The Best of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood

While planting a seed, Mister Rogers talks about how long it takes for plants to grow and that learning to wait is important. He shows a video about how people make orange juice. In Make- Believe, Cousin Mary is planning a visit.

Mister Rogers shows a film of a bird family, and an origami artist shows how to fold paper birds. In Make-Believe, puppet couple Betty and James adopt a baby daughter. Mister Rogers says there are many different ways to be a family.

Mister Rogers visits a pediatrician to help children know what to expect during a routine check up. In Make-Believe there are plans for a cousin reunion. Mister Rogers helps children know that one thing all families have in common is love.

An adopted puppet in Make-Believe is the springboard for a discussion about Mister Rogers' own adopted sister and how all families are different, but what they all have in common is that they are all based on love.

Mister Rogers takes a field trip to Sea World to see the penguin families there. He talks about how every person in the world is different from everybody else. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, the cousin reunion takes place.

Mr. McFeely visits a trumpet-making factory to see how people make trumpets. In Make-Believe, there's a visiting trumpeter, and King Friday declares that an approaching comet belongs to him and decrees a week of celebrating.

Mister Rogers takes a field trip to a planetarium where he sees a sky show. He and Chuck Aber play basketball in the backyard, and remind viewers that trying, not just succeeding, deserves to be celebrated.

World-renown trumpeter Wynton Marsalis visits to play with the Neighborhood trio and talk with Mister Rogers about his music. It's nighttime in Make-Believe and Henrietta is sad because she thinks her friends have forgotten her birthday.

There are so many things to celebrate, not just birthdays. Mister Rogers has a celebration in honor of his television friends saying, "The world can be a better place because you were born into it."

This Mister Rogers opera, with charming sets and costumes and an enchanted night sky, tells the story of a Kitty (Betty Aberlin) who wishes for a star of her own for her birthday. Her friends help her learn nobody can own anybody else.

Mister Rogers helps children understand that everyone makes mistakes sometimes. Even Mister Rogers does when he buttons his sweater wrong. Ventriloquist Susan Linn shows how she uses her puppets to help children talk about their feelings.

Mister Rogers shows how erasers fix mistakes. Mr. McFeely brings the wrong video, but it's okay; friends can forgive mistakes. There's a real duck, like puppet "Audrey Duck" in Make-Believe who finds that erasers can't fix everything.

Oops! Mister Rogers forgot about a meeting and finds a way to deal with it. There's a video of how people make erasers, and in Make-Believe Daniel worries he's a mistake. Lady Aberlin assures him he's fine just as he is.

Concert pianist André Watts talks about practicing and learning from his mistakes. In Make-Believe, puppet Audrey Duck is upset about the fuss over her little poem, but she learns that sometimes littlest things are the best.

Mister Rogers says nobody's perfect, but they can still give good care. Folk singer Andy Holiner sings with some children. In Make-Believe, King Friday makes a mistake introducing Audrey for her poetry reading. Even kings make mistakes.