Mister Rogers' Neighborhood

Season 5 (65 Episodes)

31 Seasons 1972 TV-Y 30m 8.7

Fred Rogers explores various topics for young viewers through presentations and music, both in his world and in the Neighborhood of Make-Believe.

"Mister Rogers' Neighborhood" was among the most famous, longest-lasting and fondly remembered children's television shows. Host Fred Rogers (known to millions as simply Mister Rogers) used his gentle charm to communicate with his audience of children. Topics centered on nearly every inconceivable matter of concern to children, ranging from everyday fears related to going to sleep, getting immunizations, and disappointment about not getting one's way, to losing a loved one to death and physical handicaps. Rogers used simple songs and, on nearly every show, segments from the Neighborhood of Make-Believe to make his point. A scale-model trolley was often (but not always) used to segue into the Make-Believe segments, said neighborhood being inhabited by puppet characters including King Friday XIII, Lady Elaine Fairchilde and Daniel Stripèd Tiger. Frequent visitors as well as Rogers' own frequent visits to various places in the neighborhood rounded out each show. The program was taped at WQED-TV in Pittsburgh; first-run shows were produced from 1968 to 1975, at which time production was suspended until 1979. New programs were taped through 2001 for broadcast alongside the original 460 episodes, the most notable coming in 1991 with Rogers's shows focusing on calming children's fears during the Persian Gulf War.

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Season 5 Episodes:

Episode 1 1196

1. 1196

Aired: Feb 21, 1972

Mary Sweenie arrives late at Betty's Little Theater for her bird dance. X wan...

Episode 2 1197

2. 1197

Aired: Feb 22, 1972

Rogers and Mr. McFeely do a bit of secret communicating, with neither one und...

Episode 3 1198

3. 1198

Aired: Feb 23, 1972

X is afraid others will laugh at his poetry should he read it aloud. Lady Ela...

Episode 4 1199

4. 1199

Aired: Feb 24, 1972

While seeing the breads at Brockett's Bakery, Rogers learns how a bread slice...

Episode 5 1200

5. 1200

Aired: Feb 25, 1972

Bob Trow repairs Mr. McFeely's bicycle, although he is slightly embarrassed b...

Episode 6 1201

6. 1201

Aired: Feb 28, 1972

Audrey Roth brings three unidentified cheerleaders to Rogers' television hous...

Episode 7 1202

7. 1202

Aired: Feb 29, 1972

Rogers' son Jamie and a friend play with a toy on the floor of the television...

Episode 8 1203

8. 1203

Aired: Mar 1, 1972

Rogers shows steam from a tea kettle. Mr. McFeely shows him the use of a stea...

Episode 9 1204

9. 1204

Aired: Mar 2, 1972

Corny asks Robert Troll to dump an excess amount of paint stain into a creek....

Episode 10 1205

10. 1205

Aired: Mar 3, 1972

Corny and Robert Troll need some help to clean up the paint stain that they c...

Episode 11 1206

11. 1206

Aired: Mar 6, 1972

Susan Linn performs her puppets, Audrey Duck and Cat-a-Lion, at Betty's Littl...

Episode 12 1207

12. 1207

Aired: Mar 7, 1972

Rogers needs Joe Negri's help to get a crystal radio working. In the Neighbor...

Episode 13 1208

13. 1208

Aired: Mar 8, 1972

Rogers buys a TV set from Negri's Music Shop with a credit card. In the Neigh...

Episode 14 1209

14. 1209

Aired: Mar 9, 1972

King Friday commands that everyone should watch a television show at the Cast...

Episode 15 1210

15. 1210

Aired: Mar 10, 1972

Rogers goes to traffic court to plead the case that led to his parking ticket...

Episode 16 1211

16. 1211

Aired: Mar 13, 1972

Rogers demonstrates the different sounds made from bells and crystal glasses ...

Episode 17 1212

17. 1212

Aired: Mar 14, 1972

Tom Flynn and the Southminister Bell Ringers perform at Negri's Music Shop. I...

Episode 18 1213

18. 1213

Aired: Mar 15, 1972

Rogers makes a musical instrument out of an oatmeal box, a large button, and ...

Episode 19 1214

19. 1214

Aired: Mar 16, 1972

X wants to ask King Friday for a job. He earns the title printer of Royal cal...

Episode 20 1215

20. 1215

Aired: Mar 17, 1972

A plumber replaces the clogged elbow in Rogers' sink drain. The Neighborhood ...

Episode 21 1216

21. 1216

Aired: Mar 20, 1972

A magician performs part of his act at Betty Aberlin's theater. He is seen ag...

Episode 22 1217

22. 1217

Aired: Mar 21, 1972

Andrew Wyeth illustrates to Rogers the work behind an animated film based on ...

Episode 23 1218

23. 1218

Aired: Mar 22, 1972

Rogers explains the size of things by having a tailor alter a suit jacket. Th...

Episode 24 1219

24. 1219

Aired: Mar 23, 1972

Lady Aberlin is asking those in the Neighborhood of Make-Believe to donate to...

Episode 25 1220

25. 1220

Aired: Mar 24, 1972

Mr. Appel is named the first recipient from the Neighborhood of Make-Believe'...

Episode 26 1221

26. 1221

Aired: Mar 27, 1972

It's Mrs. McFeely's birthday, and Rogers isn't the only one giving presents. ...

Episode 27 1222

27. 1222

Aired: Mar 28, 1972

Attempting to make a merry-go-round, Lady Elaine doesn't feel that her animal...

