The Best of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood

Elevators and escalators! Mister Rogers shows a toy garage with ramps and an elevator. He rides an escalator and an open-glass elevator. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, Mr.McFeely delivers a hydraulic lift to the Museum-Go-Round.

A domino display artist sets up thousands of dominoes. When one is knocked over, they all go down in a fascinating pattern. Lady Elaine's elevator in Make-Believe takes Robert Troll up in the air as if he's flying.

So many things go up and down. Flags, marbles, children on a slide; even Mister Rogers doing up and down exercises. In Make-Believe, there's trouble with Lady Elaine's new elevator. It's making her museum go up and down instead of around.

A visit with world famous clarinetist, Richard Stoltzman, who makes beautiful music playing notes that go up and down. In Make-Believe, there's hope that an elevator operator will solve the up and down problem at the Museum-Go-Round.

Mr. McFeely takes a hot-air balloon ride. A balloon artist twists balloons into playful animal shapes. It takes a lot of practice to do it well. In Make-Believe, they've been trying to get the museum to stop going up and down.

Renowned artist Red Grooms gives Mister Rogers a tour of his studio and the life-size bus sculpture he is working on. In Make-Believe, Lady Elaine is angry and she upsets everyone with the way she handles her mad feelings.

Mister Rogers helps children know that everyone has different ways to deal with mad feelings - for some it might be through art, for others through music. In Make-Believe, Lady Elaine is angry and magically turns things upside down.

Mister Rogers helps children know that even when people are angry, there are things they can with their hands that won't hurt themselves or anyone else. A factory video shows how people make facial tissues.

What do you do with the mad that you feel? Do you pound something, like some clay or a steel pan? Mister Rogers visits people who make and play steel pans. In Make-Believe Lady Elaine is finding better things to do with her mad feelings.

Mister Rogers visits with STOMP! the percussionist performers who use everyday objects: brooms, pipes, buckets and their hands and feet, to make exciting music. In Make-Believe Lady Elaine is working on saying "I'm sorry."

Mister Rogers remembers a visit to "The Edible Schoolyard" where children garden and cook the food they've grown. In Make-Believe Purple Panda and a Little Panda play a joke on King Friday. He doesn't like that and "forbids" curiosity.

Mister Rogers visits musicians who make instruments from found objects. In Make-Believe, the King has banned curiosity, but the neighbors can't stop being curious. And Mister Rogers is curious about how people make ice cream cones.

Mister Rogers rides up in a bucket lift. In Make-Believe, Prince Tuesday is curious about the Planet Purple way of traveling magically and has gone on an adventure.

There's a new store in the Neighborhood - it's a book, toy and costume shop. Mr. McFeely brings a video of how people make ice cream. In Make-Believe, a "Hula Mouse" offers to rescue Prince Tuesday and Little Panda who are missing.

Mister Rogers visits virtuoso violinist Hilary Hahn. He reads a bedtime story. It's nighttime in Make-Believe. Prince Tuesday and Little Panda are rescued from outer space by Hula Mouse. King Friday learns that curiosity is a good thing.