of thinking about birds

    S1:E7

    Title number 0007. Opens with Mister Rogers arriving with a birdcage under a blanket. In the Television house, Mr. Rogers takes care of a canary while, in the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, Lady Elaine is studying birds and learns from Lady Aberlin how practice is needed to learn anything. The "art lady", Mrs. Rubin visits.

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  2. Mister Rogers' Neighborhood Season 1 Episode 9 - People look and sound different
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    #2 - People look and sound different

    S1:E9

    Title number 0009. Opens with Mister Rogers arriving in a hat with a stack of pictures. Mr. Rogers plays audio tapes of Neighborhood of Make-Believe puppet characters in an effort to allow the viewers guess who they are. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, Royal Coach Saunders plays hide and seek with Lady Elaine and X.

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  3. Mister Rogers' Neighborhood Season 1 Episode 10 - Looking closely
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    #3 - Looking closely

    S1:E10

    Title number 0010. Opens with Mister Rogers arriving with binoculars in a case. In the Television house, Mr. Rogers demonstrates the use of binoculars. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, Lady Aberlin dresses up as a snow goose.

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  4. Mister Rogers' Neighborhood Season 1 Episode 11 - Spending time together
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    #4 - Spending time together

    S1:E11

    Title number 0011. Opens with Mister Rogers arriving with oatmeal and Picture Picture explains how it's made.

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  5. Mister Rogers' Neighborhood Season 1 Episode 12 - A visit with a toucan, a mime and a French horn
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    #5 - A visit with a toucan, a mime and a French horn

    S1:E12

    Title number 0012. Opens with Mister Rogers arriving with a toucan in a cage under a blanket. Jewel Walker visits the television house, where he transforms into Mime Walker. He heads to Make-Believe, where he helps X learn arithmetic with a musician who is playing a French horn for X.

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  6. Mister Rogers' Neighborhood Season 1 Episode 13 - Ask for permission to borrow things
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    #6 - Ask for permission to borrow things

    S1:E13

    Title number 0013. Mister Rogers sits on the porch swing listening to the symphony rehearse, and afterwards plays with two different kinds of dominoes. In Make-Believe, Marion Petrov dances for King Friday and Lady Elaine steals King Friday's painting of the Bluebird of Happiness.

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  7. Mister Rogers' Neighborhood Season 1 Episode 15 - Talking about feelings
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    #7 - Talking about feelings

    S1:E15

    Title number 0015. Opens with Mister Rogers arriving and pinching his finger. Mister Rogers bandages his finger to prove that it is still there even behind the bandage. Vivian Richman introduces folk songs "This Little Light of Mine" and "He's Got the Whole World in His Hands". Dr. Marchl visits the neighborhood of Make-Believe for the first time.

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  8. Mister Rogers' Neighborhood Season 1 Episode 16 - Making things for others
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    #8 - Making things for others

    S1:E16

    Title number 0016. Opens with Mister Rogers arriving with lumber scraps and uses nails to hammer some of the pieces together to make a boat. In this episode, the puppet character Donkey Hodie appears for the first time. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, artist Virgil Cantini visits and shows King Friday some of his nail sculptures. Lady Aberlin knits a sweater for Henrietta Pussycat. X the Owl wants a gift too, so Lady Aberlin promises to knit him a scarf.

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  9. Mister Rogers' Neighborhood Season 1 Episode 20 - How windmills work
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    #9 - How windmills work

    S1:E20

    Title number 0020. Opens with Mister Rogers arriving with a model windmill and talks about how windmills work. Judy Rubin, the “Art Lady,” shows some windmills made by children. She and Mister Rogers make windmills of their own. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, Daniel tells Handyman Negri he thinks that King Friday is afraid of Donkey Hodie's biting. Maybe that's the reason the King won't allow Donkey Hodie to put his windmill near the castle. When Donkey Hodie convinces the king that he doesn't bite anymore, the king changes his mind.

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  10. Mister Rogers' Neighborhood Season 1 Episode 21 - Groundbreaking for the windmill
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    #10 - Groundbreaking for the windmill

    S1:E21

    Title number 0021. Opens with Mister Rogers arriving with a bag in which there are two tubs of ice cream. Chef Brockett is ready for Donkey Hodie to break ground for the windmill. Brockett also brings in a snowman made from dough.

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  11. Mister Rogers' Neighborhood Season 1 Episode 22 - Nurse Miller’s check up
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    #11 - Nurse Miller’s check up

    S1:E22

    Title number 0022. Opens with Mister Rogers arriving with multiple wooden boxes. Mister Rogers covers this episode discussing the White House and the U.S. presidents. Meanwhile, Coach Saunders and King Friday do exercises inside the castle.

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  12. Mister Rogers' Neighborhood Season 1 Episode 25 - Donkey Hodie’s new home
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    #12 - Donkey Hodie’s new home

    S1:E25

    Title number 0025. Opens with Mister Rogers arriving with a small house plant and transfers it to a bigger pot. King Friday is visiting with a man who restores antique furniture. Lady Aberlin, X and Henrietta bring housewarming gifts for Donkey Hodie at his home in "someplace else".

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  13. Mister Rogers' Neighborhood Season 1 Episode 26 - Jamie Rogers visits
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    #13 - Jamie Rogers visits

    S1:E26

    Title number 0026. Opens with Mister Rogers arriving with a baby doll in a bag. Mr. Rogers discusses growing and changes a doll's diapers. A friend brings his 5-month-old baby for a short visit. Nurse Miller also assures Tadpole Frogg he is growing at just the right pace. Mr. Rogers then shows a video of Jamie, his eldest son when he was 14 months old on picture picture. Jamie (a.k.a. James), who is now 8 years old, comes to visit and sing the "tomorrow" song with his dad before they leave.