Episode 28 1223

28. 1223

Aired: Mar 29, 1972

Handyman Negri gives X the Owl a lesson in music history from the Owl Corresp...

Episode 29 1224

29. 1224

Aired: Mar 30, 1972

Bob Dog is saddened because Daniel doesn't want him near the Clock. Still, Bo...

Episode 30 1225

30. 1225

Aired: Mar 31, 1972

Rogers takes some vegetables to Bob Trow. X the Owl wants to play the harmoni...

Episode 31 1226

31. 1226

Aired: Apr 3, 1972

Rogers helps Bob Trow inflate one tire of a tandem bicycle. Fog in the Neighb...

Episode 32 1227

32. 1227

Aired: Apr 4, 1972

Astronaut Al Worden stops by the television house to show how his space suit ...

Episode 33 1228

33. 1228

Aired: Apr 5, 1972

Lady Elaine is prepared to go to the moon by any means. Later in the visit, R...

Episode 34 1229

34. 1229

Aired: Apr 6, 1972

Rogers and Al Worden recall the question-and-answer period they conducted wit...

Episode 35 1230

35. 1230

Aired: Apr 7, 1972

Al Worden shows more equipment that he took to the moon, and he discusses the...

Episode 36 1231

36. 1231

Aired: Apr 10, 1972

Rogers makes a crayon rubbing of leaves. Mrs. McFeely invites him to their ho...

Episode 37 1232

37. 1232

Aired: Apr 11, 1972

Rogers plays with blocks and then with clay. Later he calls François Clemmons...

Episode 38 1233

38. 1233

Aired: Apr 12, 1972

Mr. McFeely shows Rogers a duck. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, Lady El...

Episode 39 1234

39. 1234

Aired: Apr 13, 1972

The Brown Marionette Company opens one room in their studio for François Clem...

Episode 40 1235

40. 1235

Aired: Apr 14, 1972

Lady Elaine radios back to the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, saying she will ...

Episode 41 1236

41. 1236

Aired: Apr 17, 1972

Lady Elaine splashes down in the Neighborhood of Make-Believe. While some thi...

Episode 42 1237

42. 1237

Aired: Apr 18, 1972

Rogers hears a harpist at Negri's Music Shop. In the Neighborhood of Make-Bel...

Episode 43 1238

43. 1238

Aired: Apr 19, 1972

A purple disk drops into the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, giving Lady Elaine...

Episode 44 1239

44. 1239

Aired: Apr 20, 1972

Rogers visits François Clemmons's music class. In the Neighborhood of Make-Be...

Episode 45 1240

45. 1240

Aired: Apr 21, 1972

Lady Aberlin and Robert Troll must convince Lady Elaine of her rightful place...

Episode 46 1241

46. 1241

Aired: Apr 24, 1972

Chef Brockett presents snow pudding to Rogers at the bakery. In the Neighborh...

Episode 47 1242

47. 1242

Aired: Apr 25, 1972

Rogers talks about practice by showing different pairs of skates. In the Neig...

Episode 48 1243

48. 1243

Aired: Apr 26, 1972

Rogers explains how only grown-ups can change light bulbs with a ladder. In t...

Episode 49 1244

49. 1244

Aired: Apr 27, 1972

Rogers uses the heater for the fish tank and shows the room's radiator. He al...

Episode 51 1246

51. 1246

Aired: May 1, 1972

The bulb burns out in Picture-Picture, so Rogers gets a new bulb at Negri's M...

Episode 52 1247

52. 1247

Aired: May 2, 1972

Mr. McFeely has been taken ill because he has been in too much of a hurry. In...

Episode 53 1248

53. 1248

Aired: May 3, 1972

Rogers talks about staying still, something that Mr. McFeely will need to pra...

Episode 54 1249

54. 1249

Aired: May 4, 1972

Rogers uses a pitch pipe at his television house and with François Clemmons. ...

Episode 55 1250

55. 1250

Aired: May 5, 1972

King Friday wants to fool Lady Aberlin and others with a marionette of the ki...

Episode 56 1251

56. 1251

Aired: May 8, 1972

The Castle has lost its XIII plaque. It's up to Lady Aberlin and Handyman Neg...

Episode 57 1252

57. 1252

Aired: May 9, 1972

Ezra Jack Keats visits the Neighborhood of Make-Believe and tells a story abo...

Episode 58 1253

58. 1253

Aired: May 10, 1972

Rogers goes to Betty's Little Theater with an idea for Susan Linn's puppets t...

Episode 59 1254

59. 1254

Aired: May 11, 1972

Bob Dog is sad that Queen Sara is too busy with Prince Tuesday.

Episode 60 1255

60. 1255

Aired: May 12, 1972

Lady Elaine decides to turn the Neighborhood of Make-Believe purple with her ...

Episode 61 1256

61. 1256

Aired: May 15, 1972

Lady Elaine has yet to remove purple residue from Grandpère's sign. But the B...

Episode 62 1257

62. 1257

Aired: May 16, 1972

King Friday sends Mr. McFeely to deliver things for the water skiers who will...

Episode 63 1258

63. 1258

Aired: May 17, 1972

Rogers shows that even when things are hidden, those things still exist. In t...

Episode 64 1259

64. 1259

Aired: May 18, 1972

The McFeelys bring two African lion cubs to Rogers' television house. In the ...

Episode 65 1260

65. 1260

Aired: May 19, 1972

Rogers and Elsie Neal make clay figures of a person and a horse. Handyman Neg...

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Network: PBS

Genres: Family, Fantasy, Music