Mister Rogers' Neighborhood

Season 1 • Episode 53• Benjamin Franklin• ★ 6.1

Title number 0053. Opens with Mister Rogers arriving with a box with items of Benjamin Franklin and a candle maker. Mr. Rogers discusses Benjamin Franklin and reads about Franklin as a boy. The Neighborhood of Make-Believe expands their play into becoming "Goldilocks, Benjamin Franklin, and the Three Bears".

Kids
1
Change: The First Program
2/19/1968
2
King Friday Challenges Change
2/20/1968
3
Chef Brockett bakes a cake fit for a king
2/21/1968
4
Early whimsy, fun and frolic in the neighborhood
2/22/1968
5
The end of the first week
2/23/1968
6
Feeling scientific
2/26/1968
7
Different ways of thinking about birds
2/27/1968
8
A “Peace Party” to celebrate peace
2/28/1968
9
People look and sound different
2/29/1968
10
Looking closely
3/1/1968
11
Spending time together
3/4/1968
12
A visit with a toucan, a mime and a French horn
3/5/1968
13
Ask for permission to borrow things
3/6/1968
14
A visit with a chimp
3/7/1968
15
Talking about feelings
3/8/1968
16
Making things for others
3/11/1968
17
Donkey Hodie comes to the Neighborhood of Make-Believe
3/12/1968
18
Practicing and playing the clarinet
3/13/1968
19
Looking for a place for a windmill
3/14/1968
20
How windmills work
3/15/1968
21
Groundbreaking for the windmill
3/18/1968
22
Nurse Miller’s check up
3/19/1968
23
All about eyeglasses
3/20/1968
24
Mister Rogers gets an eye exam
3/21/1968
25
Donkey Hodie’s new home
3/22/1968
26
Jamie Rogers visits
3/25/1968
27
A baby doll bed
3/26/1968
28
Things that fit into other things
3/27/1968
29
Weaving
3/28/1968
30
Turning the Neighborhood of Make-Believe upside down
3/29/1968
31
Red Monster Pt 1: A visit from Pedro the bird
4/1/1968
32
Red Monster Pt 2: No one has ever seen a monster
4/2/1968
33
Red Monster Pt 3: Oranges for the ballet
4/3/1968
34
Red Monster Pt 4: Musical bottles
4/4/1968
35
Red Monster Pt 5: There are no monsters
4/5/1968
36
Rocking Chairs
4/8/1968
37
Drawing with Chalk
4/9/1968
38
King Friday meets Sara Saturday
4/10/1968
39
What to wear?
4/11/1968
40
A party for Sara Saturday
4/12/1968
41
Rain in the Neighborhood of Make-Believe
4/15/1968
42
Airplanes
4/16/1968
43
Reardon plans an Opera
4/17/1968
44
Auditions for the opera
4/18/1968
45
The Babysitter Opera
4/19/1968
46
Visiting the barbershop
4/22/1968
47
Fur, feathers, and hair
4/23/1968
48
Apples
4/24/1968
49
Bubbles
4/25/1968
50
Playing with Toys
4/26/1968
51
Bears everywhere
4/29/1968
52
Puzzles
4/30/1968
53
Benjamin Franklin
5/1/1968
54
Heat and printing
5/2/1968
55
King Friday, Goldilocks, Benjamin Franklin and the three
5/3/1968
56
Various vegetables
5/6/1968
57
Rabbits
5/7/1968
58
A growing family
5/8/1968
59
Plumbing
5/9/1968
60
Joey Hollingsworth’s dance recital
5/10/1968
61
All about water
5/13/1968
62
Drinkable water
5/14/1968
63
Fire in the factory
5/15/1968
64
Learning about firefighters
5/16/1968
65
Rebuilding the factory
5/17/1968
66
All about cars
5/20/1968
67
Dedication at the Rockit Factory
5/21/1968
68
Bicycles and dance class
5/22/1968
69
Windows
5/23/1968
70
Glass
5/24/1968
71
Taking care of your teeth
5/27/1968
72
Stop litterbugs
5/28/1968
73
Rainbow cookies
5/29/1968
74
Household Chores
5/30/1968
75
Welcome back, Miss Emilie
5/31/1968
76
Cheering up King Friday
6/3/1968
77
Entertaining King Friday
6/4/1968
78
Letters and words
6/5/1968
79
Calling Sara Saturday
6/6/1968
80
All about telephones
6/19/1968
81
Mail delivery
6/10/1968
82
Camping
6/11/1968
83
Lady Elaine plans an opera
6/12/1968
84
Campsite Opera
6/13/1968
85
Cats and kittens
6/14/1968
86
Pretending
6/17/1968
87
All about fish
6/18/1968
88
Moving tents
6/19/1968
89
Rain poem
6/20/1968
90
Presents
6/21/1968
91
Building
6/24/1968
92
A production of “Rumpelstiltskin”
6/25/1968
93
Boomerang-toomerang-soomerang
6/26/1968
94
About flowers
6/27/1968
95
Decorating for Sara Saturday
6/28/1968
96
Blowing bubbles
7/1/1968
97
Trouble with the telecan
7/2/1968
98
Meeting a stone-smith
7/3/1968
99
Playing the bagpipes
7/4/1968
100
Height and weight
7/5/1968
101
All about whistles
7/8/1968
102
Feeling sick
7/9/1968
103
Roller skates
7/10/1968
104
Playing instruments together
7/11/1968
105
The neighborhood orchestra
7/12/1968
106
Fairy Tales
7/15/1968
107
Decorating a cake
7/16/1968
108
Animal Book
7/17/1968
109
Making things out of glass
7/18/1968
110
Mr. McFeely’s Birthday
7/19/1968
111
How people make pianos
7/22/1968
112
Drums
7/23/1968
113
Going to bed
7/24/1968
114
Staying well
7/25/1968
115
Playing with sand
7/26/1968
116
Horse costume
7/29/1968
117
Henrietta’s doll collection
7/30/1968
118
Native American dancers
7/31/1968
119
Badges
8/1/1968
120
Rain on the day of the fair
8/2/1968
121
All about doughnuts
8/5/1968
122
Scuba diving
8/6/1968
123
Flashlights need batteries
8/7/1968
124
All kinds of balls
8/8/1968
125
Feeling angry
8/9/1968
126
Chickens in the neighborhood
8/12/1968
127
Portraits
8/13/1968
128
Disappearing
8/14/1968
129
Meeting Robert Troll
8/15/1968
130
Getting to know Robert Troll
8/16/1968

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