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  14. Mister Rogers' Neighborhood Season 1 Episode 28 - Things that fit into other things
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    #14 - Things that fit into other things

    S1:E28

    Title number 0028. Opens with Mister Rogers arriving with nesting boxes. At the television house, someone sends a rather unusual box. After he locks his pillow in a safe, Edgar Cooke expresses his different feelings. Lady Elaine Fairchilde finds her special toy, which is a boomerang.

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  15. Mister Rogers' Neighborhood Season 1 Episode 30 - Turning the Neighborhood of Make-Believe upside down
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    #15 - Turning the Neighborhood of Make-Believe upside down

    S1:E30

    Title number 0030. Opens with Mister Rogers arriving with a violin and a viola in cases. After Mr. Rogers demonstrates the use of violins and violas, he invites Michael Grebanier to play his cello. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, Lady Elaine has a new boomerang trick that is turning everything upside down.

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  16. Mister Rogers' Neighborhood Season 1 Episode 31 - Red Monster Pt 1: A visit from Pedro the bird
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    #16 - Red Monster Pt 1: A visit from Pedro the bird

    S1:E31

    Title number 0031. Opens with Mister Rogers arriving and talking about a trip to the zoo. Mr. Rogers discusses wild animals and Mr. McFeely brings in a Mexican parakeet.

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  17. Mister Rogers' Neighborhood Season 1 Episode 32 - Red Monster Pt 2: No one has ever seen a monster
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    #17 - Red Monster Pt 2: No one has ever seen a monster

    S1:E32

    Title number 0032. Opens with Mister Rogers arriving with a box of masks. Mr. Rogers puts on various masks to prove he doesn't change when he puts one on. The Neighborhood of Make-Believe is trying to trace out what is believed to be a red monster.

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  18. Mister Rogers' Neighborhood Season 1 Episode 33 - Red Monster Pt 3: Oranges for the ballet
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    #18 - Red Monster Pt 3: Oranges for the ballet

    S1:E33

    Title number 0033. Opens with Mister Rogers arriving with ballet art and a bag of oranges. Mr. Rogers gives some oranges to the members of a ballet company that is set to perform "The Sad Monster Ballet".

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  19. Mister Rogers' Neighborhood Season 1 Episode 34 - Red Monster Pt 4: Musical bottles
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    #19 - Red Monster Pt 4: Musical bottles

    S1:E34

    Title number 0034. Opens with Mister Rogers arriving with a glass bottle. Mr. Rogers plays music by blowing across bottles of water. Mr. McDonald also makes a visit to play a section of Die Miestersinger on the tuba. The Neighborhood of Make-Believe summons Digger Digorum to search for the mysterious red monster.

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  20. Mister Rogers' Neighborhood Season 1 Episode 35 - Red Monster Pt 5: There are no monsters
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    #20 - Red Monster Pt 5: There are no monsters

    S1:E35

    Title number 0035. Opens with Mister Rogers arriving and making a tunnel from chairs and a blanket. Mr. Rogers and Chef Brockett make their own tunnels from what is around them. The Neighborhood of Make-Believe finally concludes no red monsters are in the tunnels.

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  21. Mister Rogers' Neighborhood Season 1 Episode 37 - Drawing with Chalk
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    #21 - Drawing with Chalk

    S1:E37

    Title number 0037. Opens with Mister Rogers arriving with paints and paper. Inside the Television house, Peggy Lipschutz draws with chalk while Vivian Richman plays guitar and sings four songs, along with Joe Davidson on banjo, and Charles Kubelik on bass violin. Songs include a song in Hebrew, based on Psalms 133, "John Henry" and "This Land is Your Land".

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  22. Mister Rogers' Neighborhood Season 1 Episode 39 - What to wear?
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    #22 - What to wear?

    S1:E39

    Title number 0039. Opens with Mister Rogers arriving with a letter. The Neighborhood of Make-Believe is preparing to hold a reception party for Sara Saturday. Handyman Negri goes to a men's fashion show at the Museum-Go-Round so he can find the perfect outfit for the reception.

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  23. Mister Rogers' Neighborhood Season 1 Episode 40 - A party for Sara Saturday
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    #23 - A party for Sara Saturday

    S1:E40

    Title number 0040. Opens with Mister Rogers arriving with two cut out S shapes and dressed in a tuxedo. The reception party for Sara Saturday takes place.

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  24. Mister Rogers' Neighborhood Season 1 Episode 41 - Rain in the Neighborhood of Make-Believe
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    #24 - Rain in the Neighborhood of Make-Believe

    S1:E41

    Title number 0041. Opens with Mister Rogers arriving in a rain coat twirling a bag. Mister Rogers talks about sewing, and shows a needlepoint creation of the Neighborhood of Make-Believe. Corny, X and Henrietta have various reactions to the rain in the Neighborhood of Make-Believe. Lady Aberlin and X sing "Creation Duet".

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  25. Mister Rogers' Neighborhood Season 1 Episode 42 - Airplanes
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    #25 - Airplanes

    S1:E42

    Title number 0042. Opens with Mister Rogers arriving with a book about paper airplanes and sits on the porch to sing. Lady Aberlin gives X the scarf that she had promised for him after she visits with Daniel Striped Tiger and they sing "I Like You As You Are". In turn, X gives her a walnut, and she takes it to the new trading tower that Grand-père has established.

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Worst Episodes Summary

"Different ways of thinking about birds" is the worst rated episode of "Mister Rogers' Neighborhood". It scored /10 based on 0 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 2/27/1968. This episode scored 0.0 points lower than the second lowest rated, "People look and sound different".