Episode 0061
Air Date: May 13, 1968
Previous Episode: 0060
Next Episode: 0062
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Mister Rogers arrives with a bucket of dirt which he takes to the kitchen where a large pan is set up on the table. Spreading the dirt, he adds a small amount of water and makes mud pies. After making a dam in the remaining dirt, Mister Rogers sings Sometimes People Are Good.
Professor Fitzpatrick stops by with a few prints showing the work of Winslow Homer. After showing the prints, he creates a some chalk drawings, including an ocean wave and a tree in water.
In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, Joey Hollingsworth is digging a well outside the factory and dances some dirt across the Neighbohrood to Daniel's clock. He explains to Daniel how a water pump works before performing a short water pumping dance.
Returning to the factory, Joey installs the pump and primes it with a cup of water delivered by Daniel. Corney gives a selling hat to Joey as he sets off on his next Rockit-selling assignment.
Back at the house, Mister Rogers cleans up the kitchen as he concludes his visit.
Notes
As Joey Hollingsworth dances outside the clock, I'm a Man Who Manufactures plays in the background.
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Produced by WQED - Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania for National Educational Television
Neighbors: Joseph Fitzpatrick, Joey Hollingsworth
Producer: Fred Rogers
Director: David Fu-Ying Chen
Executive Producer: Paul K. Taff
Production funds for this series were provided by a grant from The Sears-Roebuck Foundation and a children's program fund established by N.E.T. affiliated stations.
© 1968 National Educational Television and Radio Center